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He was off our radar screen for a while but we've finally tracked him down.

It was ages ago—2015, actually—that we promised to share more pieces from the Italian poster artist Giovanni di Stefano. What can we say. We tend to lose track of time, but today, finally, we located more examples, and you see them all above. If you’re up on your vintage stars you’ll recognize some faces. And if you’re really good, you’ll guess the movies. The keywords below are in order—first for the films, then the actors. You can skip the last one and its zoom. Di Stefano painted that for a comic book called Bonnie Gangster Story ‘pelo e contropelo.’

Italy, The Young Lions, Con la muerte a la espalda, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, Day of the Evil Gun, Marlon Brando, Dean Martin, Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Lucianna Paluzzi, Glenn Ford, Pilar Pellicer, Giovanni di Stefano, poster art, cinema, comic art

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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

January 23

1912—International Opium Convention Signed

The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague, Netherlands, and is the first international drug control treaty. The agreement was signed by Germany, the U.S., China, France, the UK, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Russia, and Siam.

January 22

1946—CIA Forerunner Created

U.S. president Harry S. Truman establishes the Central Intelligence Group or CIG, an interim authority that lasts until the Central Intelligence Agency is established in September of 1947.

January 22

1957—George Metesky Is Arrested

The New York City “Mad Bomber,” a man named George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs. Metesky was angry about events surrounding a workplace injury suffered years earlier. Of the thirty-three known bombs he planted, twenty-two exploded, injuring fifteen people. He was apprehended based on an early use of offender profiling and because of clues given in letters he wrote to a newspaper. At trial he was found legally insane and committed to a state mental hospital.

January 21

1950—Alger Hiss Is Convicted of Perjury

American lawyer Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury in connection with an investigation by the House unAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC), at which he was questioned about being a Soviet spy. Hiss served forty-four months in prison. Hiss maintained his innocence and fought his perjury conviction until his death in 1996 at age 92.

January 21

1977—Carter Pardons War Fugitives

U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all of the country’s Vietnam War draft evaders, many of whom had emigrated to Canada. He had made the pardon pledge during his election campaign, and he fulfilled his promise the day after he took office.