I've fallen in love with this little cup which Thornton Jordan recently brought in. It's from a restaurant that used to be in downtown Columbus, one that some folks thought might be part of Carson's inspiration for the New York Cafe in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. When I look at this cup I can't help but picture Mr. Singer's sipping coffee from it.
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Richard Tucker and Wyolene Solomon are at it again! Those two, who have contributed more than 400 volumes to the reading library at the McCullers House, and for whom the reading library is now named, showed up last week with a whole trove of "new" materials, including these ORIGINAL posters:
Click on the photo to enlarge it and you can see the phrase "leave the children at home" right to the left of Marlon Brando's face. There's also the applied "RESTRICTED to persons 18 years of age or over" sticker right below that. I do hereby confess that, coincidentally, I myself had JUST turned 18 when the movie was released, and I remember sneaking off from home to catch my first glimpse of "adult literature" on the screen. Fun!
My McCullers class at CSU has just finished reading REFLECTIONS, and seeing the film, so we particularly enjoyed the poster.
This poster for The Member of the Wedding proves that the phrase "sex sells" ain't nothin' new. Would you EVER have designed that poster for MEMBER?
Sincere thanks to Thornton, and to Richard, and to Wyolene -- for these very important additions to the Carson McCullers collection.-- Cathy
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