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Post by Carl on Apr 24, 2018 3:29:09 GMT
Their laurel wreath in the back seat, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy pose for photographers after victory in the inaugural Nurburgring 22K for jalopies, June 18, 1927 Attachment Deleted |
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Post by chrisb on Apr 24, 2018 4:19:47 GMT
Rene - what a wonderfully evocative picture that really does tell a thousand stories -
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Post by chrisb on Apr 24, 2018 4:21:13 GMT
Carl, my favourite pairing of all time, well maybe William Powell and Myrna Loy come a close second though
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Post by mikael on Apr 24, 2018 6:42:02 GMT
Great team mates in this 1955 Mercedes-Benz promotion photo. Daimler-Benz AG drivers Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling sitting beside a Mercedes-Benz 300SL "Gullwing". I wonder if Moss spoke Spanish or Italian on the occasion captured in the photo, as these two languages were those that Fangio could converse in ... P.S. In order to confirm a vague remembrance of that Fangio couldn't speak English, I came across his obituary in "The Telegraph". Here it is mentioned that he did actually find it very hard to remember all 176 curves of the Nürburgring. (We talked about this point in the "Nürburgring" thread, by Lucio.) If he found it hard - the way he mastered that circuit - everybody must have found it hard ... Link: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7868383/Juan-Manuel-Fangio.html |
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Post by Carl on Apr 24, 2018 15:22:21 GMT
Rene - what a wonderfully evocative picture that really does tell a thousand stories - Rene, Where was that photograph taken? Somewhere in Germany with a regal history, I imagine. |
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Post by Carl on Apr 24, 2018 20:01:33 GMT
Carl, my favourite pairing of all time, well maybe William Powell and Myrna Loy come a close second though Chris, They were the very best comedy duo ever. Laurel was the creative genius behind the scenes and Hardy almost equally creative as an actor. They were so popular in the 1930s that their short comedies were given top billing by most theatre owners on the outdoor marquee. I read about a great fan who, somehow learning of Stan Laurel's address (somewhere on the west side of Los Angeles), came and knocked on the door. He must have been nervous, but needlessly because the comic genius, somewhat lonely in his old age, invited him inside and they became good friends. Can you imagine being friends with Stan Laurel? What a gamble was taken and how it paid dividends! Cheers, Carl |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 20:08:12 GMT
I grew up watching them, they are my favourite too, I absolutely love them. They were dubbed in Italian with strong American accent, which remained one of the most recognizable and comic aspects of their scenes and films.
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Post by chrisb on Apr 25, 2018 4:38:24 GMT
Stan was to me, along with Buster, the real comic genius of the 20's and early 30's [although I always liked Harold Lloyd] but never got the respect Chaplin got, whom I could never really find that funny, clever yes, but I always felt Chaplin,respected nonetheless, was very contrived but Stan had that wonderfully calculated innocence and their singing was brilliant - in the UK we have a relatively new channel, Vintage TV, which shows them occasionally - it is so funny, even now, it is so funny -
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Post by Carl on Apr 25, 2018 16:01:09 GMT
Stan was to me, along with Buster, the real comic genius of the 20's and early 30's [although I always liked Harold Lloyd] but never got the respect Chaplin got, whom I could never really find that funny, clever yes, but I always felt Chaplin,respected nonetheless, was very contrived but Stan had that wonderfully calculated innocence and their singing was brilliant - in the UK we have a relatively new channel, Vintage TV, which shows them occasionally - it is so funny, even now, it is so funny - Chris, I agree totally with your assessment. Chaplin always seems at a remote distance to his audience. "City Lights" is an astonishing achievement, but even in his masterpieces the Little Tramp character is clearly the concoction of a supreme intelligence. The screen characters of Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and the incomparable Laurel and Hardy all had an authenticity Chaplin lacked. Cheers, Carl |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 17:33:29 GMT
When I was a kid, we had on Italian TV every Saturday "Oggi le comiche", at 1:00pm, right after school. All those guys mentioned above: Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Chaplin of course and "Stanlio e Ollio", I never missed one. They were all geniuses, must be said, Lloyd and Keaton as much as Chaplin, although at the time I didn't know yet, it was all great fun with some sadness here and there... I mean just look at Keaton's face or The Kid.
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Post by chrisb on Apr 25, 2018 20:13:17 GMT
Lucio! the best band that has ever been and ever will be, and great mates -
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Post by Carl on Apr 25, 2018 20:20:01 GMT
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Post by René on Apr 25, 2018 20:37:37 GMT
Rene - what a wonderfully evocative picture that really does tell a thousand stories - Rene, Where was that photograph taken? Somewhere in Germany with a regal history, I imagine. Carl, I don't know actually. Tried to find out but no success yet. I guess probably Stuttgart or Mannheim. |
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