Seminal Image # 940
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
(Mike Hodges; 2003)
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Seminal Images
May 31, 2009
They Were Collaborators # 578
Geraldine Chaplin and Julie Christie.
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They Were Collaborators
Welcome to Show Business! #24
Original Caption:
Hollywood -- No horse laughs, please, as you get this behind-the-scenes peek of Audie Murphy riding a stepladder instead of a mustang for a new movie western. An expert rider, Murphy had to switch to the ladder when his horse wouldn't hold still for a close-up shot of the actor in Universal-International's "Hell Bent for Leather." Movie-goers will see only Murphy's face in this sequence. (1959)
for the series:
Welcome to Show Business
The Art of Jazz #93
Walkin'
(Miles Davis All Stars)
(Prestige Records; 1956)
for the series:
Art of Jazz
Friends and Family #60
Original Caption:
Washington -- Mafia leader John Dioguardi punches press photographer Stanley Tretick after being ordered out of the Senate hearing room for causing a commotion. Dio had been called to testify before the Senate Rackets Committee on his alleged leadership of labor racketeering in New York. (1957)
for the series:
Friends and Family
May 30, 2009
Africa Talks to You #1
Original Caption:
Johannesburg -- Sofiatown, a suburb which was the residential area for natives working in Johannesburg, will soon be bulldozed to make way for a housing development for white people. Here is a typical store in Sofiatown, with a slogan painted on its side indicating the feeling of the present residents. (1955)
for the series:
Africa Talks to You
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding #2
Original Caption:
New York -- Audience members sit in grandstands known as the People's Wall, in the IBM Pavilion at the New York City World's Fair. A mechanical system raised the 500 seat grandstands within the building so that the audience could watch a film on the inner workings of computer logic. (1964)
for the series:
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding
Seminal Image #939
He Walked By Night
(Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann; 1948)
for the series:
Seminal Images
Aftermath: U.S.A. #9
Original Caption:
Washington -- This fiberglass-reinforced plastic portable shelter was unveiled here today. Designed for both military personnel and equipment, it is composed of 12 separated sections, each interchangeable with any other. It can be erected or dismantled by 3 men in 30 to 45 minutes. Each 20-foot shelter can comfortably accommodate 12 men barracks-style, or 20 in field conditions. Here Lola Council, of Cruger, MS, a Secretary in the Adjutant General's office, uses a mallet to test strength. (1950)
for the series:
Aftermath: U.S.A.
May 29, 2009
G is for Gedney #23
Girl throwing a ball at a man on a beach (Brighton, 1974)
for the series:
G is for Gedney
The Life and Times of the American Motel #7
Algiers Apts. Motel (St. Petersburg, FL)
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel
When Legends Gather #528
Dolores Del Rio, Basil Rathbone, Gary Cooper and Lili Damita
for the series:
When Legends Gather
May 28, 2009
The Art of the Panel: Dell #1
from Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
(Artists unknown; 1966)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Dell
Mop Tops in Action #8
John escorts his old lady to the Playboy Club
for the series:
Mop Tops in Action
May 27, 2009
Adventures in the Fight Racket #29
Today's Adventure:
Original Caption:
New York -- Dr. John E. Crisp, one of the three chief surgical residents of New York's Roosevelt Hospital, points to a skull x-ray of welterweight boxing champion Benny 'Kid' Paret, who underwent brain surgery as a result of injuries sustained during his title bout with Emile Griffith on March 24 (1962)
for the series:
Adventures in the Fight Racket
May 26, 2009
The Art of Jazz #92
Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein
(The Dave Brubeck Quartet, w. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, cond.)
(Columbia Records; 1960)
for the series:
Art of Jazz
May 25, 2009
B is for Beaton #21
They Were an Item #77
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein
for the series:
B is for Beaton,
They Were an Item
The Art of the Panel: Marvel #7
from Victims!
