Please don't think all the statues are as expensive as those currently on ebay. Most of the popular statues such as Laurel and Hardy, W C Fields, the Marx Bros, 3 Stooges, Jack Benny, Durante, Berle, Hope, John Wayneetc. are obtainable around $100 each, with some for less. Claude In a message dated 2/1/2012 2:08:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
That's a great story. I've always wondered about that WWII museum ever since the DVD of Saving Private Ryan came out and enclosed was a brochure seeking donations. The Pooles and Joe B. deserve medals for hanging in with their great city, even though it's hot and muggy nine months out of the year! Thanks for posting, Kirb. > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:31:24 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: NEW ORLEANS > To: [email protected] > > I'm back in the office now after a recreational week in The Crescent City. > Great people, great resilience, great food, great time. I recommend it > to anyone seeking a vacation from the routine. > > CINERAMA is well imitated, if not alive and well, at the World War II Museum. > A great deep curved screen, complete with sixties-style automated curtain, is > used to present a 45 minute "film" on the war. It's not actually a film, but a digital > hybrid with some "live" special effects thrown in. But it is certainly successful in > reminding the viewer in a very visceral way of the thrill of CINERAMA. Smilebox, > eat your heart out! You just can't substitute that big screen -- and this one is very, very > big -- and wider, if anything, than CINERAMA. Of course, Steven Spielberg is a big supporter > of the museum (Tom Hanks also) and his skill at presentation is all over the museum. We > spent about three hours there, including the film, and we could not see it all. And the > museum is building three new buildings, one to house a gigantic B-47. > > Also, I wanted to say that I had the pleasure of having coffee and some King Cake > with Ed and Sue Poole at their home - which is, of course, the World Headquarters of > Learnaboutmovieposters.com . Their intrepid research goes on and on, and for that > we should all be appreciative. Their work is being appreciated now by institutions > who are seeing the value in all the research they've done. > > Finally, I got to meet one of my fave MOPO members, Joe Bonelli. Joe spent > Sunday afternoon with us, giving us a great tour of some of the Katrina neighborhoods. > We had brunch with him, and were regaled us with some great stories about New Orleans > and about the folks in show business he has met and worked with. Joe was both gracious > and interesting; and that made for a wonderful Sunday. > > Anyway, I am back in the office at MovieArt. > > Best, > Kirby > > > > > Kirby McDaniel > MovieArt Original Film Posters > P.O. Box 4419 > Austin TX 78765-4419 > 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net > mobile 512 589 5112 > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
