Googie architecture (/ˈɡuːɡi/ GOO-ghee) is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated...
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Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers, CBE, AO (12 March 1917 – 15 July 2011) was an English entertainer. She was a dancer and actress, with a lengthy career...
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Rafael Leon René (March 30, 1927 – November 25, 2007), known as Googie René, was an American musician, bandleader, and songwriter. He was born in Los Angeles...
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Carolyn Coppola, known as Googie, was an American jazz and pop singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the jazz rock...
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Googie's Coffee Shop (styled googies) was a small restaurant located at 8100 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles next door to the famous Schwab's Pharmacy...
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Googie architecture structures in the United States which includes a photographic gallery with a brief description of some of the structures. Googie was...
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project under the name da Googie. She released a split 12" record with the duo Too Many Things on one side and three da Googie tracks: Slither/ Pipe Dreams/...
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final night, while Shaggy is at a drive-in movie along with his girlfriend Googie, the Hunch Bunch manages to expose Shaggy to moonlight by dropping the sunroof...
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remake of One Day at a Time. For theater, she is best known for her role as Googie Gomez in The Ritz for which she received a Tony Award. She also starred...
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century futuristic vision found its ultimate expression in the development of Googie architecture or Populuxe design. As applied to fiction, this brand of retrofuturistic...
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The Googie room, found in the Glee pod of the WorldsChat world. It is a prime example of the many rooms people would go to talk in. Music would play in...
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buildings, large malls and cathedrals built in Neo-Gothic, Modernist, Populuxe, Googie, Streamline Moderne, Art Deco and Futurist style architecture. Iglesia El...
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perhaps best remembered for his contribution to the development of the Googie style, as well as for several Atomic Age houses he designed in the late...
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Joanna Godden (1947) and It Always Rains on Sunday (1947). Both starred Googie Withers, whom McCallum married in 1948. McCallum then made The Calendar...
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Mel's Drive-In (category Googie architecture in California)
neighborhood of Los Angeles was built as Kerry's coffee shop in 1953. The googie style building was designed by Armet & Davis. Mel's Drive-In at 8585 Sunset...
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Allen organ, piano), John Siegler (bass), Mark Rosengarden (drums), and Googie Coppola (piano, vocals). The album also featured Randy Brecker on trumpet...
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Futurist architecture (section Googie architecture)
Futurist architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterized by long dynamic lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency...
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discounted garments with mysterious stains. Appearances A sketch featuring "Googie Rene's Partially Damaged Christmas Decorations" was included in the dress...
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Orchard is a 1973 Australian TV adaptation of the 1904 play by Anton Chekhov. Googie Withers as Madame Ravensky Frank Thring as Gaev Wendy Hughes Simon Chilvers...
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Actress Rita Moreno – who had won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the Broadway production – and many others from the 1975 original...
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regionalism De Stijl Deconstructivism Expressionism Functionalism Futurism Googie High-tech International style Metabolism Mid-Century modern Modernisme Monumentalism...
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Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes and Michael Redgrave. The film is best remembered...
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time. Elements of Atomic Age and Space Age design were dominant in the Googie design movement in commercial buildings in the United States. Some streamlined...
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Theme Building (category Googie architecture in California)
example of the Mid-century modern design movement, later to become known as "Googie". In 1993, the city designated the exterior and interior of the Theme Building...
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A Googie-style car wash...
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Norms Restaurants (category Googie architecture in California)
distinctive angular and brightly colored style that came to be known as Googie architecture. Key characteristics include angular walls, large glass windows...
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Johnie's Coffee Shop (category Googie architecture in California)
Johnie's Coffee Shop is a former coffee shop and a well-known example of Googie architecture located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue...
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Architecture in the United States (section Googie)
The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over two centuries...
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instead with the reunion of Davison and his Guyanese aunt. In May 1971, Googie Withers was the featured guest, but the surprise planned by host Eamonn...
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September 2017 – via National Library of Australia. "WHAT NEWS IN FILMS? GOOGIE DITCHES STAR PART TO SEE AUSTRALIA". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2913. Western...
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