Category Archives: cinema

festival time!

Posted on November 4, 2014 | Leave a comment

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim and his wife, Denise Vernac, at the Venice Film Festival. 1952.

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wilder bewildered

Posted on November 3, 2014 | 1 comment

Wilder Bewildered

Here’s another one I can’t believe I haven’t gotten around to posting yet. Billy Wilder doesn’t seem to be in the best frame of mind going into the production of Fedora. Sight and Sound. Winter 1976-77.

Winter 1976-7

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dig the critics

Posted on November 2, 2014 | 1 comment

Straw Dogs March 1972

Playboy. March 1972.

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on the set of

Posted on November 1, 2014 | 1 comment

Hitchcock with a Hitchcock replica on the set of Frenzy. 1972.

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frankenstein

Posted on October 31, 2014 | Leave a comment

Frankenstein

Karloff and Mae Clarke in Frankenstein. James Whale. 1931.

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haven’t seen it

Posted on October 30, 2014 | Leave a comment

The Woman Eater. Charles Saunders. 1958.

The Revenge of Frankenstein. Terence Fisher. 1958.

Fiend Without a Face. Arthur Crabtree. 1958.

Day the World Ended. Corman. 1955.

Warning from Space or Mysterious Satellite. Koji Shima. 1956.

Invasion of the Saucer Men or Invasion of the Hell Creatures. Edward L. Cahn. 1957.

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bride of frankenstein

Posted on October 29, 2014 | Leave a comment

Bride

Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein. James Whale. 1935.

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the decorative sex

Posted on October 28, 2014 | Leave a comment

Anna Christie

Garbo in Anna Christie. Clarence Brown. 1930.

Grand Hotel

In Grand Hotel. Edmund Goulding. 1932.

Woman Of Affairs

In A Woman of Affairs. Clarence Brown. 1929.

The Kiss

With Anders Randolf in The Kiss. Jacques Feyder. 1929.

Charles Bickford in Anna Christie

With Charles Bickford in Anna Christie. Brown. 1930.

Camille

With Robert Taylor in Camille. George Cukor. 1936.

Flesh and the Devil

With John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil. Brown. 1927.

Love

With John Gilbert in Love. Goulding. 1927.

The Single Standard

With Nils Asther in The Single Standard. John S. Robertson. 1929.

The Temptress

In The Temptress. Fred Niblo. 1926.

Mata Hari

With Lionel Barrymore in Mata Hari. George Fitzmaurice. 1932.

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lolita

Posted on October 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

Lolita

Sue Lyon and James Mason in Lolita. Kubrick. 1962.

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advertising

Posted on October 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

Julie Newmar for Smirnoff

1966.

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