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MUARA, Brunei (Oct. 4, 2011) Chief Fire Controlman Sandra Valdez (Left) and Fire Controlman Tanysha Brown, both assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), speak with a Royal Brunei Navy officer during a female engagement event. The event took place as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2011. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and to enhance force readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Bidwell/Released)
American collector card. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Chester Morris in Thunder Afloat (George B. Seitz, 1939).
American actor Chester Morris (1901-1970) was a Broadway star who billed himself as 'the youngest leading man in the country'. With his dark, good looks and chiselled jaw, he became a film star in the sound era. Morris was Oscar-nominated for Alibi (1929), but his greatest success was The Big House (1930). However, his star dimmed and by the end of the decade, he was appearing in B-pictures, From 1941, the Boston Blackie series at Columbia Pictures revived his career. In all, he appeared in 14 films as a detective.
Chester Morris was born John Chester Brooks Morris in New York City, in 1901. He was the son of actor William Morris and comedienne Etta Hawkins. As a teenager, Morris made his Broadway debut in 1918 in the play 'The Copperhead', in support of the great Lionel Barrymore. A year earlier, Chet Morris had made his film debut in Van Dyke Brooke's An Amateur Orphan (1917), but he didn't become a real film actor until the sound era. Instead, Morris appeared on Broadway in the plays 'Thunder' and 'The Mountain Man' in 1919. He returned to the Great White Way in 1922 in the comedy 'The Exciters'. He followed it up with the comedy-drama 'Extra' in 1923. Now established, Chester Morris began billing himself as 'the youngest leading man in the country'.
Chester Morris' dark, good looks and chiselled jaw made him a natural for movie stardom, but it wasn't until the transition from silent pictures to talkies that he became a film actor. He was one of the first actors to be nominated for an Academy Award when in 1930 (the second year of the as-yet non-nicknamed Oscars) he was recognised with a nod as Best Actor for Alibi (1929), his first talking picture. But it was his appearance in The Big House (1930), the film for which he is best known that he broke through to stardom. From 1930 through the middle of the decade, he was a star with good roles in first-rate pictures, usually assaying a tough guy. However, his star dimmed and by the end of the decade he was appearing in B-pictures, but beginning in 1941, the Boston Blackie series at Columbia Pictures revived his career. In all, he appeared in 14 pictures as the detective. He later segued to TV work in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in the occasional film such as his last, The Great White Hope (1970), which meant he had been a working movie actor for seven decades. Although he was afflicted with cancer, it is unclear whether he took his own life as he was apparently in good spirits and left no note in 1970.
Sources: Jon C. Hopwood (IMDb) and IMDb.
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Faber-Castell fine artist pen (found on the street), fine Sharpie and sketching pencil HB with blending stump.
I know it looks bad, but I'm told that the plant -- generating wood pulp -- emits mostly water vapor. As for the sea lions, they are a protected species and are doubly protected by how dang loud their barks are. Plus they feast on salmon.
On the downside, a pod of orcas came into town and had their fill of sea lions while Brad & I were away. I did see the orcas later when I was over at the Narrows. I saw their dorsal fins from far away but didn't get close enough to get any photos and they were definitely on the move northward.
I was able to get this shot after Brad graciously loaned me his sliding-seat rowing dory and sent me on my way south. He emphasized that in a boat, you may think you have a fast enough shutter speed -- based on land shots -- but you're still wobbling, so speed up the shutter. That advice definitely helped.
As much as it was a colourful and classically Thai photo-op, the floating market at Damnuen Saduak has largely become a tourist trap. By the time we left there must have been at leat 50 or 60 tour buses disgorging their contents into the market. It is kind of hard to believe, but I have been coming to Thailand for 11 years and this was my first time to visit a floating market there.
Damnuen Saduak Floating Market
Thailand
wish i had her hands in the photo as well. i feel there is something lacking in this.. tho i love the colors. but there isnt much i can do now...
new in my shop!
can you read the tagline on ipop's clicks? "the amazingly strong magnets that go 'click'!" it cracks me up cause a) it sounds like a toy and ridiculous marketing text, but b) it's true, they really do
Linnanmäki, the famous amusement park of Helsinki, was open for the last day of this summer today. Perfect sunny day for amusing yourself :D And enjoying the fireworks at night.
äRRä of the day: September 17th