1960, Belgian Comics: "Suske en Wiske", "De Windmakers"

In 1960 the new "Suske en Wiske" (UK: "Bob & Bobette" or "Spike and Suzy", US: "Willy and Wanda") album "De Windmakers" ("The Windmakers") is published. The series “Suske en Wiske” was created by Willy Vandersteen in 1945.

No 38: "The Windmakers"
- two-coloured
- first published in 1960 by "Standaard Uitgeverij"
- never published in English
- story and drawings by Willy Vandersteen
- published in French ("Bob et Bobette") as "Les Voisins querelleurs"
- pre-publication in "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad"

The story was pre-published in the newspapers "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad" from 22 August 1959 to 31 December 1959. The main characters are Suske (Spike), Wiske (Suzy), aunt Sidonia, Lambik (Ambrose), Jerom (Jethro), Theofiel Boemerang, Celestien, Miako, India, Jank, Kaviarski, Stan and Ston.

Jerom and Celestien

India and Miako

Hank, Wiske and Kaviarski

Synopsis
After the adventure in Texas, Theofiel Boemerang and Celestien come to live next door to Aunt Sidonia. Lambik receives a letter from the V.D.V., but the light is turned off and the letter is gone. Aunt Sidonia asks Lambik to take care of her garden and discovers that Theophiel's chickens eat the grain from her garden…

Lambik, Wiske and Suske

 

Sidonia and Lambik

Stan and Ston

Theofiel Boemerang

Trivia

• When Jerom (Jethro) hears that Christopher Columbus discovered America, he says: "Always thought that it was Marnix Gijsen", a reference to Gijsen's book "Discover America" (1927), as well as Gijsens' radio program “De Stem uit Amerika”.
• The French boy in the album is a caricature of Charles de Gaulle.
  

Marnix Gijsen reference

The French boy is a caricature of Charles de Gaulle

Cars

• Škoda 440
• Ford Fairlane Town Sedan (1957)

Škoda 440

Ford Fairlane Town Sedan

1977, Car Spotting: Cannon Park, Sainsbury Store, Coventry, UK

Parked on the left, bottom to top
Hillman Avenger, Triumph Herald, Ford Escort Mk II, Mini Clubman Estate, Hillman Hunter, Volkswagen 1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Ford Cortina Mk II, Ford Thames 307E (Ford Anglia 105E), Triumph Dolomite, unidentified car, Ford Cortina Mk II estate, Morris Oxford series VI, the last three cars are unidentifiable (one of hem could be a Triumph Herald).

Driving in the middle
Morris Marina, Mini 1275 GT, Citroën GS and Hillman Avenger.

1976, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
(Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)

Nominees:

• "Barry Lyndon" (Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray, UK/USA, 1975)
• "Dog Day Afternoon” (Sidney Lumet, Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Leslie Waller, USA, 1975)
• "Jaws" (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, USA, 1975)

Best Actor
Winner: Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik
"Dog Day Afternoon" (Sidney Lumet, Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Leslie Waller, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce in "Lenny" (Bob Fosse, Julian Barry, USA, 1974)
• Gene Hackman as Doyle in "French Connection II" (John Frankenheimer, Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, Laurie Dillon, Pete Hamill, USA, 1975)
• Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper in "Jaws" (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, USA, 1975)

Best Actress
Winner: Ellen Burstyn as Alice Hyatt
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)

Nominees:

• Anne Bancroft as Edna Edison in "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (Melvin Frank, Neil Simon, USA, 1975)
• Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce in "Lenny" (Bob Fosse, Julian Barry, USA, 1974)
• Liv Ullmann as Marianne in "Scener ur ett äktenskap" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1973)

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Fred Astaire as Harlee Claiborne
"The Towering Inferno" (John Guillermin, Richard Martin Stern, Thomas N. Scortia, Frank M. Robinson, Stirling Silliphant, USA, 1974)

Nominees:

