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very nice unregistered bedford ynt or ynv with plaxton paramount body. the trim looks as if there are some bits missing though!
British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 26. Charles Rogers in Wings (William Wellman, 1927).
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (1904-1999) was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was publicised as "America's Boy Friend". Rogers starred in such films as Wings (1927) and My Best Girl (1927), the latter opposite his later wife Mary Pickford. He also found success as a bandleader and a musician.
Charles Edward 'Buddy' Rogers was born in 1904 in Olathe, Kansas, to Maude and Bert Henry Rogers. His father was a newsman who later became a probate judge in Johnson County. Charles He attended Olathe high school and studied at the University of Kansas where he became an active member of Phi Kappa Psi. In the mid-1920s, he trained at the Paramount Picture School and began acting professionally in Hollywood films. His film debut was a starring role in the silent romantic comedy Fascinating Youth (Sam Wood, 1926), along with Thelma Todd and Josephine Dunn in supporting roles. That year, he also appeared in the comedy So's Your Old Man (Gregory La Cava, 1926) starring W. C. Fields and Alice Joyce. Nicknamed "Buddy", his most-remembered film performance was opposite Clara Bow and Gary Cooper in the Oscar-winning war film Wings (William A. Wellman, 1927), the first film ever honored as Best Picture. Hundreds of extras and some 300 pilots were involved in the filming, including pilots and planes of the United States Army Air Corps which were brought in for the filming and to provide assistance and supervision. Wellman extensively rehearsed the scenes for the Battle of Saint-Mihiel over ten days with some 3500 infantrymen on a battlefield made for the production on location. Although the cast and crew had much spare time during the filming because of weather delays, shooting conditions were intense, and Wings took approximately nine months to complete in total. Acclaimed for its technical prowess and realism upon release, the film became the yardstick against which future aviation films were measured, mainly because of its realistic air-combat sequences. According to Wikipedia, Wings was one of the first films to show two men kissing, and also one of the first widely released films to show nudity. In the enlistment office are nude men undergoing physical exams, who can be seen from behind through a door which is opened and closed. Bow's breasts are revealed for a second during the Paris bedroom scene when military police barge in as she is changing her clothes. In the scene in which Rogers becomes drunk, the intoxication displayed on the screen was genuine, as although 22 years of age, he had never tasted liquor before, and quickly became inebriated from drinking champagne. A boom was built with the camera mounted on an extension to shoot the Café de Paris scene. For many years, Wings was considered a lost film until 1992 when a print was found in the Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris and quickly copied from nitrate film to safety film stock. It was again shown in theaters, including some theaters where the film was accompanied by Wurlitzer pipe organs. In 1997, Wings was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Rogers then appeared in the silent romantic comedy My Best Girl (Sam Taylor, 1927) opposite his future wife Mary Pickford. Charles Rosher received an Academy Award nomination for his cinematography of this film in 1928. He co-starred again with Clara Bow in the romantic comedy Get Your Man (Dorothy Arzner, 1927). His first part-talkie was Abie's Irish Rose (Victor Fleming, 1928) with Nancy Carroll. They co-starred again in the musical Close Harmony (John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland, 1929).
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers was a talented trombonist skilled on several other musical instruments. He performed with his own dance band in films and on the radio. He performed in such musicals as the all-star American revue Paramount on Parade (Edmund Gouldin, and ten other directors, 1930), and the British musical Dance Band (Marcel Varnel, 1935). In 1930, he recorded two records for Columbia as a solo singer with a small jazz band accompanying. In 1932, he signed with Victor and recorded four sweet dance band records with a group organized by drummer, and later actor, Jess Kirkpatrick. In 1933–1934 Rogers took over the popular Joe Haymes orchestra, to which he added drummer Gene Krupa. His later bands were organised by Milt Shaw. In 1938, he signed with Vocalion and recorded six swing records. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a flight training instructor. After making An Innocent Affair (Lloyd Bacon, 1948), he retired from the screen for nine years, concentrating on television and radio work. His final screen appearance before his retirement from films was in the Western The Parson and the Outlaw (Oliver Drake, 1957). It was produced by Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Anthony Dexter as Billy the Kid, along with Buddy Rogers, Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, and Jean Parker. In 1960, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was dedicated to Rogers at 6135 Hollywood Blvd, for his contribution to the motion picture industry. In 1986, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Rogers with The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and in 1993, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. In 1937, Rogers became the third husband of silent film actress Mary Pickford. Their romance had begun in 1927, when they co-starred in My Best Girl, but they kept it on ice until Pickford's separation and 1936 divorce from Douglas Fairbanks. According to IMDb, he reported that Clark Gable "once told Mary [Mary Pickford] when we got married, that it wouldn't last six months" because he was 11 years younger than her. They remained married for 42 years until Pickford's death in 1979. The couple adopted two children — Roxanne (born 1944, adopted in 1944) and Ronald Charles (born 1937, adopted in 1943). He became estranged from daughter Roxanne when, at age 18, she ran off to marry a man her parents did not approve of. In 1982, Rogers married Beverly Ricono, a well-regarded philanthropist in the Palm Desert area, and the couple remained together till his death. According to Wikipedia, Rogers was reportedly bisexual and had an affair with Gene Raymond who was married to Jeanette MacDonald. IMDb: "Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond were married on June 16, 1937. Nine days later, Mary Pickford and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers were wed. That same night, both couples left aboard the liner Lurline to honeymoon in Honolulu. Their respective cabins were adjacent, and Raymond and Rogers seem to have already been quite well acquainted. According to reliable sources, the two wives found the two grooms commencing a honeymoon of their own." Charles 'Buddy' Rogers died in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1999, at the age of 94 of natural causes, and was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cathedral City, near Palm Springs.
