That looks like the bottom half of an Olympia case:
Could it be an SM5 Graham is using?
"Describing himself as 'old school', Graham admits he can't resist having a bash on
an antique typewriter. From childhood, when he took delight in watching the ink
slap on to the paper as his mother typed away, to growing up with a love of the
Beat poets, he's always been fascinated by the culture surrounding these
machines."
Do I spy a typewriter in the background? Or do I just see typewriters everywhere?
The article quotes Graham as saying, "My laptop is great, but a typewriter has such a nostalgic feel. I'm
really into words, writing and literature. Typewriters exemplify that, even
through the sound they make - you could have a whole orchestra of them and it
would sound amazing."Well, Marcus, there is such a thing - the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. And they do sound amazing.
I can only add that I imagine Marcus would, if told typewriters were "old hat", respond thus:
Graham in Louise Fox’s adaptation of Moliere’s Tartuffe
Graham, born in Perth on October 11, 1963, played Vincent Darby in Mulholland Drive. TV credits include Underbelly, Good Guys, Bad Guys, The Secret Life of Us and American supernatural series Charmed. Stage credits include Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, The
Blue Room opposite the stunning Sigrid Thornton, Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the
Melbourne Theatre Company and the Bell Shakespeare Company's production of
Pericles. Graham lived with Nicole Kidman before she made the mistake of meeting Tom Cruise. Other ex-partners include Rebecca
Gibney, Asher Keddie and Claudia Black.
In the title role in Josh Jarman
Graham gave up on Hollywood in a pivotal moment in his life. "I've learned that the less the ambition, the greater the
happiness."
"I had all this money and I moved
to LA and I bought an apartment and I was doing all these auditions. I was
screen-testing for this stupid television show called Mysterious Ways, right?
Great title. You do all these auditions for panels of people;
each time you go back there's more people. It's Mysterious Ways - he solves
crime and is he in touch with other forces or is he a charlatan … blah, blah.
Very mysterious. The writers are ringing my agent, saying: 'We love Marcus.' I'm
trying to give the writers what they want. The head of the network, he's not
sure whether I'm too mysterious or not. And the writers are going: 'Well, yeah,
but it's called Mysterious Ways and actually what we were hoping for is someone
that's a bit mysterious.' And the head of this network is still not convinced,
so he says: 'I'd like to pay Marcus $10,000 to not take a job for two weeks
while I decide whether he is too mysterious or not.' So I'm sitting in my
apartment in LA going: 'Bloody hell, here I am getting paid all this money to
not work, while I wait for a job that I actually don't want. What the f--- am I
doing here?' So I took the $10,000; they decided I actually was too mysterious
and I left town."
Some people would have seen your cemetery background typewriter as a werewolf. It's all about where you're coming from!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm pretty sure it's not an SM5, though I couldn't offer any suggestions.
I have no idea what typewriter he's using in that first photo. I'm intrigued. Good story.
ReplyDeleteJudging bu the knobs and carriage return lever it would be an Everest K2 - just like the one you wrote about in your post: http://oztypewriter.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/everest-typewriter-peak-but-far-from.html
ReplyDeleteIf you have a case for it you may confirm its shape from the back :)
That's a thought, Piotr, I'll check.
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right Piotr, because the case lid and base have sloping sides (where they join).
ReplyDeleteGlad to be of your service :)
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