(by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott and Sam Rosen)
(Fantastic Four #86; May, 1969)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Marvel
May 24, 2009
Artists in Action #508
Jerry Lewis Just Sings
(Decca Records; 1956)
for the series:
Artists in Action
In the Studio #30
They Were Collaborators #577
Count Basie and Benny Carter
for the series:
In the Studio,
They Were Collaborators
May 23, 2009
Nuns Gone Wild #12
Original Caption:
Anaheim -- Catholic School Day at Disneyland and Sisters Mary William and Mary Alfred take the first elephant as Sisters Mary Yvonne and Mary Joachin follow close behind as they join the children in a ride on "Dumbo" the flying elephant at Disneyland. (1962)
for the series:
Nuns Gone Wild
Similar Images #12
Soap Opera (The Lester Persky Story)
(Andy Warhol; 1964)
Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis
(Masculine, Feminine: In 15 Acts)
(Jean-Luc Godard; 1966)
for the series:
Similar Images
The Art of the Panel: DC #12
from The Super-Menace of Metropolis
(by Bill Finger, Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye)
(Action Comics #216; May, 1956)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: DC
The City: Philadelphia #9
Original Caption:
Philadelphia -- Once an exclusively male province, the profession of healing is being invaded by increasing numbers of women. "Lady Doctors" are no longer a novelty and some women already have become outstanding medicos. Here you see advanced students at the Women's Medical College lining the operating room and balcony to watch Dr. Chloe Fry, resident surgeon in Gynecology perform an operation. Enrollment at the college has risen 33% in the past few years, showing an increase by women in medicine throughout the country. (1946)
for the series:
The City: Philadelphia
May 22, 2009
They Were Collaborators #576
Humphrey Bogart and John Huston
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They Were Collaborators
When Legends Gather #527
Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Minister Malcolm X
for the series:
When Legends Gather
The Art of Pop #40
Las Vegas, Prima Style
(Louis Prima and Keely Smith; with Sam Butera & The Witnesses)
(Capitol Records; 1958)
for the series:
Art of Pop
May 21, 2009
No Sleep Till Brooklyn #2
Original Caption:
Computer's a Tutor.
Brooklyn -- Students at Brooklyn's P.S. 244 receive individualized instruction in arithmetic from a computer located several miles away in Manhattan. Beginning this fall the computer based system, with 200 units in 15 of the city's elementary schools, will add reading and spelling instruction to its program for some 6,000 pupils. After school hours, the computer (an RCA Spectra 70) serves various remedial and adult education programs and handles administrative data processing for New York City's Board of Education. (1968)
for the series:
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Tricky: Scenes from a Life #83
Tricky arms himself against natural disasters (1961)
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Tricky: Scenes from a Life
May 20, 2009
Before and After #187: Fred Otash
Before
After
(Almost forgot: These images were obtained from Larry Harnisch's ever-inspiring blog,
The Daily Mirror. It is heartily recommended in this quarter)
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Before and After
The Heretofore Unmentioned #77
René François Ghislain Magritte
for the series:
Heretofore Unmentioned
They Were Collaborators #575
Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) and Frank Zappa
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
May 19, 2009
Friends and Family #59
Original Caption:
New York -- Dapper Louis Lombardy was languidly sipping beer in a saloon on Third Avenue, when gangland guns barked for the second time in as many days and he slumped to the floor -- erased. A drinking companion, Frank Cartaland, was critically wounded in the fusillade fired by two gunmen. Police believe the slaying was tied up with either the policy game or the drug traffic. The slain man had a police record of four arrests. (1938)
for the series:
Friends and Family
Artists in Action #507
Truman Capote assumes the center of attention
for the series:
Artists in Action
May 18, 2009
No Sleep Till Brooklyn #1
Original Caption:
Brooklyn -- A Stop sign is dwarfed by the tail section of a wrecked United Airlines DC-8 Jet that crashed into a residential section of Brooklyn following a mid-air collision. The second aircraft, a Trans-World Airlines Super Constellation, fell to earth in a field in Staten Island. At least 131 persons died in the disaster, the worst in the history of aviation. (1960)
for the series:
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
The Art of the Panel: EC #15
from Date With a Killer
(by Reed Crandall and Marie Severin)
(Extra! #4; Sep-Oct, 1955)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: EC
Tricky: Scenes from a Life #82
Tricky eats with his hands (1959)
for the series:
Tricky: Scenes from a Life
May 17, 2009
May 16, 2009
The Art of Jazz #91
The Sheriff
(The Modern Jazz Quartet)
(Atlantic Records; 1963)
for the series:
Art of Jazz
I Like the Christian Life! #11
Original Caption:
Grasshopper Valley, Tenn -- Lewis Ford is shown as he drapes a rattlesnake about the neck of a fellow member of his congregation at the Dolly Pond Church of God (1945).
for the series:
I Like the Christian Life
May 15, 2009
Friends and Family #58
Original Caption:
Biggest Show in Town.
