Here's a picture of Bette Davis speaking at the dedication of the Rodger Young Village, a public housing project in Los Angeles for veterans, on April 27, 1946. Rodger Young won the Medal of Honor posthumously after allowing his platoon to escape unscathed from enemy fire from a machine gun nest by relentlessly advancing on it, drawing all fire to himself. Here's the link to his heroic story on the Army's Medal of Honor website.
Rodger Young is also known to Robert Heinlein fans as the name of one of the ships in Starship Troopers, which Heinlein named after the Medal of Honor recipient.
The project, consisting of Quonset huts, was dismantled around 1955.
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How the hell did Fox get my number??
I don't know but he got mine too. He won't stop calling me. I've threatened to call the police if he doesn't stop but so far it hasn't deterred him.
This is like that movie Unlawful Entry and Fox is Ray Liotta! I'm Kurt Russell, and Jonathan, you, of course, are Madeline Stowe.
I do feel rather thin and pretty today I must admit.
"Unlawful entry". Yeah. You wish, Bill, you wish.
But if that's Bill, and I'm on the other end of the line, who's the dame?!?
Bill's secretary, Trixie. When Bill the DVD prize many months ago here at Cinema Styles I had no contact with him whatsoever. Everything went through Trixie. She's a barracuda.
"She's a barracuda".
Like Sarah Palin?
p.s. That was intended as political provocation, just a pop cultural reference.
Sarah Palin is now one of those instantly funny old names from the foggy past, like Cochise and Alger Hiss.
Sarah Palin is now one of those instantly funny old names from the foggy past ...
God, I hope so.
Alger Hiss is such a perfect name (especially for the person that it's attached to) that it almost sounds made-up to me.
I went to school with a guy named Chester Suckley. Looked just like that, too!
I tried to steal Trixie away from Bill when I was going back and forth with her on the DVD details (where to send it, what movie, etc). I even offered to double what Bill was paying her but it was no go. She's loyal to a fault.
Did anyone ever see Concealed Enemies? It was a made for PBS movie back in 84 about the Hiss/Chambers case(I think an American Playhouse production)? Anyway, it was pretty good but Peter Riegert really stood out as Nixon.
Chester Suckley. I'm going to have change my pseudonym.
Didn't see that movie, Jonathan. Further, I need to know more about that whole situation than I currently do.
"Chester Suckley". Poor guy.
Years ago when I was in the medical biz, I was going through a roster of docs and came across one name that put both myself and my officemate on the floor:
Ihor Sawsuc.
No good work was done that day.
With a name like Ihor Sawsuc, it's got to be good.
Doesn't it bother anyone that they made discharged vets live in a housing project made of Quonset huts? That's brutal!
You all are quite a group. I can't remember the last time the most recent comment on a Cinema Styles post has had anything to do with the post itself. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Anyway ...
Had to jump in on the tangent. I went to school with a girl who was named ... wait for it ... Auna Dick.
That's child abuse.
Marilyn - Huh? What? Oh! The post! Sorry, no one had brought the post up in 17 comments so I wasn't sure what you were referring to.
(By the way, everyone, Marilyn gets a gold star)
The village was meant to provide temporary housing so families came and went. I guess since they knew it would coming down in under a decade they didn't want to actually construct permanent housing.
As an aside, Quonset huts always make me think of Gomer Pyle.
You all are quite a group. I can't remember the last time the most recent comment on a Cinema Styles post has had anything to do with the post itself. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Hey, now wait a minute. If you peruse my front page you'll see that each post has plenty of comments about the post. It's true, the topic veers off from the post often but usually not until about comment 20 or 30 on. True, this post was a standout for no comments on it but that was kind of by design. I figured the banner would start the conversation off (and it did) so I put up a pic post that didn't require any analysis of any kind.
Now then, with my righteous indignation aside, I am assuming her name was pronounced "I Wanna" - if so, holy crap, that is child abuse! I think you just beat Arbo's "Ihor Sawsuc." Although I think "Ihor Sawsuc" sounds funnier.
Yeah, I'm the best!
How different is this from Army housing anyway? People come and go with each new deployment. I think it's beastly.
And, Jason, speaking of comments on posts, one of favorite of all time came from Rick but I don't think anyone saw it. I did a post a couple of months back that veered wildly after the first few comments and turned into a two day conversation that ended up going to 202 comments. On the third day Rick, who had not been a part of it, chimed in at comment 203 with "What did I miss?"
Marilyn, I don't know, maybe they were really stylish Quonset huts with marble floors and Foosball tables. Maybe.
I'll give you a pass because you're the only one who liked my bird.
If a man said that it would mean something completely different.
Her bird by the way is the Snowy Owl known as Ferdy. My bird is the red tailed hawk known as... uh... Hawky that I took pictures of and stared at me with murder in its eyes while I snapped away.
There was a big to-do yesterday about the bird. The security guard wouldn't let birders on the site and had words with a guy in a Mercedes (but don't we all!). Now, the manager of the property, who told the security firm that it was all right to let birders on the property, is thinking seriously about changing companies ("if they can't get something this simple right, how will they get anything right"). Birds, of course, are always at the center of controversy. This one decided to move on; it is no longer on my street.
