Category Archives: context

catching up with the chaplins

Posted on January 20, 2013 | 2 comments

Raymond Rohauer

David Gill (right) poses (I’ll assume reluctantly) with noted film-collecting dirtbag Raymond Rohauer as they move Rahauer’s stash of Chaplin outtakes from France to England so they can be sorted out for inclusion in Unknown Chaplin. 1981.

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cute couple alert

Posted on January 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

Mike Sarne, Bardot

Brigitte Bardot and Mike Sarne. Circa 1966.

You can read a little bit (a very little bit) about the nature of Bardot and Sarne’s relationship in this obituary of Gunther Sachs.

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the decorative sex

Posted on January 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

Theresa Russell in Bad Timing. Nicolas Roeg. 1980.

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advertising

Posted on January 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

1966.

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magic christian

Posted on January 16, 2013 | 2 comments

Raquel Welch in Magic Christian. Jack McGrath. 1969.

Peter Sellers and Ringo in Magic Christian.

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the champ as the champ

Posted on January 15, 2013 | Leave a comment

The Champ

Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in The Champ. Vidor. 1931.

The Champ

Jon Voight and Ricky Schroder in The Champ. Franco Zeffirelli. 1979.

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festival time!

Posted on January 14, 2013 | 1 comment

Sophia Loren on her balcony at Cannes. 1959.

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cute band alert

Posted on January 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

circa-1983

1/2 of New Order. Circa 1983.

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museum piece

Posted on January 11, 2013 | 4 comments

Jannings Academy Award

Piece: The first Academy Award for Best Actor, which Emil Jannings won for his performances in The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. 1928.

Where: Filmmuseum Berlin.

jannings oscar

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cover art

Posted on January 10, 2013 | 2 comments

Jean-Pierre Léaud and Françoise Lebrun in The Mother and the Whore. Jean Eustache. 1973.

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