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Summertime is movie season and the June/July issue of Reminisce is packed with movie-going fun! We’ve got a multiplex of movie memories from readers like you, along with a look back at 100 years of Universal Pictures and a swing through all 12 of Johnny Weismuller's Tarzan movies. But there’s so much more, including one army brat’s recollection of living on Liberty Island and a couple’s unforgettable date at Hollywood’s famous Cocoanut Grove nightclub.
—John Burlingham at Reminisce
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Just in time for summer! We’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures by picking 10 of the studio’s very best blockbusters, from Bela Lugosi’s definitive Dracula to the biggest summertime smash of 1985, Back to the Future.
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One of Lorraine Varipapa Ruffolo’s most vivid memories of her father, Andy Varipapa, is the day he left for Hollywood to appear in the movie Strikes and Spares. “It was 1934, and we lived in an apartment between the Stuyvesant and Bushwick sections of Brooklyn. I was on my way to school, and Dad walked me down two flights of stairs to the street. He kissed me and said, “Be a good girl. I’m going to Hollywood to show them how great your father is. I’ll tell you all about it when I get home.” He had to walk a few blocks to catch the train. I watched him stride out of sight with a suitcase in one hand and his bowling bag in the other.”
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Writes Veronica Young of Edinburg, New York: “My hometown of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York was wonderful in the 1920s. We lived right on the ocean and enjoyed lovely beaches, a 5-mile boardwalk and two big amusement parks—Luna and Steeplechase—with rides, roller coasters and food stands—and nothing was better than the outstanding franks and french fries at Nathan’s.” Click here to read more.
And now that you’re craving one of Coney Island’s finest, here’s a hot dog recipe to try from our friends at Taste of Home. Plus, there’s plenty more ideas here for good, old-fashioned summertime eats.
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The parents of an 8-year-old boy who was away at camp fo the first time had not heard from him. So they finally telephoned their son and were both relieved—but also disappointed to discover that he hadn’t missed them at all.
“Have any of the other kids gotten homesick?” inquired the mother.
The boy replied, “Only the kids who have dogs.”
Click here to read more amusing morsels and bits of wisdom encountered here and there.
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Since the dawn of the automotive age, more than a century ago, America has seen hundreds of automakers come and go. See if you can name these defunct car companies from the clues provided, then click on the answers link — but no peeking!
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A Thought to Remember
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs—jolted by every pebble in the road. — clergyman Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
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