Travis Simpkins

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Worcester Art Museum: Paul Revere Silver Coffee Pot, 1773. by Travis Simpkins

Coffee Pot by Paul Revere, 1773. Worcester Art Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of a

Coffee Pot

from the Paine Silver Service

1773

by Paul Revere (1737 - 1818).

Silver.

Collection of the
Worcester Art Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Worcester Art Museum: Ancient Roman Goddess, 1st Century BC. by Travis Simpkins

Goddess, 1st Century B.C. Worcester Art Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Roman

"Goddess" (Venus)

1st Century B.C.

Marble

Collection of the Worcester Art Museum

by Travis Simpkins

"Old Fashioned Murder": Columbo and a Staged Museum Heist

Directed by Robert Douglas, and released in November of 1976, Old Fashioned Murder was the 39th episode in the long-running Columbo TV series. The story centers on the privately-owned and financially unstable Lytton Museum, where the curator stages a heist with the help of a security guard… but the robbery turns to murder in a sinister twist, and Lieutenant Columbo is on the case and prowling the museum's galleries for clues. Art theft sets the stage for an intriguing plot involving one of the great TV detectives. Peter Falk is superb, as always, as the somewhat-bumbling Columbo, solving the case with an easy-going savant style. The supporting cast is good as well, including Joyce Van Patten, Celeste Holm and Jeannie Berlin.