Monthly Archives: December 2013

cover art

Posted on December 31, 2013 | 2 comments

spring-69

Robert Ryan in The Wild Bunch. Peckinpah. 1969.

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f for fields

Posted on December 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

Claude with Frank Lawton and Roland Young in MGM’s production of David Copperfield. George Cukor. 1935.

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a book by its cover

Posted on December 29, 2013 | 2 comments

The sensational headlines and blood splatters on the cover give some indication that this book focuses on the more lurid aspects of Mr. Bogdanovich’s life.

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the story of adele h.

Posted on December 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

Adele H

Bruce Robinson and Isabelle Adjani in L’Histoire d’Adèle H. 1975.

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titles

Posted on December 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

Shop Around The Corner

1940.

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the star

Posted on December 26, 2013 | Leave a comment

The Star

Bette Davis and Sterling Hayden in The Star. Stuart Heisler. 1952.

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Posted in cinema, context, haven't seen it

santa claus

Posted on December 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

ringo, nilsson

Ringo and Harry Nilsson.

Santas of Christmas Past: James Brown, Paul McCartney and Wings, Blackie Lawless, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Nick Ray.

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record labels

Posted on December 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

Beatles' Christmas Album

The Beatles’ Christmas Album. The Beatles. 1970.

Between the misaligned label and the fuzzy-around-the-edges type, I didn’t need Bruce Spizer to tell me that my copy of this LP is a counterfeit.

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Posted in context, music, record labels, years after the event

advertising

Posted on December 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

Carson

1969.

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Posted in a man that we admire, cinema, context, television

on your sleeve

Posted on December 22, 2013 | Leave a comment

Switched On Santa

Switched On Santa. Sy Mann. 1969.

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Posted in context, music, on your sleeve