| Vintage Pulp | Mar 21 2013 |
America’s most lovable hick decides to let her hair down.
This cover of National Enquirer appeared today in 1968 and features cover star Donna Douglas, who at the time was in the midst of a nine-year run as Elly May Clampett on the smash American television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Despite the headline here, Douglas was never wild in either her portrayals or her personal life, although some sources seem to think that during the filming of 1966’s Frankie and Johnny she had an affair with co-star and noted freak Elvis Presley. That’s untrue, as far as we can tell, but since Frankie and Johnny turned out to be Douglas’ only starring role in cinema, maybe she should have hooked up with the Pelvis—he went on to star in many more smash movies opposite such forgettables as Dodie Marshall and Annette Day.
National Enquirer, Frankie and Johnny, The Beverly Hillbillies, Donna Douglas, Elvis Presley, Annette Day, Dodie Marshall, television, tabloid
| Femmes Fatales | Mar 14 2013 |
Her infrastructure needs no upgrade whatsoever.
Above, Irish born actress Angela Greene, who appeared in movies but really made her career as a television actress during the 1950s and 1960s. This image is most likely from around 1947 or 1948.
| Vintage Pulp | Feb 19 2013 |
Slices a tomato so thin you can almost see through it! But wait! There’s more! It also works great on Yakuza!
It’s been a while since we had any Meiko Kaji on the site, so today we have four posters—two normal sized and two panel length—for 1971’s Ginchô wataridori, aka Wandering Ginza Butterfly, and 1972’s Ginchô nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi, aka Wandering Ginza: She-Cat Gambler. Haven’t seen them? Well, in our opinion, part two is vastly better than the first installment, but neither is up to the standard of Lady Snowblood. Still though, there are Yakuza and she kills them. What more could you want? You also get Meg Flower in part one, and Sonny Chiba in part two—both good additions. Kaji is still going strong in show business, by the way, having appeared in nine episodes of the Japanese television series Kekkon Shinai in 2012. We have some extremely rare posters of hers we’ll get to shortly.
Japan, Ginchô wataridori, Wandering Ginza Butterfly, Ginchô nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi, Wandering Ginza: She-Cat Gambler, Kekkon Shinai, Meiko Kaji, Meg Flower, Sonny Chiba, yakuza, poster art, cinema, television
| Vintage Pulp | Jan 26 2013 |
As your decorator, I recommend putting the rug over there for a splash of color, and the clock over here to remind you that you’re basically just worm food.
Carter Dickson was the pseudonym of John Dickson Carr, one of the most prolific authors of the pulp and post-pulp periods, as well as what is known as the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. He published novels from 1930 to 1972, and also wrote radio scripts and worked in television and movies. 1958’s The Skeleton in the Clock is not one of his most appreciated books, but we love the Robert Stanley cover art. By the way, there’s literally a skeleton grandfather clock in this book, which prompted us to wonder if such a thing existed in real life. After much searching, the answer is no, apparently, but we did remember there was a coffin clock with a skeleton inside in the midnight movie classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Time is fleeting indeed.
The Skeleton in the Clock, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, John Dickson Carr, Carter Dickson, Robert Stanley, cover art, television, cinema, literature
| Femmes Fatales | Jan 24 2013 |
Feets of strength and balance.
Half Japanese-half Anglo actress Janet Hatta started her working career as a flight attendant, then was discovered by a modeling agent, which led to cinema. She appeared in eight Japanese movies between 1974 and 1977 before moving on to television. Her films include Doberman deka with Sonny Chiba, and Ningen no shômei with Yukiko Mishima. No date on this shot, but assume circa 1975.
Japan, Doberman deka, Ningen no shômei, Janet Hatta, Sonny Chiba, Yukiko Mishima, television, cinema
| Femmes Fatales | Oct 6 2012 |
Why thank you. It’s probably all those squats I do.
Above, a fun shot of French actress Danielle De Metz, who appeared on television in shows like The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Dr. Kildare, & Surfside 6, as well as in numerous movies. If she doesn’t keep her eyes on the water she’s going she’s going to run aground.
| Femmes Fatales | Sep 11 2012 |
It was getting about time for a scar wash.
Above, acclaimed French actress Catherine Rouvel, née Catherine Vitale, who appeared in the French television series Allô Police, as well as the movies Les assassins de l'ordre, The Marseille Contract, and Borsalino & Co., seen here joyously frolicking, proud appendix scar and all, in the south of France around 1975.
France, Allô Police, Les assassins de l'ordre, The Marseille Contract, Borsalino & Co., Catherine Rouvel, cinema, television
| Femmes Fatales | Aug 21 2012 |
Promo image for Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss, with American actress Constance Towers, who has appeared in classic films like Shock Corridor and currently plays Helena Cassadine on television's forever-running soap opera General Hospital. She's seen here in 1964, packed and ready for her long career.
| Femmes Fatales | Aug 1 2012 |
Her career had no legs but she sure did.
Seems apropos on this first day of August to feature Adelle August. A fairly obscure actress, she was born Adele M. Slaybough in the state of Washington, where she won the 1952 Miss Washington title before making her way to Hollywood. There, she appeared in seven movies in 1955 and 1956 but quickly faded from the show business scene, her last appearance being as an envelope and statuette handler at the 1958 Emmy Awards. To this day, though, she’s remembered—correctly, in our humble opinions—as having some of the best legs ever.
| Vintage Pulp | Apr 21 2012 |
And now I'll demonstrate proper fingering technique.
The Good Time Weekly Calendar of 1963 offers up an excellent Mexican-themed image for the week beginning April 21. We don’t know the model, but the photographer is identified as Turhan Bey. The name sounded familiar, so we looked him up and found that before he stepped behind the lens he was an actor known as The Turkish Delight. His career began in 1941, and he appeared in many movies, but that wasn't why he sounded familiar. He sounded familiar because he appeared on television as recently as 1998 in a recurring role on the sci-fi series Babylon 5. It was in the mid-1950s that Bey decided to try his hand at photography, and we can't argue with the results.
This week's quips come from some of the usual suspects, but also include an observation from 15th century playwright William Congreve. In Congreve the folks at Good Time Weekly have finally chosen a wit worthy of respect. Congreve not only popularized the expression “kiss and tell,” but also originated the lines, “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,” and “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” But our favorite Congreve is this one: “Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.” We remind ourselves of that every moment we go without internet service. But insipid security looms, finally—we’re told service will be established in our new place within seven days.
April 21: “Love is a game of continuous surprise; he who is smart should never blow his knows.”—He-who Who-he
April 22: Everybody loves a lover but not when he’s on a public phone.
April 23: “Intuition is the strange instinct that tells a woman she is right whether she is or not.”—Paul Gibson
April 24: Women and glass are always in danger.—Portuguese Prov.
April 25: “Oh, fie, Miss, you must not kiss and tell.”—William Congreve
April 26: “Actually, most women keep secrets as well as men. It just takes more women.”—St. Clyde Melton, Jr.
April 27: “In Hollywood half the people are waiting to be discovered—the other half are afraid they will be.”—Pat Buttram.
Turkey, Babylon 5, Goodtime Weekly Calendar, Turhan Bey, St. Clyde Melton Jr., William Congreve, nudity, television, cinema
