I'm rich Obama! I'm richer than you! |
Posted on 12/08/2011 6:19:10 AM PST by thackney
From the other day......
[I’m trying to find a color still from that scene to check the paint color of that XK-120]
I saw that you had found the last scene from Giant. Looks good. Kinda laughing - bet you didn’t realize the Jag was black.
Why is natural gas so dam low?
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Scuttlebutt is that the producers had to rent that black Jag XK-120MC for James Dean to drive to and from the movie locations
I cannot verify that -
It was said the producer or director would not allow Dean to drive his Porsche to or on the set areas
The driver in that scene in the red ballcap and jacket likely was dressed to stand out in contrast to the other people and backgrounds in that very short scene
The same with the black paint color of the Jaguar against the light yellow ‘52 Ford or ‘55 Lincoln Capri convertible (I did not carefully examine which as that frame kinda blocks the other car) - there was also a ‘56 Lincoln Premier convertible in “GIANT”
“GIANT” was actually released after James Dean was killed driving his Porsche 550 Spyder back from a sportscar race
Looking up “Jaguar XK-120” on the movie Search websites - It looks like the early Jaguar XK-120 roadsters (and a few coupes) were in many more movies than any other model of sportscar
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You are correct - I did nor remember the Jaguar was black in “GIANT”
I just increased the brightness and contrast quite a bit on that frame
It is still a bit dark and has some shadows on the faces
- But that could also be the settings on my TV
I hesitate to mess with the current settings on my TV right now
Gotta make a beer run and scare the locals
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I know you love cars and the movies they were in, believe you have the photo of the car Dean was killed in.
I’ve been reading, following a hotlinker from a business forum to a cooking one. Millions of forums out there!
The cars show up clearly, the people are a bit hazy but I recognize Liz Taylor’s rounded forhead in the back seat of the cream car.
{Gotta make a beer run and scare the locals}
Enjoy your evening devolve
I'm rich Obama! I'm richer than you! |
Lol, wonder how many people would recognize Dean in that picture? Doesn’t look like a rich person there, all covered in oil. Back when the oil wells would ‘blow’ up the oil.
Need to do some ‘decorating’ here, be back later.
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