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Saturday, 15 February 2025

1965, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes III

Plymouth XP-VIP concept
- Designed and built by Chrysler under the direction of Elwood Engel, USA, 1965
- Presented at the 1965 Chicago Auto Show

Plymouth XP-VIP concept
Plymouth XP-VIP concept
Plymouth XP-VIP concept
Plymouth XP-VIP concept

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ (Sprint-Zagato)
- Designed by Ercole Spada at Zagato, Rho, Lombardy, Italy, 1963-1965
- Based on the Alfa Romeo 2600 (Tipo 106) with the 2,584 cc engine (123 kW, 215 km/h)
- Only 105 cars produced
- Presented at the 1965 Frankfurt Motor Show

Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ
Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ
Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ

Eclisse lamp
- Designed by Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1965
- Manufactured by Artemide, Pregnana Milanese, Italy

Eclisse lamp
Eclisse lamp

Futuro house
- Designed by Matti Suuronen, Finland, 1965
- Manufactered by Oy Polykem Ab, Helsinki, Finland
- Prefab house composed of fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic, polyester-polyurethane, and poly(methyl methacrylate), measuring 4 metres (13 feet) high and 8 metres (26 feet) in diameter
- Fewer than 100 were made and it is estimated that today around 60 of the original Futuro Houses survive

Futuro house
Futuro house
Futuro house

Thunderbird Sofa
- Manufactured by Flexsteel Industries Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, USA, 1965
- Presented at the 1965 International Home Furnishings Market in Chicago

Thunderbird Sofa
Thunderbird Sofa

1965 Celebrity adverts

Diana Dors: Borg Warner
Diane Cilento: Towle
Donna Reed: International Harvester
Donna Reed: Singer
Elke Sommer: Lux Soap
Eva Gabor: Masterpiece Tobacco
Eva Gabor: Masterpiece Tobacco
Jean Shrimpton: Simpson
Jean Shrimpton: Yardley
Marilyn Maxwell, Jill St. John, Rhonda Fleming and Bob Hope: RCA
Julie Newmar: Simplicity
Shirley Jones: American Tourister Luggage
Veronica Hamel: Pond's

Friday, 2 November 2012

1961, Film: "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone”

"The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" premièred on December 28, 1961. This British film made by Seven Arts-Warner Bros was directed by José Quintero and produced by Louis De Rochemont. The screenplay was written by Gavin Lambert and Jan Read, it was based on the novel with the same name by Tennessee Williams. The main characters were played by Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St. John and Coral Browne. Lotte Lenya was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in 1962.

Synopsis
The actress Karen Stone (Vivien Leigh) and her businessman husband are off on holiday to Rome. On the plane her husband suffers a fatal heart attack. Karen stays in Italy and rents a luxury apartment in Rome. The Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales (Lotte Lenya) introduces her to a young Italian man, Paolo (Warren Beatty). Karen and Paolo embark on a passionate affair, with disastrous consequences...
Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty
Vivien Leigh
Main Cast
  • Vivien Leigh as Karen Stone
  • Warren Beatty as Paolo di Leo
  • Lotte Lenya as Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
  • Coral Browne as Meg
  • Jill St. John as Barbara
  • Jeremy Spenser as Young man
  • Stella Bonheur as Mrs. Jamison-Walker
  • Peter Dyneley as Lloyd Greener
  • Carl Jaffe as Baron Waldheim
  • Harold Kasket as Tailor
  • Viola Keats as Julia McIlheny
  • Cleo Laine as Singer
  • Bessie Love as Bunny
  • Elspeth March as Mrs. Barrow
  • Henry McCarty as Campbell Kennedy
  • Warren Mitchell as Giorgio
Lotte Lenya and Warren Beatty
 
1961 Trailer