Haven’t watched that movie in a long time but from memory evokes nostalgic moments ..like most kids growing up in the 50’s I idealized being my cowboy heroes ..you’d be hard pressed to not find me on a nice day outside with a cowboy hat and my 2 six shooter cap guns around my waist..fast forward a bit my mother often took me into the city Christmas time for a day of shopping at Macy’s, and then, of course, to Gimbles another big department store. Gimbles had a stamp collecting department in their basement and I collected stamps … But back to Macy’s one year they were selling a replica model of a Winchester 73… Oh how I wanted that I remember it was about $100 a lot of money then, but my mom said no and I settled for some stamps. Unlike in the movie, the gun didn’t show up under the menorah oh well… Unfortunately, the other thing I remember from the movie is one getting ones mouth washed out with soap for foul language ..that was a pretty popular punishment..I did get that..anther piece of nostalgia when we went downtown we either had lunch at the automat ( have you seen the recent documentary on TCM?) or we went to a restaurant called Tofinnetys.. there was actually a momentary picture of it in the automat documentary… They serve the biggest baked potatoes in the world, and it was a real treat… a lot of nostalgia for me… I do miss those days… I don’t miss having my mouth washed out with soap… All the best holiday wishes to everyone on Mopo, Alan
On Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 7:19 AM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > So I get a call recently from Robert Tanenbaum, the great movie poster > artist who drew the poster for the BEST Christmas movie EVER, "A Christmas > Story", and he tells me he is preparing a book showing the original > paintings of his posters, and asks if I will help him get the word out > after it is published. > I tell him I gladly will, and he says he will include in the book some > "behind the scenes" stories about the posters. I ask for an example and he > tells me that when he was assigned to draw the poster for "A Christmas > Story", the studio sent over some black and white images of the family, and > told him to use his imagination. > He naturally included the image of Ralphie in the bunny suit, but because > it was a black and white image, he of course made the bunny suit white. And > that's why, when he saw the movie, and saw it was actually pink, all he > could think of was WHY didn't they tell him it was pink either before or > after he drew the poster, so he could "get it right"! > Mr. Tanenbaum is 86 years young and sharp as a tack, and he has a website > at http://www.tanenbaumart.com/ > <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tanenbaumart.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2rxyhZbvxEpGIG1auLJmbIZ6upo_IsQOAXoJSm4JmPQ5E4JZHCnqogqDg&h=AT1SMhkGpgOx7uRHY78IcquhtR3j8biFsv34IKjwDqOf_rGRb2gQtPIEN7xjXneuFYrHpHg-ZoY_QMKLaTfLlo7QnB4pSYx2bU_nndj5RCmdpYdUZKpcfmHQDewRJQYq1GaJ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3H-FPuGhAspbDSVUrGP01fttzKIIMp0_eeamkhJuHWBWd9NyusdBrAA7AhsnAefi5HOHyuwZZcCDYYkk0_gT1i1RZlqljfygND09hb9FDWhcBVKZn6nkjHqbMOIsapZaiiihsy8uZcWQo7G3INnv7byg> > (and I will let you know when his book is published!). > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > 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.
