Samantha’s Picasso Print on Bewitched

A framed print of The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso from his Blue Period, hangs over the mantel in the Steven’s living room on Bewitched. Oddly the picture is hanging on its side, perhaps to fit the available space. Picasso was still living and working on his Chicago Picasso sculpture around the time when the … Continue reading Samantha’s Picasso Print on Bewitched

Rear Window Movie: Wall Thermometer

In Rear Window Starring James Stuart and Grace Kelly a Taylor Comfortmeter thermometer is used to draw attention to the 80 degree heat which adds to the tension and discomfort of the main character constrained in a plaster cast. The thermometer is positioned by the window frame as indicated in the screen capture above.

The Murphy’s Villa America

“In Antibes and Juan-les-Pins. They still lived in a relative autarky: with their group of friends, their gardener, their vegetable garden, two cows for milk for their children , explains Renaud Duménil, writer and journalist, also responsible for the communication to the office Antibes tourism. But they brought a new lifestyle. Gerald was passionate about … Continue reading The Murphy’s Villa America

Poirot the Traveller

Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) consults his travel guide book in Death on the Nile from the famed series Agatha Christie’s Poirot. The guide book was published in  1907  The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt . The author E. A. Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who … Continue reading Poirot the Traveller

A gift for Miss Lemon

In the episode The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, Poirot (David Suchet) presents Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) with a statue of the goddess Bastet on his return from his trip to the Valley of the Kings. Miss Lemon was mourning the loss of her cat “Catherine the Grate” and Poirots gift was much appreciated.   … Continue reading A gift for Miss Lemon

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