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I Love The '40s
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Ahhhh, the best of the best of Jazz, Swing, and Big Band lives here...there are or will be clips from the Silver Screen as well.
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His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy, a remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of their play of the same name. It was directed... continue reading
posted by 7977 1 decade 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,847 viewsA vintage sing-along cartoon about Ireland. (sing-along starts about 4 minutes in, just follow the bouncing shamrock.)
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YT description: Released on 7 July 1945 Country mouse Jerry takes a trip to New York. He admires skyscrapers, stumbles into a powder room, dangles over the city on a candle, and dances the night away.... continue reading
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One of Groucho Marx's best known songs, from 1939's "At the Circus."
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IMDB: "Marlon Brando's first scene test, made in 1947 for Rebel Without a Cause, a film made eight years later with James Dean in the starring role, has been discovered and will be included as an extra... continue reading
posted by ashes2flames 1 decade 6 years 2 weeks ago • 6,487 viewsThis famous speech was given by Sir Winston just before the battle of Britain.
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This video is extremely illuminating about what it must have been like to have women suddenly enter the workplace in the 1940s, for both men and women. It's pretty hilarious, but it's horrifyingly sexist... continue reading
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"A Night in Venice costumes. Moe, Shemp, Curly Howard and families. Larry Fine. British Tour. Moe and Curly at the London Zoo." [YT]
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Taken from "Cookoo Cavaliers" (1940)
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From the movie "Stage Door Canteen".
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Fearless Freep is delayed by storm, and Yosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny to do the High Diving Act, but always winds up doing it himself. Honestly, these are the funniest things ever made. I... continue reading
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I don't know exactly how books are made today, but this educational film produced 60 years ago by Encyclopedia Britannica shows how it was done back in post-WWII America. The craftsmanship is pretty impressive,... continue reading
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Harpo Marx, one of the towering greats of Vaudeville. "He was well known by his trademarks: he played the harp; he never talked during performances, although he often blew a horn or whistled to communicate... continue reading
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_okinawa#Sea
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If you saw this movie when you were a kid, you were just scared to death. This scene is definitely the most effective anti-alcohol/tobacco thing ever written. If you drink and smoke, you will turn... continue reading
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Many of these were written by Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) and created by Frank Capra, this "Private Snafu" film was produced as an instructional short by the War Department during WWII.
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While this film of one of the epic struggles of WWII is over 50 years old, it still delivers the drama of the battle fought by Russian soldiers and sailors to defend Leningrad. Codenamed "Operation Barbarrosa"... continue reading
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"My great uncle Harold "Al" Curry served as a storyboard artist under Capt. Theodor Geisel(Dr. Seuss) during WW2 and left me a lot of Private Snafu production art and this bound storyboard...thought it... continue reading
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