those statues are cool. Claude!.. I remember them well... NYC maker ESCO inc
the museum in NO sounds cool with cinerama style viewing and the best part was the ed and sue Poole cake and coffee ! that sounded very cool glad you had a great vacation Kirby ! > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [MOPO] statues encore >Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:11:48 -0500 > >>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 >. >> >> 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.
