| Vintage Pulp | Nov 15 2015 |
I love you so much, money—er, I mean honey.
As long as we're on poster art today, here's a colorful promo for the 1947 victorian thriller Love from a Stranger, starring Sylvia Sidney and John Hodiak in an adaptation of the Agatha Christie short story “Philomel Cottage,” the second pass Hollywood had taken at the material after a 1937 version starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone. The movie is a good example of the dangers of failing to be satisfied with a good thing when you have it. Sidney's character Cecily Harrington wins money in a lottery and instead of marrying her perfectly adequate fiancée decides to ditch him for life as a one-percenter. Cue Hodiak, a gold-digger who has already offed three previous wives and gotten away with it. He sets his sights on Cecily—and her pile of cash. She's oblivious at first, of course, but after the two marry disturbing clues start to pile up. Luckily her jilted fiancée cares enough about her wellbeing to keep a concerned eye on her from afar. Us, we'd never do that. We'd be like, “What? You get rich and then dump me for an obvious serial killer? ’kay, good luck. Have fun during your suspiciously isolated honeymoon.” Decent flick, excellent poster. Love from a Stranger V.2 premiered today in 1947.
Love from a StrangerAgatha ChristieSylvia SidneyJohn HodiakAnn HardingBasil Rathboneposter artcinemamovie review
| Intl. Notebook | Jan 11 2013 |
They only have eyes for you.
We were researching our recent post on fascist-era femme fatale Isa Miranda when we stumbled across fourteen sets of eyes from some of the most famous starlets of the 1930s. They were on a Brazilian fashion blog (seemingly defunct, since it hasn’t been updated for more than a year), and we gather they came from a book—Fashion at the Time of Fascism—which we’d love to read if we could find a copy. Anyway, just a little eye candy for Friday.
Fashion at the Time of FascismSylvia SidneyJoan BlondellJean HarlowMae WestMadeleine CarrollCarole LombardPat PatersonIsa MirandaMarlene DietrichDolores Del RioAnna StenKatherine HepburnDiana WynyardGreta Garbocinema
| Vintage Pulp | Jul 29 2011 |
Below, a July 1939 issue of the American cinema magazine Film Fun, with cover art by Enoch Bolles and interior images of Sylvia Sidney, Lya Lys, Paulette Goddard, and many others. Click keywords “Film Fun” at the bottom of the post to see more.
