band Methyl Ethyl and The Ketones!
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dti_E2ZKZpC4
Posted on 10/17/2014 3:21:54 PM PDT by dware
Hidden for more than 90 years beneath the rolling sand dunes of Guadalupe, California, an enormous, plaster sphinx from the 1923 blockbuster movie "The Ten Commandments" has been rediscovered and is now above ground.
The public will be able to see the sphinx on display as early as next year, once it has been reconstructed a necessity since it became weather-beaten during its stint beneath the sand, said Doug Jenzen, the executive director of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center, who oversaw the recent excavation.
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LOL!
Yes, I seem to recall the 1923 version jumping back and forth between Biblical times and modern-day. I think the 1929 “Noah’s Ark” also had a contempory element as well. But it’s been decades since I last viewed either. The films were probably still being influenced by the era-jumping pattern from “Intolerance.”
“well played, doctor.”
It was an interesting band! Soul Review. Wilson, Sam and Dave, etc.. But it was 50 years ago, and I was playing Robert Randolf style bluesy pedal steel in that band. Man! That band was as much fun as our regular band Methyl Ethyl and The Ketones!
Sounds like a lot of fun!
They also have a picture of him as Moses.
Nope! No kidding. Actress Amy Madigan was Methyl Ethyl. I got the band name from a solvent can at work! The full name of the R&B band was Hot Potato and The Abdomen. Mark (Hot Potato); “Hey! Wanna hear some Sam and Dave?”
Crowd; “Abdo-lutely!”
We even had a Go-Go dancer! Big Soul band!
There also was a 1925 Ben Hur silent, starring Francis X Bushman.
Not directed by deMille, however.
there was or is in the California desert a full-scale reproduction in bamboo or wood, I believe, of a Japanese navy FLEET which was used in aircraft attack practice during world war 2.
Somewhere around Palmdale or Scotty’s castle.
It’s a unique and enjoyable experience, viewing silent films with live music in a theater setting. I saw several programs at the old Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood, including a batch of silent Laurel and Hardy shorts. They weren’t even the duo’s best efforts; some of their lesser films, actually. Yet, with a live audience laughing, live music, and the vintage theater setting, it turned the experience into a bright, shared social event that just popped with entertainment and enthusiasm.
Bwaaaa! That’s me playing the Gibson Flying V. I was a 1958, #28 made. Stolen. I coulda bought a condo in Florida with it now! Great band. Mothers of Invention style. I used to get Amy to wear her Catholic girl’s school uniform. Cracked me up, as we were so offensive to everyone and everything! We were Devo, way before Devo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dti_E2ZKZpC4
The 1925 Ben Hur is amazing. Filmed in Italy with literally a cast of thousands. Mussolini allowed his army to be extras in it. It actually holds up quite well to the Heston version.
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Nah! I was a dope-smokin’ hippie then, But I was an odd fish, as I have always been a Conservative. Even then, although it may not look like it! A Conservative hippie!
Hey, I like that. In Eqypt if the statue has a beard it means he’s dead.
Thanks. Had never seen that version, before.
I suppose this visual conception goes way back.
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