Sixteen signs in Times Square were turned out by one small switch operated by the sign designer Douglas Leigh, March 1, 1942. The city had enacted a nightly dimout that was meant to protect New York from both air and naval attacks by disguising the recognizable skyline. There were no lights above street level, outdoor baseball games were banned, and Times Square was a “gloomy cavern.”
Photo: Tom Fitzsimmons for the Associated Press
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Otto Messmer, the man who made Felix The Cat alongside doing advertisements for Douglas Leigh and co. Received his only screen credits in animation as a story man alongside another Sullivan alumni, Bill Turner. For 10 cartoons each between 1944-1947 for New York’s Famous Studios (later renamed to Paramount Cartoon Studios)
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saw this and immediately had to
(i blame the food poisoning yesterday)
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'Possessor' (2020) film
-watched 8/4/2024- 2 stars- on Tubi (free)
Another strange movie similar to 'Infinity Pool'. Although, this one was too violent and bloody to my notion.
94% Rotten Tomatoes
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Paul Douglas & Janet Leigh
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
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Janet Leigh-Paul Douglas-Donna Corcoran "Angels in the outfield" 1951, de Clarence Brown.
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Walk the Line of Morality: 10 Fantasy Novels with Thieving Protagonists
In the usual realm of swords, sorcery, dragons and direwolves, aren’t we all occasionally partial to a protagonist that’s a bit, well… shifty?
I’m not talking about the big muscle-bound, honour-bound heroes that are as predictable as the British weather, I’m talking about the sneak-thieves, the tricksters, the rogues!
There’s something devilishly enjoyable about a character that walks the line…
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Janet Leigh, famous for her role as a murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, stands in a shower at home. Photo by Douglas Kirkland.
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HOW DID THE NIER DUB GET ALL OF THE ORIGINAL VOICE ACTORS? Wasn’t Crunchyroll only recently anti-union, and refused to work with Kyle McCarley in Mob Psycho 100 over a clause requiring only a meeting with union reps? What happened behind the scenes?
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