November 20, 2009

Shutterbug Friday #8:
Dmitri Baltermants: Life Among the Red Recidivists

















































November 19, 2009

Great Moments in Marketing #24

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Lionel Hampton for Gleem Toothpaste (1961)

Glamour Jungle! #21

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They Were Collaborators #606

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Joseph Losey and Dirk Bogarde

The Art of Travel #30

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Women of the Stage #12

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Sonia Szynski

The Golden Age of Publicity #28


In this publicity still for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Klaatu (Michael Rennie) points to Helen Thomas for the next question.

They Were an Item #90


Jeffrey Hayden and Eva Marie Saint

When Models Were Models #16


Catherine Deneuve

Art of the WPA #22

Artists and Animals #38


Sophie Kerr and her beloved cat Thomas Hardy.

November 18, 2009

The Gunslinger Guide to Sophia Loren #4

Broadcasters #77

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Dick Clark

This Week's Munch #15


August Strindberg (1896)

Soul Stirrers #17


Lloyd Price

Artists in Action #543


Ross Bagdasarian warms up the mic.

Visionary Film #26

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The Manster
(George P. Breakston/Kenneth G. Crane; 1959)

The Art of Post War American Chic #3

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Cashmere Bouquet Lipstick Ad (1955)

The Gunslinger Guide to Julie Christie #14

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They Were Collaborators #605


Phil Ochs and Eric Anderson.

Treading the Boards #9


George C. Scott as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, 1975. And we'll have to take IBDB's word on the rest of the cast as it is almost impossible to see at this resolution but behind Scott is James Farentino as Biff, Teresa Wright as Linda and way in the back, Harvey Keitel as Happy.

Heroes of American Literature #18


Alex Haley

Politicians in Action #42


Janet Reno takes the Oath of Office as the first female State Attorney for Florida, November, 1978.

Marilyn in Action #35


Marilyn gazes.

November 17, 2009

Artists and Animals #37

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John Wayne dances with a giraffe on the set of Hatari! (1962)

Great Moments in Marketing #23

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Gene Tierney thinks Royal Crown Cola "Tastes best of all!" (1945)

When Legends Gather #561

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Elizabeth Taylor borrows David Bowie's hat.

Politicians in Action #41


Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and President Lyndon Johnson see who will be the first to use the word "escalate" in a sentence.

Art of Pop #54


That Travelin' Two-Beat
(Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney)
(Capitol Records; 1965)

They Were an Item #89


Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse

Action Now #12


Original Caption:

Los Angeles -- Protestors carrying signs take a break in front of the Federal Building. (1965)

Before the Age of Multiplexes #8


The West Coast Theatre, Santa Ana, CA.

November 16, 2009

The Art of the Girlie Mag #15

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Nylon Queens, Vol. 1 No. 2 (Date Unknown)

Where the Boys Are #15

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Tony Curtis

Adventures in European Filmmaking #44

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Today's Adventure: On the set of Diaboliquement Vôtre (Diabolically Yours), Julien Duvivier directs Alain Delon while his crew watches (1967).

When Models Were Models #15


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Faces of Science #14


J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Future is Now #10


The Take-Along Telephone, 1973.

Artists in Action #542


Marlene serves joe for G.I. Joe at the U.S.O.

Art of the WPA #21

When Legends Gather #560


Chick Webb, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington blow the roof off the joint

November 15, 2009

Announcing . . .
Guest Contributor Friday!!
(and notice of temporary burnout)

Friends and neighbors:

As a few of you may have noticed, I did not post the latest Seminal Image Friday entry. In all candor, I just didn't have a workable idea for one. I did, however, indirectly receive inspiration for a new feature that, in retrospect, we probably should have introduced long ago.

From time to time we receive unsolicited contributions. They are always welcome, always appreciated; in fact, some of you may recall that, in August of 2007, we mounted our first . . . and, to this hour, only . . . Guest Contributor Week. Well, in that grand tradition, we here at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger... will, one week from this Friday, unveil Guest Contributor Friday: a new, monthly feature wherein all content (all images, all text, all things Gunslinger) will be provided by YOU, our lovely and talented visitors.

For those who wish to participate, all you need do is send your prospective entry to our semi-official email address (gunslingerbird@gmail.com), along with whatever text (or not) that you wish to include. Entries are welcome for any existing series, be it over-nourished ('Seminal Images', 'When Legends Gather', etc.) or starved for content (too many to list here). It's all up to you.

Needless to say, if you have any questions, please send them forth and I'll endeavor to get back to you within 48 hours' time.

On a mostly unrelated note, I'll be taking off the next four days of 'Gunslinger' duty (marginal burnout; nothing of any import), but I will return on Friday with the second and last volume of Dimitri Baltermants images ('Life Among the Red Recidivists'). In the meantime, my co-conspirators will step up to the plate and work their wonders in my absence.

Do svidanya fer now!

November 13, 2009

Tricky: Scenes from a Life #90


Tricky proclaims, "J'Accuse!"

Art of Pop #53


The Girl Most Likely
(Jeannie C. Riley)
(Pickwick Records; 1971)

Faces of Science #13


Laika the Space Dog