tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post3529442671100213495..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Burt Lancaster, The WPA Circus, & Trapeze (film)Frescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-24233616978068653252013-11-14T11:07:45.450-06:002013-11-14T11:07:45.450-06:00Thanks--it's fascinating stuff I knew nothing ...Thanks--it's fascinating stuff I knew nothing about before.<br /><br />BOOK: I wonder why, too! "Trapeze" is actually hard to find here, and the print they showed at the cinema was poor. It deserves more viewings, for sure!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-44844110064015418382013-11-13T12:54:11.914-06:002013-11-13T12:54:11.914-06:00Great post and great pictures. I especially love t...Great post and great pictures. I especially love the screenprints. <br /><br />Trapeze was frequently shown in the UK when I was young. Not sure why it was popular over here.Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716293752678032938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-23216092428741170162013-11-12T17:16:27.743-06:002013-11-12T17:16:27.743-06:00Great research and pictures. You should turn this ...Great research and pictures. You should turn this into a book!binknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-28175032052253686342013-11-12T11:22:48.026-06:002013-11-12T11:22:48.026-06:00TINTO: "Toy" Curtis! Ha! Perfect.
He is ...TINTO: "Toy" Curtis! Ha! Perfect.<br />He is so very luminously pretty in this movie, and he actually begs Burt to handle him:<br /> "You've got great hands: catch me!"<br /><br />Now I've seen "Trapeze", I wonder why it's not better known. <br /><br />I don't care for clowns much, but I don't usually find them creepy---don't know why the WPA made these ones so very icky...Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-37112874876767328582013-11-11T13:48:50.662-06:002013-11-11T13:48:50.662-06:00Toy Curtis? Freudian slip.Toy Curtis? Freudian slip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-77926418172155338722013-11-11T13:46:22.192-06:002013-11-11T13:46:22.192-06:00Love Burt Lancaster and Toy Curtis in Trapez, but ...Love Burt Lancaster and Toy Curtis in Trapez, but the clown-themed circus posters give me the creeps... and you found them scary too. I guess this is a mild form of coulrophobia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com