the sennett days

Posted on December 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

Sennett Babes

Sennett Babes decorate the tree.

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santa claus

Posted on December 25, 2014 | Leave a comment

Destiny's Child Unveil Their Dolls

Destiny’s Child. 2001.

Santas of Christmas Past: Ringo and Nilsson, James Brown, Paul McCartney and Wings, Blackie Lawless, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Nick Ray.

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cover art

Posted on December 24, 2014 | Leave a comment

Interview Dec 77

Mick, Iman and Paul Von Ravenstein (I think that’s who that other dude is). 1977.

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record labels

Posted on December 23, 2014 | Leave a comment

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Happy Xmas (War Is Over). John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. 1971.

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f for fields

Posted on December 22, 2014 | 1 comment

Laughton Copperfield

Claude replaced Charles Laughton in the role of Micawber in David Copperfield after Laughton worked on the film for three days. Halliwell’s Film Guide offers this possibly apocryphal story that Laughton was taken off the film because “he looked as though he were about to molest the child” but the book offers no source for the quote.

Fields Copperfield

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cute couple alert

Posted on December 21, 2014 | Leave a comment

Stolen Kisses

Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud in Stolen Kisses. 1968.

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f for orson

Posted on December 20, 2014 | Leave a comment

The Other Side of the Wind

Films and Filming. March 1974.

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on the set of

Posted on December 19, 2014 | Leave a comment

Lonesome Cowboys

Andy Warhol during location filming in Arizona for Lonesome Cowboys. 1968.

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titles

Posted on December 18, 2014 | Leave a comment

Palm Beach Story

Sturges. 1942.

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queen christina

Posted on December 17, 2014 | Leave a comment

Lewis Stone in Queen Christina

Lewis Stone and Garbo in Queen Christina. Rouben Mamoulian. 1933.

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