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-----Original Message----- From: dreamfactory <[email protected]> To: Twonine5 <[email protected]>; MoPo-L <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Feb 5, 2012 2:22 pm Subject: RE: [MOPO] statues encore those statues are cool. Claude!.. I remember them well... NYC maker SCO inc the museum in NO sounds cool with cinerama style viewing nd the best part was the ed and sue Poole cake and coffee ! that ounded 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.
