Pres. John F. Kennedy inhales
October 15, 2010
October 14, 2010
Welcome to Show Business! #37
Original Caption:
Los Angeles -- Anita O'Day, who once earned $2,000 a week as a vocalist, is starting on the comeback trail after serving five months in the Women's section at Terminal Island for possession of Heroin. "From now on, I'm flying high and straight," said Anita, shown in action at a night club. This four week stand gives her $200 per week. (1954)
October 13, 2010
The City: Reno #10
Original Caption:
Reno -- A crowd watches the auction of a 1931 Bugatti Berline de Voyage automobile in the Reno Convention Center (1986)
October 12, 2010
Adventures in the Vast Wasteland #26
Today's adventure brought to you by the original caption:
Judging by the sign on the back of the chair, actor Richard Boone (Right) is trying to talk to "himself." Actually, Boone, who plays the role of Paladin in CBS-Tv's Have Gun, Will Travel was taking over as director for one of the segments of the series. He's instructing a member of the cast as the latter sits in the director's chair.
The Art of the Panel: DC #28
from The Bizarre Polka-Dot Man
(by Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris)
(Detective Comics #300; February, 1962)
October 11, 2010
Annals of Crime #101
Original Caption:
Wautoma -- Edward Gein, 51-year-old farmer, is shown in Wautoma court where he was arraigned on charges of armed robbery Monday after his arrest following discovery of a truck owned by a hardware store which was robbed recently. The truck was found parked beside a shed on Gein's farm. Further search uncovered the body of the store owner, Mrs. Bernie Worden. Since then 10 skulls were found, but today the grisly figure jumped to 15 when remains of more bodies were found after a new search of Gein's dilapidated Wisconsin home, where he has lived for the last 12 years alone. (1957)
October 09, 2010
October 08, 2010
The Art of the Close-Up #7
The Birth of a Nation
(Cinematographer: G.W. Bitzer)
(D.W. Griffith; 1915)
October 07, 2010
Annals of Public Performance #27
Talking Heads perform at The Rock Garden, 1977. Jerry Harrison and David Byrne, pictured.
Adventures in American Filmmaking #138
Today's Adventure: On the set of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Robert Aldrich is on the verge of instructing his principal cast to start acting their age or else (1962)
Movie Directors and the Means of Production #9
Movie Director: Andy Warhol
Means: Actors, Light Meter
Production: Vinyl (1965)
October 06, 2010
October 05, 2010
Annals of Crime #100
Original Caption:
Laredo -- Curtis Lee Jones, an Arkansas ex-convict wanted for murder, rape and that kidnapping of six persons, is flanked by the four officers who captured him. The arrest was made on the Callaghan ranch 20 miles north of here by Deputy Sheriffs, with the assistance of Patrolmen Joe Bateman and Henry Lide. (1960)
The City: Houston #7
Original Caption:
Houston Tries Anti-Polio Experiment.
Houston -- Some of the hundreds of children who flocked to eight clinics in Houston for anti-polio shots await their turn with their mothers and relatives in attendance. Doctors in Houston are conducting a mass experiment in the prevention of paralysis from polio. Houston is one of the Texas cities hardest hit in the current high incidence of the disease in the southwest (1952)
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