twintubdexter
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...not at first glance anyway. Good luck with the price. In Los Angeles, where else?
You'd never know it was a Norge...
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I suppose some L.A. hipster with money to burn might put her in a tricked-out media room, but otherwise I see her as a hipster restaurant item.
That's if she's not DOA and actually functions.
I suppose some L.A. hipster with money to burn might put her in a tricked-out media room, but otherwise I see her as a hipster restaurant item.
That's if she's not DOA and actually functions.
whirlcool
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I don't think it's a very good likeness of Marilyn at all. Looks like it was done by a tattoo artist.
Airbrush and tattoo "art" tend to go hand in hand.
I agree it's not a good likeness. Or Allen, were you remembering the Marilyn with a clock in her forehead?
I agree it's not a good likeness. Or Allen, were you remembering the Marilyn with a clock in her forehead?
ovrphil
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I drew a charcoal of the Art Kane photo of her wearing a beautiful sequin dress - and not to boast, but it had way more likeness(no tracing or projector used) than this one on the fridge. Personally, I would have sprayed over it or removed it altogether if I couldn't get a better likeness.
Is this a great fridge? Because if it isn't, there's another reason not to use such a movie icon on the front door.
Not that I could airbrush - I can't…so in other ways, just thinking aloud here.
Phil
Is this a great fridge? Because if it isn't, there's another reason not to use such a movie icon on the front door.
Not that I could airbrush - I can't…so in other ways, just thinking aloud here.
Phil
Marilyn? I thought it was Marlene Dietrich at first!
ovrphil
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CircleW -. It's interesting that you thought it Marlene. Hope you don't mind me just commenting, nothing to do with your perception or impressions.
Marlena was born in 1901..big movie star before Marilyn, could have been her mother. My parent's talked about her being as big as Marilyn Monroe in a different way. When I see Marlene, I hear her saying,
"I want to be alone!". (oops Greta Garbo (sorry, thanks Sandy)…but still ..Marlene. Such a sober individual in her photos. Ok, back to refrigerators..talk amongst yourselves.
(I better be on my movie toes and finger tips with Sandy watching).
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Marlena was born in 1901..big movie star before Marilyn, could have been her mother. My parent's talked about her being as big as Marilyn Monroe in a different way. When I see Marlene, I hear her saying,
"I want to be alone!". (oops Greta Garbo (sorry, thanks Sandy)…but still ..Marlene. Such a sober individual in her photos. Ok, back to refrigerators..talk amongst yourselves.
(I better be on my movie toes and finger tips with Sandy watching).
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danemodsandy
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Bad Example....
....Of what I call Synthetic Fifties.
You've seen it in magazines or on the Net - those people who have tricked out their homes with blonde boomerang coffee tables, a jukebox, chrome diner stools and maybe a breakfast nook made out of the rear ends of a couple of '57 Chevys. Nothing like that was ever seen at the time.
Very few people with a proclaimed love of the '50s seem to have the effingest idea of what the decade was actually like.
Phil, I think you're thinking of Garbo with the "I want to be alone" line. She spoke it in several movies, notably 1932's Grand Hotel, where she played ballerina Grusinskaya. The line became so famous that Garbo herself parodied it in 1939's Ninotchka, where Garbo is asked if she wants to be alone. The Swedish Sphinx's reply? "Nope!"
....Of what I call Synthetic Fifties.
You've seen it in magazines or on the Net - those people who have tricked out their homes with blonde boomerang coffee tables, a jukebox, chrome diner stools and maybe a breakfast nook made out of the rear ends of a couple of '57 Chevys. Nothing like that was ever seen at the time.
Very few people with a proclaimed love of the '50s seem to have the effingest idea of what the decade was actually like.
Phil, I think you're thinking of Garbo with the "I want to be alone" line. She spoke it in several movies, notably 1932's Grand Hotel, where she played ballerina Grusinskaya. The line became so famous that Garbo herself parodied it in 1939's Ninotchka, where Garbo is asked if she wants to be alone. The Swedish Sphinx's reply? "Nope!"
whirlaway
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People did have a certain amount of those Things!
