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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cute couple alert

Posted on July 16, 2013 | 2 comments

charo

Xavier Cugat enjoys dinner with his wife Charo at La Scala.

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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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on your sleeve

Posted on July 14, 2013 | Leave a comment

Genevieve Waite

Romance Is on the Rise. Genevieve Waite. 1974.

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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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the american dreamer

Posted on July 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

Dennis Hopper on the set of The Last Movie as featured in the documentary The American Dreamer. L.M. Kit Carson, Lawrence Schiller. 1971.

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advertising

Posted on July 10, 2013 | Leave a comment

1969.

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record labels

Posted on July 9, 2013 | Leave a comment

Natty Dread

Natty Dread. Bob Marley & The Wailers. 1974.

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