Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
The Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II. The airplane used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing. (Wikipedia)
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Entering the basement of the building is through a door with a slip-bar arrangement and a spring lock with a wire attachment, operated by wire from the rear room. Continue reading “Gambling House of Akwai, 1906”
Greedy oil speculators, led by Morgan, are trying to force Tiger Woman and her band of warriors from their jungle home. Allen Saunders of Inter-Ocean Oil wants to develop the oil, too, but fights with Tiger Woman to stop the bad guys.
Mexican Poster for the 12 part Republic serial
Promotional Photograph of Joan Blondell, Warner Brothers, 1933
Anita Page is shown utilizing her combination “cop spotter” and make up mirror. She claimed it “saved tickets as well as shiny noses.” She is sitting in her 1929 Isotta Fraschini Roadster. (March 19, 1929)
Sir John headed a group of astronomers who had finally succeeded in setting up a marvellously powerful telescope on the Cape of Good Hope, according to the Sun’s report. Through this great instrument he discovered “wondrous secrets which had been hid from the eyes of all men that had lived since the birth of time.” Most amazing of these wonders was the revelation of life on the moon.
Far from being a barren, uninhabited planet, the moon had strange, lush vegetation, weird animals with hairy masks to guard their eyes against glare—and winged men and women! These happy little lunar people, who stood scarcely four feet high, wore no clothes. Their bodies, though, were covered with a bear-like (!) fur and when they landed on the ground, they walked “in an erect and dignified manner.”
Lunar Animals and other Objects
Cover by Boris Vallejo
90 years ago on March 31st, 1930, the Hays code was adopted by the MPPDA. The code set up strict guidelines about what couldn’t be shown on film, however it was not enforced until 1934. The purpose of the code was to thwart government intervention in the censorship of movies.