New York -- A long line of spectators waits patiently outside the hearing room for the afternoon session of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee in New York's Federal Court, March 15. Top attraction of the hearing was the testimony of Virginia Hill, known as gangland's sweetheart, who told the investigators that all her income came from "friends" and gambling. (1951)
for the series:
Friends and Family
The Art of the Panel: Archie #3
from Drums of Despair
(artists unknown)
(Life with Archie #57; January, 1967)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Archie
May 14, 2009
The Eye of Eudora Welty #4
Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord (1937)
for the series:
The Eye of Eudora Welty
May 13, 2009
The Golden Age of Prurience #57
Confidential (February, 1962)
for the series:
The Golden Age of Prurience
Artists in Action #506
Zero Mostel applies a handkerchief to his jaw.
for the series:
Artists in Action
May 12, 2009
The Life and Death of the American Motel #6
Empey's Desert Villa (Las Vegas, NV)
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel
I Like the Christian Life! #10
Original Caption:
Hartford -- Worshipers attend early mass in the state armory before a temporary altar. A fire destroyed the St. Joseph's Cathedral on December 31st, causing the services to be held in the armory. (1957)
for the series:
I Like the Christian Life
The Art of the Panel: Archie #2
from The Strange Case of Patient X
(artists unknown)
(Life with Archie #27; May, 1958)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Archie
May 11, 2009
They Were Collaborators #572
Strother Martin and Paul Newman
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
The Friends of Milt Hinton #22
Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus backstage at the Newport Jazz Festival; 1971
for the series:
The Friends of Milt Hinton
Singles Going Steady #6
The Great Scots - Don't Want Your Love b/w Give Me Lovin'
(Epic Records 5-9805; 1965)
Today's download is a piece of post-British Invasion ephemera from Canada, the Great Scots, who looked distinctive on TV shows like Shindig and Where the Action Is in their full highland regalia, worn as a symbol of pride in their home of Nova Scotia (a.k.a. New Scotland). In fact, only singer Rick McNeil has Scottish blood in him, but then again I doubt any of the Kinks ever went fox hunting in their red velvet jackets either.
Signed to Epic Records, the Great Scots joined other N.S. acts like the Halifax Three (with a young Denny Doherty) and the Central Nervous System on the Columbia Records subsidiary, and sharing bills with acts like Paul Revere and the Raiders and the Dave Clark Five before the career Culloden brought about by the drafting of bassist Dave Isner into the U.S. Army. There was a brief attempt to keep the band going under the new name of the Free For All, but eventually its members drifted back home to Nova Scotia, where they still all live and occasionally get together to play a few tunes and remember old times.
for the series:
Singles Going Steady
Great Moments in Moxie #21
Luna Park, Pittsburgh, 1905
Thanks to Shorpy Photo Archive once again for this blink-and-you'll-miss-it Moxie moment, with one of the soft drink's rare promotional bottle wagons lurking underneath a tree next to the flume pool. Go to the high-res version of the photo for other intriguing details, like the Rifle Range or the mysterious "Scenictorium".
for the series:
Great Moments in Moxie
Seminal Image #932
Une femme est une femme
(A Woman is a Woman)
(Jean-Luc Godard; 1961)
for the series:
Seminal Images
They Were Collaborators #571
Helmut Berger and Luchino Visconti
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
The Art of Pop #39
Hey . . . Let Yourself Go!
(Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)
(Capitol Records; 1957)
for the series:
Art of Pop
Viceroys, Prophets and Hillbilly Cats #7
Lorrie and Larry Collins
for the series:
Viceroys Prophets and Hillbilly Cats
The Art of the Panel: Marvel #6
from Karnoff's Plan
(by Bill Everett)
(Strange Tales #39; October, 1955)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Marvel
May 10, 2009
The City: Oakland #1
Original Caption:
One-Man Sub Plays with Fish.
Oakland -- A one-man submarine, which tests gas, carried its inventor, James Bolar of Oakland 15 feet below the surface of Oakland Estuary is the newest in towed playthings. Its just like a glider, except that its different. A plane tows a glider aloft. A motorboat tows the submarine, an Bolar, laying flat in the diver, with his head looking out thru the conning tower, operates levers to keep his craft cavorting below the surface. "I got the idea while laid up with a broken leg in Honolulu Hospital", he says. The craft is ten feet long. (1933)
for the series:
The City: Oakland
Norman Rockwell Saved from Drowning #6
Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe (1921)
for the series:
Norman Rockwell Saved from Drowning
May 09, 2009
The Art of Jazz #90
Music for Tired Lovers
(Woody Herman and The Errol Garner Trio)
(Columbia Records; 1954)
for the series:
Art of Jazz
May 08, 2009
Cinema in the Shadow of History #3
Dallas, Texas (1963)
for the series:
Cinema in the Shadow of History
Fun at Bohemian Grove #40
Nine Bohemians stare in nine different directions (1886)
for the series:
Fun at Bohemian Grove
May 07, 2009
Similar Images #11
Footlight Parade
(Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley; 1933)
The Ladies Man
(Jerry Lewis; 1961)
for the series:
Similar Images
They Had Faces Then:
Civic Portraiture Edition #2
for the series:
They Had Faces Then: Civic Portraiture Edition
An Illustrated History of Race Relations in America #8
Original Caption:
First 'True' Colored Doll
New York -- Dr. Ralph Bunche and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt examine the first "anthropologically true" colored doll to hit the market. Called the "Saralee Negro Doll," it was created by a White Southerner, Mrs. Sara Lee Creech (1951)
for the series:
An Illustrated History of Race Relations in America
The Art of the Panel: DC #11
from The Menace of the Invisible Raiders
(by Alfred Bester, Jack Burnley, Raymond Perry and Betty Bentley)
(Adventure Comics #67; October, 1941)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: DC
May 06, 2009
The Life and Times of the American Motel #5
The Tel-Star Motel (Myrtle Beach, SC)
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel
May 05, 2009
The Art of the Panel: Archie #1
from Weak End Guest
(artists unknown)
(Laugh #152; November, 1963)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Archie
May 04, 2009
Jack Cardiff died, last month at 94
I didn't pick up on this sooner but noticed an obituary, of sorts in the June issue of Sight and Sound. Apparently he died last month; April 22nd.
