New Photos Added: Farrah Fawcett, The Beatles in A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, Howard Hawks, LAND OF THE PHARAOHS, THE THING, Joan Collins, Kate Smith, etc.
May 31st, 2008 by Scott Marks
Celebrity Endorsements:
Andy Devine for Scotch Cellophane Tape
Farrah Fawcett for Wella Balsam Shampoo
Jerry Lewis for A-1 Sprints Continental Slacks
Kate Smith spreading her seed for Simoniz Non-Scuff Floor Wax
Olan Soule for Ovaltine
The Beatles in Richard Lester’s A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (1964) - New Gallery with 22 Photos Added
Howard Hawks - New Gallery with 5 Photos Added
Otto Preminger’s IN HARM’S WAY (1965) - New Gallery with 32 Photos Added
John Woo’s THE KILLER (1989) - New Gallery with 10 Spanish Lobby Cards Added
Howard Hawk’s LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955) - New Gallery with 8 Photos Added
Allan Arkush & Joe Dante’s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979) - 2 New Photos Added
Christian Nyby’s THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1953) - New Gallery with 6 Photos Added
Tags: Andy Devine, Farrah Fawcett, Howard Hawks, IN HARM'S WAY, Jerry Lewis, Joan Collins, John Woo, Kate Smith, LAND OF THE PAHRAOHS, New Photos, Olan Soule, Otto Preminger, Ovaltine, Richard Lester, ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL, Scotch Tape, The Beatles in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, THE KILLER, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, Vintage Ad, Vintage Advertisement, Wella BalsamFiled Under Image Blog
New Photos Added: Peter Bogdanovich, George Cukor, Howard Stern, THE COLOR OF MONEY, Norm and Bing Crosby, THE CONVERSATION, etc.
April 26th, 2008 by Scott Marks
Milton Berle - 3 rare candids at the Professional Children’s School, 1973
Peter Bogdanovich - 20 Photos
Celebrity Endorsements
Tuesday Weld for 7-Up
Peter Lind Hayes stops itching and relieves pain
Michael Redgrave, Imogene Coca, David Wayne, Jane Powell & Peter Lawford for Bad Meat in the Can, 1957
Judy Holliday for Brides Magazine
Tom Ewell for Chase and Sanborn Coffee
The Color of Money - 4 New Photos
Jennifer Connelly - 22 Photos
The Conversation - 6 Photos
Bing Crosby - 5 Photos
Norm Crosby - 2 Photos
George Cukor - 14 Photos
Jerry Lewis - 8 Photos
Howard Stern - Ad for the WOR Show featuring Bob Hope
Filter-tipped, Mashed or Au Gratin
Vintage Ads
Spud Cigarettes
Douglas Sirk’s Battle Hymn
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Looney Tunes Vintage Metal Lunchbox (1959): Carrying Your Thermos In Style!
March 24th, 2008 by Scott Marks
Metal lunch pails: Fourth grade fashion accessory or mortiferous recess cudgel?
In 1971 a group of worried sick Floridians presupposed the concept of the metal lunchbox as a prime weapon to settle schoolyard disputes. With reams of signatures in hand the concerned parents marched their petition to the State Legislature demanding “safety legislation” be passed.
Who would have thought the reason lunchboxes initially switched from steel to plastic had nothing to do with cost cutting efforts?
The Golden Age of lunchboxes was ushered in by Hopalong Cassidy. In 1950, Chicago-based Aladdin Industries was the first company to manufacture a children’s lunchbox contingent on a television series. Western kid’s show superstar William Boyd’s likeness was branded on the front side of the box’s hinged lid. Soon ADCO Liberty, American Thermos (later King Seeley Thermos, or KST), Kruger Manufacturing Company, Landers, Frary and Clark (Universal) and numerous others began merchandising TV related tins.
Each box came equipped with a matching thermos — a steel, glass-lined vacuum bottle with a rubber stopper and screw-on cup — guaranteed to keep your soup hot and Kool Aid cool. That is until you dropped it. Even after the slightest fall, one shake and the measure of swirling liquids quickly dissolved into sounds reminiscent of an explosion in a hall of mirrors. The metal shell eventually gave way to plastic and the glass innards were replaced with inferior foam insulation, thus guaranteeing that come lunchtime both soup and Kool Aid would be served up at room temperature.
In the late 80s, early 90s vintage metal lunch kits became sought after high end collectibles. As always, condition was everything: less abrasion meant a higher price tag and several of them fetched over a thousand dollars. For a period, a good chunk of the south wall of Chicago’s Flashback Collectibles was lined from floor to ceiling with desirable boxes. In the time that I worked there, I must have seen every lunch pail from granddaddy Hopalong to contemporary plastic monstrosities like The Smurfs or Strawberry Shortcake.
