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I've always heard it pronounced Hedy. I looked it up and according to this wiki it was actually Hedwig but shortened to Hedy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
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Ah, well that helps my theory a bit then but just barely, not sure if there were road Paramounts yet or if this is one.
Sure looks like it could be a Paramount headbadge to me from here, maybe.
Sure looks like it could be a Paramount headbadge to me from here, maybe.
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It's one of the greateset running gags of all time but I can appreciate how it would fly over the heads of a modern audience, if they'd even bother to watch a nearly 50 year old movie. Regardless, here is a video explaining the joke's origin, from Mel Brooks himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQ3OxYL2Co
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQ3OxYL2Co
PBS did an American Masters episode on her and it was sad to see what happened to her in her later years.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmas...umentary/9906/
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Godspeed, Fred Ward (December 30, 1942 - May 15, 2022), notable for his portrayals of Virgil "Gus" Grissom in The Right Stuff and Earl Bassett in Tremors. He's seen here (on the right) with Richard E. Grant, in the 1990 biopic, Henry and June, in which he plays writer Henry Miller.
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Alun Armstrong, shown here with the Coventry Eagle he rode in the BBC TV series, New Tricks, which is currenly being re-run on one our local stations.
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Small point: that's Alun Armstrong who is still kicking I think.
Can't find a photo with an actual bicycle so here's one with Suzy Kendal
Can't find a photo with an actual bicycle so here's one with Suzy Kendal
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That is Alun Armstrong, who was also in New Tricks.
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Britsh actor Lionel Jeffries, on the set of the 1964 film adaption of H.G. Wells' 1901 novel, The First Men in the Moon, which I re-visited last night. He's portraying eccentric English inventor Joseph Cavor. Both the novel and film are set in 1899, so the bicycle is a bit anachronistic, as it appears to be an early safety bicycle from the very late 1880s. It definitely has solid rubber tyres, which were virtually extinct by the mid-1890s after the 1890 invention of the pneumatic tyre. I guess Cavor must have been foregoing a new bicycle and sinking all his available cash into his Cavorite experiments, which would soon pay off. It's nice that they fit a bicycle into the film, given that Wells was an avid proponent of cycling. Great actor, fun film and a very interesting bicycle.
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The above post of Lionel Jeffries got me thinking of his other film roles, notably as Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Of course, that got me thinking of Truly Scumptious, portrayed by Sally Anne Howes. So, here she is on a Raleigh, looking, well, you know....
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I was hoping there would be a photo of Daniella Bianchi... on a Bianchi (tall frame size). But, so far, no.
Or are there other celebrities whose name is the same as a brand of bike.
Or are there other celebrities whose name is the same as a brand of bike.
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And tell her where I live
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Not sure if this works
Any help appreciated
Any help appreciated
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Karen Gillan, best known for her portayals of Amy Pond & Nebula.
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