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Yesterday should be left alone because
today the world has enough problems
just trying to make sure we’ll have a tomorrow.
Lt. Partane, Yesterday Machine, 1965
Movie, Film & Television Posts
Yesterday should be left alone because today the world has enough problems just trying to make sure we’ll have a tomorrow.
Lt. Partane,
Yesterday Machine, 1965
The Airway Drive-In Majorette Sign (St. Ann, Missouri)
Chris Jones is the Midwestern Meanderer on Etsy. A photographer, he takes pictures of yesterday's highlights that endure. He is a premier American Roadside and Route 66 photographer. His stunning picture of Jo Ann, the Airway Majorette, is avaiable on Etsy in several...
The Baton Twirler in Atlman’s Film Nashville
A majorette with the Tennessee Twirlers, run through an arch of flags in the 1975 film Nashville. If you know her name, please let us know.Directed by Robert Altman, the film Nashville is a sprawling portrait of America in the mid-1970s, a time when politics,...
1905 Film Poster of a Majorette (The Leader of Them All, Always Something New)
This poster was created by the Hennegan Company around 1905. It is a movie poster for a film. We presume the title on the poster is also the title of the movie. We can't find any information about the film. "The Leader of Them All Moving Pictures, Always Something...
Laverne and Shirley Baton Twirling Episode
During season 2, episode 10 Laverne and Shirley perform a baton twirling routine at a mental hospital. Dressed up as elves, they perform to the Christmas classic, Winter Wonderland. Christmas TV History, a blogger site established by writer Joanna Wilson in 2009, has...
Betty Atkinson Tap Danced, Ice Skated While Twirling A Baton
The above photo features world champion drum majorette Betty Louise Atkinson surrounded by a group of police officers during a parade in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department sponsored the event, which took place on July 9, 1937, and drew 40,000 spectators....
Twirling at Ole Miss by Terry Southern | Adapted to Film By John Tyson
Twirling at Ole Miss Cover Art (Film Short) In 1963, Esquire Magazine commissoned the late Terry Southern to write a story about a baton twirling camp in Oxford, Mississippi. The name of the camp was the Dixie National Baton Twirling Institute. Esquire's editors...
Yesterday Machine: College Twirler Abducted by Civil War Soldiers in 1965 Sci Fi
Yesterday should be left alone because today the world has enough problems just trying to make sure we'll have a tomorrow. Police Lt. Partane, Yesterday Machine The opening scene of the psychotronic, low-budget film. It played in Texas drive-ins from around...
Diane Shelton: Champion Baton Twirler Performed in War-Torn Vietnam (1966)
Diane Shelton, Baton Twirler, performs for U.S. Soldiers stationed in Vietnam, Christmas Day 1966 Baton Twirler Performed in Vietnam on Christmas Day 1966 Diane Shelton was an accomplished baton twirler who toured Vietnam with Bob Hope's USO shows in 1966. William...
Mary Hartline (1927-2020) + Mary Hartline Doll
Mary Hartline was a model and actress who starred in Super Circus, a TV show that ran on ABC from 1949 to 1955. Harline, who frequently appeared in her trademark red majorette costume, is considered television's first sex symbol. Mary Hartline, Super Circus...
Twirlers Who Appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show
Carolyn Willis
Diane Shelton
Dottie Grover
Dorothy “Dottie” Dunston
Gail Hart
Gail Horner
Kitty Clark
Lounsbury Sisters
Patsy Hamilton
Sherry Daley
Please let us know if you know of others we can add to this list.
Dorothy “Dottie” Grover, Famed Syracuse Baton Twirler, was among those twirlers who appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Photo Epigraph
Rare, high-resolution image of Lisa Whelchel and Erin Moran, stars of the 1981 movie Twirl.
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Learn about the Airway Drive-In’s iconic majorette sign and what happened to it after the drive-in was demolished in the 1990s.
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