A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Reminds me of what Lawrence of Arabia used to scoot around England piloting. He may have been killed on his in an accident (?)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Reminds me of what Lawrence of Arabia used to scoot around England piloting. He may have been killed on his in an accident (?)

Something like that - on his motorcycle but not a Harley

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Loved his movie, which I think put Omar Sharif on the movie map, followed wisely by his presence in "Doctor Zhivago."

[chuck]

Great cast all around. Claude Rains, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins, Arthur Kennedy. Incredible cinema photography, brilliant score (Maurice Jarre) and David Lean's direction. Surprising how much of a mess the political history of the area is displayed and displayed pretty accurately if you pay attention and not get too tied up in the movie.

[rogruth]

IMO one of the best movies of all time. And like Patton, I think, no women.
Back in the dark ages of my youth when I was in elementary school, grades 1-7, starting in 1940, we had teachers that would read to us everyday.
Lawrence of Arabia was one she read. I never forgot it. I think most teachers were able to read and hold a students attention at that time.
It was like radio with some personal touches. Movies for kids of that age were pure entertainment.

[chuck]

we had teachers that would read to us everyday.

Thanks for reminding me of that. It was the early 60's but we had a couple of teachers in 5th and 6th grades that would read out loud to us from books like "A Wrinkle in Time", "My Side of the Mountain", "The Mouse that Roared", and "Charlottes Web", maybe a chapter a day. We would then be asked a question and had to write a short essay. The question would touch on some theme or thought in the book, never some fact that would render the exercise into some form of Trivial Pursuit. They were trying to instill in us skills for reading and thinking critically.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Clearly, that photo commemorated an auspicious Event, even if it was simply traveling together as a copacetic group of like-minded chums. The photo presents quite a statement.
Unity.
Joy in each other's company.
Friendship.

...at the very least.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Clearly, that photo commemorated an auspicious Event, even if it was simply traveling together as a copacetic group of like-minded chums. The photo presents quite a statement.
Unity.
Joy in each other's company.
Friendship.

...at the very least.

Up Pike's Peak is an auspicious Event!!!

[robert.]

Lawrence rode a Brough Superior. Not pronounced Bro. Pronounced Bruff. Brough Superior is the only none Rolls Royce product. to be allowed to use the Rolls Royce name in advertisement. A magazine writer claimed Brough's to be the Rolls Royce of motorcycle. This angered the owner of Roll's. He told people not to compare Brough's motorcycle to rolls and stop using these names together. One day the owner of roll's went to the brough factory to say that's it.Tell people to "stop using my name with your bikes." When he saw how well these bikes were made by hand. he allowed Brough to use his name. Brough Superior the Rolls Royce of motorcycles. That little trip also start a joint venture in wartime merlin production. So legend has it. Broughs now sell on the collector market for $250,000 and up
https://www.mecum.com/lots/LV0119-36230 ... and-sport/

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Foreshadowing 2021..........

[chuck]

"Night of the Lepus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7L30swlx2M

A "review"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlmtf-UFUA0

Janet Leigh, DeForest Kelly, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun and a guy in a giant bunny suit. Not a parody!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Janet Leigh, DeForest Kelly, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun and a guy in a giant bunny suit.

Not a sentence or phrase I would have ever expected to read.......

[chuck]

The Night of the Lepus is sooo bad.

You can make rabbits scary, the Armie Hammer/Johnny Depp version of The Lone Ranger had a scene with scary rabbits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_o7_4oW0Q

They look and behave like normal rabbits until Tonto throws a piece or roasted rabbit to the pack and then they go nuts devouring it. Bet the hawks leave those guys alone!