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#spooky sun and a tattered #flag

#spooky sun and a tattered #flag

Virginia Kirtley and Mack Sennett in “Mabel’s...

Virginia Kirtley and Mack Sennett in “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913)… Obnoxiously memed by me

Humphrey Bogart on the run in “Across the Pacific”...

Humphrey Bogart on the run in “Across the Pacific” (1942)

Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor in “Lucky Night” (1939),...

Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor in “Lucky Night” (1939), a call-to-arms against being too careful in life.

A best friend is willing to help you get away with...

A best friend is willing to help you get away with murder… Myrna Loy and Una Merkel in “Evelyn Prentice” (1934)

Favorite Releases of 2016

grooveatlas:

My favorite releases of 2016, plus one disappointment. Here’s the mix as God intended, available at mixcloud:

https://www.mixcloud.com/jackofbells/2016-year-in-review/

Or you can Spotify it:

https://open.spotify.com/user/jackofbells/playlist/6sOD2QO1uesOkwcB95yUR9

Album of the Year

Plague Vendor – BLOODSWEAT

Those moments of pure sonic magic get fewer and further between for music addicts—the moments that freeze you in place as your brain tries in vain to make a connection to something...

Kim Novak and James Stewart in the Christmas/witchcraft romp of...

Kim Novak and James Stewart in the Christmas/witchcraft romp of “Bell, Book, and Candle” (1958)

Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Walter Pidgeon, and Rosalind Russell...

Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Walter Pidgeon, and Rosalind Russell in “Man-Proof” (1938). If you told me “Pretty in Pink” (1986) was inspired by this flick (or by the same book at least), I’d believe you.

Myrna Loy’s best turn as a gangster’s moll, with...

Myrna Loy’s best turn as a gangster’s moll, with Warner Baxter in “Penthouse” (1933)

Myrna Loy pushes the boundaries in “The Barbarian”...

Myrna Loy pushes the boundaries in “The Barbarian” (1933), one of the most infamous pre-code films, which was banned the year after it was released, when the Hays Code began enforcement.

These scenes of Loy “naked” worked brilliantly to set up the men in both the film and the audience as voyeurs, only to be revealed as the “barbarians” in the film’s pivotal rape scene.

Unfortunately, what could have been a powerful message about the objectification of women was completely defused by th...