If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,
There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

A Momentary Indulgence, sil vous plait

2008-07-03T19:58:00.004-05:00

In light of today's news (reported below) about the Metropolis discovery, I thought the occasion auspicious enough to start something I've been thinking of starting for awhile, and that is this:

Illusion Travels By Streetcar

If'n you're in the area, stop by and say Hello.

Unwanted Image #14

2008-07-03T10:04:00.005-05:00

A Yoshiwara showgirl gets her lips done in a scene cut from Metropolis after its Berlin premiere, and believed lost...until now.
(Fritz Lang; 1927)

They Were Collaborators #473

2008-07-03T08:49:00.001-05:00

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon

When Legends Gather #414

2008-07-03T08:48:00.003-05:00

Max Fleischer confers with Walt Disney.

Collect 'Em All #51

2008-07-03T08:45:00.002-05:00

Pat Paterson
No. 36 in a series of 50 from Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes

Pat Paterson was born in Scotland on April 7th, 1911, and made her first stage appearance during her Christmas holidays in a pantomime. This was at ten years of age; when she was fifteen she ran away to London, arriving with £5, and plenty of optimism. After securing a role in a touring company, she appeared in Andre Charlot's cabaret shows, and later won fame as one of 'The Two Pairs' who became popular on the wireless. She had appeared in more than a dozen British films when Hollywood took her, and she made a great hit in her first American film, Bottoms Up. She has also appeared in Call It Luck.

The Friends of Milt Hinton #14

2008-07-03T08:41:00.001-05:00

Ben Webster relaxes at Beefsteak Charlie's.

The Ink & Paint Set #35

2008-07-03T08:38:00.001-05:00

Fred Astaire and Stan Laurel in Merry Mutineers.
(Charles Mintz/Screen Gems/1936)

Artists in Action #386

2008-07-03T00:04:00.003-05:00

Roman Polanski returns to the scene of the crime

Seminal Image #831

2008-07-03T00:03:00.001-05:00

A Star is Born
(George Cukor; 1954)

When Legends Gather #413

2008-07-03T00:02:00.000-05:00

Jackie Gleason, Salvador Dali, El Morocco owner John Peronna and Johnny Ray

Tricky: Scenes from a Life #56

2008-07-03T00:01:00.000-05:00

Tricky accompanies (1959)

The Art of War #37

2008-07-03T00:00:00.000-05:00

C is for Cunningham #16

2008-07-02T00:04:00.001-05:00

Frances Dee (1932)

The Art of the Leaf #5

2008-07-02T00:03:00.001-05:00

(an immense cloud of thanks to Tommie Hicks for this image)

Jesters of the Republic #5They Were Collaborators #472

2008-07-02T00:02:00.000-05:00

Joe Weber and Lew Fields

Artists in Action #385

2008-07-02T00:01:00.000-05:00

On a visit to Washington, Sophia Loren cheerfully waves a Confederate battle flag

The Art of American Fantasy #16

2008-07-02T00:00:00.000-05:00

When Legends Gather #412

2008-07-01T00:04:00.001-05:00

Charles 'Sonny' Liston and Richard Chamberlain

The Art of Cinema #315

2008-07-01T00:03:00.001-05:00

House on Telegraph Hill
(Robert Wise; 1951)

Before and After #134: B.B. King

2008-07-01T00:02:00.000-05:00

Before

After

The Art of Pop #22

2008-07-01T00:01:00.002-05:00

Swing Me an Old Song
(Julie London)
(Liberty Records; 1959)

The City: Miami #2

2008-07-01T00:00:00.000-05:00

Original Caption:

Miami -- A scene typical of any spot in the Florida Keys these days, as rescue workers search the hurricane devastated ground for more victims of last Monday's 100-mile-an-hour hurricane, in which an estimated 250 persons were killed. (1935)

The Hitchcock/Truffaut Tapes #19

2008-06-30T00:04:00.000-05:00

Part Nineteen entails a general discussion of technique

Artists in Action #384

2008-06-30T00:03:00.000-05:00

James Durante sleeps

Jesters of the Empire #11

2008-06-30T00:02:00.000-05:00

Harry Secombe

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats