Jayne Mansfield Has A Press Conference 1957
Rome – November 8, 1957
Jayne Mansfield certainly knew how to get the media’s attention.
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Movie Reviews – Classic Films From The 1960’s Reviewed By Bert’s Friend Roger Who Has A.D.D.
Five classic Films From The 1960’s That Everyone Should See
I asked my friend Roger to give his summation and write reviews of some of the all-time great movies from the 1960’s. For those who are too young to have seen these gems and automatically dismiss classic movies from the sixties, Roger is a big movie buff and is very good at distilling the essence of movies down to five lines (which is what he has done) to give you a concise, compelling summary.
We here at stuffnobodycaresabout.com believe that a handicap should not prevent someone from being given equal opportunities. Roger has always wanted to write and we felt Roger’s attention deficit disorder makes him well-suited to review movies for the younger generation, many of whom have a limited attention span themselves and can’t read a long review. So with that, here are Roger’s reviews.
Five Classic 1960’s Films Reviewed
by Roger Donald Birnam
The Manchurian Candidate – (1962) Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) keeps having a recurring nightmare about his time in a prison camp during the Korean War. After the war all the members of his platoon act strangely, particularly Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) an unlikeable fellow, and this sets Major Marco on a trail to uncover a sinister plot. If I get cremated I won’t need the cemetery plot my family has in Kennebunkport. Why do razor refills cost so much money compared to buying the assembly with the blade? 9 out of 10 stars
To Kill A Mockingbird – (1962) A supposed favorite book of lots of people who probably never really read it, the movie is Continue reading
Literary Man Of Mystery
Who Is This Man?
At my local library there is a used book store. Sometimes they get unusual items donated. This is one of them.
It is a framed, large format photograph of apparently someone famous from the literary world. The staff at the library book store has put a sign above the photo saying “Who is this literary man?” Four years have gone by and still no answer.
I got out my cell phone and took a photograph of the photo (hence the glare from the glass covering it.)
So I pose it to you the readers, is there anyone who recognizes this man? Please feel free to forward, so we can solve this literary mystery.
Old New York in Postcards #2 – Old Hotels Of New York City
A Longer Tour Around Old New York
Today we will look at the old hotels of New York. In some cases these buildings still stand. For others the names have changed. Some have been converted to apartments or other uses. And some are just a memory. Working our way from south to north let’s look at a dozen of the lesser known of New York’s hostelry’s.
Hotel Marlton just off of 5th avenue circa 1920. The center of Greenwich Village and now a street of endless cut price shoe stores, 8th Street was once a fashionable residential neighborhood. Many famous literary and artistic figures resided at the Hotel Marlton at one time. Starting in 1987 the Marlton was leased as a residence for students of The New School of Social Research. It is now closed as a hotel and a dormitory, and its future is undecided. Notice on the side of the hotel there is an advertisement for the hotel proclaiming it “absolutely fireproof.” There was a good reason for touting this feature. On St. Patrick’s Continue reading
New York Jewish Cemetery Vandalized
Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn Had Over 200 Monuments Desecrated and Toppled in December 2010 – Crime Still Unsolved in April 2011
Somehow or other this story did not make much of an impact in the news when it occurred in December 2010. This was done by a group of vicious, uneducated creeps. The words I would like to use to describe the vermin who did this I will not publish here.
The damage probably amounts to hundred of thousands of dollars. It also looks like more than 200 graves were harmed from the video posted below. With all the evidence Continue reading
The Best Heavy Metal Band That You Never Heard Of
Wargasm –Thrash Legends To A Handful of Fans
Incredible riffs, great songwriting and a blistering live show. Those are the ingredients that usually add up to music immortality and lots of money and success.
They should be up there with the all-time greats of heavy metal. Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth. But they are not.
They started out being called Overkill and then Maniac. A name change to Wargasm was probably not for the best. When I told people Continue reading
Old New York in Postcards #1 – Around NYC 1900-1915
A Short Postcard Tour Around New York circa 1900-1915
How much has New York City changed? If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a postcard worth? These are all about 100 years old. Let’s start with these five views. We’ll be doing this feature regularly.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street looking North approximately 1915
Broadway looking North from Union Square circa 1910 Continue reading
Movie Review – Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Attempting to Turn Ayn Rand’s Love Letter to Capitalism and The Battle of the Individual vs. The Collective into a Three Part Movie
This is probably obvious; if you are a fan of Atlas Shrugged you will want to like the movie Atlas Shrugged: Part I. If you are unfamiliar with the book or not a fan you will watch and make your decision about the movie on the most important components; story, acting, cinematography, sets, and music.
So does it work? How can you turn a 1,171 page book into the first part of a serialized one hour and forty minute epic?
The answer is, it is Continue reading
Groucho Marx’s Son Dies at 89
Arthur Marx, Son of Groucho Passes Away – April 14, 2011
Arthur Marx’s passing is being announced quite expectedly as “Groucho Marx’s son dies.”
Arthur was very talented in his own right and did carve out a successful career for himself as a champion tennis player and author.
Arthur was the author of a dozen books and wrote about his famous father in four books, most recently the picture collection Arthur Marx’s Groucho: A Photographic Journey 2001 (Phoenix Marketing Service). Arthur first wrote about his father in Life With Groucho A Son’s Eye View 1954 (Simon and Schuster) and the much more candid autobiographical Son of Groucho 1972 (David McKay). The last book is especially revealing in discussing the difficulty Arthur encountered in finding his own career path and being the son of one of the most famous entertainers in the world. By Arthur’s account Groucho had a difficult time showing affection and drove all three of his wives away through one form of mental cruelty or another.
Arthur told one story where the only time he had ever seen his father cry was at the funeral of Groucho’s brother Harpo. Arthur was named after Harpo (whose real name was Adolph, and then Americanized to Arthur during World War I.) All of the Marx Brothers named their daughters after their mother Minnie; each of their names begins with the letter “M”.
Arthur’s career as a writer for television, movies and the stage was quite varied but mostly within the comedy field. He had written for such shows as Alice, My Three Son’s and McHale’s Navy. He was much more than the “son of Groucho.”
Talent Personified – The Beach Boys Without Their Instruments
How The Beach Boys Sounded Without Their Instruments
Brian Wilson photo: audio-eclectic.com
Brian Wilson is a genius. The proof is at the bottom of this post.
Andy Warhol said everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. With hits songs I believe it is more like 15 seconds.
Will anyone ever remember most of the “music” that has been on the pop charts during the last 30 years – 50 or 100 years from now? I’m asking rhetorically, because the answer is no. I believe most music is transitory and of the time. To be remembered 100 years or 200 years from now, the way Mozart and Beethoven are or The Beatles and Duke Ellington will be, is unlikely for the majority of musical artists.
The Beach Boys Brian Wilson used session musicians to record a lot of the songs on their albums. But the singing was all theirs.
Here are three songs from the album Pet Sounds;
Now here are The Beach Boys performing those three songs sung a cappella.
This is what separates Brian Wilson from 99.9% of rock n’ roll musicians. Brian Wilson’s genius at arrangement and harmonies.