Sultry Songstress

Two of my favorite musical performances from Miss Rita Hayworth. I love her soft, sultry voice in Put The Blame On Mame.

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Part 2: Movie Title Stills

Part 1: Movie Title Stills

The Wild One

"With women, I`ve got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can`t get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

... i don't think this quote would be as intriguing or appealing if it had been out of someone else's mouth or from someone else's mind.... just a thought.

Where Are You Go

I want to see some of this world before I die. So.... naturally, watching this video almost makes me cry. I've always been a dreamer and I've always lived my dreams vicariously through other people's stories (no matter how i may acquire them).

Directed by: Benny Zenga & Brian Vernor.

This is a GREAT trailer btw.

From YouTube:

(Four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town South Africa is not your typical African safari.

En route with the Tour d' Afrique, the world's longest bicycle race and expedition, the Zenga Bros. (CAN) and Brian Vernor (USA) make light of this physically daunting trip by sharing a universal love of the bicycle with Africa's roadside mechanics, sporting racers, and innumerable curious strangers.

Traveling more than 70 miles per day, 50 racers and expedition riders experienced the boundless Nubian desert of Sudan, the great majesty of Victoria Falls, and finally the cold rush of the Atlantic Ocean.

Where Are You Go captures the 7,000 mile expedition as a constant adventure full of playfulness and mysterious beauty, and is a testament to the endurance of human curiosity.)

The Journals of Nick Twisp

So, I read this book, Youth In Revolt, my first semester in college. I hated it at first, but by the end there was some sort of charm i couldn't deny. Well, whenever I'd mention the book to other people, I never found one other person out there that had read it. Last week, I saw the paperback at Urban Outfitters and was like..."@$% wtf?"... Now, i discover that Michael Cera is the lead role in the upcoming film... right? It makes sense. The typical teenage, nerdy guy is always played by Michael Cera these days. Nevertheless, I'm excited.

[ Images from the set]

King's Road & London Soho

Two videos on 60s fashion and cafeterias.

London, UK.

(very cool, but the audio gets a little warped after the first few seconds).

Look At Life series.

Old Hollywood Glamour

Sadly, my take on this may appear kind of pessimistic. However, you may acquire my admiration for vintage Hollywood...when film had a sense of America, when going to the "picture show" was something people dressed up for. I'd give anything to be able to experience cinema in 1939, its "Golden Year"- Technicolor, judy garland, storybooks applied to the screen almost perfectly.

Specifically, I love movie-musicals and am kind of excited to see them make somewhat of a comeback lately (but, of course, its just not the same). Honestly, they just can't replicate the feeling of these movies from a young Metro Goldwyn Mayer or RKO, etc. Nor can they replicate that keen sense of style- not just in terms of clothing- but, COSTUME, set design and so on.

Below, I have images of Rita Hayworth (they go to bed with Gilda and wake up with me) and Audrey Hepburn. I consider these two actors to be some of the first style icons...you know, besides Grace Kelly, Lana Turner and Marilyn & Ava Gardner. Anyhow, I also am including two of my favorite movie scenes (which is almost an inapt suggestion since so many of them are my favorite). The scenes are from Funny Face and Cover Girl. When reflecting on old films and style- these scenes are TOP. It's sort of an awkward feeling to know that the equivalent of these pictures (present day) are movies like, The Devil Wears Prada and Confessions of a Shopaholic. But....I digress.

Cover Girl

Lola

I'm certain that I was born way too late. I've had people tell me this before. I am more intrigued by people that were able to live the lives I always find myself studying and enjoying. I revel in films of past eras, music, literature, PHOTOGRAPHY, documentaries- anything. In more than one aspect, however, I truly am an "old soul."