The Cool Hall of Fame #69
Marie Dressler
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The Cool Hall of Fame
March 31, 2007
March 30, 2007
Collect 'Em All #25
Maurice Chevalier
(No. 10 in a series of 50 from Players Navy Cut Cigarettes)
"Maurice Chevalier was born on September 12th, 1889 in Menilmontant. His father died when he was eleven and after becoming carpenter's apprentice, electrician, printer and doll painter, he tried stage work. He won fame at the Folies-Bergere as Mistinguett's dancing partner. During the War he served in the army, and after the aristice made his London debut at the Palace Theatre. After appearing in New York he went to Hollywood and scored sensationally in Innocents of Paris. Among his latest talkies are The Way to Love and The Merry Widow."
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Collect 'em All
They Were Collaborators #286
Buster Keaton and Cliff Edwards
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They Were Collaborators
When Legends Gather #235
Alma Mahler, Don Ameche, Franz Werfel, Sam Wood and Claudette Colbert
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When Legends Gather
American Dance Orchestras of the 1920s #13
The Coon-Sanders' Original Nighthawks Orchestra
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American Dance Orchestras of the 1920s
March 29, 2007
When Legends Gather #234
Louis Prima, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and Little Jackie Heller
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When Legends Gather
Politicians in Action #12
Sen. Huey P. Long (D-LA) strides into the nation's capitol
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Politicians in Action
March 28, 2007
Artists in Action #170
John Lee Hooker takes to the streets of Detroit
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Artists in Action
Woodcut Confidential! #5
Genji monogatari - Sakaki
(The Tale of Genji: Sakaki)
(Kunichika; 1884)
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Woodcut Confidential
Seminal Image #632
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
(Martin Ritt; 1965)
for the series:
Seminal Images
March 27, 2007
Through the lens of Cyril Arapoff #1
Brentford Lock, where the Grand Union Canal meets the River Thames; 1935.
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Through the Lens of Cyril Arapoff
Artists in Action #169
Iggy drops in on the crowd at Soldier Field ; July 18th 1970
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Artists in Action
The Art of the London Underground #13
Wild Flowers by Dora Batty; 1938
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Art of the London Underground
From the Sketch Book of Lawson Wood #8
Captain of Country Fire Brigade (called out to subdue an outbreak in some
local hayricks, to over-zealous comrade) : "Not so fast, Jarge. Let 'um burn
up a bit first, so as 'ow we can see what we're a doin' of!".
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From the Sketch Book of Lawson Wood
They Were Collaborators #284
Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams
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They Were Collaborators
When Legends Gather #233
Jimmie Rodgers (aka The Singing Brakeman) and Will Rogers
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When Legends Gather
Fun at Bohemian Grove #21
A group of Bohemians crowd around a painting (1926)
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Fun at Bohemian Grove
When Legends Gather #232
King Vidor, Eleanor Boardman, Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg, Greta Garbo
and Victor Sjöström
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When Legends Gather
Seminal Image #631
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle; 1935)
for the series:
Seminal Images
They Were Collaborators #283
Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. Edward H. White II and Lt. Col. Roger B. Chaffee
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They Were Collaborators
Tricky: Scenes from a Life #35
Tricky prepares to throw a baseball (1969)
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Tricky: Scenes from a Life
March 26, 2007
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! #17
John Betjeman attempts to hit a ball at Moor Park golf course in Middlesex for his 1973 BBC short film Metro-Land on the subject of the Northwestern London suburbs served by the Metropolitan Railway (now part of London Underground).
for the series:
Poets are both clean and warm
The Children of Lewis Hine #1
Charlie Fernande showing the scoop with which he works.
