Dave:
"My Servel is missing the freezer door - it looks like the pivot pegs rusted long ago. This picture will help me to have it reproduced, I didn't know the glass was blue. Do you by chance have a close-up picture of it?"
Dave:
The freezer door was plastic, like Plexiglas, I believe; it also appears to have a "cracked ice" sort of texture. I haven't seen one of these babies in good shape up close and personal; they usually have serious interior problems, so I don't have personal memories of a Servel freezer door to share with you. That Kijiji pic is the only real-life photo I've seen of a Servel with the freezer door intact. If you will rent or buy the DVD of Hitchcock's
Rope, there's a very good shot of the freezer door where John Dall goes inside the reefer to get out the bottle of Champagne. However, the freezer door in the movie has its Servel logo (seen in the Kijiji pic I posted) painted over with blue paint matching the color of the door itself. Back in those days, they didn't allow too many trademarks to show in movies. The shot of the door in
Rope is very clear; if you'll freeze-frame it with your remote, you should have the clearest possible view of what it looked like. Just the word "Servel" is painted over; the three lines below the word are still there, and so are the words "Ice Cubes" (to the left of the three lines) and "Frozen Food" (to the right).
Maybe between the Kijiji photo I posted, and a viewing of
Rope, you'll have enough info to try reproducing the door. I hope so.
And if you do, please post pics, okay?