• Martin Balsam as Green in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (Joseph Sargent, John Godey, Peter Stone, USA, 1974)
• Burgess Meredith as Harry in "The Day of the Locust" (John Schlesinger, Nathanael West, Waldo Salt, USA, 1975)
• Jack Warden as Lester in "Shampoo" (Hal Ashby, Robert Towne, Warren Beatty , USA, 1975)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner Diane Ladd as Flo
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
(Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)

Nominees:

• Ronee Blakley as Barbara Jean in "Nashville" (Robert Altman, Joan Tewkesbury, USA, 1975)
• Gwen Welles as Sueleen Gay in "Nashville" (Robert Altman, Joan Tewkesbury, USA, 1975)
• Lelia Goldoni as Bea in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)

Best Direction
Winner Stanley Kubrick with "Barry Lyndon"
"Barry Lyndon" (Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray, UK/USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• Martin Scorsese with "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)
• Sidney Lumet with "Dog Day Afternoon” (Sidney Lumet, Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Leslie Waller, USA, 1975)
• Steven Spielberg with "Jaws" (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, USA, 1975)

Best Screenplay
Winner "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore": Robert Getchell
(Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)

Nominees:

• "Dog Day Afternoon": Frank Pierson (Sidney Lumet, Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Leslie Waller, USA, 1975)
• "Jaws": Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, USA, 1975)
• "Nashville": Joan Tewkesbury (Robert Altman, Joan Tewkesbury, USA, 1975)

Best Cinematography
Winner: "Barry Lyndon": John Alcott
(Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray, UK/USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• "The Man Who Would Be King": Oswald Morris (John Huston, Gladys Hill, Rudyard Kipling, UK/USA, 1975)
• "Rollerball": Douglas Slocombe (Norman Jewison, William Harrison, UK/USA/Canada, 1975)
• "The Towering Inferno": Fred Koenekamp (John Guillermin, Richard Martin Stern, Thomas N. Scortia, Frank M. Robinson, Stirling Silliphant, USA, 1974)

Best Costume Design
Winner: "The Day Of The Locust": Ann Roth
(John Schlesinger, Nathanael West, Waldo Salt, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• "Barry Lyndon": Ulla-Britt Soderlund and Milena Canonero (Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray, UK/USA, 1975)
• "The Four Musketeers ": Yvonne Blake (Richard Lester, George Macdonald Fraser, Alexandre Dumas, UK/USA, 1974)
• "The Man Who Would Be King": Edith Head (John Huston, Gladys Hill, Rudyard Kipling, UK/USA, 1975)

Best Film Editing
Winner: "Dog Day Afternoon": Dede Allen
(Sidney Lumet, Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Leslie Waller, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• "Jaws": Verna Fields (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, USA, 1975)
• "Rollerball": Antony Gibbs (Norman Jewison, William Harrison, UK/USA/Canada, 1975)
• "The Godfather: Part II": Peter Zinner, Barry Malkin and Richard Marks (Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, USA, 1974)

Best Sound Track
Winner: "Nashville": William A. Sawyer, James E. Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman
(Robert Altman, Joan Tewkesbury, USA, 1975)

Nominees:

• "Jaws": John R. Carter and Robert L. Hoyt (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, USA, 1975)
• "Dog Day Afternoon": Jack Fitzstephens, Richard P. Cirincione, Sanford Rackow, Stephen A. Rotter, James Sabat and Dick Vorisek (Sidney Lumet, Frank Pierson, P.F. Kluge, Thomas Moore, Leslie Waller, USA, 1975)
• "Rollerball": Les Wiggins, Archie Ludski, Derek Ball and Gordon K. McCallum (Norman Jewison, William Harrison, UK/USA/Canada, 1975)

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce
"Lenny" (Bob Fosse, Julian Barry, USA, 1974)

• Nominees:
  Lily Tomlin as Linnea Reese in "Nashville" (Robert Altman, Joan Tewkesbury, USA, 1975)
  Alfred Lutter as Tommy in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, USA, 1974)
  Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather: Part II" (Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, USA, 1974)