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From: dreamfactory <dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com>
To: Twonine5 <twoni...@aol.com>; MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
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: twoni...@aol.com
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
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,
>davidmkusum...@hotmail.com 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: ki...@movieart.net
>> Subject: NEW ORLEANS
>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>
>> 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
>>
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