(Hollow Branch Bog; Wareham, Massachusetts)
(1911)
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The Children of Lewis Hine
When Legends Gather #231
Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe Rotunno and John Wayne (aka Singin' Sandy)
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When Legends Gather
Adventures in European Filmmaking #24
Today's Adventure: Producer Sergio Leone breathes down Director Tonino Valerii's
neck on the set of Il Mio nome è Nessuno (My Name is Nobody; 1973)
for the series:
Adventures in European Filmmaking
March 25, 2007
Adventures in American Filmmaking #72
Today's Adventure: Russ Meyer seeks to inspire two bit players on the set of
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
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Adventures in American Filmmaking
They Were Collaborators #281
Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay (aka Ellery Queen)
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They Were Collaborators
M is for Mauldin #5
"Now that you mention it, it does sound like th' patter of rain on a tin roof."
for the series:
M is for Mauldin
March 24, 2007
The Cool Hall of Fame #68
Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)
for the series:
The Cool Hall of Fame
The Greatest Hits of John Tenniel
(with The Reverend Dodgson) #4
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle -- will you come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?
"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be
When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!"
But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance--
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.
"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied.
"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.
The further off from England the nearer is to France--
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?"'
-- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
for the series:
The Greatest Hits of John Tenniel (with The Reverend Dodgson)
March 23, 2007
They Were Collaborators #279
Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane hit the high notes at Birdland circa 1949.
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
March 22, 2007
When Legends Gather #230
Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) and Sam Cooke
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When Legends Gather
Great Scots of the 20th Century #7
Arthur Conan Doyle
for the series:
Great Scots of the 20th Century
March 21, 2007
Movie of the Week #18
Sing, Bing, Sing
(Babe Stafford; 1933)
There's a lot of things one can say about Sing, Bing, Sing: You can say it's a perfect showcase for the formidable song stylings of Bing Crosby at the height of his powers; the last film Produced by Mack Sennett to carry a lone echo of Keystone (though I personally prefer Frank Tuttle's faux-Rene Clair work in 1932's The Big Broadcast); the only opportunity one may ever get to see how Franklin Pangborn wielded a shotgun.
All of it is true.
But above all, you can say with great confidence that Sing, Bing, Sing is one of the strangest Musicals ever made.
for the series:
Movies of the Week
Adventures in American Filmmaking #70
Today's Adventure: On the set of Whoopee, Busby Berkeley breaks ground for the
first (and not the last) time (1930)
for the series:
Adventures in American Filmmaking
Tricky: Scenes from a Life #34
Tricky gestures to an adoring public (1968)
for the series:
Tricky: Scenes from a Life
March 20, 2007
When Legends Gather #228
Buster Keaton with Norma, Constance and Natalie Talmadge attend the opening of Talmadge Park, San Diego, 1925.
for the series:
When Legends Gather
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis #4
The Blackfoot Country (1926)
for the series:
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis
They Were Collaborators #278
Robert Evans and Roman Polanski
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They Were Collaborators
March 19, 2007
When Legends Gather #227
Joe Glaser, Mezz Mezzrow and Louis Armstrong
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When Legends Gather
Fun at Bohemian Grove #20
Two Bohemians lay unconscious (1906)
for the series:
Fun at Bohemian Grove
March 18, 2007
What Aubrey Beardsley Saw #2
The Slippers of Cinderella (1894)
for the series:
What Aubrey Beardsley Saw
March 17, 2007
Artists in Action #160
Julie Ege judges the 1972 Knobbly Knees Contest in Honington, near Bury St. Edmunds
for the series:
Artists in Action
Seminal Image #623
Ensayo de un crimen
(Rehearsal for a Crime)
(Luis Buñuel; 1955)
for the series:
Seminal Images
March 16, 2007
American Dance Orchestras of the 1920s #12
The Georgians
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American Dance Orchestras of the 1920s
March 15, 2007
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! #16
Walt Whitman
for the series:
Poets are both clean and warm
March 14, 2007
Artists in Action #158
Jim Reeves asks, "Have you ever been lonely?"
