noirish Los Angeles

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I would hate for the new tenants to find out the KKK used to meet in their building.

Oh who am I kidding?



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KKK occupied room #519 (she said, egging him on)


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[ethereal_reality]

I didn't realize you had a room number!

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[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I didn't realize you had a room number!

So do you think they kept the same room numbers?


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LOL, I dunno. Where we going w/ this?

[ethereal_reality]

Nowhere t2.

I was going to post something clever but I couldn't think of anything.....clever.



Anyone know who this is?
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Here's a hint: Ahhhh, Sweet Mystery of Life.......(at Last I Have Found You )
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[John Maddox Roberts]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Now that you mention it GW, here's another Tarzan that's missing.

Elmo Lincoln


posters.net


Lincoln is best known in his silent movie role as the first Tarzan in 1918's Tarzan of the Apes as an adult (Gordon Griffith played him as a child
in the same movie). He portrayed the character twice more—in The Romance of Tarzan (also 1918) and in the 1921 serial The Adventures of Tarzan.




http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/elm...apes-1918.html



He looked better without the wig. (smashing blue eyes!)


https://twitter.com/cemeteryguide/st...55965268606977

He died in 1952.

Could Elmo (real name Otto E. Linkenheldt) be Clancy Brown's grandfather?

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I found this interesting.

I had no idea there were so many Tarzans.


www.hiveminer.com

Who's your favorite?

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Johnny Weissmuller with his yodel will be Tarzan that people remember. The original Weissmuller Tarzan film, "Tarzan and his Mate" (1932) caused a sensation. Slim and shapely Maureen O'Sullivan as "Jane" skinny dipped and almost single handedly helped launch the Bream production codes and stirred the juices of countless adolescent boys, and men as well. Weissmuller was not known for his intellect (Cheetah was the brains of the outfit), but was very good in the role. As an Olympic swimming champ he excelled in the swimming scenes, and swung like a pro in the vines. Apparently some of the jungle scenes were filmed at the L.A. Arboretum ("Lucky" Baldwin estate) in Arcadia near Santa Anita racetrack.

The Tarzan film in the late 1980s was quite good, where Tarzan returned to England for a while, but didn't like it.

[ethereal_reality]

Yeah, I'm leaning toward Johnny Weissmuller.


www.rafaelcastillejo.com/tarzan.htm




And then there's this.....



OHHHH My---->



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[ethereal_reality]

Here's a fantastic Kodachrome image showing a fire at Signal Hill in 1958.

"This is from a Long Beach/Signal Hill refinery fire in 1958 (there was also a refinery fire here in the 30's) After this burned down in 1958 they put a auto wrecking yard over it,
then in the late 80's it became an auto-mall. I use to work at a dealer there and we had gas collection lines/bladder under the asphalt and a shed to burn off accumulated gases.
When they would tear into the dirt to build something the stench of chemicals and crude oil was literally sickening. My dad and grandfather use to work in the oil business in Socal
from the 40's-80-s and I have heard some stories of how they use to do things." -mikes96GTI



http://forums.vwvortex.com

"Hancock Fire, ca 1958. Looking Northeast from hill." (not sure why it's called the "Hancock Fire")


Check out the nicely dressed people and that vette.


detail

okay, I have a question if you don't mind. What exactly is the color of that Corvette? -It's really spectacular!

My cousin had a vintage Thunderbird that same color and I remember it had a really cool name. (something romantic)




Here's a second photograph of the same fire.


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...bc7abd85d1.jpg

Taken from pretty much the same spot I'd say.

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Enlarged so you can check out all the details.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

I'm all over this, ER. Hmmm... of these, in descending preference: Henry, Ely, Barker, Crabbe, Scott, Miller, Weismuller.


The winner

Didn't you always wonder? (This does not look comfortable.)



But at least one Tarzan is missing-- NLA's own Bruce Bennett, a.k.a. Herman Brix, a.k.a. Mr. Mildred Pierce, who could arm-wrestle Ely for first-runner-up position:


from post [IMG]3403[/IMG] from 2011

How about some more cheesecake pics of Jane? Also, is it true Cheetah tore off someone's nose when he was old & retired & cranky?

