May 12, 2022

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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  StelBel
2 years ago

How come he doesn’t roll out of the frame?

Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
Choo Choo ”     By: Kris Howes, Leeds, U.K.
 
The above information comes from here     LINK.     Alba cycling wear exists, but it is expensive.
 
Here’s one for —comment image from the same site.
 
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It’s credited to Formas Studio.
Animation by Javier Ibañez
Illustration by Carolina
 

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happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

Yes. I like it! 😀

happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

Double dog dare ya! 🙂

SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

Oooh… “Double Dog Indemnity”…

That one helped set the standard for doggy noir.

I first saw it when I was a bit too young… a very complicated, convoluted film, confusing in its rather adult themes.

I discovered later that it almost didn’t get made, due to its multiple adulteries, and its temptress anti-heroine inciting murder.

The prewar production codes still in effect almost shut it down, as reflecting the dubious morals of the 1930’s…

just as the depression-era Hays Code had stemmed what it considered the immoralities of the 1920’s.

Postwar America was cultivating a sanitised, wholesome image for the world stage…. luckily, some works broke through.

Look at Barbara Stanhound on Stel’s beautiful poster….

those ruby lips, eyes hidden by sunglasses.

She is one cool customer… beautiful, and sleek…

She’s not the kind of dog you nickname “Babs” without permission….

or try to roughhouse with, or tease by playing keep-away with her favorite toy.

You’re likely to be met with as cold a stare as a basset can manage…

I mean, she’s no greyhound in that department, but much better than any sight-hound at biting an overly familiar finger.

The film won many awards, and Billy WildDog, its director,
considered it one of his best, if not his VERY best, film…

even though it was one of his first, as a director.

He went on to direct SO many Howlywood classics, from noir thrillers to hysterical canine comedy…..

but he was always proud of “Double Dog Indemnity,” and of having coaxed a dark, complex performance from perpetual nicedog Freddy MacMutty.

….

I later saw that pallid human imitation…

look, they were embarrassed to even list the so called “stars” on the poster.

I never did understand the casting of the female human… especially why the males were willing to murder for her.

Sorry, but I just couldn’t see the glamor.

..
Another viewing of “Double Dog Indemnity”, that time as an adult, confirmed its vast superiority… including that of its cast.

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Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
The Stan Cline painting is:
 
Paramount Studios, Hollywood (1940)
 
Here is a     LINK     to his website.
 

nighthawks
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2 years ago

nutty fudge
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MontanaLady
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2 years ago

i’ll take one, thank you!

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2 years ago

Now that’s a picture I could sink my teeth into!

happyhappyhappy
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2 years ago

I like my fudge creamy.
Not that i have a dislike for nuts.

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2 years ago

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SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

Hey, if you’re looking for Stel, I don’t think she can come out right now… I think she’s probably sleeping.

And I hope it’s ok to tell you this… but… it’s only a costume, anyway.

MontanaLady
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2 years ago

oh, this is CUTE!

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2 years ago

I’m hearing Travis Bickle: “You talkin’ to me?”

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2 years ago

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Alexikakos
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2 years ago

 
The staple ingredients of pumpkin spice are ground:
Cinnamon
nutmeg
cloves
allspice
ginger
in whatever proportions you feel you want to mix them.
 
I still remember the disappointment I felt upon accepting coffee cake for the first time as a kid; it didn’t taste like coffee.
I did not realize that it was a cake that accompanied coffee not flavoured like coffee.
 
Despite the article, pumpkin spice is found throughout the world under its other, and older, designation, pumpkin pie spice.
 

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Alexikakos
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Indonesian photographer Ajar Setiadi: part of a series.
 
LINK.

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MontanaLady
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2 years ago

‘rain drops keep falling on my head’

perkycat
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2 years ago

Let a flower be your umbrella!

MontanaLady
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2 years ago

love today’s poster, Stel! those pouty cheeks put it over the top.

i enjoyed listening to all that jazz, too.

xoxo

Old Phart Plods
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2 years ago

Noir poster by the Stel-lar Bel.

Good morning Poster phans! Lost another 4 lbs according to the hospital scales! Woohoo!

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It’s National Limerick Day! There once was a man from Nan…. (never mind)

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Y’all have a great day. (((((HuGz!)))))

perkycat
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2 years ago

Really great poster. The lipstick and nail polish really make it ~ the cigarette, not so much……but it was a different time.

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SusanSunshine
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2 years ago

A bit late in the day… but I just found this..
A fashion shoot, originally filmed on May 12th, 1929...
93 years ago today!

The ladies are modeling bathing suits, backless evening dresses, and other clothes.

Note: originally this film was back and white, and silent…. probably shown with title cards between movies.

On this YouTube channel it’s been edited, colorised, and slowed to a more realistic rate, with background sounds added, to bring it to life for modern viewers.

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