This one decided to move on; it is no longer on my street.
Ferdy probably didn't like all the attention. She looked like she just wanted a quiet roof to rest on. It was probably the security guard arguments that bothered her.
FYI... Bill will be here soon telling you that he is certifiably "brilliant" now.
So, what did Rick miss?
Oh, and if anyone's interested, I'm having a two-for-one special on Rita Calderoni's tits over at AoF.
So, what did Rick miss?
Those nude photos of me we were all in such awe over.
Oh, and if anyone's interested, I'm having a two-for-one special on Rita Calderoni's tits over at AoF.
And my comment is oh so clever. People often ask, "How do you do it? How are you so consistently clever and witty? Did you take a class? Can I be like you?"
And then I just laugh, ha ha ha, "No, no," I say, "of course you can't be like me."
"You see," I say as I adjust my bow tie and rakishly pluck my thumbs out from under my rainbow suspenders, "I'm as unique as a snowflake. Some of us are just blessed that way." Then I click my heels, arch my left eyebrow and twist around and out the door.
Take no offense. What I meant was that by the time I get to the comments, the most recent comment has nothing to do with the post.
As for the name...
That's Auna as in "On a ..."
"On a dick."
Yep, child abuse.
Jason, I wasn't actually offended. The jabbing back and forth at each other here runs pretty thick and I was just giving you hard time, like I do with those losers Bill and Fox. But not Marilyn - she's a winner!
And "on a dick" - Did her parents not spend even 10 seconds sounding it out before committing to it? Holy crap.
The jabbing back and forth at each other here runs pretty thick
Lapper is a HOMO!
Q.E.D.
And this part too, Arbo...
I was just giving you hard time
Fox, I meant to write "Me so horny. Me give you hard time."
My bad.
BTW, Arbo jabs harder than anyone. I know, Bill told me.
This is enough to send me into ecstasy:
The Feds have FINALLY indicted Gov. Rod "Sunshine" Blagojevich, possibly the stupidest politician of our time. Get all the news here.
Sincerely, I want to throw a party. I only hope they can get Daley, too, though that would be beyond reaching for the stars.
Hooray! I'm not really familiar with him but if it makes you happy, it makes me happy. So, hooray!
Arbo's gay.
Marilyn-
I was just looking at some of the transcipts from the tapes and I noticed that the Governor likes to use the F word a lot!
...ok, now back to the gay vietnamese jokes!!!
"Me give you hard time" is hilarious. Even more hilarious is that I thought that was just part of the 2 Live Crew song until I saw Full Metal Jacket.
What is this - Scatological Tuesday?
I don't know what's wrong with these people today, Marilyn. Rest assured that any comments I make today will be free of dirt or crudeness.
POOP!
Arbo started it with that completely unnecessary name calling. But I will be the bigger man and not engage in anymore of it. Out of respect to Marilyn.
I hope you have all learned something from this.
Aside from the 2 Live Crew / Full Metal Jacket reference. Fox already learned that.
Arbo's gay.
Gay like a Fox!
Arbo started it with that completely unnecessary name calling.
I didn't call you a name. I called you a classification.
What is this - Scatological Tuesday?
Rectum? Damn near killed 'im!
This was me last night before I went out to the Foxhole.
I didn't call you a name. I called you a classification.
Well then why didn't you call me Mammalian, cause that's the part of scientific classification that's all Class.
I'm also proud to be a part of the Chordata phylum. Anyone who isn't is a jellyfish in my book!
Wait till you read my review going up later today. You'll pee your taxonomy book!
(Oh no, scatology!)
Jonathan, I think that what was intended was to call you a Mamoulian after the director of Silk Stockings, among other films.
By the way, back to the original post, I found a kind of hot photo of Bette that I posted on my blog.
Marilyn, I can't wait.
Peter, that is a good pic of Bette but my congrats go to the Janet Leigh pic. That one's an all time winner.
Here's a color version.
And another with a rifle instead of a six-shooter.
I like Peter's entire gallery, though I'm not familiar with most of the Asian actresses.
I wish I saw that color photo of Janet Leigh. Too bad she wasn't dressed like that in any of her movies.
Marilyn-
Where is this review you teased us with??? Post for chrissakes!!!!
I'm too tired to go through all the comments we missed. Who wants to give me a synopsis?
Bill-
Arbo is gay for 2 Live Crew and Full Metal Jacket, Marilyn isn't really into Asian women but she likes butch femmes like Bette Davis, and Jonathan likes to pump you.
Okay, well, I already knew most of that. The fact that Marilyn's not into Asian women is, however, a stunner.
Welll... I should ammend that. She's not "familiar" with them. I made it sound worse than it is.
Sorry M-Dog.
Nice synopsis Fox, you really got the thrust of it.
Marilyn, I still see Black Orpheus and now, as Michael Corleone would say, I have to take care of family business so I won't be able to read it until later. I hope you post soon. This is the current state I'm in.
The post is up!
Marilyn's review is here. Considering me and Arbo's jokes in this thread, it really is quite a coincidence.
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