LEGO Log Cabin: Going Up North!

Going up north for some vacation. Wishing you the happiest of holidays!

Source: Shop at LEGO.com

 

“The Dog-Watch” with “The It Girl,” Clara Bow!

Clara Bow, dog

Clara and canine wait for Santa Claus from the Motion Picture Classic magazine, January 1929 edition.

Clara Bow appeared in a handful of silent and talkie short subjects from the 20’s to the 40’s: Screen Snapshots Series, etc. Visit IMDb for select titles under the “Self” section located after her main feature films.

Source: Media History Digital Library

 

The best time of year: Halloween!!

Betty Grable, Halloween book

Looks like Betty Grable is going to read us a scary bedtime story!

Source: A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

 

LEGO Bookends – gotta have ’em!

LEGO Bookends from MOCPages

Love these LEGO bookends by LEGO Junkie!

Also, visit more LEGO Junkie creations at Flickr.

 

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” – Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock sketch

Alfred Hitchcock sketch from the Film Daily Yearbook of 1938. Artist unknown.

 

Creature Comforts! Myrna Loy with friend.

Myrna Loy and friend

The very young Myrna Loy offering Santa’s (or someone’s) reindeer a nibble. Just thought of who could play her in a movie: Diane Keaton. What do you think?

 

The many faces of Frank Morgan, the grand “Wizard of Oz”!

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While growing up and watching “The Wizard of Oz,” I didn’t realize how many parts actor Frank Morgan played. Did you?

Morgan, born Francis Philip Wuppermann, played five parts in this classic movie: the professor, the guard, the gatekeeper, the carriage driver, and the Wizard of Oz!

Per IMDb, “W.C. Fields was originally considered for Morgan’s role in The Wizard of Oz (1939). However, Fields haggled endlessly over salary, and the role was given to Morgan.” I can’t imagine anyone else, especially Fields, playing these roles, can you?

It’s a shame that Morgan didn’t live long enough (died ten years after the movie release) to see how much he and the movie contributed to the world of film! When watching the scene where the Wizard awards Dorothy and friends with gifts, Margaret Hamilton (Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch of the West) said, “Frank Morgan was just like that in real life – very generous.“

 

Before they were monsters!

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Man! I hate when that happens!

“October 1938. ‘Mother and children with popcorn, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana.’ Valuable practice for the Popcorn Festival. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.”

 

Staying cool with LEGO and Nathan Sawaya!

It’s August, it’s hot, it’s humid, and it’s AC time! Time to cool off with a Carrier air conditioner by Nathan Sawaya, LEGO extraordinaire! 

In 2006, Nathan was asked to build a replica of Carrier’s AC for their convention. In a couple of days, Nathan had created a full size model, “complete with the compressor, valves and working fan.” Click this link for detailed pictures. 

I don’t know which is cooler, the AC or Nathan!