They Were Collaborators #456
David Lean and Katharine Hepburn
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They Were Collaborators
May 17, 2008
When Legends Gather #391
Robert Bolt, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Claude Lelouch
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When Legends Gather
The Children of Lewis Hine #9
A raveler and a looper in a hosiery mill
(Loudon, Tennessee; 1910)
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The Children of Lewis Hine
May 16, 2008
John Phillip Law dies at 70
John Phillip Law takes aim in Mario Bava's delirious Danger: Diabolik.
A dependable and charismatic staple of Europop cinema in the '60s and '70s, and a busy actor up until he was recently sidelined by an undisclosed illness, John Phillip Law passed away in Los Angeles this week.
Read the AP obituary here.
And as you might expect, Tim Lucas's Video Watchblog has some fond parting words for Pygar here.
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Obits
They Were Collaborators #455
David Tudor, John Cage, Yoko Ono and Mayuzumi Toshiro
(titanic thanks to David Manning for this image of avant-garde reserve)
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They Were Collaborators
May 15, 2008
May 14, 2008
Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82
As this blog undergoes a semi-drastic change in design, we pause to remember Robert Rauschenberg, the Texas-born radical colorist, master of form and good friend of Jasper Johns who passed from this mortal sphere on Monday evening at the age of 82.
Here, as usual, are three accounts of both life and work:
The Los Angeles Times
The Guardian
Dallas Morning News
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Obits
An Illustrated History of Vice #7
A woman consumes Cocaine (1920)
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An Illustrated History of Vice
Annals of Crime #19
Original Caption:
Los Angeles -- The body of singer Sam Cooke lies slumped in the doorway of a Motel manager's apartment. According to police, he kicked in the manager's door looking for another woman when he was shot (1964)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
May 13, 2008
The Friends of Milt Hinton #13
Dizzy Gillespie dozes (circa 1940).
for the series:
The Friends of Milt Hinton
A is for Arbus #47
Please Don't Feed Us (1968)
A camper at Camp Lakecrest for overweight girls in Dutchess Country, NY.
for the series:
A is for Arbus
May 12, 2008
May 11, 2008
Friends and Family #28
Santo Trafficante greets the Press outside Kew Gardens Criminal Court in Queens (1966)
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Friends and Family
May 10, 2008
Poets are both clean and warm
And most are far above the norm
Whether here or on the roam
Have a poet in every home! #29
Robert Frost
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Poets are both clean and warm
Adventures in the Fight Racket #15
Today's Adventure: Before a murderous throng in Reno, Jack Johnson beats the once-mighty Jim Jeffries like a redheaded stepchild; securing, at long last, the undisputed Heavyweight title (1910)
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Adventures in the Fight Racket
May 09, 2008
An Illustrated History of American Labor #7
Massachusetts State Police troopers march into Boston to replace striking city Police (1919)
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An Illustrated History of American Labor
When Legends Gather #389
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Jerry Lewis
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When Legends Gather
May 08, 2008
Seminal Image #811
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
(Waxworks)
(Paul Leni, Leo Birinsky; 1924)
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Seminal Images
The Golden Age of Publicity #12
Original Caption:
Joan Crawford, the lovely Metro Goldwyn Mayer player, has at last found a very handy device for carrying one's lipstick and perfume vial without losing or breaking them. The handle of her purse is a hollow tube into one end of which the lipstick is held and in the other the perfume vial. (1929)
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The Golden Age of Publicity
May 07, 2008
The New Yorkers #6
Great Madmen of the 21st Century #2
Elliot Offen
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Great Madmen of the 21st Century
May 06, 2008
Woodbridge Brown Dead at 96
Woodbridge Brown aka Woody 'Spider' Brown
Obituary here.
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Obits
A Short Series of Rousseau #6
Liberty inviting the artists to exhibit at the 22nd Salon Des Independants; 1906
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a short series of Rousseau
Through the Lens of Cyril Arapoff #17
This tenament, situated near Poplar High Street, was one of the worst slums in East London. It had previously been derelict, but was 'tarted-up' and relet without proper repairs being made, a fact which the new tenants soon became all too aware of.
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Through the Lens of Cyril Arapoff
C is for Cunningham #13
Boy Selling Newspapers (San Francisco; 1950)
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C is for Cunningham
Friends and Family #27
Original Caption:
Chicago -- Salvatore 'Momo' Giancana, alleged Chicago underworld boss, leaves the Federal Building after appearing before a Federal Grand Jury. The government is seeking to indict Giancana for crossing state lines while engaging in underworld activities, a violation of Federal law. (1965)
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Friends and Family
May 05, 2008
The Golden Age of Publicity #11
John Huston is distracted by a model in this incredibly strange publicity still
for Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963)
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The Golden Age of Publicity
The Art of Pop #19
Jackie Gleason Presents Velvet Brass
(The Jackie Gleason Orchestra)
(Capitol Records; 1957)
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Art of Pop
