Martin and Osa Johnson got their start filming wildlife documentaries in 1909 with “Fishing with dynamite in the Solomon Islands.” Through the years they produced 25 films, some for the big screen like Congorilla and Borneo,while others were for the lecture halls of academia. The footage shot for these films was obtained from their various expeditions. Their 1st expedition was in 1917 to the South Seas, while their last took them to Borneo in what they described by FOX as a flying safari. Continue reading “Martin & Osa Johnson”
The Best of Manhattan Transfer, 1981
Nice art deco piece of a streamliner rolling into NYC adorns the album cover of the Jazz Quartets compilation
Cagney and Young
Jim Cagney and Loretta Young taking a break between scenes during the filming of Taxi (1931)
Will Rogers, 1932
Caricature of Will Rodgers in Washington DC, from 1932
Ellington Fantasy
Hugo Monenegro and his orchestra covering Duke Ellington songs. The cover of Caravan is especially haunting.
Colt 1917
Advertisement for the Colt 1917 revolver that can use 45 Automatic cartridges with the use of clips.
Zeigfield Follies, 1945
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style. (IMDb)
Blue Beetle, March, 1943
Blue Beetle, March 1943.
Yahoo! Dascomb Dinsmore armature magician is back
Ritual of the Savage
Ritual Of The Savage (Le Sacre Du Sauvage), Les Baxter (1951)
It’s Murder McHugh
That McHugh man’s back – a frail in one hand, a .45 in the other.
