Very Cool Gag Opening…’Red Shelton Hour’ 1962
Wait till you see what’s under the black dust cover on the RCA TK41! As you’ll see in this :30 clip, this is actually in CBS Television City Studio 33, but we are lead to believe otherwise. Enjoy! Thanks to William David French for discovering this.
Sinatra Welcomes Elvis Back From The Army… At the link above is a very memorable duet…Frank is singing “Love Me Tender” and Elvis is singing “Witchcraft” and they merge beautifully! On March 26, at 6.15pm, taping for the ‘Frank Sinatra Timex Special…Welcome Home Elvis’ took place at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. It was Presley’s […]
“Parting The Waters”…Follow Up Pictures Yesterday’s video on how the effects for ‘The Ten Commandments’ “parting the waters” scene were done have brought a couple more interesting tidbits, thanks to Glenn Mack. Above is an aerial view of the Paramount lot showing the huge water set directly in front of the “big sky” backdrop. In […]
The Marconi Mark II…Naked Since I’ve posted a ‘cloaked’ Mark II below, I felt it only proper to show the fine looking camera in all it’s glory here. If you notice a marked resemblance to the RCA TK30, there is a reason for that. Although a bit taller than the TK30, it is in many […]
Picture Parade #2…Two Ultra Rare Sights In One Photo I think this photo is from 1945 when Norma Jeane Mortenson was becoming one of Blue Book Modeling Agency’s top models in Los Angeles. In 1946, she (yes, Marilyn Monroe) would bleach her hair blonde to look more like her favorites Gene Harlow and Lana Turner. […]