The Daily Telegraph obituary is here.
for the series:
Obits
May 03, 2009
They Had Faces Then:
Civic Portraiture Edition #1
for the series:
They Had Faces Then: Civic Portraiture Edition
The Art of Songwriting #22
Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me
(Music and Lyrics: Fred Phillips, Harry DeCosta and Leon Zimmerman)
(Leo Feist, Inc; 1929)
for the series:
Art of Songwriting
Friends and Family #57
Original Caption:
Chicago -- The body of Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, is shown being removed from a squad car by two policemen, who are not identified. Nitti took his own life after a Federal Grand Jury had indicted him along with five others on charges of extorting more than two million dollars from four movie companies. (1943)
for the series:
Friends and Family
May 02, 2009
Signs and Meaning in Cinema #25
Meaning: Die toten Augen von London (The Dead Eyes of London)
(Alfred Vohrer; 1961)
for the series:
Signs and Meaning in Cinema
The Art of Pop #38
Music to Awaken the Ballroom Beast
(The Brute Force Steelband)
(Cook Records; 1957)
for the series:
Art of Pop
Similar Images #10
Check and Double Check
(Melville W. Brown; 1930)
The French Connection
(William Friedkin; 1971)
for the series:
Similar Images
Adventures in American Filmmaking #119
Today's Adventure: On the set of Ocean's Eleven, Lewis Milestone stays in the background as the zeitgeist takes shape before his camera (1960)
for the series:
Adventures in American Filmmaking
The Art of the Panel: Marvel #5
from Gunpowder Range!
(by Chuck Miller)
(Two-Gun Kid #38; August, 1957)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Marvel
May 01, 2009
Singles Going Steady #5
John Foster & Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Mills Band: Thingumybob b/w Yellow Submarine
(Apple 1800; 1968)
This entry is an interesting anomaly from the Beatles catalogue; an instrumental piece written by Paul McCartney as the theme for a British TV show called Thingumybob starring Stanley Holloway. The track is a bouncy novelty tune recorded by the award winning John Foster & Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Mills Band (they later dropped the first part of their name) produced by the composer, while the flip is a fairly straightforward take on Yellow Submarine.
In the UK, this was the fourth Apple single, after the Beatles' Hey Jude (a hybrid Parlophone/Apple release), Mary Hopkins' Those Were the Days (another McCartney production) and Jackie Lomax's Sour Milk Sea (written and produced by George Harrison). At the time it was released with a flourish by the new artist-owned imprint as part of a media launch titled "Our First Four" and the press kit put it thusly:
The Black Dyke Mills Brass Band
When Paul McCartney wrote "Thingumybob" for a television series of the same name, he said he wanted to get a true brass band sound.
So what did he do. He used the best band in the land - The Black Dyke Mills Brass Band.
They won the title in October last year. Conducted by Geoffrey Brand they've held this title 7 times since 1945.
Back to "Thingumybob". On the "B" side there's "Yellow Submarine" like you've never heard it played before.
The sound is beautiful and brassy.
Just what Paul wanted.
You'll want it too, once you've heard it.
The Black Dyke Mills Brass Band: Thingumybob - An Apple single. Number 4.
In North America, the single was the first Apple single released after Hey Jude (which had an Apple label, but a Capitol catalogue number), and my copy (pictured above with the plain black sleeve) is a later misprint that switched the A-side with the B-side.
for the series:
Singles Going Steady
In the Studio #24
They Were Collaborators #570
The Happiness Boys
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In the Studio,
They Were Collaborators
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