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Jiujitsu girls from the Martial Arts of Tucson dojo engaged in Randori training.
The new S i J series to further advocate women in martial arts . A formidable and alluring, professionally designed series that feature actual students of Shiden'issen Jujutsu (S i J) - Tucson, AZ.
Saffron Walden Crank Up at the former RAF Debden airfield was a huge success with large numbers of steam cars, road locomotives, loco tractors and 1/3rd scale models attending in addition to strong entries in Commercials, Military and Cars. 23rd April 2022
Sometimes, I need to step back and realize what I (we) have accomplished. Sure, this image was from a few months ago, but it's a good reminder for me. We have cranked out some incredible work over the years, and I frequently loose focus of that. Its times like now that I need that mental reinforcement to get through a challenge.
Tomorrow, we have a couple of load-ins. That means that we have to surgically split our team up. Normally, this would not be a challenge, but I have a strong feeling that the train wreck we are about to encounter on one of these events tomorrow would have really benefitted by having the whole team there. You see, we have done quick load-ins and turnovers many times before. I hate them and the stress that goes with em'......but we've done em'.
This event I am speaking about has us pre-rigging some of the lighting this evening. The train started to jump that track about an hour ago when I was informed by the production manager that we have to delay the load in by 3 hours and by the way, we can't rig in the whole room. In fact, now we can't access one 3rd of the room till tomorrow at noon!
Sorry, I have a feeling I am gonna rant for a while.....more on the blog about this cluster fu$^%# (if ya care that is! hehehehe)
IMPORTANT NOTES: Gloria playsets have been sold over the span of many years (some were available in the early 2000s, and are still produced in the 2020s). Due to the cheap, mass scale of production, there are often many missing accessories or incorrect ones included in the packages.
PERSONAL FUN FACT written by my sister: Like all our other Gloria playsets so far, this definitely appears to have originated in the 90s--the clothing styles sort of give that away. Funnily enough, I believe they are still cranking these out--which isn't a bad thing at all. I'm glad these are so mass produced because it made it easy for us to buy them in bulk in 2021. The lettering and set up of this is very fancy, compared to the fireplace packaging that seems really stripped down. I love how there's a Stacie-sized clone doll toward the center. I know it's not Kid Kore Katie--I know her profile so well that I can tell this isn't my favorite girl even in a blurry side shot. However, from a distance, I can pretend it's an early 90s Katie (similar wardrobe and she's similar from a distance). Anyway, the box makes this look 100% appealing and buyable. I mean, when we sat down and decided it was "finally" (it took us a month from when Shelly realized these existed and were very affordable to buy them, but it felt like a long time) time to actually buy Gloria playsets, this was 100% on the "we're getting it" list--no disputes, no questions asked. I mean, it wasn't even really open for discussion. It was happening. Anyway, it looks VERY appealing on the box but it is EVEN CUTER in person. So, this packaging, while perfectly suitable/admirable, just does NOT do justice to this glorious Gloria playset!
A Norfolk Southern engineer starts up UP 1988 which is in DPU position a train #226 (Los Angeles,CA - Atlanta,GA). He will run the #1988 long hood forward into Whitaker Yard in Austell with about half of 226's train.
Bronica SQ-A with crank wind, waist-level finder and Zenzanon-PS 80mm f2.8 lens. Photographed with a Graflex Crown Graphic 45, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 135mm f4.7 at f32 on HP5. Lit with an M3 flash bulb in a Heiland flash.
Left to right: 3/4 pin technique, thin L liftarm technique, MackBricks balanced disc technique, and MackBricks compact disc technique
My obsession with trees continues......,a quick ride up to Billinge and these trees on a hill in Crank,thought it suited mono,
Thanks for looking,
Chris.
A modern version of Go Ask Alice but for whatever reason, though a page turner, I felt no empathy at all.
Charming 19th century hand-cranked green wooden tricycle with yellow trim and wooden-spoked metal-rimmed wheels. Horse head in front. Front wheel pivots with foot pegs for steering. Vertical hand levers crank the rear wheels. Cloth seat.
24 1/8" tall, 34" long and 20" wide.
Donated by Miss Helen Cott
ACC# 79.111
See other toys and learning pieces at flic.kr/s/aHskHHHUQd.
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums).
Laurin & Klement RK/M, seen in the Museum of Transportation section at the National Technical Museum, Prague
Stills (8" X 10").
Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman
youtu.be/5jkW_Ip1zzw?t=6s Part 1
Starring Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye, Harry Stubbs, David Clyde, Sonia Darrin, Cyril Delevanti, and Charles Irwin. Directed by Roy William Neill.
In 1943, Universal cranked out yet another so-so sequel, but created the first monster vs. monster films. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (FMW) is a double sequel. It is the fifth chapter in the Frankenstein saga, and a first sequel for the Wolfman ('41). As the Frankenstein fifth film, the story is weak, yet it is a highly significant chapter because Bela Lugosi plays the monster. (more in Notes section) Curt Siodmak, who penned many 50s sci-fi screenplays, wrote this sequel to his popular 1941 Wolfman film. Siodmak would also write the chapter, House of Frankenstein in 1944.
