Cab Calloway from Have You Got Any Castles?
(Frank Tashlin, Warner Bros., 1938)
The Explanation
(for those who require one)
Stacks o' Wax #14
Dean Martin, A Winter Romance (Capitol, 1959)
Favourite holiday album cover ever.
And for a final seasonal bonus, here's Dean and Jerry just goofin' around.
Note: NOT family friendly.
The Women #5
Clara Bow
from The New Movie Album: An Autographed Who's Who of the Screen (1931)
"To correct any inaccuracies that may have resulted from my being sometimes referred to as the 'Brooklyn Bonfire,' let me say, first off, that I was born in Brooklyn, that I was 'raised' there, and that I lived there until well along in my 'teens. I moved from Brooklyn to Hollywood. And that is my story. Of course there was the time my photograph, submitted by my father, wond for me a magazine contest. There was my little part in the Billie Dove picture, 'Beyond the Rainbow,' which was my first. I was sure at the time that it would be my last. But then, many weeks later, when I had become reconciled to a stenographic career, Elmer Clifton gave me a part in 'Down to the Sea in Ships.' I played parts in several other eastern pictures and then came to Hollywood, where B.P. Schulberg, the man really responsible for what success I have had, placed me under contract. When Mr. Schulberg joined Paramount as managing director of production he took my contract, and me, with him. I played in 'Mantrap,' 'Kid Boots,' 'Wings,' and in several other pictures before 'It' made me a star, and gave me a reputation. My last picture was 'Her Wedding Night.' My next will present me as an usherette."
Artists in Action #34
An obviously medicated Norman Mailer engages voters in Harlem during his campaign for Mayor of New York City.
The Art of Cinema #105
Grey Gardens
(David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke: 1976)
Adventures in American Filmmaking #49
Today's Adventure: Russ Meyer throws himself into the arduous, backbreaking work of directing Vixen! (1968)
Our 2005 Christmas Offering
On December 18, 2002, the band Belle and Sebastian performed at John Peel's Christmas bacchanal, broadcast live over Radio 1 in London. Santa Claus Step Into My Office, Baby Jonathan David
Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto
Photo Jenny
Silent Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me
If You Find Yourself Caught in Love
The Boy With the Arab Strap
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying
I Took Some Time for Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Great Canadians of the 20th Century #2
Mack Sennett
(muchas gracias for the image and best wishes for the holidays to Jeff Duncanson)
Great Moments in Journalism #1
Wire service photographers and newsreel cameramen photograph Lenny Bruce
just before his trip to the morgue (1966)
The Women #4
Joan Bennett
From The New Movie Album: An Autorgraphed Who's Who of the Screen (1931)
"I am the youngest of Richard Bennett's three daughters and I was born in 1911, at the Palisades, New Jersey. Although my family were against a stage career for any of us, I, like my other two sisters, Constance and Barbara, decided to cast my lot with motion pictures. I was tutored privately until I was eight years old and then sent to St. Margaret's Boarding School at Waterbury, Conn. My education was completed at L'Ermitage, a finishing school at Versailles, France. Up to the time that I made my debut in support of my father on the stage in 'Jarnegan,' I had had no theatrical experience. This was in 1928. Motion picture executives seeing me in the play decided I should go to Hollywood at the conclusion of the run of 'Jarnegan' in New York. My first film part was Ronald Colman's leading lady in 'Bulldog Drummond.' This led to a contract with United Artists, and I was cast in the principal role in 'Three Live Ghosts.' Then came 'Disraeli' in which I supported George Arliss; 'Puttin' on the Ritz' with Harry Richmond. In the latter picture I sang my first song before the microphone, 'With You.' Next I was cast in the featured feminine role in 'Crazy That Way.' then portrayed John Barrymore's leading lady in 'Moby Dick,' and then the principal feminine role in 'Maybe It's Love.'"
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