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Paramount Coaches Irizar Century bodied Volvo B10M ACY974 is seen here heading onto Triq Sant’ Anna, Valletta working a private hire.
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Bournemouth Transport, the former municipal owned undertaking of Bournemouth Council, always had a small coaching arm of their bus operations and that later increased in size when the National Express operations were acquired with Dorset Travel Services in 04/1992. After privatisation, Bournemouth Transport became known under the fleetnames of Yellow Buses and Yellow Coaches. New to Happy Days, Woodseaves, numbered 169, in 03/1988, this mid-engined DAF is seen here making the left hand turn from Elizabeth Street, onto Buckingham Palace Road, opposite London Victoria Coach Station, on 27/07/1994. It had probably worked it's way in on a National Express duplicate, although there are no signs to indicate thus. I also think that this DAF was a leased vehicle from Hughes-DAF, Cleckheaton, going by the fact, it is dealer registered and also in non-company fleet livery. It's next operator would be Lowland, in Scotland, again in plain white but carrying Lowland fleetnames. It is of note, that my previous slide photo is one of a then current coach with Happy Days, this being a former coach of theirs.
The camera being a Praktica MTL3 with the film being the excellent 'Fujichrome' colourslide.
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1994.
Cambridge Coach Services Volvo B10M-61 Plaxton Paramount 3500 F884 RFP in London, 3rd August, 1994. It was new to Bleanch's, Hetton-le-Hole.
One of the few iconic older theaters in Denver. Doing some urban exploring and realized I'd never taken a shot of this one yet. Likely to go back for more later. Taken October 2017 Denver, Colorado via 500px ift.tt/2DDuz7N
This afternoon the new Paramount headed out on its first private hire, it's seen here about to leave, Volvo B10M Alexander PS K779 DAO is seen to the left.
The Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. It was one of the first Depression-era buildings to integrate the work of numerous creative artists into its architecture. The theatre was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Chief Architect: Timothy L. Pflueger.
Mary Carlisle is a retired American actress, singer and dancer. Currently 102 year old, she was born in Los Angeles, California, she starred in several B movie-grade Hollywood films in the 1930s, having been one of fifteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars" in 1932.
Leaving Wigmore on School service --- this may have been Fromes Hill services hire coach?? what is it??
I was on my way to the Isle of Wight in 1987 when I spotted Paramount coach 33 at The Hard Bus Station in Portsmouth awaiting it's turn on National Express 830 service to Liverpool
Paramount Leisure was the coaching arm of the Potteries Motor Traction Co, more commonly known by it's initials PMT. Quite cleverly these initials are picked out in red on the Paramount fleet name. I wonder if anybody realised the significance apart from us enthusiasts?
Paramount Coaches Plaxton Excalibur bodied Dennis Javelin JCY989 is seen here at Rabat Bus Terminus working a private hire.
A number of Plaxton Paramounts were modernised in the new Millennium by Blackpool Coach Services. In June, 2005, Go Goodwins Scania WSV 541 - new to Shearings as G881 VNA - was seen at Chester Zoo.
Famed theatre architects Rapp & Rapp designed the dramatically massed skyscraper in 1926 at a cost of $13.5M as offices for Paramount Pictures, as a home for the Paramount Theater (since demolished) and as an advertisement for the Paramount Corporation. The building, at its completion the tallest structure on Broadway north of the Woolworth Building (33 stories), sits on the site of the previous Putnam Building, erected to commemorate the spot where Revolutionary War hero General Israel Putnam met General George Washington.
