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1923 Hispano-Suiza H6 A 
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◊ 2023-05-14 15:10 |
Interesting specimen - possibly a one-off? Definitely not a factory-build, and I doubt limousine is correct, as the limited headroom would surely make it an awful limo, unless you're chauffeuring midgets or penguins. Hearse? Flower car? Advertisement vehicle? |
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◊ 2023-05-14 15:17 |
We had a small coachbuilt hearse somewhere (50s Italian b&w entry, possibly Fiat-based) where ideas like kids or even pets hearse were mentioned - it looked too small for adults. |
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◊ 2023-05-14 15:35 |
Obviously somebody saw this….. /vehicle_35389-Farman-A6B-1925.html |
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◊ 2023-05-14 16:19 |
Metropolis was exactly what initially crossed my mind. Definitely not a child's hearse or a pet hearse. Not a flower car either. At the time of filming this movie, flower cars were largely unknown by the public outside the Chicago area and the first commercial conversion by a known manufacturer was possibly just in the making, but those vehicles were designed to show the flowers rather than hide them under a roof. A certain sense for hearse aesthetics is definitely present and I can't fully rule out a top-chopped former hearse or ambulance from these pictures, but I don't think that's what happened. The lower edges of the rear side windows suggest this might have been a Town Car with the roof noticeably lowered for comedic or dramaturgical purposes and probably also in order to enable actors performing behind the car still to be seen by the audience. As cartoonish and extravagant as the buildings on the backdrop, this appears to be an artistically minded caricature of a limousine and thus an intentional prop car, possibly created by putting a (plywood?) "box" on a convertible sedan or a limousine with the roof chopped off. MGM loved to spend their budget on opulent show sets back then. The extremely long rear overhang and the dramatically exaggerated fenders as opposed to the almost square driver's door suggest this may have been a remodeled convertible sedan, probably from the 1920s. Nice to see it's not just façade, but a full vehicle: ![[Image: nobodysbaby1937bg0103151.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/nobodysbaby1937bg0103151.jpg) |
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◊ 2023-05-14 17:11 |
In the movie, we first see this curiosity with the two dance stars (the pair in the image) walking away from it as if they have just arrived in it. They proceed to do a dance number, and at the end of it an opulently liveried commissionaire actually opens the rear door for the two, but you won't be surprised to learn that the curtain closes before they get anywhere near it. |
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◊ 2023-05-14 18:32 |
>Metropolis was exactly what initially crossed my mind ...Tex Avery, for me .gif ":)") I propose : (base) Hispano Suiza H6A (a six-wheeler then bought by Hollywood...) http://www.sixmania.fr/hispano-suiza-h6a-6-roues-1923/ Or an HS 32hp 1930 : https://classiccarcatalogue.com/HISPANO_SUIZA_1930.html the grille emblem seems to be the Hispano stork https://www.supercars.net/blog/1924-hispano-suiza-h6c/ -- Last edit: 2023-05-14 18:44:22 |
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◊ 2023-05-14 19:16 |
I think fred1969's on the right track. Here's another picture from "My Lips Betray" (1933), I think it's definitely the same car:![[Image: scene-from-the-movie-my-lips-betray-with-lilian-harvey-a-seller-is-promoting-a-car-ta16ra.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3913/scene-from-the-movie-my-lips-betray-with-lilian-harvey-a-seller-is-promoting-a-car-ta16ra.jpg) Link to "www.alamy.com" A role in 1943: /vehicle_1590783-Hispano-Suiza-H6-A-1923.html -- Last edit: 2023-05-14 19:20:32 |
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◊ 2023-05-14 22:11 |
Publicity photo from the 1933 movie as seen on IMDb:![[Image: imdblips.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/imdblips.jpg) I notice it has a different hood ornament. -- Last edit: 2023-05-14 22:12:21 |
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◊ 2023-05-14 22:15 |
well.. those NA 5mph bumpers are not that bad after all.. |
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◊ 2023-05-15 14:01 |
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