Saturday 26 December 2009

Sunday 20 December 2009

Chasseriau, Theodore (1819-1856) - 1850-52 Orientalist Interior (Private Collection)

Théodore Chassériau was a French romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria. A precociously gifted draughtsman, he entered Ingres's studio at the age of 11 and remained there until Ingres left in 1834. He made his Salon début in 1836 with several portraits and religious subjects, including Cain Accursed, for which he received a third-class medal. Among his many submissions in subsequent years were Susanna Bathin, a Marine Venus and the Toilet of Esther. These three paintings of nude female figures combine an idealization derived from Ingres with a sensuality characteristic of Chassériau. In the 1840s he conceived an admiration for Delacroix and attempted, with considerable success, to combine Ingres's classical linear grace with Delacroix's Romantic color. Chassériau was also an outstanding portraitist and painted nudes and North African scenes (he made a visit there in 1846. After a period of ill health, exacerbated by his exhausting work on commissions for murals to decorate the Churches of Saint-Roch and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Chassériau died at the age of 37 in Paris

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sssssss, originally uploaded by johnny myers.

Soft Shoulders & Hard Riders


, originally uploaded by plutonumetrio.

Saturday 19 December 2009

HAPPY CHRISTMAS LADIES...


HAPPY CHRISTMAS LADIES..., originally uploaded by rj.tempest.

Invulnerable my ass..Mabel get the blowtorch.

Open Road for Boys - December 1936

ccc_8


ccc_8, originally uploaded by mac2rub.

Wanda, you seen the spare bulb anywhere...?

...we had them and when the worked they were wonderfully bubbley

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***, originally uploaded by ZNikita.

Good Photography


Good Photography, originally uploaded by bcostin.

Happy 4th of July! (1600x1200)


Happy 4th of July! (1600x1200), originally uploaded by bcostin.

Happy Valentine's Day, from February 1952

Decals For a Colorful Home


Decals For a Colorful Home, originally uploaded by bcostin.

Merry Christmas from December 1948

Food


Food, originally uploaded by Xhengis Aliu.

Friday 18 December 2009

Ol'Shellac


, originally uploaded by tapir..

the warmth of sound that came from these old vinyl and it's predecessor, shellac

I thought it was the season for peace, not violins!

Unknown


Unknown, originally uploaded by Soy Polly.

I know it is Ginger Rogers but what movie?

Monday 14 December 2009

...descafeinado, por favor.


...descafeinado, por favor., originally uploaded by Leina Brwn.

En la sala de espera de los juzgados, aparecen tangibles seres que alguna vez alguien soñó. Tipos duros de mirada impenetrable y marcas de mil diablos a quienes tuvieron que engañar para poder seguir adelante... hasta hoy quizás.

Sunday 13 December 2009

Diana Dors As Long As They're Happy

hendrix


hendrix, originally uploaded by Patric1_m.

Jimi Hendrix smoking photo. Part of an Hendrix photo exhibit at Celebrity Vault in 2008.

As Long As They're Happy


As Long As They're Happy, originally uploaded by Greenman 2008.

American poster using publicity shot of Dors from "Value for Money"

Diana Dors As Long As They're Happy

What film is this?


vlcsnap-1388553, originally uploaded by rattlingdjs.

I believe that Glenn Ford is in, I have this picture as a still in my odd stills collection.

Carole Lombard


Carole Lombard, originally uploaded by rattlingdjs.

Vintage Automobile Magazine


Vintage Automobile Magazine, originally uploaded by Lee Sutton.

1962 Car and Driver Magazine, featuring Alfa Romeo 8C 2900

Friday 4 December 2009

All This Asian Fashion Files


Vintage Advertisement, originally uploaded by Lee Sutton.

Shanghai Cigarette Ad, 1937

Vintage Brochure


Vintage Brochure, originally uploaded by Lee Sutton.

1925 Paris Arts Decoratifs

Wednesday 2 December 2009

On your knees, Santa


On your knees, Santa, originally uploaded by Jean-Luc Diabolique.

