chained and perfumed

haven’t seen it

November 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Fedora

This begins a new catagory dedicated to films that I would like to see but that remain elusive. Because I haven’t taken the plunge on the Spanish DVD:

FedoraFedora

Wilder directs

William Holden and Billy Wilder making Fedora. 1978.

Fedora

Fedora

Holden in Fedora

I know that I’ve read an interview with Wilder after this movie’s unsuccessful theatrical release and was he pissed. I’ll have to look for that. Maybe I’ll post it because I remember it being pretty entertaining.

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ray directs

November 7, 2009 · 2 Comments

Ray on Zap

Nicholas Ray during the shooting of We Can’t Go Home Again. 1976.

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cria cuervos

November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Cria

cria cuervos. Saura. 1976.

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1930s autographs

November 5, 2009 · 2 Comments

Autographs

I can’t recall how I ended up on a vintage autograph collector/dealer’s site but ended up there I did. What we have here are a handful of pages from an autograph book complied during the 1920s and 30s by a Harold Shell, an autograph hound and president of the Helen Mack fan club. He ended up with a pretty nice pile of signatures. Check this site for more. There’s a Houdini on there too.

Colleen Moore, Betty Compson

Lilyan Tashman

Norma/Constance Talmadge

Stanwick

Thelma Todd

Jean Harlow

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head

November 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Monkees' Head

Mickey Dolenz being filmed for the Porpoise Song sequence of Head. 1968.

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record labels

November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Paul

Linda

Labels on sides one and two of Wing’s Wild Life LP. 1971.

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sketches for the criminal

November 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Criminal

Richard MacDonald’s view of the party scene in The Criminal. Losey. 1960.

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cover art

November 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Elvis in Paradise

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whale directs

October 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

James Whale

James Whale directs Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House. 1932.

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advertising

October 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

Orgy

March 1968.

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