From the ad copy, we’re not sure if these bumpers were meant to protect the bike in the event of a crash, or if they were designing a bike for some sort of demolition-derby type of use. The ads called out these struts and named the Luxury Liner “The bike with bumpers!”. This version with the boys’ frame came with bowed metal struts on each side of the bike. Side bumpers below the headlight,Ī horn in the tank. This bike was so iconic that a replica was produced in the late ’90′s (seen here) to capture the imagination (and dollars) of the adults that had wanted one of these bikes as children. Built by the Cleveland Welding Company (who happened to make bicycles for a number of different brands), the Luxury Liner was a fine bicycle produced by skilled builders and marketed by some of the greatest minds the advertising world has ever had.
Roadmaster Luxury Liner was a pretty popular bike in the late ’40′s and early ’50′s. All they did was make a pile of money for MGM and big stars of Esther Williams, Van Johnson and Jane Powell.1948 Roadmaster Luxery Liner replica. For the record both "Thrill of a Romance" and "Holiday in Mexico" are on Variety's list of all-time box-office rentals. Some may consider "Luxery Liner" "pap" but, enjoyed for what it is, it's lovely pap.
At the film's conclusion he pick's her up, like a delicate flower, and glows as they sing and waltz till the end title appears. In "Luxery Liner" her rendition of "The Peanut Vendor", accompanied by Xavier Cugat's orchestra, is something to hear as she literally "glows with talent." Lauriz Melichor (who she refers to has "my Sinatra"), was discovered by movie audiences in "Thrill of a Romance" (more pap?) couldn't resist her either. Like Miss Durbin, Jane Powell could handle a variety of selections (ballads, operettas, rhythm tunes).
(Anyone remember another box-office bundle-of-talent named Deanna Durbin who Louis B. Jane Powell is charming and (at that young age) a very gifted singer. "Luxery Liner" wasn't meant to be Gone With the Wind, just the kind of entertainment audiences enjoyed. "Pap" is a crude word and a choice for those trying to dismiss something they don't understand or want to enjoy. "Luxery Liner" was a showcase for young Jane Powell who had scored a box-office smash in her MGM debut film "Holiday in Mexico." It was pure Technicolor musical entertainment geared for the mass audience in the 1940's.
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