[From I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (dir. William Nigh, 1948). Click for a larger view.]
Police detective Clint Judd (Regis Toomey) questions Mrs. Alvin (Dorothy Vaughan) about her boarder. She needs to check her notebook. He needs to jot down the facts in his notebook — with his Mongol pencil.
I raved about this movie in a post yeterday, but not because of the pencil, a Mongol with an older ferrule design. Take a look at the fifth pencil from the bottom in this Mongol display.
I’m a sentimental sap, that’s all: the Mongol has been my favorite pencil since kidhood.
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All OCA Mongol pencil posts (Pinboard)
[“I’m a sentimental sap, that’s all”: from “You Took Advantage of Me,” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.]
Friday, January 5, 2024
A Mongol sighting
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I notice how fresh the eraser is--suspicious.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me think that they are NOT REALLY the detective's actual pencils, but fresh new prop pencils.
Don't you think the pencils detectives actually use are stubs--possibly with teeth marks––and erasers worn down to the ferrule (I remember ripping paper as I tried to erase with such a one anyway)?
Though I suppose sometimes they do start with a fresh one.
I think it is a prop — I'm pretty sure it shows up in another sce, though less clearly.
ReplyDeleteTo think, it was someone’s job to keep track of the prop pencil.
ReplyDelete(And other props too, I know …but, the pencil!)
But at least they had a detective at work in case of loss or theft. : )
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