Category Archives: cinema

the song of bernadette

Posted on July 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette. Henry King. 1943.

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the sennett days

Posted on July 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

The Mack Sennett Studios

The Mack Sennett Studios. Circa 1914.

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dalí by buñuel

Posted on July 22, 2013 | Leave a comment

Dali

Portrait of Salvador Dalí taken by Luis Buñuel during the scripting of L’Age d’Or. 1930.

Click here for Dalí’s portrait of Buñuel.

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f for orson

Posted on July 20, 2013 | Leave a comment

The Third Man

Orson as Harry Lime in The Third Man. Carol Reed. 1949.

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pajama party

Posted on July 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

Bobbi Shaw and Buster Keaton in Pajama Party. Don Weis. 1964.

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catching up with the chaplins

Posted on July 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

Chas and Roscoe gone fishin'

Chas and Roscoe display their catch. Circa 1918.

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party in the u.s.a!

Posted on July 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

The 42nd Street Special

Warner Brothers rolled out the hype for 42nd Street: The 42nd Street Special — a train filled with stars and starlets like Bette Davis, Laura LaPlante and Preston Foster who traveled across the United States to attend President Roosevelt’s inauguration where they got to hear him say that thing about having nothing to fear but fear itself. 1933.

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the decorative sex

Posted on July 15, 2013 | 1 comment

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair. Norman Jewison. 1968.

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cover art

Posted on July 13, 2013 | Leave a comment

Janice Rule reads a copy of this issue by the pool in The Swimmer. 1968.

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baisers volés

Posted on July 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

Publicity shot of Jean-Pierre Léaud (and Claude Jade) in Stolen Kisses. Truffaut. 1968.

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