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Stage/Screen & The 1950's

Trust your Past, because you can't trust the future

About Me


TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Bill
Birthday: May 24, 1950
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Current Location: Greenville, Texas
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper Brown
Height: 6'2"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: English/Danish/German
The Shoes You Wore Today: My Tennis Shoes
Your Weakness: Women who get real close
Your Fears: loosing my talent
Your Perfect Pizza: I guess green olive and onion with peppers
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: To be on stage again
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Hi Ya Kiddo
Thoughts First Waking Up: "Oh Man, I gotta get going!"
Your Best Physical Feature: My height
Your Bedtime: Late 30
Your Most Missed Memory: I don't miss any of my Memories. I live by them.
Pepsi or Coke: A nice tall Coke filled with crushed ice
McDonalds or Burger King: The King for sure
Single or Group Dates: Both are great, but love to be alone with my girl
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Both are good to me
Chocolate or Vanilla: Love them both together
Cappuccino or Coffee: Which ever is in front of me
Do you Smoke: Strongly against it
Do you Swear: Only at stupid people or when I smash my finger
Do you Sing: All the time
Do you Shower Daily: 99% of the time
Have you Been in Love: Every day of my life
Do you want to go to College: Have been there and wish to go again
Do you want to get Married: Maybe, but she will have to ask me this time

Do you think you are Attractive: I can look in the mirror and not scream
Are you a Health Freak: 50% of the time
Do you get along with your Parents: I did, but was never really close to Dad

Do you play an Instrument: I can, but I Just piddle around
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Some, you know a beer here some wine there
In the past month have you Smoked: NO! Just enhaled someone else's
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Never
In the past month have you gone on a Date: OK, no I haven't. So there, now you know
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Duh, you think?
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: It was dark and I couldn't see what I was doing
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Who? I don't know her
In the past month have you been on Stage: Oh yes, but not to perform
In the past month have you been Dumped: I don't get dumped, just cheated on
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: I love to S.D. but have to say no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes, T many Mar Toon eeeeeeeee's
Ever been called a Tease: Only when I'm working and my butt crack shows
Ever been Beaten up: No, I get them laughing too hard first
Ever Shoplifted: When I was young and poor..........and stupid
How do you want to Die: Anyway, I just don't want to be there
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A rich married man who Directs and Acts
What country would you most like to Visit: England
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I do like dark eyes, but any color is ok for me
Favourite Hair Color: I do like dark hair, but any color is ok if not green
Short or Long Hair: I do like long hair, but short looks good on some
Height: I do like a little tall, but not too short
Weight: Slim to a little huge is just fine
Best Clothing Style: I love the "Costume" look
Number of Drugs I have taken: No Drugs, just prescriptions
Number of CDs I own: Maybe 75
Number of Piercings: Does a knife wound count?
Number of Tattoos: Does wood stain count?
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Not dating much in High School-Too busy with Theatre
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My Interests

Music and the Arts. Including Theatre and Film. Also any thing with rain, kissing and cats.
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I'd like to meet:

Would like to meet an intelligent, creative woman with some talent who can talk 50's & 60's memories and loves Theatre and the Movies.

Music:

Love the oldies but also Showtunes, Soundtracks and some Jazz.





Movies:

Any great "Acting" movie is what I like. Love all the "Date" movies too like,"The NoteBook" "My Best Friends Wedding" "Legal Eagles" "Wedding Crashers" and the old Sci-Fi Black and Whites of the 50's.

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Television:

A&E's Biography Turner Classic Movies The History Chanel and AMC.

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Books:

Biographies mostly. But anything to do with Film and Theatre

David Thomson - Marlon Brando (A&E Biography)

Paul Alexander - James Dean : Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Heroes:

My Heroes are the one's who do good without expecting anything in return

My Blog

SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS 1960's

SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS IN 1961   From: "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon     In 1961 Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park opened just two miles from our home in Arlington.  We ha...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:21:00 PST

MY FATHER THE HERO

From: "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon   I remember looking up to the top shelf of my fathers closet from the height of three feet that I stood. There among the stacks of papers and boxes&n...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:41:00 PST

THE ACCIDENT

Excerpt from: "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon     During the summer of my 17th year, I worked for a while with my Dad at L T Industries in Garland Texas. Dad was a metallurgist a...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:25:00 PST

LOVE FIELD AIRPORT IN 1950'S

From: "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon   MEMORIES OF LOVE FIELD     1958 the new Love Field Airport opened in Dallas. The terminal was like nothing I had ever seen before. It was ...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:38:00 PST

DRIVE-IN MEMORIES

 The Hi-View        By Bill Salamon   You know for years living in East Texas and going back and forth to Commerce, I have always taken the back road, which is ...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:11:00 PST

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

THE AIR BALLOON   from: "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon     In 1956, "Around The World In 80 Days" opened at the "Inwood Theater" on Lovers Lane in Dallas. This was one of those ...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:06:00 PST

CUB SCOUTS 1958

CUB SCOUTS 1958 From: "AT A THEATER NEAR ME" by Bill Salamon     Our Cub Leader and Den Mother, Greta Albach was very beautiful. She had the most beautiful blonde hair and was very thin...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:10:00 PST

DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN THE 50's

Downtown Dallas late 50's early 60's   This was a mind burning memory to tell generations to come. In 1960, when I was ten, Mom worked at Cattlemen's Steak House downtown. During the summer while...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:56:00 PST

A DRIVE-IN EXPERIENCE

From: "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon   Drive-In Movies     I loved those Friday nights when Dad would come home from work and announce that were going out to eat or to...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:12:00 PST

FROM:

Growing Up In The 50's   "At a Theater Near Me" by Bill Salamon   "We learn how to kiss, or to drink, talk to our buddies-all the things that you can't really teach in social studies or hist...
Posted by Stage/Screen & The 1950's on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:40:00 PST