Showing posts with label 1933. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1933. Show all posts
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Friday, December 21, 2012
Vaudeville Actresses
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| The girls in the Cotton Club’s Review, NYC c.1933, (Vaudeville Gals, Ethel Waters, in the center) |
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Vintage Photo
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| Nicely Dressed Citizen in Downtown Havana, 1933, Walker Evans |
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Burgess Meredith
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| Burgess Meredith as the Penguin |
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| One of the truly great and gifted performers of the century who often suffered lesser roles, Oliver Burgess Meredith, known professionally as Burgess Meredith, (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997), was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 and educated in Amherst College in Massachusetts before joining Eva Le Gallienne's stage company in New York City in 1933. Meredith was an American actor in theatre, film, and television, who also worked as a director. |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Vintage Photos
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| The Malamute Saloon was the first saloon to open in Los Angeles after the repeal of prohibition. 1933 |
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| A wine barrel is returned by police to Tony Pazich's cellar during Prohibition, Los Angeles, California, 1929 |
Monday, September 3, 2012
Ruth Moore
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Ruth Ella Moore, (1903 - 1994) received a Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University in 1926 and a Master of Arts in 1927. Ruth Moore received a Ph.D. in Bacteriology from Ohio State University in 1933 becoming the first black female to earn a Ph.D. in Bacteriology. Dr. Moore served as the Head of the Department of Bacteriology at Howard University Medical College, from 1947 to 1958. Dr. Moore served as a part-time professor at Howard University from 1971 until her retirement. Professor Moore's area of research focused on blood grouping and enteriobacteriaceae.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Dorothy Jordan
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| Dorothy Jordan, (August 9, 1906 – December 7, 1988), wearing a lovely vintage cloche flapper hat was an American movie actress who had a short but successful career beginning in talking pictures in 1929. In 1933, Jordan left films and married filmmaker, screenwriter and later World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Colonel Merian C. Cooper, who co-wrote, produced and directed the 1933 film King Kong. c.1929 |
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Vintage Cartoon, Giantland
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| Giantland is a one-reel cartoon produced by Walt Disney. It shows Mickey Mouse re-telling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, where he plays the main character and takes on Rumplewatt, the "King of the Giants - Prince of the Tyrants". It was released on November 25, 1933 |
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Vintage Film
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| Incredibly rare image of Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) at the top of the Empire State Building in King Kong (1933). vintage Note this image comes from an original 1938 re-release publicity still for the movie. |
Image Source: Official still that was used in the 1938 USA re-release of the film.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Pasadena Tournament 1933
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| Pasadena Tournament of Roses Queen Dorothy Edwards perches on a rose held by one of her Court princesses via trick photography - c 1933 |
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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