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Sunday, May 1, 2011
An Oldsmobile from the 60's SCORE Baja racing, and a damn cool momento, a photo with James Garner
0 comments Posted by Car at 5:55 PMLabels: celebrity, museum, Oldsmobile, rims
Monday, April 25, 2011
Coogan, you may not have known, married Betty Grable, flew gliders for the Air Force in WW2 in Burma, and was Uncle Fester.
As a child star, Coogan earned an estimated $3 to $4 million, but the money was taken by his mother, Lilian, and stepfather, Arthur Bernstein, for extravagances such as fur coats, diamonds, and cars. Coogan sued them in 1938 (aged 23), but after legal expenses, he only received $126,000 of the approximately $250,000 remaining. When Coogan fell on hard times, Charlie Chaplin gave him some financial support.
The legal battle brought attention to child actors and resulted in the state of California enacting the California Child Actor's Bill, sometimes known as the Coogan Bill or the Coogan Act. This requires that the child's employer set aside 15% of the child's earnings in a trust, and codifies such issues as schooling, work hours and time-off. Coogan's mother and stepfather claimed the child was having fun and thought he was playing. However, virtually every child star from Baby Peggy on has stated that they were keenly aware that what they were doing was work.
Coogan took up the cause of the Armenians, Greeks, and others made destitute during the horrors of the First World War, working along with Near East Relief. He toured across the United States and Europe in 1924 on a "Children's Crusade" as part of a fundraising drive, which ended up providing more than $1,000,000 in clothing, food, and other contributions (worth more than $13 million adjusted for 2010 dollars). Coogan was honored by officials in the US, Greece, and Rome, where he met with the Pope. info from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Coogan
Photo from http://caughtatthecurb.blogspot.com/2011/04/movie-stars-and-their-cars.html#more
Labels: biography, celebrity, informative
Rita LaRoy from http://caughtatthecurb.blogspot.com/
Labels: celebrity, Hollywood, Ruxton, woodlight headlights
Friday, April 8, 2011
Labels: advertising, Beetle, celebrity, Charger, Hollywood, International Harvester, Kissel, Laurel and Hardy, Maxwell, movie, Scout, studebaker, VW
Monday, March 28, 2011
Nicolas Cage mansion and estate on the Rhode Island coast is for sale
0 comments Posted by Car at 8:43 PMHere's the odd part, 11 bedrooms but only a 5 car garage. Who is going to park in the drive way? About 100 cars.
Read more at http://carproperty.com/nicolas-gage-s-trophy-car-property-ad3715791.htm
Labels: celebrity, Hollywood, ultimate garage
two of Steve McQueen's homes (one with a 4200 sq ft airplane hanger) is for sale
0 comments Posted by Car at 8:13 PMThe 4,200-square-foot airplane hangar where McQueen kept his car and motorcycle collection and his yellow Stearman biplane is on a Sant Paula ranch of 15 acres with a 3000 sq ft 3 bedroom home.
read all about it at: http://carproperty.com/steve-mcqueen-s-house-and-car-collection-ad8929699.htm
The other is a Palm Springs 4 bedroom, 4500sq ft, 4 car garage for 3.5 million
http://carproperty.com/steve-mcqueen-s-palm-springs-house-and-car-collection-ad1963895.htm
Labels: celebrity, Hollywood, Steve McQueen
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Rudy Valentino's 1923 Voisin, hood ornament by Douglas Fairbanks, body by Rothchild, C-5 Sporting Victoria
0 comments Posted by Car at 9:16 AMLabels: celebrity, Hollywood, Nethercutt Museum, Voisin
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Nik may not be blogging at Carrosantigos right now, but he's posting cool photos at 21studs.tumblr.com
0 comments Posted by Car at 7:13 PM
That kid is probably riding a motorcycle right now
Wonder why they are loading that car from the 2nd floor to that delivery truckThis is some cool stuff! See more at http://21studs.tumblr.com
Labels: celebrity, Evel Knievel, Harley Davidson, Isetta, junkyard, Nash, police, tool kit, Tucker, VW
Thursday, March 17, 2011
the 1953 Cadillac series 62, rebodied by Ghia and given to Rita Hayworth, by the richest man in the world at the time
0 comments Posted by Car at 9:44 PM
gorgeous car, Prince Aly Khan (Shia Muslim of the Ismailis) is said to have been the world's richest who gifted this to Rita, he was her 3rd husband and a Pakistan national, Orson Welles was her 2nd. She was married to Khan for 2 years before his affairs with other women forced her to file for divorce. Her daughter is Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. Cool name. Khan immediately became engaged to Gene Tierney. Due to all the wrecked marriages, and I speculate the dishonor to his family, he was passed over for the Imam position that his family held for the past 1300 years, the only eldest son ever passed over, and his son, a Harvard student inherited from the grandfather.


