...and bark like a reindeer now santa!!!

Monday 30 November 2009

Sunday 29 November 2009

Luna Park, Sydney c1977


Luna Park, Sydney c1977, originally uploaded by glen.h.

A Chante


A Chante, originally uploaded by vanessagx.

Jewish prostitute from southern Poland in Weimar Germany.

Scan.

Sunday 22 November 2009

В02-01-01


В02-01-01, originally uploaded by bookfish.

Bicycle in Graphite


Bicycle in Graphite, originally uploaded by XxSEMxX.

Bridget Bardot In London


Double Bunk (C.M. Pennington-Richards, 1961)

Janette Scott as Peggy

"DOUBLE BUNK" just about covers it at the Guild Theatre, where this extremely anemic little British comedy about a rickety houseboat honeymoon went on yesterday. And on and on, it might be added—bumping up and down the Thames, across to France (by accident) and back. This Showcorporation release, written and directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards, with Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott in the leads, is recommended for undemanding folks who make it to a movie comedy about once every fifteen years. Admirers of English comic wizards like Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas are warned.
The picture is about as friendly, simple-minded and familiar as can be. Take the ramshackle house in "George Washington Slept Here," float it, add the same internal problems (with a "beastly engine" instead of medieval plumbing), plus a mean neighbor (this one has a swanky yacht).
Mr. Carmichael, as the skipper-spouse, has been mercifully toned down, for a change, and Miss Scott is a sensible peach of a bride. As two cronies who go along for the ride, Sidney James is leathery, and Liz Fraser fills a bikini admirably. The menace is Dennis—Dennis Price.

DOUBLE BUNK, written and directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards produced by George H. Brown; released by Showcorporation. At the Guild Theatre, Fiftieth Street west of Fifth Avenue. Running time: ninety-two minutes.
Jack . . . . . Ian Carmichael
Peggy . . . . . Janette Scott
Sid . . . . . Sidney James
Sandra . . . . . Liz Fraser
Watson . . . . . Dennis Price
Harper . . . . . Reginald Beckwith

HOWARD THOMPSON New York Times 17 November 1961

My Darling Clementine


My Darling Clementine, originally uploaded by Greenman 2008.

Let's be specific about this: The eminent director, John Ford, is a man who has a way with a Western like nobody in the picture trade. Seven years ago his classic "Stagecoach" snuggled very close to fine art in this genre. And now, by George, he's almost matched it with "My Darling Clementine."

Not quite, it is true—for this picture, which came to the Rivoli yesterday, is a little too burdened with conventions of Western fiction to place it on a par. Too obvious a definition of heroes and villains is observed, and the standardized aspect of romance is too neatly and respectably entwined. But a dynamic composition of Western legend and scenery is still achieved. And the rich flavor of frontiering wafts in overpowering redolence from the screen.

In this particular instance, Mr. Ford and Twentieth Century-Fox are telling an oft-repeated story from the treasury of Western lore. It's the story of that famous frontier marshal who "cleaned up" Tombstone, Ariz.—Wyatt Earp. And if that doesn't place him precisely in the history catalogue, rest assured that he's been model for film heroes ever since the days of William S. Hart. And since legend is being respected, as well as the conventions of the screen, it is the story of Wyatt's dauntless conquest of a gang of rustlers and a maiden's heart.

But even with standard Western fiction—and that's what the script has enjoined—Mr. Ford can evoke fine sensations and curiously-captivating moods. From the moment that Wyatt and his brothers are discovered on the wide and dusty range, trailing a herd of cattle to a far-off promised land, a tone of pictorial authority is struck—and it is held. Every scene, every shot is the product of a keen and sensitive eye—an eye which has deep comprehension of the beauty of rugged people and a rugged world.