for the series:
Artists in Action
They Were Collaborators #276
Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, John Carradine and Peter Cushing
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
March 13, 2007
Movie of the Week #17
My Name is Oona
(Gunvor Grundel Nelson; 1969)
Far less critical of gender roles than her other work (that which I've seen at any rate), Gunvor Nelson's My Name is Oona emerged as one of the loveliest works in American cinema of the late 1960s (a time when you could use such terms as 'poetic' and 'cinema' in the same sentence and still maintain a straight face), and remains so to this minute. In writing about this film Amos Vogel judged Nelson 'the true poetess of visual cinema'; and while that may or may not be true . . . Vogel's declaration is too sweeping even for me, much as I incline towards it . . . no film of hers is at once so dazzling in form or effortless in its lyricism. And like all such films, it could not have been made in a time other than its own.
for the series:
Movies of the Week
When Legends Gather #225
Thomas Mitchell, John Ford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery and John Wayne
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When Legends Gather
Politicians in Action #11
Gov. George C. Wallace (D-AL) engages Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach in a foul piece of Guerilla Theater
for the series:
Politicians in Action
March 12, 2007
When Legends Gather #224
Adventures in the Fight Racket #5
Today's Adventure: Willie Pep, Joe Louis, Gus Lesnevitch and Rocky Graziano stand uneasily together (1948)
for the series:
Adventures in the Fight Racket,
When Legends Gather
March 11, 2007
The World According to George Du Maurier #3
Feminine Perversity (1887)
for the series:
The World According to George Du Maurier
Artists in Action #157
The Wolverine Orchestra make a joyful noise
for the series:
Artists in Action
B is for Beaton #3
A Who's Who of Swinging London #5
Twiggy
for the series:
A Who's Who of Swinging London,
B is for Beaton
Politicians in Action #10
Great Canadians of the 20th Century #6
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes like Douglas Fairbanks
for the series:
Great Canadians of the 20th Century,
Politicians in Action
March 10, 2007
The Art of Cinema #198
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
(Michael Curtiz; 1933)
for the series:
Art of Cinema
When Legends Gather #223
John Erlichman and Sen. Eugene McCarthy
for the series:
When Legends Gather
Fun at Bohemian Grove #19
Bohemians play dress-up . . . again (1909)
for the series:
Fun at Bohemian Grove
March 09, 2007
The Cool Hall of Fame #65
Happy Birthday, Ornette Coleman
Even when he's blowing out candles (77), it probably sounds pretty cool.
for the series:
The Cool Hall of Fame
This Week's Lichtenstein #4
I Can See the Whole Room (1963)
for the series:
This Week's Lichtenstein
G is for Gedney #6
Man with tie explaining forms to seated woman with small dog in lap (1969)
for the series:
G is for Gedney
They Were Collaborators #275
Mayo Methot and Humphrey Bogart
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
March 08, 2007
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis #3
Chimakum Woman (1912)
for the series:
The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis
The Art of American Amusement #6
Steeplechase Park
(Coney Island, New York)
(1908)
for the series:
Art of American Amusement
March 07, 2007
Broadcasters #15
When Legends Gather #222
Jack Paar and Dave Garroway are at a loss for words.
for the series:
Broadcasters,
When Legends Gather
The Art of Cinema #197
The Most Dangerous Game
(Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack; 1932)
for the series:
Art of Cinema
Collect 'Em All #24
Jack Buchanan
No. 9 in a series of 50 from Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes.
Jack Buchanan, the son of an auctioneer, was born in Scotland on April 2nd, 1891 and educated there. He made his first stage appearance in Glasgow in 1912 and in the autumn of the same year, made his London debut at the Apollo Theatre. Fame first came to him while he was touring in Tonight's the Night and he speedily became a West End musical comedy favourite. He now mixes his stage work with screen work, and his films include Goodnight Vienna, Yes Mr. Brown, That's a Good Girl and Brewster's Millions.
for the series:
Collect 'em All
March 06, 2007
March 04, 2007
A Is For Arbus #35
Sex Education #73
Blaze Starr, Queen of Burlesque and the Two O'Clock Club in Baltimore
(July, 1964)
for the series:
A is for Arbus,
Sex Education
March 03, 2007
March 02, 2007
Seminal Image #613
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
(Gordon Davidson; 1972)
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Seminal Images
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