Vintage Pulp | Dec 1 2009 |
Assorted covers of the whimsical Japanese nudie magazine B&B, circa 1968 and 1969, with German actress Elke Sommer in the top panel. The Sommer photo is actually a production still from her film Deadlier than the Male, part of this session in which she wears the same distinctive plaid bikini. You can see lots more Japanese nudie mag covers at this amazing Japanese blog.
Femmes Fatales | Nov 4 2009 |
Above, a publicity still of Croatian actress and model Sylva Koscina made when she was filming Deadlier than the Male in the Mediterranean in 1967. She was paired in the movie with Elke Sommer, who we featured as our very first femme fatale with a photo from the same film.
Femmes Fatales | Nov 5 2008 |
German actress Elke Sommer, born today in 1940, shown here in Universal Pictures' campy 1967 thriller Deadlier than the Male. We'll be getting back to Sommer later on—multiple times.