Synopsis
Grave robbers break into the Talbot family crypt looking for jewelry. They open the casket of Laurence Talbot, letting in a beam of moonlight. This revives the immortal werewolf. Laurence is found unconscious on a Cardiff street. He is taken to the hospital. Dr. Mannering and Inspector Owen don't believe he can turn into a wolfman and kill people, but change their mind when they see the casket is empty. Larry runs away and finds Maleva, the gypsy woman whose werewolf son bit him and made him a werewolf. She says a Dr. Frankenstein can help Larry die and stay dead. They travel from Wales to the village of Visaria. The doctor is dead, but the villagers are hostile towards anyone looking for a Frankenstein. Larry, turned to a werewolf, killed a young woman and got chased by the usual mob of angry villagers. He falls into the basement catacombs of the old castle. Next morning, now as Larry, he finds the monster encased in ice. He digs him out and asks him to locate the diaries. No success. Larry poses as a Mr. Taylor, pretending to want to buy the estate so he can meet baroness (Elsa) Frankenstein. He asks her for the diaries, but she pretends not to know. A quaint village festival of the new wine waxes musical. Larry loses his cool at the song lyrics which speak of living forever. Dr. Mannering followed Larry's trail of murders across Europe to find him in Visaria. He and Elsa find Larry hiding in the castle ruins. She opens the secret compartment revealing the diaries. Dr. Mannering thinks he know how to de-activate both the monster and Larry. The townsfolk fret and worry over what Dr. Mannering and "that Frankenstein woman" are doing up in the castle. Barkeper Vasec proposes they blow up the dam and flood the castle, killing them. No one signs onto his plan. They all go out to see the castle glowing from the electric arcs. Mannering has the the two hooked up to the machines. At the last moment, he can't deactivate the monster, but wants to see it at full power. He charges the monster. Filled with new power, the monster rips off his restraints. He chases and grabs Elsa. Talbot turned into the Wolfman. He stops the monster. The two fight, trashing the lab. Mannering and Elsa escape the castle. Vasec rigged explosives at the dam and blows it up. A model flood sweeps down on a model castle. It crumbles into rubble. The End.
The "science" is thinner in this chapter of the saga. Dr. Mannering recites some generalisms about entropy. The monster was energized with the life-giving cosmic rays. The "key" to deactivating him, is draining off his energy by reversing the poles of Frankenstein's sparky machines. Having Curt Siodmak as the screenwriter, gives FMW a family link to Golden Era sci-fi. Siodmak wrote some early sci-fi, such as F.P. 1 Doesn't Answer ('33), but also many 50s titles, such as: Donovan's Brain ('53), Magnetic Monster ('53), Riders to the Stars ('54) Creature With the Atomic Brain ('55) and Earth vs. Flying Saucers ('57).
The only carryovers from the fourth movie was the monster and baroness Elsa (daughter of Ludwig from "Ghost"). Elsa is played by a different actress. The monster is played by Bela Lugosi. While he doesn't have the build or stature for a good monster portrayal, the logic was that he would speak with Ygor's voice, as he did at the end of the fourth movie. This, since he got Ygor's brain. The blindness from the end of the fourth movie also explains the raised stiff arms Lugosi uses.
FMW may be a lesser-grade sequel, but it is historically significant because Bela Lugosi plays the monster (the only time he does). Back in 1931, when Universal was planning the original Frankenstein film to follow up their success with Dracula, they wanted Lugosi to play the monster. He made such a good Dracula, his name would have marquee power. Lugosi is said to have turned down the role because it had no speaking parts. Universal then tapped Boris Karloff, who had played mostly uncredited bit parts. Karloff then went on to greater fame as the monster. Lugosi may still not have been keen on playing the monster, but since it got Ygor's brain in the previous film, and the monster was to speak (like Ygor). He agreed.
Ironically, even though Lugosi's monster had some speaking lines, they all got edited out. The traditional story is that test audiences laughed at the monster speaking with Ygor's voice, so Universal cut them all out. Something doesn't line up in this traditional. The monster spoke with Lugosi's Ygor voice at the end of the previous film and it caused no laughter. Perhaps Universal was disingenuous about letting Lugosi have speaking lines. Perhaps they felt it better keep their cash-cow monster a mute beast. Maybe Lugosi's talking monster wasn't as frightening as speechless monster. Supposedly, his lines were to have explained his partial blindness (and hence his iconic stiff armed walk), as well as some back story tying in the previous film. Apparently this was not not crucial. Fans of the saga knew those details anyway.
Universal themselves contributed to the ongoing confusion over the name of the monster. The title of the film (and posters) show the monster fighting the Wolfman. To the average Joe, that meant the name of the monster was "Frankenstein." It seems unlikely that the title refers to Elsa Frankenstein meeting the Wolfman. Although she does chat with Talbot. in the mayor's office and at the festival, this hardly seems like a film's title moment.
Fans of the saga would have known that the ending of the film was really no ending at all. The Wolfman could not die. We learned that in the first half of the film. A mere flood wouldn't kill him. The monster, too, was deemed immortal earlier. Neither fire, nor cave-in, nor being frozen, nor molten sulphur had killed him before. Why would a mere flood kill him? Fans knew it would not. Universal was leaving their sequel options open
There must be something about those Frankenstein women. In the original story, the abandoned monster is jealous of the doctor's wife because SHE gets his attention. In the 1910 Edison version, the monster is also jealous of the doctor's young bride. This plays out too in the 1931 version. The monster seems almost lusty for Elizabeth. In Bride, the monster actually kidnaps Elizabeth. Now in FMW, the monster carries off the lovely Elsa.