tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post2048123709880661108..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: That's Typing Tuesday #13: Carole Lombard's HandsMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-53828522729734797372011-07-28T17:16:34.655-04:002011-07-28T17:16:34.655-04:00Interesting reading the different decades of memor...Interesting reading the different decades of memories based on birth years and parents birth years. I was born in the '80s to parents born in the late '30s, early '40s. Late-comer, I was. I got snatches of stories about WWII from my mom (born 1936), who could remember moving around a lot as a child because her dad worked a shipbuilder during the war, and about Vietnam from my dad (born in 1941), who managed satellites for the Air Force. Very little about Korea, which I guess didn't affect them directly as much. But I was young enough that it took me a while to separate them all out in my head. When I first heard about the Korean War, I thought that was what my dad was in, until he helped me work out the dates. My earliest world event memory is the fall of the Berlin Wall.Jandy Stonehttp://www.the-frame.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-49397732611212619802011-07-27T20:11:07.865-04:002011-07-27T20:11:07.865-04:00As opposed to me, born in the 1950s to parents bor...<i>As opposed to me, born in the 1950s to parents born in the 1920s... </i><br /><br />Like my friends Susan and Pete, VP, either of whom I'd give a kidney.<br /><br />I mean, not necessarily my own, of course, but I'm sure I could scrounge one up ...<br /><br /><i>As opposed to me, born in the sixties to parents born in the early 1940s...</i><br /><br />My older brother and late sister were born in the 1940s, whistlingypsy. So you and I would be contemporaries, but my parents would have been more the age of your grandparents ...<br /><br /><i>but we rarely speak of the Vietnam War in my household. </i><br /><br />There was a lot of chat about VietNam when I was growing up -- my brother was in the Air Force and was a McGovern liberal, my dad had been in the service overseas in WWII and was a Nixon conservative. Since I adored both of them, it made for some interesting listening. I think that's where I learned my even strain when it comes to juggling the different sides of an argument ... and why I so rarely talk politics out loud with anyone.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-61639002958684013082011-07-27T18:56:11.275-04:002011-07-27T18:56:11.275-04:00As opposed to me, born in the sixties to parents b...As opposed to me, born in the sixties to parents born in the early 1940s...sorry, my references to World War II and the Korean War were a bit cryptic. Those stories belong primarily to my grandparents, but we rarely speak of the Vietnam War in my household.whistlingypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126688373252306609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-13274113541825877062011-07-27T09:54:01.571-04:002011-07-27T09:54:01.571-04:00One of the things that many of my friends have in ...<i>One of the things that many of my friends have in common is that we were born in the 1960s to parents born in the 1920s.</i><br /><br />As opposed to me, born in the <i>1950s</i> to parents born in the 1920s...VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-32849367915681596702011-07-26T20:06:47.571-04:002011-07-26T20:06:47.571-04:00if you want anecdotes on Key West, the Panama Cana...<i>if you want anecdotes on Key West, the Panama Canal, World War II and the Korean War, there is an endless supply available.</i><br /><br />I am a big fan of anecdotes.<br /><br />Your mom must have been of the same generation as mine (and Katie's and Mister Muleboy's), or thereabouts. One of the things that many of my friends have in common is that we were born in the 1960s to parents born in the 1920s ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-91910427497373713812011-07-26T20:04:36.425-04:002011-07-26T20:04:36.425-04:00Oh, by the way, just to be clear, "Aunt Mary&...Oh, by the way, just to be clear, "Aunt Mary" was mom's aunt, not mine. And my mom having been born in 1925, her aunt could have been the right age.<br /><br />But everybody I could ask has shuffled off this mortal coil ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31372761127559248532011-07-26T17:36:03.723-04:002011-07-26T17:36:03.723-04:00Despite the lack of evidence for Aunt Mary's h...Despite the lack of evidence for Aunt Mary's hand modeling gig, the photo of Carole Lombard is fascinating. My mother spent a (very) brief portion of her youth as a model. She was also in Hollywood (LA) during this time, but no claims exist in my family for vicarious brushes with fame. However, if you want anecdotes on Key West, the Panama Canal, World War II and the Korean War, there is an endless supply available.whistlingypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126688373252306609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-43294538140453744882011-07-26T15:37:43.991-04:002011-07-26T15:37:43.991-04:00I tried to hire a hands model once. At least that...<i>I tried to hire a hands model once. At least that's what I told the missus.</i><br /><br />And what did you tell the hands model? You were a busy boy in those days ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-44082990929447451822011-07-26T15:36:35.916-04:002011-07-26T15:36:35.916-04:00I too am skeptical, although primarily because I k...I too am skeptical, although primarily because I knew my mother better than you do.<br /><br />Now that I think of it, maybe that's why I am such a stickler for primary evidence. That and my background in litigation and the year I did on the college newspaper ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-73512622997144233162011-07-26T15:00:19.289-04:002011-07-26T15:00:19.289-04:00I'm going to have to be a bit skeptical on thi...I'm going to have to be a bit skeptical on this one, if only because last year I did an entry at "Carole & Co." on a Lombard Paramount portrait (p1202-495 to be precise) that is unique in that you <i>don't</i> see Carole's face, only her hands. Now it's possible a "hand model" could have been used, but this would have been in late 1932 or early '33, way before Aunt Mary's time. The entry can be seen at http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/341450.html. By the early '40s, Carole might have needed a hand double thanks to aging and all that work on the Encino ranch, but I've never heard one was ever used. (At least she never claimed to be Lombard's <i>leg</i> double!)<br /><br />P.S. <i>My</i> aunt was a New York-based hand model in the '80s, but as far as I know, she never doubled for any actress. (This is getting more and more like "The Puffy Shirt" episode of "Seinfeld" every minute.)VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-66649966485697201572011-07-26T14:52:25.100-04:002011-07-26T14:52:25.100-04:00Please don't forget to tip your waitress.
I&#...Please don't forget to tip your waitress.<br /><br />I'll be here all week. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-88384053348990647842011-07-26T14:51:57.286-04:002011-07-26T14:51:57.286-04:00I tried to hire a hands model once.
At least tha...<b><i>I</i></b> tried to hire a hands model once.<br /><br /><br />At least that's what I told the missus.<br /><br /><br />She was interested in the emails I had from "Betty" regarding the fees for a hand job. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.com