November 30, 2007

Artists in Action #292


Abbas Kiarostami peers

The Art of Cinema #266


The Matrimonial Bed
(Michael Curtiz; 1930)

Seminal Image #754


Potomok Chingis-Khana
(Storm Over Asia)
(Vsevolod Pudovkin; 1928)

The Art of Jazz #49


Force: Sweet Mao - Suid Afrika '76
(Max Roach and Archie Shepp)
(Unitel Records; 1976)

Before and After #102: Charles Chaplin

Before


After

They Were Collaborators #398


Cream

Heroes of Animated Cinema #2


Mickey Mouse

November 28, 2007

Happy 250th Birthday, William Blake


William Blake (1757-1827)

Artists in Action #291


In this excerpt from the scabrous 1979 film, Derek and Clive Get the Horn
(directed by Russell Mulcahy), Peter Cook and Dudley Moore give
way to their growing animosity.

November 27, 2007

Before and After #101: Glenn Gould

Before


After

They Were Collaborators #397


The Firesign Theatre

The Native-Americana of Edward S. Curtis #9


East Mesa Girls (1922)

Seminal Image #753


Saraba natsu no hikari
(Farewell to the Summer Light)
(Yoshishige Yoshida; 1968)

November 26, 2007

Unwanted Image #13


An excised scene from Help!
(Richard Lester; 1965)

Old New York #14


Hudson Street (1865)

Sex Education #91


Laura Antonelli

The Art of American Fantasy #13

People Who Died #38


Sigmund Freud

The Art of Cinema #265


El Angel exterminador
(The Exterminating Angel)
(Luis Buñuel; 1962)

Artists in Action #290


Ayn Rand leans back seductively

November 24, 2007

The Cool Hall of Fame #102


John Osborne

The Art of Civil War #9

Artists in Action #289


Helen Hayes remembers a time of struggle

Seminal Image #752


Waterloo Bridge
(James Whale; 1931)

They Were Collaborators #396


Joseph Barbera, Gene Kelly and William Hanna

Friends and Family #15


Joe Adonis babysits

When Legends Gather #320


Mr. George Arliss, Marie Dressler, Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore

This is the City . . . #13


Hollywood and Vine (1958)

November 23, 2007

Artists in Action #288


Pier Angeli pays a visit to the dressing room of Joan Crawford, who was in the throes of making Torch Song.

Collect 'Em All #40


Robertson Hare
No. 25 in a series of 50 from Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes

Born in London on December 17th, 1891, J. Robertson Hare had no relations on the stage, and his parents were a little startled when at the age of nineteen he announced his decision of taking up a stage career. A few years later he was playing the title role of Grumpy on tour. Then came the War, but after the Armistice, he resumed his professional career, and was offered a role in one of the Aldwych farces in which he made his name. He is married to Rene Vivian, formerly an actress, and they have one daughter, Diana, aged ten. His latest films are A Cup of Kindness and Are You a Mason?

A Is For Arbus #45


The Transsexual Operation (April, 1967)

November 22, 2007

From The Playgoer and Society Illustrated #1


"Mr. Pottinger flirts with Rosie in Hillary's absence"
(from The Chaperon)
(by Jocelyn Brandon and Frederic Arthur; 1913)

The Art of Adolescence #8

They Were Collaborators #395


Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

Great Madmen of the 20th Century #26


Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Before and After #100: Henry James

Before


After

The Art of Jazz #48


Kenny Burrell On View at The Five Spot Cafe
(Blue Note Records; 1959)

Tricky: Scenes from a Life #43


Tricky attempts to sway the Catholic vote (1960)

November 21, 2007

Seminal Image #751

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The Indian Runner
(Sean Penn; 1991)

Artists in Action # 287

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
Prince Vince aka Vincent Gallo

They Were Collaborators #394

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The Timelords on BBC's Top of the Pops.
And following on from this post I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everybody that today is 'No Music Day' .

November 20, 2007

Seminal Image #750


Lola
(Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 1981)

When Legends Gather #319


Joe Louis and Fidel Castro

Old New York #13


Wall Street (1878)

The Art of Cinema #263


Il Tetto
(The Roof)
(Vittorio DeSica; 1956)

Politicians in Action #14


Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (D-TX) is greeted by a colleague

P is for Pulp #22


Black Mask
(February, 1933)

November 19, 2007

Artists in Action #286


Keith Moon steps

The Cool Hall of Fame #101


Boris Karloff

Before and After #99: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Before


After

Ancient Voices #21


Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers

The Roots of Pop Art #13

Artists in Action #285


Billy Wilder searches for that shot

They Were an Item #24


Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky

They Were Collaborators #393


Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden

Seminal Image #749


The French Connection
(William Friedkin; 1971)

the Art of Cinema #262


The Ipcress File
(Sidney J. Furie; 1965)

artists in action #284


Neil Diamond fences with his demons

November 18, 2007

Adventures in American Filmmaking #90


Today's Adventure: Our Gang director Robert F. McGowan introduces Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson and Harry Spear to the microphone.

The Ink & Paint Set #26


William Powell in Have You Got Any Castles?
(Frank Tashlin, Warner Bros., 1938)

Artifacts #3


John Logie Baird proudly shows off his first television device, built 80 years ago.

When Legends Gather #318


Peter Sellers confers with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

November 17, 2007

The Art of the Gig #12

Men of the West #13


Tom Mix

The Art of Cinema #261


All About Eve
(Joseph L. Mankiewicz; 1950)

November 16, 2007

A Who's Who of Swinging London #11


Robert Fraser

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