It’s Labor Day so apart from the Funnies (below), I’m giving my brain a rest. Enjoy all these beauties from the 1930s…
1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Spider
Kay Francis
1939 Aston Martin Lagonda V12 Rapide
Sylvia Sidney
1938 SS-100 Roadster
Maureen O’Sullivan
1938 Mercedes 540K Cabrio A
Frances Dee
1936 MG SA Tourer
Mary Brian
See y’all tomorrow.
I was obviously born too late.
Re: Kay Francis, whom I had never heard of – while I have been known to smoke the occasional cigar, it’s always baffled me that cigarette smoking has ever been regarded as sexy. However if I was wont to smoke, I would smoke Lucky Strikes and no other brand.
I spent my high school summer vacations deckhanding on fishing boats, and lost my virginity in the focsle of the boat I was employed on one memorable summer. The name of the boat? Take a wild guess.
rest, relax, recharge. Get some trigger time.
Thanks for the eye candy today.
Miss Francis was immortalized in the Cockney Alphabet, which made an appearance in some movie or othe:
A for ‘orses (hay for horses)
B for mutton (beef or mutton)
C for ‘th highlanders (Seaforth Highlanders)
D for ‘ential (deferential)
E for Adam (Eve or Adam)
F for ‘vescence (effervescence)
G for police (chief of police)
H for respect (age for respect)
I for Novello (Ivor Novello)
J for oranges (Jaffa oranges)
K for ‘ancis, (Kay Francis)
L for leather (Hell for leather)
M for ‘sis (emphasis)
N for ‘adig (in for a dig, or infra dig.)
O for the garden wall (over the garden wall)
P for a penny (pee for a penny)
Q for a song (cue for a song)
R for mo’ (half a mo’)
S for you (it’s for you)
T for two (tea for two)
U for me (you for me)
V for La France (vive la France)
W for quits (double you or quits)
X for breakfast (eggs for breakfast)
Y for husband (wife or husband)
Z for breezes (zephyr breezes)