ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
'40s air-travel posters are back

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Remember the good old days of flying to Hawai'i by propeller? When lovely hula hands greeted visitors as they stepped off planes?

Here's a chance to relive the era through prints of 1940s Pan American and American Airline ads available at Swann Galleries in New York. Three Hawai'i-themed posters will be auctioned tomorrow, but Hawai'i bidders can place advance offers by calling (212) 254-4710 ext. 53, or e-mailing ethompson@swanngalleries.com.

The posters, by artists John Atherton, John Fehmil and Al Moore, can be seen at www.swanngalleries.com.

Box office

'The Village' cleans up at the box office

Moviegoers stormed "The Village" over the weekend to make it the No. 1 movie in the nation, bringing in about $50.8 million in ticket sales.

"The Bourne Supremacy" was in second place with $23.4 million, while the remake of "The Manchurian Candidate" debuted with $20.2 million. "I, Robot," "Spider-Man 2" and "Catwoman" follow with $10.1 million, $8.5 million and $6.1 million, respectively. "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" earned $5.2 million at 2,135 theaters.

"Shrek 2" finally dropped off the Top 12 films to No. 13, its cumulative box-office take of $432.4 million has pushed it past the $431.1 million of "Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace" to make it the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time.

Dan Okenfuss
Spokesman for Little People of America, on Charla Faddoul (pictured), the 4-foot adult competing in the "The Amazing Race" at 9 tonight on KGMB-9

"What Charla is doing on the show is great, introducing little people to the mainstream world, doing an activity average-sized people are doing. ... Sometimes you've got to use what you have to get what you need."