Rat Race (1960). Debbie Reynolds cools off after a long hot day of hunting for Bauer. Finding that Ring bowl sure came in handy. [Featured in the Spring '97 issue] Arizona Trail (1943) Director Vernon Keays. If that chicken won't help your black eye, try the Monterey teapot. Fuzzy Knight, Tex Ritter and Joseph Greene sample William Yip's cuisine in this 1943 B-Western. [Featured in the Winter '98 issue] The Beastmaster (1982) Director: Don Coscarelli. In this campy sci-fi Neanderthal flesh flick, the finale between the Beastmaster (Marc Singer) and a fearsome evil warrior is noticeably overshadowed by a Matt Carlton twist-handled vase. Is the slave girl the consolation prize? [Featured in the Fall '97 issue] Body and Soul (1947) (Also known as An Affair of the Heart) Director: Robert Rossen. Actors: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad, Ann Revere. A young boxer (Garfield) fights his way to the top. In a grueling kitchen scene, Garfield, Palmer, Revere and a Ringware bowl (with inner rings) sit around the table agonizing over life and morality. Bound for Glory (1976) Director: Hal Ashby. In this biography of Woody Guthrie, a blue Ring bowl is seen in a soup kitchen. The same bowl shows up again in a wealthy socialite’s house. A yellow Ring bowl and probably the same blue bowl appear in Woody’s (David Carradine) home refrigerator. In an argument with his wife (Melinda Dillon), Woody slams the refrigerator door. Uh, oh. Bright Eyes (1934) Director: David Butler. Shirley Temple has a Bauer Ring mixing bowl full of chocolate frosting. [Featured in the Summer '97 issue] By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) Director: David Butler. Actors: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae. Just when you thought Doris was going to steal the show, a green Ringware bowl makes its cameo appearance during the last ten minutes. Corrina, Corrina (1994) Director: Jessie Nelson. Housekeeper Whoopi Goldberg tries to break through to Ray Liotta’s traumatized daughter. A green Ring coffee carafe is often seen in the kitchen near the refrigerator along with a yellow Monterey Moderne casserole. Are those La Linda plates on the dinner table? The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) Director: Curtis Hanson. Actors: Rebecca DeMornay, Annabella Sciorra. An evil nanny gets hired into a Tacoma house full of Bauer: Ringware (including some rare pieces), swirl flowerpots, Monterey salt shakers and GPK batter pitchers. A dining room battle sends DeMornay and a tableful of cobalt Ringware flying. It Came from Outer Space (1953) Directed by Jack Arnold with music by Henry Mancini. This sci-fi thriller was originally filmed in 3-D and was based on a story written by Ray Bradbury. Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush consider their options after aliens land in their small Arizona town. The aliens have disguised themselves as humans in order to repair their ship. But, on closer inspection, maybe the aliens were planning to return home in a flying Bauer cup-and-saucer. [Featured in the Winter '99 issue] Mildred Pierce (1945) Director: Michael Curtiz. Actors: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott and Eve Arden. It was probably the supporting roles of the GPK and Plainware mixing bowls that helped Crawford win her Best Actress Oscar in this rags-to-riches-to-ugly melodrama about a divorcee and her money-grubbing daughter. A Night at the Opera (1935) Director: Sam Wood. In the very opening scene of this Marx Brothers movie, the restaurant tables are set with large Ringware mixing bowls (or maybe even punch bowls). There are two per table, making for interesting ghastronomic possibilities. Later, on board an ocean liner, pasta is served to the third class passengers from a Ringware bowl. Later still, a sand jar is seen in a hotel lobby. Psycho (1960). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Actors: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam. Just before THE shower scene, Perkins looks through a peephole to see Leigh undressing. But maybe he's really leering at the Bauer Ring cylinder vase on the dresser next to her. The Road to Morocco (1942) Director: David Butler. Actors: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, Yvonne DeCarlo. Look at all the bisqueware in this “Native Street” scene -- which includes a cartload of Matt Carlton twist-handled vases. But, this is no siesta. Invading marauders on horseback are about to ride through town and make mincemeat out of the set and all that cheap pottery. Does the Bauer survive, or doesn’t it? See the movie. [Featured in the Fall '98 issue] Sabrina (1954) Director: Billy Wilder. When Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) goes off to a French cooking school in Paris, an entire souffle class practices breaking eggs into Ringware mixing bowls. Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) Director: Irving Brecher. Ernie Kovacs, Robert Wagner, Dolores Hart, Carolyn Jones, Frank Gorshin and Jesse White. Is this double Bauer duty? That’s almost definitely a giant Bauer mixing bowl hiding under the table, but are those Bauer Navy mugs on top? The mug shape is exactly like Bauer’s. But, then, Bauer’s Navyware was made to government specifications, and there were a few other companies producing identical wares (including Tepco, Buffalo China and possibly Shenango). Without seeing the telltale Bauer ink stamp on the bottom, there’s no way to know for sure. [Featured in the Spring '98 issue] Secret Beyond the Door (1948) (Universal) Director: Fritz Lang. Actors: Joan Bennet, Ann Revere, Michael Redgrave. Swirl flowerpot in the background of Revere and Redgrave. Short Cuts (1993) Director: Robert Altman. The residence of Julianne Moore and Matthew Modine has several Bauer pieces prominently displayed: a two-handled yellow beanpot; yellow and blue ring bowls, a green Ring bowl and cookie jar, and possibly a yellow carafe. The most prominent Bauer is a yellow Ring pitcher -- whose scene is admittedly somewhat overshadowed by Moore blow-drying her skirt while naked-from-the-waist-down. A Star is Born (1954) Director: George Cukor. Just after Judy Garland's “Man that Got Away” song, a yellow LaLinda mixing bowl appears on top of the refrigerator. Judy and the song were both nominated for Oscars, but the Bauer bowl was snubbed. Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) (Also known as The Gargon Terror) Director: Tom Graeff. Extraterrestrial youngsters scour the earth to find food for their monstrous pets. Watch for the Bauer swirl pot on grandpa’s porch rail. The Virginia Judge (1935). Director: Edward Sedgwick. A woman’s place is in...Umm, remember this movie was made in the '30s. On the back of this movie still, Paramount described Marsha Hunt making her screen debut while baking a grape pie. No credit for the bowls, however. Some twenty years later, Marsha starred in Back from the Dead. Seems like the Bauer bowls made out better than Marsha. [Featured in the Summer '98 issue] War of the Colossal Beast (1958) Director: Bert Gordon. Cheesy special effects and a Bauer swirl pot highlight this sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Director: Mike Nichols. As George and Martha (Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) battle their way through the evening, a bean pot and a gloss pastel mixing bowl are seen in their kitchen. Despite the damage they inflict on themselves and everything around them, the pot and bowl survive — a testimony to the durability of Bauer.

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