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Best-restored classic films on DVD: a list
I saw the restored Vertigo at the GCC Avco in Westwood; enormous screen. It was great. Another one for the list: Lawrence of Arabia. If you can still find the old version on VHS, compare that to the restored version. There is no comparison. It too went on tour of old time theaters. I saw...- manton
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Descriptions from Raymond Chandler
That's Moose Malloy. Where O where is my Velma? -
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Descriptions from Raymond Chandler
You guys left out the next line: "Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge." -
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Descriptions from Raymond Chandler
The description of Moose Malloy at the beginning of Farwell, My Lovely is quite memorable. -
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Help Requested: Summer Suits
Re: tropical wool v. fresco, there are tradeoffs. Tropical wool can be lighter weight, but the weave has to be tighter to compensate. Fresco is more open, but it generally has to be a little heavier to compensate. Fresco is always going to look rougher and more rustic; just know that, if... -
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Esquire's Encyclopedia of 20th Century Men's Fashions.
That's an excellent price. I paid, um, a lot more for mine.- manton
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- Forum: Classifieds
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The ship that sunk herself
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the retro episodes of shows
Not exactly. The line is from the episode in which the family travels to the Itchy and Scratchy Land amusement park. The kids watch a biopic of Roger Meyers (creator of the cartoon characters Itchy and Scratchy) in which the narator says that Roger Meyers got into trouble for his controversial...- manton
- Post #23
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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gent's attire tutorial for the ladies?
I would put it this way. What we know as a suit jacket (same basic shape, long enough to just cover the seat) had by the early '30s been cut largely the same way since the late 1800s. Then London tailors began to alter the shape, making them look less formless and more shaped, like military...- manton
- Post #20
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Pocketwatches
What a fob hole on the vest? That's something certain Savile Row firms will do even if you don't ask for it. Over here, you not only have to ask, you have to explain what it is.- manton
- Post #58
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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gent's attire tutorial for the ladies?
'30s: fairly harmonious cut. Medium lapels. A more full chest ("drape") but a defined waist and trim skirt (the part around the hips). '40s: more exaggerated. Wider lapels, wider shoulders, wider trouser legs. '50s: heyday of the "sack." Natural shoulders, narrowish lapels, and very...- manton
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Styleforum Mean-Spiritedness
Style Forum seems a lot more rough and tumble than it really is because it is so dominated by regulars who have known each other "virtually" for years. Some people have been on the site since '02. Much of what appears to be snark is in fact joking banter. But AlanC is right that the site is... -
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Better fit
I'm going to dissent a little bit, for the hell of it. "Extension" is indeed mostly a matter of personal preference. But there are cases in which it is advisable that go beyond preference. The most important would be a guy whose upper arms, outer edge to outer edge, are significantly wider... -
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Canvas and fused: Which is warmer?
Niether makes much of a difference. I suppose if a tailor used the heaviest possible canvas, and a thick silk lining, that would appreciably warm the suit. But this is rare. Silk linings are especially rare because they are expensive and don't wear so well. The obverse, however, is true... -
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Old school barrel cuffs
They may now, but the classic BB shirts never had any. If you want to start a fight, go over to the AAAC trad forum and write a love poem to gauntlet buttons. -
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Old school barrel cuffs
Are you sure there's no placket? Shirts with a plackey but no button are common. That's the standard Brooks Brothers make. -
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Show NO Shirt Cuff
Some of our best threads are about the most unimaginably, microscopically stupid topics. Great fun! -
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Eating Habits of the Past vs. Now
I think the fast food v. home cooking point explains a lot. The most unhealthy home cooking has far less salt and fat than the average fast food meal. Plus, I'm guessing here, but I think that processed snack foods were far less commen then, and those things are really, really bad.- manton
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