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Yeah, I'm leaning toward Johnny Weissmuller.


www.rafaelcastillejo.com/tarzan.htm




And then there's this.....



OHHHH My---->



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Looks like Tarzan & Jane are having fun making "Boy" on that elephant.

Funny how they always used Indian elephants in Tarzan films. And then we have California live oaks and sycamores in the African rain forest. Minor quibbles.

[GaylordWilshire]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Here's a fantastic Kodachrome image showing a fire at Signal Hill in 1958.

Check out the nicely dressed people and that vette.


detail

okay, I have a question if you don't mind. What exactly is the color of that Corvette? -It's really spectacular!

My cousin had a vintage Thunderbird that same color and I remember it had a really cool name. (something romantic)

The Corvette is a '55--the color, as it was called that model year, is Corvette Copper. (Mike Henry would have been very well color-coordinated for a copper '55 Vette, which had a dark beige interior.) Marketing departments usually had more imaginative names for car colors--in 1956, a similar Corvette color was called Aztec Copper. The '57 Thunderbird had a color called Thunderbird Bronze...a coppery color in '58 was called Palamino Tan; in '59, there was a Tahitian Bronze. Colors were often recycled over the years and switched between a manufacturer's models, with varying names.

[CaliNative]

Thanks Debbie for the "California Dew". The wicked drought is over, for now. Say hello to Gene Kelly & Donald.

[SHERIFFPAUL]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

Johnny Weissmuller with his yodel will be Tarzan that people remember. The original Weissmuller Tarzan film, "Tarzan and his Mate" (1932) caused a sensation. Slim and shapely Maureen O'Sullivan as "Jane" skinny dipped and almost single handedly helped launch the Bream production codes and stirred the juices of countless adolescent boys, and men as well. Weissmuller was not known for his intellect (Cheetah was the brains of the outfit), but was very good in the role. As an Olympic swimming champ he excelled in the swimming scenes, and swung like a pro in the vines. Apparently some of the jungle scenes were filmed at the L.A. Arboretum ("Lucky" Baldwin estate) in Arcadia near Santa Anita racetrack.

The Tarzan film in the late 1980s was quite good, where Tarzan returned to England for a while, but didn't like it.

Elias Jackson (“Lucky”) Baldwin’s Queen Anne Cottage was constructed in 1885-86, probably as a honeymoon gift for his fourth wife, sixteen- year-old Lillie Bennett.



Arboretum.org

[Hollywood Graham]

Hancock Fire probably refers to Hancock Oil and their refinery. They were a well know brand at the time and were purchased by Signal Oil in the 50's. Hancock Park is named after Hancock Family.

[oldstuff]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Oh well, I suppose the Community Chest makes more sense, Earl, rather than Clint's. Now I can see that the feather at NBC appears to be made into a graph to indicate the progress of fund-raising.

My mother worked at the Community Chest office in the 1940's. I remember we had a red plastic feather that was a "phone dialer" in the days of rotary phones and it said Community Chest on the back. I think I may still have it somewhere. (I save a lot of junk)

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Anyone know who this is?

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Jeanette MacDonald throws a fit under the direction of Ernst Lubitsch in "Monte Carlo" (1930)


imdb


PS

I can't seem to post large-size images now. Pity, b/c I love that roulette wheel.

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

Also, is it true Cheetah tore off someone's nose when he was old & retired & cranky?

Cheeta's wiki page says "Dinky" bit Mike Henry (Tarzan) in 1965 and was put down. (There's a lotta info on that page, so maybe I missed the nose incident.)

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by tovangar2

I can't seem to post large-size images now. Pity, b/c I love that roulette wheel.

Is this the image t2?


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021153/...r/rm1750401536

I've never seen this film, but that hair-pulling scene was pretty remarkable.

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[tovangar2]

I can't tell if the people caught in the "intoxicating swirl" of that roulette wheel are having fun or are terrified


P.S. Did my smaller version of that image not show up?

[ethereal_reality]

No. It's not showing up. (for me anyway)