pen to paper

Posted on January 24, 2013 | 5 comments

Films and Filming. November 1969.

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the stickers on records

Posted on January 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

You Turned My Head Around

You Turned My Head Around: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1967-1970. Various artists. 2012.

Light in the Attic Records have hit it out of the park again with this killer Lee Hazlewood Industries box set of eleven 45s. Quality stuff.

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cover art

Posted on January 22, 2013 | 5 comments

Brigitte Bardot in A Very Private Affair. Louis Malle. 1962.

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on your sleeve

Posted on January 21, 2013 | 3 comments

ROOTS: John Lennon Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits. John Lennon. 1975.

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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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