It was not uncommon to see a blonde boomerang coffee table.Blonde furniture was very popular and boomerang couches.Unless you went the early american look,or colonial Williamsburg.Once in while someone had a jukebox in their rumpus room,an uncle or a friend might have been in the coin operated music business,78 player normally.Though breakfast nooks were just that,breakfast nooks!!! Young people or folks that bought newer houses had the modern look.Lots and Lots of kitchens were remodeled in the 50s,thats why there is so much of those appliances floating around today,they had such timeless styling.Look at many Womans Day,and magazines of that type would show you how to modernize your old furniture,cut off legs or what have you! Men had workshops in the forties and fifties,usually attached to their garage.I do and many people in my neighborhood do.Also in basements,folks had converted to oil or gas and the coal bins became great work areas.Color Tv was not something from outer-space,I can remember at least 3 different families that had them around 57 and 58.My set is a 56 and its from a local guy at NASA.You didnt have tons of murano glass or ten boomerang coffee tables or six Unimatics.Such wonderful tropical fabrics for slipcovers and drapes.In that time we changed curtains,rugs and slipcovers for the season.
It was not uncommon to see a blonde boomerang coffee table.Blonde furniture was very popular and boomerang couches.Unless you went the early american look,or colonial Williamsburg.Once in while someone had a jukebox in their rumpus room,an uncle or a friend might have been in the coin operated music business,78 player normally.Though breakfast nooks were just that,breakfast nooks!!! Young people or folks that bought newer houses had the modern look.Lots and Lots of kitchens were remodeled in the 50s,thats why there is so much of those appliances floating around today,they had such timeless styling.Look at many Womans Day,and magazines of that type would show you how to modernize your old furniture,cut off legs or what have you! Men had workshops in the forties and fifties,usually attached to their garage.I do and many people in my neighborhood do.Also in basements,folks had converted to oil or gas and the coal bins became great work areas.Color Tv was not something from outer-space,I can remember at least 3 different families that had them around 57 and 58.My set is a 56 and its from a local guy at NASA.You didnt have tons of murano glass or ten boomerang coffee tables or six Unimatics.Such wonderful tropical fabrics for slipcovers and drapes.In that time we changed curtains,rugs and slipcovers for the season.
danemodsandy
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Bobby:
A certain amount, yes, but not laid on as thick as some so-called '50s buffs do today.
A certain amount, yes, but not laid on as thick as some so-called '50s buffs do today.
whirlaway
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If people had the money?
I would imagine folks would have bought alot more had they had the income and exposure that we have today to those wonderful things.I remember as a kid to buy fine glass or china you went to the jewelry store.Today its everywhere,so many knock-offs today.In the fifties the mothers didnt work,unless they were widowed,because of the war.They worked hard and only had what they really needed,no welfare or ebt cards.They took in sewing,washing etc just to make ends meet.A whole different group of people.
I would imagine folks would have bought alot more had they had the income and exposure that we have today to those wonderful things.I remember as a kid to buy fine glass or china you went to the jewelry store.Today its everywhere,so many knock-offs today.In the fifties the mothers didnt work,unless they were widowed,because of the war.They worked hard and only had what they really needed,no welfare or ebt cards.They took in sewing,washing etc just to make ends meet.A whole different group of people.
Is there a bug?
It seems like posts 7 and 8 have landed in the wrong thread.
It seems like posts 7 and 8 have landed in the wrong thread.
danemodsandy
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No, Ralph,
The conversation just drifted a bit, which can happen when friends are talking.
The Norge is an example of "over-retro," something I had to fight very hard during the years when I was at Modernism Magazine. People were absolutely convinced that their snapshots of a house full of '50s kitsch and the family dressed in a manner straight out of Grease qualified them to get a magazine layout in a publication devoted to serious midcentury design and architecture.
The conversation just drifted a bit, which can happen when friends are talking.
The Norge is an example of "over-retro," something I had to fight very hard during the years when I was at Modernism Magazine. People were absolutely convinced that their snapshots of a house full of '50s kitsch and the family dressed in a manner straight out of Grease qualified them to get a magazine layout in a publication devoted to serious midcentury design and architecture.
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