Photo of actress Miriam Hopkins by American-Russian fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene (1900-1968), used on the January 23rd, 1935 issue of Vogue Magazine
Tag: 1935
An Interesting, Private Life Portrait…
“An interesting, private life portrait of Karloff, foremost character portrayer and master of make-up. His next picture will be “The Return of Frankenstein,” for Universal.
Girls for Sale, 1935
Girls for Sale is a German silent melodrama by director Hans Steinhoff. The story is about girls lured into slavery with the promise of becoming professional dancers, then shipped off to a brothel in Brazil.
301.129 mph
75 years ago, Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the 300 mph mark for the first time while driving the Blue Bird V at Daytona Beach. Florida.
The Blue Bird V, was powered by a 2,300 hp supercharged Rolls-Royce R V12. The 301.129 mph record held until November 1937 when British driver George Eyston driving Thunderbolt, achieving 312 mph.
The current record is 763.035 mph
Oklahoma’s Favorite Son
85 years ago, Will Rogers died in a plane crash with aviator Wiley Post, in Point Barrow, Alaska Territory. Rogers was born in Claremore, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and was known for being a vaudeville performer, actor, radio personality, humorist, newspaper columnist, goodwill ambassador to Mexico, and mayor of Beverly Hills,
When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: “I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like.”
I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935)
Film Fun, July, 1935
Winds of the Wasteland, 1936
1935 Duesenberg Model-JN 560-2585
Clark Gable leaning on his 1935 Duesenberg Model JN 560-2585 Convertible Coupe
1935, Ford V-8
Detail from Ford V-8 advertisement in the May 18th, 1935 edition of Collier’s Magazine
The Lost City, 1935
