record labels

Posted on December 15, 2012 | 1 comment

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols. Sex Pistols. 1977.

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cute band alert

Posted on December 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

elastica

Elastica. 1995.

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festival time!

Posted on December 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

Holden Fedora

William Holden at the Cannes screening of Billy Wilder‘s Fedora. 1978.

And that’s Jacques Tati that Holden is staring at, right?

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ravi shankar is dead

Posted on December 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

Ravi Shankar

Sitar master and long-term George Harrison collaborator Ravi Shankar, who brought “world music” to the 1960s rock festival circuit, died yesterday at age 92. Here’s an obit.

Ravi in India

In India. Photo by George Harrison. 1966.

Dark Horse Ravi

Ravi goes Hollywood: with Peter Sellers and George Harrison during the Dark Horse Tour. 1974.

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advertising

Posted on December 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

Spoiler alert: Newspaper advertisement. 1971.

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movie-slang arouses wide interest

Posted on December 11, 2012 | Leave a comment

Movie Slang

The Motion Picture. February 1, 1929.

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cukor directs

Posted on December 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

George Cukor directs Anna Karina (above) and Anouk Aimée and Dirk Borgarde (below) in Justine. 1969.

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titles

Posted on December 9, 2012 | 2 comments

Rebecca. Alfred Hitchcock. 1940.

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record labels

Posted on December 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

Amadeus original soundtrack. 1984.

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f for orson

Posted on December 7, 2012 | Leave a comment

Orson circa The Trial. 1962.

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