Pulp International - Hamburg-Hollywood-Paris

Aug 16 2012

Figuratively, of course—Bardot’s figure.

The West German magazine Hamburg-Hollywood-Paris willingly surrenders to the one-woman French army known as Brigitte Bardot. Oh, the humanity. A big chunk of the issue—number 14, 1960—is devoted to her. Nothing much to do but let the images speak for themselves.

West Germany Hamburg-Hollywood-Paris Brigitte Bardot Alain Delon cinema

Vintage Pulp

Apr 22 2011

Springtime in Germany.

Below, selected images from the West German celeb/cinema/art magazine Hamburg-Hollywood-Paris, which was identical in content to the more famous French magazine Folies de Paris et de Hollywood. This issue was number thirteen, published in 1961, and in panel four features Italian actress Scilla Gabel, who we’ll get back to a bit later.

West Germany Italy Hamburg-Hollywood-Paris Scilla Gabel magazine art cinema

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

1936—First Helicopter Flight

In Berlin, Germany, in a sports stadium, Ewald Rohlfs takes the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 on its first flight. It is the first fully-controllable helicopter, featuring two counter rotating rotors mounted on the chassis of a training aircraft. Only two are ever produced, and neither survive today.

1963—John F. Kennedy Visits Berlin

22 months after East Germany erects the Berlin Wall as a barrier to prevent movement between East and West Berlin, John F. Kennedy visits West Berlin and speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner." Suggestions that Kennedy misspoke and in reality called himself a jelly donut are untrue.

2009—Farrah Fawcett Dies

American actress Farrah Fawcett, who started as a model but became famous after one season playing detective Jill Munroe on the television show Charlie's Angels, dies after a long battle with cancer.

1938—Chicora Meteor Lands

In the U.S., above Chicora, Pennsylvania, a meteor estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons explodes in the upper atmosphere and scatters fragments across the sky. Only four small pieces are ever discovered, but scientists estimate that the meteor, with an explosive power of about three kilotons of TNT, would have killed everyone for miles around if it had detonated in the city.

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