cute couple alert

Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg in Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout. 1971.

cover art

a patriot

Elvis in Speedway.

pavement hit the road

how i won the war

Lt. Goodbody (Michael Crawford) inspects the recruits (John Lennon and Roy Kinnear).

Pte. Juniper (Jack MacGowran) entertains the troops.

John Lennon in Richard Lester’s How I Won the War. 1967.

karl malden’s dead

Malden's dead

The pile up of dead celebrities continues. You know, a week ago, I was watching The Cincinnatti Kid and I found myself wondering whether Karl Malden was alive or dead. As it turns out, he was alive, but as of today he’s dead.

mrs slocombe is dead

Mollie Sugden as Mrs Slocombe

Insert joke about her pussy here. Mollie Sugden dead at eighty-six.

dillinger

Warren Oates is Dillinger. John Milius. 1973.

museum piece

pinocchio

Piece: Doll, Pinocchio, ca. 1940. Figure based on the title character of the film Pinocchio. This 13″ painted wooden doll is dressed in red cloth overalls, a green shirt, and purple bow tie. The doll’s head, arms, and legs are held together inside of its torso with elastic string.

Where: Museum of the Moving Image. New York, New York.

a book by its cover

French paperback of Alberto Moravia‘s Il disprezzo. 1955.