"Blue Moon Hollywood Nights character set" Topic

Who are these figures meant to represent? I know the female is Marilyn.

I'm thinking the one on the left could be a Young Frank Sinatra?

With those ears, the one on the right has to be Gable (the face is pretty close for Gable in his later years) but can't tell if the fig has a 'stash. The one on the left is a toss up – looks to beefy for an early Sinatra. Looks more like Franchot Tone!

Link???

Spencer Tracy, Marilyn, Gable?

Only MM is identifiable. The two men don't look like anyone in particular. The one on the left just looks like a typical heroic/leading man type. The other one could represent almost *any* sort of "big shot" character. Mob boss, rich guy, newspaper publisher, etc.

I don't reckon the guys are meant to be anyone in particular… if I had to give 'em a name, I'd say Errol Flynn and Robert Mitchum.

Flynn or Cooper(can't tell if there is a moustache), Marilyn and Gable.

I guess that could be Flynn, but it's definitely Marilyn & Gable.

Link?

>I guess that could be Flynn, but it's definitely Marilyn & Gable.<

Looking at the ears I suppose Gable is what the sculptor was trying for, but that's the fattest Gable *I* ever saw. LOL What's more, putting Flynn in civies is pretty much a useless Flynn, as *all* of his good flicks, except for his war movies like "Dive Bomber", "Desperate Journey" and "Objective Burma", were period pictures. A Flynn sculpt as "Robin Hood" or "Captain Blood" would have been considerably more useful.

That assumes that Flynn wore his costume off the lot. Surely these are more intended to be used in pulp/gangster games and the like.

>That assumes that Flynn wore his costume off the lot.<

Huh? Elucidate.

>Surely these are more intended to be used in pulp/gangster games and the like.<

I don't see how. Flynn was never in any film wearing civilian cloths that would be considered "pulp", and although Gable played in several "pulp"-ish movies he only wore a suit while playing a gangster in one movie of note , and that was "Manhattan Melodrama".

Sorta Off-topic.

But WOW, thanks. I somehow missed that site in all my searching!

*Sigh*, just when I got it figured out what I want, new stuff pops up ;-)

Gable did several other Pulpish movies of note. Many of them prior to hitting it big were he was only the featured player. But it was those movies that put him over with the Ladies in his tough guys roles. He played plenty of night club owners, reporters and gentlemen of adventure. Take a look at "The Secret Six", "The Finger Points", "A Free Soul", "China Seas" and (a much later one) "Any Number Can Play".

Flynn did alot more suit and tie movies then most people know about. None were really Puplish though and tended to be more in the light comedy vein ("Perfect Specimen", "Footsteps In The Dark", …).

The one on the right looks like Jack Benny to me.

I mean these figures seem to be meant to poryray the actors as themselves and not as characters in movies. Hence the "Hollywood Nights" tag. They are lounging around clubs, solving crimes, or being shaken down by gangsters after hours. Alternate-reality pulp?

That's my take on it anyway.

>Gable did several other Pulpish movies of note. Many of them prior to hitting it big were he was only the featured player. But it was those movies that put him over with the Ladies in his tough guys roles. He played plenty of night club owners, reporters and gentlemen of adventure. Take a look at "The Secret Six", "The Finger Points", "A Free Soul", "China Seas" and (a much later one) "Any Number Can Play"<

I'm impressed, but I did say "of note", and the only two films that you mentioned that there's a chance that the average "pulp" player, beside you and I, might have seen is "China Seas" where he wears a uniform, and "Any Number Can Play" which is really stretching to consider it "pulp". The others are pretty obscure by anybody's, except a real film buff's, definition, and my assumption is that anyone who'd buy one of these minis would want to create scenarios from one of the celebrity's well known films. But still, I've discussed some pretty obscure stuff in this forum myself, so I can't say that you're wrong. In fact, you're the kind of guy that I wouldn't mind sitting around and talking movies with. (-:

>Flynn did a lot more suit and tie movies then most people know about. None were really Puplish though and tended to be more in the light comedy vein ("Perfect Specimen", "Footsteps In The Dark", …).<

You're right. They aren't well known films. And compared to Cary Grant's flicks in the same genre, not very good. (-:
But most importantly, as you and I both said, not really Pulp-ish.

>I mean these figures seem to be meant to poryray the actors as themselves and not as characters in movies. Hence the "Hollywood Nights" tag. They are lounging around clubs, solving crimes, or being shaken down by gangsters after hours. Alternate-reality pulp?<

I hadn't thought of using the minis to create scenarios that way, but they might make for some pretty cool situations. Thanks for helping me out here. Dunno why that didn't occur to me. Getting old I guess. (-:

NP. It would be cool to have a version of them on the set though to go with the Pulp Figures film crew, but I guess you could just use run of the mill Robin Hood/pirate/colonial figures for them or do head swaps.

Hey Shadow! Obscure for me is tracking down Edward Evert Horton silent movies. I guess we all have our "button lace" topics. With all that said, now we need a good Peter Lorre "Mr Moto" figure!

Facially, the left hand guy looks rather like Cagney – but he's too tall.

And I'd settle for a non-Moto Lorre. "You despise me, don't you, Rick."

With all that said, now we need a good Peter Lorre "Mr Moto" figure!<

Do you own the 20th Century Fox "Mr. Moto" boxed sets? Very nice transfers. Better than anything that I was able to find previously. I was happy about the "Michael Shane" and "Charlie Chan" sets as well.

I agree that a "Moto" figure would be nice. I've bugging Bob Murch about an East Side Kids/Dead End Kids group of figures too.

I do have all the 20th Century-Fox box sets as well as all the Saint, Falcon, Lone Wolf, Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone, of course), Boston Blackie, Mr Wong, Crime Doctor and of course Thin Man (no doubt, I've forgotten a series or two – but I've got 'em!)

One figure that I would like to see is a nice Pat O'Brien/Priest figure. Got plenty of bad guy types – need a good two fisted man of the cloth to keep things real (would even settle for Spencer Tracy – but Warner Brothers always had a better edge).

>I do have all the 20th Century-Fox box sets as well as all the Saint, Falcon, Lone Wolf, Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone, of course), Boston Blackie, Mr Wong, Crime Doctor and of course Thin Man (no doubt, I've forgotten a series or two – but I've got 'em!)<

My favorite "Saint" was the 1st one in the series, "The Saint In New York" with Louis Hayward. I like "Blackie" on the radio more than on film. "Wong" and "The Lone Wolf" didn't do it for me. Of course "Holmes" and "The Thin Man" are great, but I didn't care for a sober Nick Charles, so IMO, the rest of the series, except for "After the Thin Man" wasn't worth watching more than once. I've seen a few of "The Falcon", but I don't remember them at all. I never saw any of the "Crime Doctor" series.

I also like the "Nancy Drew" flicks, mostly because of the way Bonita Granville dogs Frankie Thomas around. (-:

"C'mon Ted, we've got a mystery to solve"

"Aww Nancy…I was gonna go fishing"

Actors become characters in their own right. You might not have Marilyn Monroe herself in a Pulp game, but you would have a Marilyn Monroe archetype, so these are great.

They Met in Bombay rocks! Gable at his best.

>They Met in Bombay rocks! Gable at his best.<

A tough to find too! It's not out on DVD.

>With all that said, now we need a good Peter Lorre "Mr Moto" figure!<

Pulp miniatures does a Peter Lorre miniature with their African WWII stuff I believe.
Back to the subject:
The mini on the right could be a bulkier Cary Grant.

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