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26 March 2010, 01:43 PM
philnic
Hollywood sign
Say it ain't so:
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/260...-under-threat-0.html


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26 March 2010, 03:02 PM
Doug Spaulding
Now how will I identify my approach when flying into the city!?


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26 March 2010, 03:17 PM
philnic
If you see the Pacific Ocean, turn back, you've overshot!

If you see the Atlantic Ocean, you're on the wrong plane.


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27 March 2010, 12:22 AM
dandelion
I looked this up thinking it must be an April Fool's joke but it seems to be true: http://www.dailynews.com/ci_14747858

May they be haunted by the ghost of Peg Entwistle, for starters: http://www.franksreelreviews.c...es/hollywoodland.htm

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29 March 2010, 04:24 PM
Braling II
Nature Boy won't be able to afford to live there if it gets developed...

http://www.spaceagepop.com/ahbez.htm
30 March 2010, 01:36 AM
dandelion
Braling II, thanks for that link!

The article committed a grievous error of omission by failing to mention the song's use in my favorite film. I have emailed the webmaster the following:

Why does your article about Eden Ahbez not mention that "Nature Boy" was used as a title song for the film The Boy with Green Hair in 1948? It was not Nat King Cole's version, but sung by a chorus. The filmmakers actually paid Ahbez more for the rights to use the song than for the story on which the film was based.
30 March 2010, 05:09 PM
Braling II
Now that's a stab from the past!
That movie used to be shown on TV a lot in the late '50s and early '60s.
Haven't seen it since.
31 March 2010, 02:16 AM
dandelion
For years I knew only the title and thought it was some 1960s thing about race relations or peace or something. I was shocked to learn that such an antiwar film came out so early. There were attempts at the time to suppress it, luckily unsuccessful.