Schlitzie's Emporium

From the “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown”...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:09:04 -0500

From the “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown” File: Dig this beautiful photograph of L.A.’s Chinatown, one year after Evelyn Cross Mulwray was gunned down there. She was a real person, wasn’t she? Wasn’t she?

From the City of Angels File: Los Angeles, 1953.

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:40:18 -0500

From the City of Angels File: Los Angeles, 1953.

From the Greatest Scary Logo of All Time File: Rankin-Bass logos...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:28:09 -0500

From the Greatest Scary Logo of All Time File: Rankin-Bass logos from the 1960s and early 1970s are one of my greatest sources of nostalgia. I cherish them.

From the Scary Logo File: Screen Gems, mid-1960s. I recall this...

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:23:48 -0500

From the Scary Logo File: Screen Gems, mid-1960s. I recall this sucker coming on at the end of I Dream of Jeannie.

From the “It Really Improves Your Looks” File: Dig...

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:41:00 -0500

From the “It Really Improves Your Looks” File: Dig these masks - Zombie and Frankenstein - circa 1960s, when Halloween masks were truly gruesome.

From the “Keep ‘Em Flying” File: Fly American!...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:59:26 -0500

From the “Keep ‘Em Flying” File: Fly American! (1933) is a promotional film for American Airways, a fascinating glimpse at flying and airports during the depths of the Great Depression (best line: “It is a depot, granddad! An air depot!”). Also, the footage from different parts of the country (Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Memphis, the beaches of Florida, Chicago). Watch out for the racist reference to “darkies loadin’ cotton” in Memphis, though. Despite offensive moments, this film is compelling and - at 11 minutes - well worth your time.

Preview’s of Coming Attractions: Tobe Hooper’s...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:30:49 -0500

Preview’s of Coming Attractions: Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) was a science fiction epic these space vampires that come to earth and battle humanity. Ultimately, it’s a pretty forgettable film, although it stars one of the most enchanting and breathtaking women ever captured on film, French actress Mathilda May, who walks around much of the film nude and has a mind-bogglingly beautiful body. May, more than the shocking zombie-esque special effects, kept me in a trance.

From the E.L. Doctorow File: My hero discusses his amazing novel...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:43:29 -0500

From the E.L. Doctorow File: My hero discusses his amazing novel Homer and Langely on Charlie Rose.

Reblog Alert!: Too beautiful not to reblog. I love...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:49:36 -0500

Reblog Alert!: Too beautiful not to reblog. I love it!!!

mschastain:

Dolphins see themselves in a mirror [x]

1935: Or is it 2035? One way or the other, it stars Gene Autry,...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:17:52 -0500

1935: Or is it 2035? One way or the other, it stars Gene Autry, who’s worth the price of admission.

Another Snapshot From the Los Angeles File: Los Angeles, the oil...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:11:30 -0500

Another Snapshot From the Los Angeles File: Los Angeles, the oil boom years, 1931.

From the Los Angeles File: L.A., during the oil boom years,...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:10:25 -0500

From the Los Angeles File: L.A., during the oil boom years, circa late 1920s.

From Schlitzie’s Victrola: Annette Hanshaw singing...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:05:33 -0500

From Schlitzie’s Victrola: Annette Hanshaw singing “Ain’t He Sweet” from 1927.

From the Julie Newmar File: Is there a more beautiful actress...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:59:43 -0500

From the Julie Newmar File: Is there a more beautiful actress out there? This autographed picture of Julie sends my heart a-flutter…

Previews of Coming Attractions!: The Spider (1958). Dig it,...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:54:49 -0500

Previews of Coming Attractions!: The Spider (1958). Dig it, daddy-o! A giant tarantula goes on a rampage. No stopping this furry MoFo. Not even the Army can handle him!

Previews of Coming Attractions!: The Brain Eaters (1958)....

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:52:27 -0500

Previews of Coming Attractions!: The Brain Eaters (1958). Drive-in movie previews don’t get any better than this late Fifties gem. Have a look!

Previews of Coming Attractions!: Check out this El Fabuloso...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:35:28 -0500

Previews of Coming Attractions!: Check out this El Fabuloso trailer for Monster From Green Hell (1958), narrated by the wonderful Paul (Boris Badenov) Frees. Character actor Vladimir Sokoloff (from Moscow originally) adds a bit of gravitas to the proceedings. The film is great drive-in fun. Also stars Jim Davis (not the Garfield creator), Barbara Turner and Robert Griffin (as if you know who they are!).

More from the Lugosi Files: Bela as Frankenstein’s Monster...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:26:34 -0500

More from the Lugosi Files: Bela as Frankenstein’s Monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). With the exception of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), this bad boy is probably the best of the post-Wolf Man Universal Monster Movies. Lugosi spoke in the original version, but the filmmakers cut out his dialogue. So when you watch the film, you can see his mouth moving, but no words come out. It’s a shame, but it certainly doesn’t ruin the film, which holds up extremely well almost 70 years later.

From the Lugosi Files: Bela Lugosi clearly has it in for this...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:23:09 -0500

From the Lugosi Files: Bela Lugosi clearly has it in for this dame. Not sure who she is, but - hubba, hubba, hubba - she is a hottie. Probably won’t be much left of her after Bela is through.

King for a Day!: The inimitable Iggy Pop, a.k.a. James Newell...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:00:48 -0400

King for a Day!: The inimitable Iggy Pop, a.k.a. James Newell Osterberg, Jr.