They Were Collaborators #274

The cast of Grand Hotel
An Ongoing Series of Cultural and Personal Observations;
by Tom Sutpen, Stephen Cooke, Richard Gibson, Kimberly Lindbergs and Greg Ferrara

A bootlegger and his vehicle are waylaid by Capitol Police in the streets
of Washington, D.C. (1922)

The Aba-Daba Honeymoon
(Music and Lyrics: Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan)
(Leo Feist, Inc; 1914)

Stage and screen actress Muriel Ostriche enjoys a refreshing Moxie up in a tree on this promotional fan from the 1920s.

George Arliss, Leslie Howard and Freddie Bartholomew in Porky's Road Race
(Warner Bros.; Frank Tashlin; 1937)

Mary Brough
No. 8 in a series of 50 from Players Navy Cut Cigarettes
The late Mary Brough was born in London on April 16th, 1863, and educated at Clapham High School. Her father, Lionel Brough, was well known on the stage--he was the original Taffy in Trilby. Mary first appeared in Nine Points of the Law in 1881, and after a long and successful career on the stage she became even more popular on the screen. Her first picture was Beauty and the Barge, and she made others before appearing in Rookery Nook, one of the series of Aldwych farces in which she was best known. Among her latest pictures are Up to the Neck and Turkey Time. This versatile Actress died on Sept. 30th, 1934.

Elmer Snowden's Orchestra
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
American Dance Orchestras of the 1920s

Today's Adventure: On the set of Lupe, Andy Warhol turns away as
his lead actress hits the skids (1966)

Navajo Chief (1904)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis

Today's Adventure: Rocky Marciano opens a joint
(Organized Crime buffs, note the address)

"He tried not to show it, but he felt so inferior. Presley probably innately was the most introverted person that ever came into that studio. He didn't play with bands. He didn't go to this little club and pick and grin. All he did was set with his guitar on the side of his bed at home. I don't think he even played on the front porch."
-- Sam Phillips

Klamath woman (1924)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis

Barbara Steele poses for Vespa.
More celebrity scooter endorsements can be found here.

John Boles
No. 7 in a series of 50 from Players Navy Cut Tobacco
John Boles was born in Greenville, Texas on October 28th, 1900. His father was a wealthy cotton broker who wished his son to become a doctor. John went to the University of Texas, where he became a B.A., but his ideas about a career differed from those of his parents. While singing on the Broadway stage Gloria Swanson saw him and decided that he was to be her leading man for her next film. His popularity increased with the advent of talkies. The Desert Song was his first talkie, later pictures include Only Yesterday, Bottoms Up, Beloved, Stand Up and Cheer, Wild Gold, The Life of Vergie Winters and Music in the Air.

"Stop Thief!"
(Tammany officials raid the City's Treasury)
(Harper's Weekly; 1871)

Ill-considered Utterances (1891)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
The World According to George Du Maurier

Ro.Go.Pa.G.
(Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Roberto Rossellini; 1963)

Photo-journalist Ron Galella measures the distance between a frequent subject and himself, while Roosevelt Grier runs interference (1975)

Jennifer Jones and Michael Powell on location for Gone to Earth.
This was posted by Richard Gibson
for the series:
Adventures in European Filmmaking

Tania (aka Patricia Hearst)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Great Con Artists of the 20th Century

Today's Adventure: Haskell Wexler lines up a shot worthy of Antonioni for Medium Cool (1968)

Henri Matisse tilts an ear toward creation
My thanks to Mark at Movie Masterworks for this image.

Countee Cullen

Non aspettare Django, spara
(Don't Wait, Django... Shoot!)
(Edoardo Mulargia; 1967)