Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Antique Stewart Warner Phonograph

Antique Stewart Warner Phonograph, prop in Mel Gibson movie. $150. 230-1195.

Page D1 of the July 21 Bangor Daily News.

Preconceived notions: Shit. I just now read the words between "Phonograph" and "230-1195."

At 4:05 p.m. he picked up. "I worked on a movie 'Man Without a Face' when it was filmed in Maine."

I know nothing about this movie, so it was hard to ask any follow ups. I didn't read the entire ad, so you can imagine my surprise.

He got the prop at an auction after the filming wrapped up. Now he's moving.

"When you move you re-evaluate and it didn't make the cut."

He said the neat thing about it was how it looked. He said it's pretty enough to buy and never use.

"It's a radio and photograph. It's wooden with a maple case. It's beautiful even if you never turn it on."

He said that the company that made it is known for making automobiles, and as he is in the car business, he found this interesting. The man said he likes working on movies, but it doesn't pay well enough in Maine and that he can't live on it.

He got into films, "purely by accident. Right place, right time. I know people," he said.

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