The motion picture company's trademark mountain encircled by five pointed stars is echoed in the fourteen setbacks creating a "para"mountain massing and its surmounting four faced clock, on which the hours are marked by five pointed stars. The setback below the clock faces is flanked by three-story scrolls, making the whole look like a gigantic desk clock. The clock is crowned by a glass glove that, when illuminated, is visible for miles. The globe and clock were painted black at the outset of World War II to maintain blackout conditions for fear of enemy invasion. The Globe and Clock tower were restored in 1996.
With its 3600-seat theater and fabulous Marquee and Arch, the Paramount introduced the likes of Gary Cooper, William Powell, Mae West, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Claudette Colbert, through silent films and talkes to New York. Its stage was graced regularly by Benny Goodman, Jack Benny, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin to name a few. In the 1950's, the Theater became home to the Alan Freed Rock and Roll stage show. In 1956, Elvis Presley’s first movie, Love Me Tender, premiered here.
In 1964 the Paramount closed its doors. The theater space was converted to offices, the marquee wsa removed and the arch in-filled.
The clocks and globe were restored in 1997. In 2000, the World Wrestling Federation began construction of their entertainment complex, renovating the interior for a restaurant, nightclub and retail store at a cost of $38M. In 2001, at a cost $8MM, the original the marquee and arch were restored returning the facade to its original grandeur. In 2004, Hard Rock Cafe purchased the Paramount Hotel for $126.M and rebranded it the Hard Rock Hotel in 2007.
The Paramount Building was designated a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1982, and its interior was designated separately in 1987.
This collection included an extremely large number, probably around a dozen, of Pirate Plaxton Paramount kits, some of which made very high prices as their whitemetal and etched brass construction makes them difficult to build. This one is a 3500 version with tables and a servery, which is likely to join the historic Quicksilver fleet in due course.
The Paramount Theatre was a noted movie palace located at 43rd Street and Broadway in the Times Square district of New York City. Opened in 1926, it was the premiere showcase for Paramount Pictures and also became a popular live performance venue. The theater was closed in 1964 and its space converted to office and retail use. The tower which housed it, known as the Paramount Building is still in commercial use as an office building and remains a Times Square.
Originally a film-only venue, the theater was the site of numerous movie premieres but was not particularly profitable until it began hosting live music as the swing era got underway. Glen Gray's orchestra was the first live band to play there during the week of Christmas 1935. Over the following years, the Paramount became the leading band house in the United States, as performers such as Benny Goodman, Jack Benny, Tommy Dorsey, the Andrews Sisters, Harry James, Phil Spitalny, Xavier Cugat, Fred Waring, Eddy Duchin, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller and Guy Lombardo played extended runs there.[3] Later, Leo Fuld, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis all enjoyed success performing there.
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Paramount Film Service Ltd., (film renters), 14 Fraser Street.
Opened September 1928. This was built (next door to the Shakespeare Theatre) on part of a site of a proposed 2,000 seat cinema in 1921 which never happened..
People think this building was a cinema, but it was offices.
The Paramount cinema (later the Odeon) opened in 1934, a stone's throw from this building.
By the 1960s "Automaticket Ltd., ticket issuing machines" was here. These were the tickets that cinemas used, as well as other companies, including Mersey Ferries.
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This building in Fraser Street was last used as a restaurant (see below), which closed a few years ago.
Update:
Demolished, April 2016.
A third Lowland Plaxton from the Southdown fleet, this one is a standard Paramount with a rear window and centre toilet as supplied to operators other than National Express. It is a little bit rough with a dented roof, missing wiper and the base sitting at odd angle, but was cheap and can be rebuilt, which is worth doing as these have a reputation for being especially difficult and even Padbus struggled with their example.
Paramount Coaches Plaxton Excalibur bodied Dennis Javelin JCY988 is seen here parked up on Wesgħa tal-Mużew, Rabat whilst taking a break from its private hire.
Paramount Coaches Plaxton Excalibur bodied Dennis Javelin LCY860 is seen here heading around Valletta War Memorial working a private hire.
A very pleasing visitor to Torquay was Aston's Plaxton Paramount 3 bodied Volvo B10M-61, PUI3791, formerly F232DWF. Can't remember the time I last saw a Paramount visit on coach holiday/ day trip, but it's years.
Company: Astons Coaches of West Pennard
Registration: PUI3791
New: 1988
Chassis: Volvo B10M-61
Bodywork: Plaxton Paramount 3 C53F
Location: Torbay Road, Torquay
History: New to Fleet Coaches (F2) registered F232DWF
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more recognisable to me anyway plaxton paramount bodied leyland tiger, i would still consider this a modern coach although its almost 30 years ago when it was new !