nocturne333 ([info]nocturne333) wrote in [info]refinement,
2007-02-14 17:21:00
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When the likes of Dietrich and Hemingway still could travel across the Atlantic Ocean in style





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmDVxRyIruY



















Her tragic demise shot in color -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVvsBuwpsoY

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[info]maudelynn

February 14 2007, 17:16:16 UTC 5 years ago

Those photos are wonderful.
I am so excited about the new Cunard cruise ship Queen Victoria... It is along the lines of the Titanic...
take a look
:D

http://www.cunard.com/OurShips/default.asp?Ship=QV&main=phg&sub=

[info]george_sand

February 14 2007, 21:25:24 UTC 5 years ago

Dying in style.

- Along the lines of the Titanic -

How beautiful that so many are willing to end their lives away in the service of such an extravagant gesture. In this day and age, too!

[info]maudelynn

February 14 2007, 21:33:32 UTC 5 years ago

Re: Dying in style.

yes, well at least if you die that way you are remembered forever

[info]george_sand

February 14 2007, 22:06:01 UTC 5 years ago

Re: Dying in style.

I couldn't resist it! Just a fanciful thought I had. Hope I have not been taken the wrong way.

[info]maudelynn

February 14 2007, 22:09:02 UTC 5 years ago

Re: Dying in style.

oh no
not at all
you wont catch me on that ship's maiden voyage!

[info]nocturne333

February 14 2007, 23:58:46 UTC 5 years ago

"Dying in Style"

What a terrifically catchy subject header. :)

[info]emma_rising

February 14 2007, 21:48:04 UTC 5 years ago

Wow - I wonder what happened to all of this furniture? I wonder if some people (unknowingly) have it in their homes?

[info]nocturne333

February 14 2007, 22:43:16 UTC 5 years ago

The US Navy stripped the Normandie from all embellishments before it attempted to convert her to a troop ship - some of the furniture and art can be found in luxurious restaurants in the NYC area - the rest are displayed in galleries - and some are found in private homes - I would assume the residents' would know from where they came originally. Maybe somebody here has more accurate and detailed info about this that my rough speculations can offer.

[info]dic_tator

February 15 2007, 07:29:44 UTC 5 years ago

Today's cruise ships are a bastion of kitsch and plastic and fully inhabited by large families with unattractive black luggage and shorts-wearing habits.

Also note the crocodile skin Hermes bag Marlene Dietrich has in her hand.

[info]missmoonlight74

February 15 2007, 21:55:40 UTC 5 years ago

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!! How I'd love to have a cruise in such a ship!!

[info]fort_kanji

February 17 2007, 17:26:02 UTC 5 years ago

Ah, liners! A world long-lost, much to the chagrin of those of us who are airplane-phobic. One can rent a cabin on tramp steamers still, but that lacks the right touch.
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