As the set for this film, a fine facsimile of frontier Tombstone was patiently built in the desert of Monument Valley, and it was there that Mr. Ford shot most of the picture. And he is a man who knows that Westerns belong, in the main, out of doors. When he catches a horseman or a stagecoach thumping across the scrubby wastes, the magnificences of nature—the sky and desert—dwarf the energies of man. Yet his scenes of intensity and violence are played very much to the fore, with the rawness and meanness of the frontier to set his vital human beings in relief.

And the humans whom Mr. Ford imagines are not the ordinary stereotypes of films, no matter how hackneyed and conventional the things they are supposed to do. Henry Fonda, for instance, plays a Wyatt Earp such as we've never seen before—a leathery, laconic young cowpoke who truly suggests a moral aim. Through his quiet yet persuasive self-confidence—his delicious intonation of short words—he shows us an elemental character who is as real as the dirt on which he walks.

And Walter Brennan is completely characteristic as the scabby old desert rattlesnake whose villainous murder of Wyatt's brother sets off the dramatic fireworks. Even the mawkish fabrication of a young doctor gone to seed and turned bad-man (who later turns a good man) is soundly played by Victor Mature—not to mention the several rawhide buckos who twirl guns and hide behind beards, which are played by such competent actors as Tim Holt, Don Garner and Ward Bond. Mr. Ford is less knowing with the females. Linda Darnell makes a pin-up of a trull, and Cathy Downs is simply ornamental as a good little girl from back East.

However, the gentlemen are perfect. Their humors are earthy. Their activities are taut. The mortality rate is simply terrific. And the picture goes off with several bangs.


MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, screen play by Samuel G. Engel and Winston Miller; based on a story by Sam Hellman; from a book by Stuart N. Lake; directed by John Ford, produced by Mr. Engel for Twentieth Century-Fox. At the Rivoli.
Wyatt Earp . . . . . Henry Fonda
Chihuahua . . . . . Linda Darnell
Doc Holliday . . . . . Victor Mature
Old Man Clanton . . . . . Walter Brennan
Virgil Earp . . . . . Tim Holt
Clementine . . . . . Cathy Downs
Morgan Earp . . . . . Ward Bond
Thorndyke . . . . . Alan Mowbray
Billy Clanton . . . . . John Ireland
Mayor . . . . . Roy Roberts
Kate Nelson . . . . . Jane Darwell
Ike Clanton . . . . . Grant Withers
Bartender . . . . . J. Farrell MacDonald
John Simpson . . . . . Russell Simpson
James Earp . . . . . Don Garner
Town Drunk . . . . . Francis Ford
Barber . . . . . Ben Hall
Hotel Clerk . . . . . Arthur Walsh

BOSLEY CROWTHER New York Times 4 December 1946

Alain Delon and Romy Schneider

...at Cannes, I think 1964....?

King Rex


King Rex, originally uploaded by dawlin1.

Old New Orleans
Vintage Mardi Gras

valley_dolls


valley_dolls, originally uploaded by sean808080.

That wig yankin' scene is still totally clear in my mind! A classic Hollywood moment!

american glamour in the 50's


american glamour in the 50's, originally uploaded by sean808080.

steambath Tony Curtis????

Prayers for young people: Unconsciousness

From Young People's Prayers by Percy R. Hayward, illustrated by Chester Bratten, 1947

'79 Park Avenue' - Harold Robbins

Cover painting by Tom Dunn. Pocket Books. First published 1955, this reprint 1956.

Mae West


, originally uploaded by Benjamoon von Schwulemann.

From Capote's "The Dog's Bark":

"Only once did the tougher Mae reveal herself. The display was occasioned by an intense young girl who, approaching the actress, announced, "I saw Diamond Lil last week; it was wonderful."

"Didja honey? Wherejda see it?"

"At the museum. The Modern Museum."

And a dismayed Miss West, seeking shelter in the sassy drawl of her famous fabrication, inquired, "Just whaddya mean honey, A museum?"

Iconic....


, originally uploaded by Benjamoon von Schwulemann.

I was once deemed totally "homo" for having a Judy Garland lp in my record collection...sigh....I still take it as a compliament....