Pier Angeli circa 1953
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The Perry Mason Movie Series
After some delay, Warner Archives has released a 2-disc set of all six of the Perry Mason films from 1934 through 1937. To commemorate the release, I thought I’d bring over one of my old posts from the SBBN archives, a quickie summary of all six Mason films from 2009. This was written back before…
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Kim Novak and Pyewacket
Judy Garland
Judy Garland circa 1941.
Anita Page
Anita Page circa 1930.
Halloween Calendar, 1957
A fabulous example of 1950s commercial illustration. I can’t stop staring at this calendar. Look at their eyes!
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
State of the Blog: The Projects, Publishing and Pop Stars Edition
I know what you’re thinking: “Uh oh. There aren’t any pictures in this post. That’s never good.” But wait! Before you leave for peppier climes, read this one important bit: Over the next few weeks, I will be importing a lot of posts from the old Blogger site to this one. I’ve already imported three,…
Halloween Cheesecake: 15 Pictures
Yesterday, I re-posted a 2010 entry of mine with Clara Bow in a host of Halloween-themed promotional pictures. Recently I found another from the set, and it inadvertently started off a lengthy search for Halloween props reused repeatedly in pictures over the years: That mask and the pumpkins from the set I posted yesterday were…
Halloween Cheesecake: Clara Bow and Esther Ralston
That’s Clara Bow in a cute little checkered short-all outfit, hanging out with some depressed ghosts. Over the years I have collected a bunch of Halloween-themed pictures, yet at some point lost a specific set I’d collected of vintage starlets in Halloween cheesecake pics, often using the same props from one year to the next,…