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When Boris Karloff went on a Celebrity Ghost Hunt

When Boris Karloff went on a Celebrity Ghost Hunt

It was an average, normal day in 1950's London when Boris Karloff went on a ghost hunt... ...
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The Night Tallulah Bankhead Met Gerald du Maurier in London in 1923

The Night Tallulah Bankhead Met Gerald du Maurier in London in 1923

There were a few people in the room including Daphne, Gerald’s 15 year old daughter, who after Tallulah had left turned to her father and said, “Daddy, that’s the most beautiful girl I ever saw in my life.” ...
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Buy Prints Polish Artist Wladyslaw T. Benda’s Living Masks

Polish Artist Wladyslaw T. Benda’s Living Masks

  Artist, illustrator and costume designer Wladyslaw Theodore Benda was born in Poznan, Poland on ...
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The Cotton Club Revue Visit the London Palladium in 1937

The Cotton Club Revue Visit the London Palladium in 1937

Their speciality is rhythm; rhythm which is merely a nervous tremor, and rhythm that does not so much stimulate as achieve frenzy! ...
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The Girl In The Cosmo Painting – A 1950s New York City Love Story

The Girl In The Cosmo Painting – A 1950s New York City Love Story

Nancy Tompkins transports us to New York City on the 1950s in the company of her mother's debut in Cosmopolitan magazine ...
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Peter Cushing: His Early Life to Hammer & Star Wars

Peter Cushing: His Early Life to Hammer & Star Wars

Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do. ...
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Nijinsky in Pictures: The World-Famous Ballet Dancer Disappears into His Celebrated Roles

Nijinsky in Pictures: The World-Famous Ballet Dancer Disappears into His Celebrated Roles

“I am God in a body,” wrote Vaslav Nijinsky (1879-1944) in his famous Diary. “Everyone has this feeling, but no one uses it.” ...
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Salvador Dali’s Illustrations for the ‘Little Napoleon of Showmanship’ Billy Rose’s Autobiography

Salvador Dali’s Illustrations for the ‘Little Napoleon of Showmanship’ Billy Rose’s Autobiography

Billy Rose was huge. He was the go-to-guy. He was a hustler, a mover, the man who got things done. He bought the Ziegfeld Follies, ran a string of hip nightclubs. He was at the heart of the action. ...
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A Dandy in Aspic Exclusive : Never Before Published Interview with Cult Writer Derek Marlowe From 1984

A Dandy in Aspic Exclusive : Never Before Published Interview with Cult Writer Derek Marlowe From 1984

In my dropout summer of '84, I interviewed Derek Marlowe at his (recently-moved into) first floor apartment. ...
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What’s Playing at the Local Cineplex? A Look at 1980s Newspaper Movie Ads

What’s Playing at the Local Cineplex? A Look at 1980s Newspaper Movie Ads

  If you want to demonstrate how times have changed for movies, just show them ...
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Viking VHS! Nordic Video Catalog Pages from the 1980s

Viking VHS! Nordic Video Catalog Pages from the 1980s

I'm sure the the home video cassette player was a welcome arrival for Scandinavian homes ...
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Swimsuit Golf With Ukeleles (1926)

Swimsuit Golf With Ukeleles (1926)

'Keeping cool on the golf course' is a July 9 1926 featuring Dorothy Kelly, Virginia Hunter, ...
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