For a brief period I fancied myself somewhat of a collector, meaning the most number of boxes I ever owned amounted to fifteen. The one that got away was a pristine Beany and Cecil vinyl box. White, without a speck of dirt and not a rip or ding on the entire surface. Steel dents where vinyl rips and the shelf life of these plastic-wrapped-around-cardboard boxes was short. Any vintage vinyl box in mint condition was bound to bring in a minimum of $500. A Barbie vinyl? Don’t ask! It all became a little too rich for my blood.
Of the initial fifteen, only four remain: Two Disney’s (Pinocchio and The Jungle Book), The Munsters and the 1959 Looney Tunes TV box. Growing up I had only one cool lunchbox: The Munsters; the rest of them looked like the nondescript black metal bucket Ed Norton toted to the sewer each day. After one summer at Adventure Day Camp, my colorful Munsters pail resembled a shell casing. The one in my storage locker was purchased at Flashback for $125.00 plus an additional fifty for the thermos. It’s in excellent condition (7+) and as soon as I dig it out, there will be a blog post.
Last week I unearthed my Looney Tunes tin and was delighted to find it still in exceptional shape. (A definite 8+!) There is “slight wear” (another term I learned at Flashback) and with the exception of a small strip along the bottom of the lid (looks like a previous owner used paint thinner to remove scuff marks), I’ve never seen one is such good shape.
I searched to no avail to find the name of the artist responsible for the drawings. If anyone knows, by all means drop a comment. And to those of us that enjoy knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing, this one set me back $175.00.
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Image Vault additions for week ending February 8, 2008
February 9th, 2008 by Scott Marks
Vintage ad for Sleazy Rider
On top of the latest Image Vault additions listed on the home page, I am downloading dozens of new stills to preexisting albums. In order to keep you informed, a weekly of all the latest updates will run every Saturday.
Alfred Hitchcock - 50 new images
Bob Hope ads — 45 images
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in Hal Walker’s At War With the Army – 8 images
Celebrity Endorsements: Arlene Francis & Jack Paar for DOUBLEDAY DOLLAR BOOK CLUB
The Original Program Book for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane - 19 images
2 New Contemporary Movie Posters: Waist Deep and Stangers With Candy
John Ford directing Seven Women plus 1 stunning Mongol compilation
The SCTV gang in Going Berserk — 8 images
In Bruges – 24 images
The Loved One - 18 images (including 2 of Mrs. Joyboy!)
Jayne Mansfield ad for Blondex!
Walter Matthau and Robert Morse in A Guide for the Married Man
Vincente Minnelli directs Liz & Dick in The Sandpiper — 4 images
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window — 2 new images
Sexy Smokers: Alessandra Ambrosio, Avril Lavigne, Mischa Barton, Sofia Coppola and Ali Larter
Teeth - 13 images
Jerry Lewis’ Which Way to the Front? — 16 images
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Remember when a carton of cigarettes made the perfect Christmas gift?
December 18th, 2007 by Scott Marks
Bob Hope wasn’t much of a cigarette smoker, but he never turned down a chance to pick up a paycheck from the American Tobacco Growers. Arthur Godfrey belonged to restricted country clubs and publicly berated friend of THE Telethon Julius LaRosa. No great loss when he finally checked out. Bing’s dreaming of a white Christmas and black lungs, and as for Perry Como, he was cool even without a smoke.
Tags: Arthur Godfrey, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Christmas Ad, Cigarette Ad, Perry Como, Vintage AdFiled Under Image Blog, Rants
Bob “For A Gay New Playtex Happy Pants Wardrobe” Hope
December 14th, 2007 by Scott Marks
“This is Bob ‘Short Eyes’ Hope here to tell ya’ ’sex by year eight before it’s too late.’ How do you like these nubile toddlers, huh? They look like lawn jockeys from the Neverland Ranch. I wanna’ tell ya that nothing brings this old ski nose to attention quite like the smell of a dirty diaper, and I don’t mean Dolores’. And it’s a lot cheaper to hang reusable diapers around the fireplace than forking over dough for Christmas stockings you’ll only use once a year. Yeah, well, hey I gotta’ go now. I’ll be appearing at a Toys ‘R’ Us opening in Fort Wayne, Indiana this Friday then it’s off to Sioux City, Iowa for the annual gathering of the Horatio Alger chapter of NAMBLA. Merry Christmas, ladies and gentlemen. G’night.”
Tags: Bob Hope, Christmas, Happy Pants, Playtex Diapers, Vintage AdFiled Under Image Blog, Rants
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