Luxtorpeda (luxury torpedo) at Zakopane station, Poland, 1936
A Luxtorpeda consisted of a single, first-class only railcar
Tag: 1936
The Case of the Black Cat, 1936
An bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker’s cat. (IMDb.com)
Blondell on a Hot Tile Roof
In heals, wearing a bathing suit, holding a bow & arrow… It’s best not to ask…
Photo appeared in Hollywood Magazine, May, 1936
Teardrop Car, 1936
Teardrop three wheel car used for advertising Arrowhead Spring Water.
Photo found in LA Times Archive but appears to not have been published.
Radio World, Jan, 1936
Lighting up with a soldering iron…
Who is the Black Monk?
Pilot Magazine, Jan 18th, 1936
1936 Cord 810 Phaeton
Director Cecil B. DeMille & actress Marsha Hunt, sitting in DeMille’s 1936 Cord 810 Phaeton.
Why Settle for Two When You Can Have Five!
An early off-road vehicle with five axles and ten wheels being tested in 1936
He’ll Save Every One of Us!
Flash Gordon, 1936, Starring Buster Crabbe.
KA-ZAR The Great
Ka-zar’s (David Rand) origins are found in the pulps of 1936-37 in a three issue series. His story was serialized in comic form in Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939) running in various forms through Marvel Mystery Comics #27 (January 1942).
After a 23 year hiatus Stan Lee and Jack Kirby reinvented the character (as Lord Robert Plunder) where he made his debut in X-Men #10 (1965). Ka-Zar’s first solo story in Marvel’s Universe was in Marvel Super-Heroes #19 (1969) and continues to pop up occasionally.