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31 Dec 21, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Scene from “The Way We Were” (1973): Image
Outtakes from photo session for “Way We Were”: Image
@WilliamsCollege crew (on Lake Onota, Pittsfield, Mass.) is featured in opening scenes of “The Way We Were” (1973): Image
@WilliamsCollege Katie enjoys a visit with Hubbell’s friends: Image
@WilliamsCollege “Your girl is lovely, Hubbell” (during filming): #Getty Image
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30 Dec 21
In “The Godfather,” Hyman Roth and Johnny Ola were based on real-life mobsters Meyer Lansky and Vincent Alo, here enjoying birthday cake, just as in the movie:
Michael Corleone was said to be partly based on Chicago airport namesake Butch O’Hare, who became a World War II hero and died in battle, it was said, with an aim of overcoming his father’s dark past as Al Capone’s onetime collaborator:
In real life, not “Godfather Part II,” Castro rebels arrive in Havana for New Year 1959:
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28 Dec 21
Time capsule from the removed Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond is being opened at this moment: Image
Time capsule has been opened: Image
So far, this is not exactly “National Treasure.”
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27 Dec 21
LBJ celebrating his last Christmas, with family, LBJ Ranch, yesterday 1972. With ranch now open to public, this dining room looks much the same, except for that Lady Bird had linoleum floor yanked out and replaced by wood parquet after her husband’s death:
For those eager to search for replicas of Presidential furniture, at left is the hide-covered chair with little stirrups that LBJ often sat in while presiding at head of his ranch dining room table:
Note the desk in LBJ’s ranch office during his Presidency—he was using Nixon’s old Vice Presidential desk—after his 1968 election, Nixon went looking for it—learned that LBJ had flown it to Texas—Nixon had it flown back to DC, where he used it for all of his time in Oval Office:
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24 Dec 21
My TV show “Fireside History with Michael Beschloss” (today, 5 PM Eastern on @MSNBC) shows the 1963 Christmas card JFK never lived to send:
@MSNBC “Fireside History with Michael Beschloss” (today, 5 PM Eastern on @MSNBC) includes behind-the-scenes movies and images of First Families (including dogs) as they observe the holidays and open gifts:
@MSNBC “Fireside History with Michael Beschloss” (today, 5 PM Eastern on @MSNBC) shows how FDR had Christmas dinner with his houseguest Winston Churchill at White House eighteen days after Pearl Harbor:
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20 Dec 21
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley died forty-five years ago today: Image
One of last photos of elder Mayor Daley, taken today 1976 as he dedicated a Chicago fieldhouse, not long before he died of a sudden, massive heart attack: Image
Mayor Daley did not enjoy hearing “Gestapo tactics” of Chicago authorities denounced by Senator Abe Ribicoff from podium at 1968 Democratic convention. Note facial expression of Daley aide at right: #AP Image
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15 Dec 21
Adlai Stevenson for President poster, 1956:
“The Ticket For You—Not Just The Few”—Stevenson-Kefauver 1956:
Stevenson on his farm in Illinois:
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