Monthly Archives: November 2011

life or death

Posted on November 10, 2011 | 2 comments

James Cagney life mask made during production of Man of a Thousand Faces. 1957.

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a book by its cover

Posted on November 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

Let’s look at Lolita covers over the years and around the world! Above, Holland 1958.

Germany 1959.

Argentina 1959.

Denmark 1963.

Italy 1964.

Germany 1967.

Italy 1969.

England 1972.

Norway 1972.

Germany 1977.

Germany 1987.

Brazil 1994.

England 1995.

Sweden 1998.

Indonesia 2008.

There are plenty more where these came from.

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the sennett days

Posted on November 8, 2011 | Leave a comment

Her Candy Kid. Charles Avery. 1917.

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on your sleeve

Posted on November 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

Circa 1965.

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schroeder directs

Posted on November 6, 2011 | Leave a comment

Barbet Schroeder interviews General Idi Amin Dada. 1974.

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the conformist

Posted on November 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

Jean-Louis Trintignant in Il conformista. Bertolucci. 1970.

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pen to paper

Posted on November 4, 2011 | Leave a comment

Sight and Sound. Autumn 1955.

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advertising

Posted on November 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Alfred Hitchcock. 1966.

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catching up with the chaplins

Posted on November 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Great Dictator. 1940.

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advertising

Posted on November 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

1974.

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