Category Archives: cinema

cover art

Posted on June 9, 2014 | 2 comments

March 1974

Sean Connery in Zardoz. John Boorman. 1974.

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a matter of life and death

Posted on June 8, 2014 | 6 comments

A Matter of Life and Death

David Niven in A Matter of Life and Death. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. 1946.

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catching up with the chaplins

Posted on June 7, 2014 | Leave a comment

Repairs

Chas (center, in clown-like makeup) played a plumber’s assistant in popular author and playwright Wal Pink‘s comedy sketch Repairs. That’s half-brother Syd on top of the ladder. 1906.

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pen to paper

Posted on June 6, 2014 | Leave a comment

March 1975

Playboy. March 1975.

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bed and board

Posted on June 4, 2014 | Leave a comment

Bed and Board

Jean-Pierre Léaud tries to color carnations in Domicile Conjugal. Truffaut. 1970.

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advertising

Posted on June 3, 2014 | Leave a comment

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs. Peckinpah. 1971.

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the sennett days

Posted on June 2, 2014 | Leave a comment

Mack Sennett Comedies

Sennett lobby card. Circa 1920.

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the projectionist got all temperamental

Posted on June 1, 2014 | Leave a comment

Pasolini March 1966

Films and Filming. March 1966.

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advise and consent

Posted on May 28, 2014 | 3 comments

Advise and Consent

Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon and Paul Ford in Advise and Content. Otto Preminger. 1962.

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f for orson

Posted on May 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

Welles March 1965Welles March 1965 2

Films and Filming. March 1965.

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