Category Archives: context

way back

Arthur Johnson, who went from the stage to play in Griffith‘s first picture at Biograph, and became the first screen player with the fame and following of a matinee idol.”

f for orson

Prince Charles, Richard Attenborough and Orson, Fellow of the British Film Institute. Guidehall Banquet. 1983.

what’s wrong with being sexy?

Bez and Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays with various models during their stint as guest editors of Penthouse Magazine. 1991.

a beatles souvenir

Films and Filming. November 1964.

cute band alert

pavement

Pavement. Circa 1991.

titles

The Tenant

Roman Polanski. 1976.

advertising

1977.

Image

cover art

record labels

high-noon

High Noon. DJ Shadow. 1997.

hearts of the world

Noël Coward and Lillian Gish in Hearts of the World. Griffith. 1918.