Last Updated: April 4, 2004

We have some photographs up on the site.  To get started, choose one of the albums below.

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I am currently working on a new project as of 1/19/2003, that is colorizing photos that are in monochrome.  It is a time consuming task and I have completed two photos which are posted below.

View From Cliff Road
Monochrome Colorized
Cliff Road
Monochrome Colorized

 

I have completed the movie poster, here are the before and after photographs.  Click on the image for a larger view.

Before

After

What is Peacock Alley?
Below is a description from Sandra, who has obtained the original poster and has let me borrow it to scan it.


On January 23, 1922 the silent epic 'Peacock Alley' was released. The film was produced and directed by Robert Z. Leonard for Tiffany Productions. Mae Murray starred as Cleo from Paris and Monte Blue as Elmer Harmon.
When Elmer Harmon goes to Paris to sign a contract with the French Government he meets Cleo, a dancer. She is instrumental in acquiring the contract for him. They fall in love and they marry. Elmer takes his bride back to his hometown in Pennsylvania. The people of Harmontown are shocked by Cleo's manners and her Parisian attire. While in New York, Elmer exhausts his finances. He forges his uncles signature on a check and is arrested. Cleo, in an effort to raise money for her husband's bail, accepts a theatrical engagement. Elmer misunderstands her association with an old friend. He denounces her and returns to Harmontown. Later, he learns the truth and returns to ask her forgiveness.
Parts of the original 1922 version of 'Peacock Alley' were filmed at the Sewaren Train Station. The townspeople were allowed to watch the production from roped off areas.

I've tried to obtain more information on the film and was told this is a 'lost' film.

The cast (in credits order)
Mae Murray . . . . . . . . Cleo of Paris
Monte Blue . . . . . . . . Elmer Harmon
Edmund Lowe . . . . . . . . Phil Garrison
William J Ferguson . . . . Alex Smith
Anders Randolf . . . . . . Hugo Fenton
William H Tooker . . . . . Joseph Carleton
Howard Lang . . . . . . . . Abner Harmon
William Frederic . . . . . Harmontown Mayor
M. Durant . . . . . . . . . Monsieur Dubois
Jeffrys Lewis . . . . . . . Toto

In 1930, 'Peacock Alley' was re-released with sound. However, it doesn't appear to be the same film. Mae Murray is cast as Claire Tree. This may be a sequel but all of the character names have changed.