Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
Movies, Movie Posters, and the stars that propelled them into the spotlight.
The original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, is captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Anna. 20 years go by and his mortal enemy, Don Rafael Montero, returns to California with a plan to become wealthy at the expense of the peasants. The original Zorro escapes from prison and trains a new Zorro to take his place. (IMDb) Continue reading “Mask of Zorro, 1998”
For the film METROPOLIS, whose theme and design forge new paths, I was confronted with challenges of a totally new kind. It wasn’t enough to design the fashion of tomorrow already slumbering in today’s mind or, for that matter, slumbering in the day after tomorrow, certain to take shape in the minds of great fashion designers the next day. I had to create fashions of the year 2000 – a time that we think of as existing at a fantastic distance, and which, for that reason,can only take shape in one’s fantasy – Aenne Willkomm
When Leo Grainer (George Zucco) is released from his 5 year stint in prison for fraud, he plans to avenge himself and find the killer of his wife, by inviting his former associates to his home on “fog island” where they expect to find the loot they claim he stole. Once they arrive each is given a clue, luring them into his elaborate trap.
Continue reading “Fog Island, 1945”
Here’s a little wallpaper composite I threw together a few years ago with various scenes from the Fritz Land sci-fi classic Metropolis
Maura Monti during the filming of the Mexican film “La Mujer Murcielago” (“The Batwoman”)
Boris Karloff taking a break during the filming of “Bride of Frankenstein”, 1935
Anita Page, dressed as a police officer… 1920s
Continue reading “Guilty… As Charged”
Swedish poster for the 1940 film, The Back Cat
