Events
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I just love this photo. Hailey had a park guest take it for her. The Streets of America are gone
now but we have this great photo. I put the Disney princesses in the photo and the wording.
Thank you, Hailey for an awesome photo.
Launch Bay
We had big plans for the event, May the 4th be
with you. But a very big storm came in and people
were not going. So we had to make a last minute
decision to make that drive down with the storm
on top of us. We missed what turned out for the
Orlando area to be less rain than we had. We
made our Star Wars clothing and even got some
lightsabers at a thrift store. We are ready for the
next May the 4th, are you?
Ray and Joanie at the launch bay back in March.
Look out for the little sand people. He took my
phone and started to take 50+ pictures. That was
so cool. We have since learned that they want to
trade with you.
It was a very rainy day but the skies
cleared so people got some great photos.
We would like to point out that our good
friend Mark was there that day and he
got some nice shots even with with rain.
Mark
© Lepow Photo 2016
Do you remember where you
were when you first saw Star
Wars?
I lived in the L.A. area, Glendale and
Burbank. Burbank has the NBC
Tonight Show and Disney studios.
The year was 1977 and I was
downtown by Sunset Blvd. My mom
had come up from San Diego to see
some friends. I went down to the hotel and my mom asked what
is with all of the lights and the noise? I said that’s the premier of
the new movie Star Wars. That week a guy at work went to the
premier week showing. He
came back with a small
book that had lots of cool
looking pictures. I hope he
has that book today. When
was the last time you saw “filmed in 70mm film and stereo sound
track” on the marquee? I called my brother and said we should go see that new Star Wars movie. So he
come over with his 1962 Corvette to go to the drive-in. Do you know how much leg room there is in a 1962
Vette? So we went to one of the new drive-in theaters. The drive-in had 4 screens and two with FM radio.
You could turn and watch two more movies. Then the popcorn my brother made had so much salt on it
you could choke a cow. Then the movie started. The music was great but come on, John Williams wrote the
music. The first thing I remember was no credits at the start. At the end we started talking about how this
was just like the Wizard of OZ. You had Dorothy, the dog ( I will get your little dog or very big Chewbacca
too. ) I got the Star Wars sound track on vinyl. Growing up next to Hollywood was fun. I got the Hollywood
Reporter and Variety magazine to keep up with the new movies coming out and the budgets. But then
filming on a sound stage got be so costly they started filming on location. The late 1960’s and 1970’s were
the worst years for the movies. Hollywood was not doing the cast of thousands
anymore on a sound stage. We just got over all of the space movies and lots of
TV commercials because we went to the moon and everything was about outer
space in the 1960’s. Remember Tang orange juice? And
don’t forget the can opener that went to the moon. The VW
bug driving on the moon and they would say “it’s ugly but it
will get you there.” I saw so many commercials about outer
space junk for years. So I think that we were ready for a new
space movie and a happy movie. Not about the hippies and
the Vietnam war anymore. Filming was changing fast in
Hollywood at the time, just like it was in the 1930’s with
sound and then color. Computers were getting better and not made just for the big companies that used
them to keep track of data. So try to remember where you were and tell your story to someone. Star Wars
will be around for a very, very long time. Ray
Farewell, Carrie. You will be missed.
You’ll always be our princess Leia.
Joanie found a new
boyfriend at the bar.
Events
© Vintagedapperday.com 2016, to Present
I just love this photo. Hailey had a park guest take it for her.
The Streets of America are gone now but we have this great
photo. I put the Disney princesses in the photo and the
wording. Thank you, Hailey for an awesome photo.
Launch Bay
We had big plans for the event, May the
4th be with you. But a very big storm
came in and people were not going. So
we had to make a last minute decision to
make that drive down with the storm on
top of us. We missed what turned out for
the Orlando area to be less rain than we
had. We made our Star Wars clothing and
even got some lightsabers at a thrift
store. We are ready for the next May the
4th, are you?
Ray and Joanie at the launch bay back in
March. Look out for the little sand people.
He took my phone and started to take 50+
pictures. That was so cool. We have since
learned that they want to trade with you.
It was a very rainy day but the skies cleared so people
got some great photos. We would like to point out that
our good friend Mark was there that day and he got
some nice shots even with with rain.
Mark
© Lepow Photo 2016
Do you remember
where you were when
you first saw Star Wars?
I lived in the L.A. area, Glendale and Burbank. Burbank has the NBC Tonight Show and Disney studios. The year was 1977 and I was downtown by Sunset Blvd. My mom had come up from San Diego to see some friends. I went down to the hotel and my mom asked what is with all of the lights and the noise? I said that’s the premier of the new movie Star Wars. That week a guy at work went to the premier week showing. He came back with a small book that had lots of cool looking pictures. I hope he has that book today. When was the last time you saw “filmed in 70mm film and stereo sound track” on the marquee? I called my brother and said we should go see that new Star Wars movie. So he come over with his 1962 Corvette to go to the drive-in. Do you know how much leg room there is in a 1962 Vette? So we went to one of the new drive-in theaters. The drive-in had 4 screens and two with FM radio. You could turn and watch two more movies. Then the popcorn my brother made had so much salt on it you could choke a cow. Then the movie started. The music was great but come on, John Williams wrote the music. The first thing I remember was no credits at the start. At the end we started talking about how this was just like the Wizard of OZ. You had Dorothy, the dog ( I will get your little dog or very big Chewbacca too. ) I got the Star Wars sound track on vinyl. Growing up next to Hollywood was fun. I got the Hollywood Reporter and Variety magazine to keep up with the new movies coming out and the budgets. But then filming on a sound stage got be so costly they started filming on location. The late 1960’s and 1970’s were the worst years for the movies. Hollywood was not doing the cast of thousands anymore on a sound stage. We just got over all of the space movies and lots of TV commercials because we went to the moon and everything was about outer space in the 1960’s. Remember Tang orange juice? And don’t forget the can opener that went to the moon. The VW bug driving on the moon and they would say “it’s ugly but it will get you there.” I saw so many commercials about outer space junk for years. So I think that we were ready for a new space movie and a happy movie. Not about the hippies and the Vietnam war anymore. Filming was changing fast in Hollywood at the time, just like it was in the 1930’s with sound and then color. Computers were getting better and not made just for the big companies that used them to keep track of data. So try to remember where you were and tell your story to someone. Star Wars will be around for a very, very long time. Ray
Farewell, Carrie. You will be missed.
You’ll always be our princess Leia.
Joanie found a new
boyfriend at the bar.
