OPEN POST: This Collection of NYC Window Displays in the 80s
OPEN POST: It's 1955 And The Chase Is On!
Saw this '55 Thunderbird the other day, and my gosh it was short (it looked almost child-sized)! Lots of great films in 1955, but one of the weirdest was " The Sea Chase ," starring John Wayne (as a WWII German ship's captain who really doesn't like the nazis too much) and that tramp Lana Turner as a sorta nazi spy who eventually turns out to be a swell egg. It's not a great movie (or even a good movie), and neither star bothers attempting a German accent, but inexplicably it was a massive hit. The only reason to watch this ridiculous film is to see Lana (who never looked Lana'er) looking fabulous in Warnercolor, with not a lacquered hair out of place, and wearing a spectacular gown by Moss Mabry , even as the ship's getting shelled and their future's looking grim. So since it's Wednesday, let's all do our level best to be as idiotically glamorous as La Lana in such improbable circumstances. Someone's a jerk to you at the convenience st...
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