I’m drawing film stills again! This will be up on my Etsy store soon (along with some other small originals). 

kevintownson:

Attributed to WALT OTTO (American, 1895-1963)
Madeline Shea, Real Screen Fun pulp cover, March 1936
Oil on canvas
33 x 22.5 in.

mudwerks:

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Quintana — New York Nights — February, 1937

nitratediva:

Oh my stars! Photoplay’s imagining of the epic meeting between Garbo and Crawford on the set of Grand Hotel (1932). 

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survival2019:

Original cover painting for Private Detective Stories, July 1938. Oil on canvas.

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Today, my darling Trav S.D. posted a blog about vaudevillian George Mann, of the team Barto & Mann. In addition to being a dancer and comedian, Mann also had a second life as a photographer. You can see his incredible archive here.

Mann also shot 16mm film footage, including this extraordinary clip of Josephine Baker performing at the Casino de Paris in 1931. I can’t embed it, but I posted a screenshot above and you can watch it here. The youtube channel is owned by Mann’s son and there are lots of other fascinating clips.

muscavomitoria:

Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire in the Madame Tussaud Wax Museum in London, 1930

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hoodoothatvoodoo:

Yva Richard

Adore this!!

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lostsplendor:

Angel in the Wood, 1930 (via)

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schlitzie:

From the Harry Earles File: Harry Earles (1902-1985) and his sisters, Gracie, Daisy and Tiny (all pictured here) were part of the “The Doll Family,” a multitalented family of dwarf entertainers. Harry, of course, starred (along with Daisy) in Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932). Like so many of the stars of Freaks and the film’s director, Tod Browning, Harry’s subsequent film career didn’t fare so well. He was one of the heads of the Lollipop Guild in The Wizard of Oz. After that, his film career was over. But Harry and his sisters cleaned up in the circus world and bought a lavish joint in Florida, where they all retired in comfort. 

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ubu507:

Nancy, who is an accomplished a tap dancer, helps cat fancier and actress Miss Carter with the theft of her cats and the administration of a will by sending Morse code signals with her feet while tied up. [1939]

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oldhollywooddaily:

Jean Harlow.

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frenchtwist:

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Harald Kreutzberg performing, Berlin, ca 1930 -by Rolf Mahrenholz   [+]

from : Rainer Metzger, ‘Berlin - Les années vingt (Art et culture, 1918-1933)’, Éd. Hazan, 2006. Original title: Berlin - Die Zwanziger Jahre (2006)

Merci à Frenchtwist et Chagalov

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Happy birthday, Frank Capra!

This morning, we set the alarm for 6:30 and watched the infrequently screened “The Miracle Woman”, Capra’s 1931 still timely look at religion for profit. Barbara Stanwyck stars in a role based on Aimee Semple McPherson (who was parodied in Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies).

In honor of Mr. Capra’s birthday, My dear inamorato, the man known as Trav S.D., wrote this extraordinary blog post: Why We Need Frank Capra.

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Ghost Stories 1930s