New Photos Added: Jerry Lewis, Frank Tashlin, RAGING BULL, Mel Blanc, DRAGONSLAYER, Bette Davis, Aurora Model Kits, etc.
April 19th, 2008 by Scott Marks
Woody Allen - Ad for The Maniaks (1966) comic book
Mel Blanc - 4 Photos
Listen to Arthur, fatso!
Celebrity Endorsements:
Milton Berle for Suskana Mills, 1951
Bette Davis for Lustre-Creme, 1951
Bert Lahr for Blatz Beer, 1952
Carpet Padding Danny Thomas Style
Arthur Godfrey has the AYDS!, 1965
The Disorderly Orderly - Herald
Dragonslayer - 8 Color Photos
Jerry Lewis - 45 Photos
Groucho Marx - Comic Book profile
The Nutty Professor - 4 Page Contest and Entry Form
Raging Bull - 8 Lobby Cards
Rio Bravo - Color Shot of Ricky Nelson
The Sad Sack (1957) - 4 Page Viacom TV Promotional Pamphlet (1965)
Frank Tashlin - On the set of The Disorderly Orderly
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, mommy
Vintage ads:
Aurora Model Kits, 1964 (Universal Monsters)
Aurora Model Kits, 1965 (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman & Superboy)
Superman for Palisades Park, New Jersey, 1967
Pink Royal Typewriter Mattel Thingmaker, 1966
The Best of DC Comics on TV, 1967 (Featuring Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Superman & Aquaman)
Rocky and Bullwinkle for Cheerios, 1966
Phillip Morris Cigarettes, 1956
Oreo Cookies, 1951
Happy-Joe-Lucky Comic Strip for Lucky Strike Cigarettes, 1956
Blue Bonnet Margarine, 1956
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958
Which Way to the Front? - Herald
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Communist Groucho Marx redder than Harpo’s wig?
April 1st, 2008 by Scott Marks
Jean-Luc Goddard is credited with coining the line, “I am a Marxist of the Groucho variety.” With subversive cracks like that it’s no wonder that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover didn’t start a file as thick as Groucho’s on the rebellious auteur.Hoover ordered his goons to undertake a rigorous analysis of Groucho Marx’s material simply because the comedian once referred to our glorious country as “the United Snakes of America.”
The Smoking Gun has a copy of the ten page summary memo that government agents filed. Throughout 1953 Groucho was the subject of detailed FBI scrutiny. On December 1 agents submitted the document which continually refers to the comedian as “Graucho,” part gaucho, part grouch and all FIB.
The declassified document discloses that “Marx was never affiliated with the CP and never a contributor so far as informants are aware.” They did discover that Groucho and Chico were indicted and convicted for violation of copyright law in 1937. The brothers were sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000.
Aside from claims that Groucho supported Russian war relief and vocally defended an imprisoned labor leader, much of what hasn’t been censored reads like a sub-standard studio press release.
Even after this document cleared his name, anonymous tipsters plied the Feds with rumors that Groucho was in cahoots with the commies. Throughout the 50s and early 60s FBI agents studied every joke that Groucho delivered on You Bet Your Life in hope of finding a socialist subtext intended to brainwash viewers.
And I thought that Bob Hope was the only entertainer interfering with American’s thought patterns.
According to an article in The Daily Herald, “The bureau has on file reports about the ‘red stench’ surrounding his acts. The agency’s files even say, without a hint of irony, that Groucho was clearly a ‘Marxist.’”
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