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Home sweet home--One of the questions we're most frequently asked is, "We love the station and/or blog, and we'd love to support your efforts in some tangible way. Is there a vintage house in Southern California that we might purchase for you, so that you can live the bi-coastal lifestyle you've always dreamed of?"...
Pitch perfect: coal and coke--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market coal and coke. http://www.cladriteradio.com/archive...
Past Paper: Measuring your lovely menace--Are You a Lovely Menace? We enjoy personality quizzes of yore, and today's, which is taken from a 1940s Ponds cold cream advertisement, is quite entertaining. http://www.cladriteradio.com/archive...
A Reynolds wrap--Debbie Reynolds, who long hoped her extensive collection of Hollywood memorabilia would be kept together and on display in a museum, has struggled to find funding for the endeavor, so she's putting the stuff up on auction. It's exciting and not a little sad.
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Happy Hollingshead Day, 2011!--The first drive-in movie theatre, the brainchild of one Richard Hollingshead Jr., debuted 78 years ago today in Camden, New Jersey. http://www.cladriteradio.com/archive...
Pitch perfect: communities--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market cities and civic campaigns. http://www.cladriteradio.com/archive...
Just give it time--Recently we watched a bit of online video featuring a pert young thing taking a long time to say very little about a topic of interest to us. We quickly moved on, but it occurred to us that, some sixty or seventy years down the road, someone might come across that video and find it much more valuable, being pleased to be given a...
Ten minutes to showtime!--We hope you’ll make it to your local drive-in as often as possible this summer, but on the chance that you haven’t an ozoner near you, we wanted to tip you off to Turner Classic Movies‘ Drive-in Double Features, running every Thursday night in June. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Pitch perfect: funeral homes--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market funeral chapels, mortuaries and their tools of the trade. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Splish-Splash: The Esther Williams Interview--The always lovely Esther Williams was the Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies for May, so we thought it an apt time to share an interview we did with her some years ago. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Poster art for art’s sake--Prior to 1960, movie posters provided a pleasure all their own, quite apart from the viewer's interest (or lack of it) in the picture being advertised. The person behind the blog Where Danger Lives, a college professor in Pennsylvania, understands the appeal of old movie posters. He recently posted his favorite 100 film...
Pitch perfect: stoves--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market stoves, heaters, and ranges. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Goodbye to another glorious gal: If you've ever seen Ed Wood Jr.'s GLEN OR GLENDA (1953), you'll understand how cool it was that we once got to pose for a picture with Dolores Fuller while wearing an angora sweater (we were wearing the sweater, that is---not Ms. Fuller). Fuller, who died on Monday at the age of 88, led an interesting life well...
Rattling bones since 1927--Old movie buffs know that, if you’re watching a picture from the 1920s or early ’30s and it’s set in NYC, there’s a better than even chance there’ll be a scene set at Coney Island. And those scenes are usually preceded by a scene-setting montage of stock footage depicting Luna Park, Steeplechase Park, and other Coney...
Pitch perfect: public utilities--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market public utilities. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
You can’t spell “Mother” without OTR--Mother's Day, as ads and emails remind all of us relentlessly, is just around the corner, and we're providing a pointer to some free old-time radio programs, each of which has a "mother" theme--a Burns and Allen program, for example, entitled "Gracie's Mother Visits" that originally aired on May 20, 1948....
Mirror Images: Guinn Williams and George W. Bush--If we told you the picture on the left was George W. Bush, you’d almost believe it, wouldn’t you? But it’s not -- it’s character actor Guinn Williams, often called “Big Boy,” whose career began in 1919 and lasted until the 1960s. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Pitch perfect: machinery--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market machinery and machine parts. http://cladriteradio.com/...
A Berlin parade: Did you know that the lovely Irving Berlin standard "Easter Parade" is a reworking of an earlier Berlin tune? In 1917, Berlin wrote a song called "Smile and Show Your Dimple." That song wasn't particularly well received, so in 1933, when writing for the Broadway musical revue "As Thousands Cheer," Berlin revisited the song,...
Last man standing? Orrin Tucker remembered--It’s remarkable that until just a few days ago, we still had an orchestra leader from the golden age of the big bands among us. Orrin Tucker, whose first big hit was his 1939 recording of a World War I-era hit, “Oh Johnny, Oh Johhny, Oh!” with “Wee” Bonnie Baker on the vocals, passed away on April 9 at...
Hot savings as the weather warms--With spring upon us and the weather turning warmer, we thought it the perfect time to offer savings of up to 35% so that our listeners and readers can stock up on on all their favorite Cladrite gear. Just browse our Gear section -- or visit Cladrite.com -- to make your selections, and use the appropriate coupon...
It’s all happening at the zoo: Every child loves a visit to the zoo, and we’re willing to bet that every visitor to Cladrite Radio will be glad that we shared Flavorwire’s collection of vintage zoo posters from all over the world. And we do mean all over the world, from the Bronx to to London, Antwerp, Tel-Aviv, Munich and Berlin....
Pitch perfect: lumber--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, today we feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market lumber and wood products. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Harlow at 100: We’re not a bit happy about it, but we’re not likely to make it to Los Angeles in time to take in the Harlow at 100 exhibition at the Hollywood Museum, but that’s no reason you shouldn’t endeavor to experience it. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
Pitch perfect: lamps--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, we today feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market lamps, lights, and bulbs. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
The curtain is drawn on a great director: In February 2008, NYC's Film Forum held a tribute to director Sidney Lumet, who died today at the age of 86. The celebration of Lumet's life and career took the form of a two-hour Q&A, interspersed with clips from some of his most memorable films. We were lucky enough to be on hand, and we are pleased to...
Dust to dust--Ever feel a tinge of sorrow when you pulled out a dustrag and a can of Pledge with the intention of restoring the sheen to your furniture? Ever mourn the dust that you swiped off a coffee table, a bookshelf, a window sill? Well, you’ll mourn the dispatching of this dust. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
The Karen Files, revisited--Today marks a year since the passing of our mom. She was a grand gal and we miss her terribly, especially, as you might expect, over the past day or so. Today, we've posted links to a series of weekly reminiscences we called the Karen Files. We shared photographs from throughout her life and mused upon the woman we...
Pitch perfect: safety--As the Pitch Perfect series continues, we today feature a 1949 collection of advertising slogans used to market companies and organizations involved in safety. http://cladriteradio.com/archive...
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