Friday, March 26, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The original wardrobe malfunction


The original wardrobe malfunction
Originally uploaded by
wackystuff

Detail of a vintage match pack for Philadelphia's Leading Burlesque Theatre, The Bijou.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Good Bye Peter Graves


Peter Graves
March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010

Film and television actor Peter Graves passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010. Graves was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1926. By the age of 16 he became a radio announcer and after spending two years in the Air Force, studied drama at the University of Minnesota before moving to Hollywood. He made his film debut in “Rogue River” in 1951 before being in Billy Wilder's “Stalag 17 .”


Switching between films and appearing on television he became renown for playing Jim Phelps in “Mission: Impossible.” Graves would go on to play Captain Clarence Oveur, the pilot in “Airplane!

In later years he had a small part in the “Mission: Impossible” revival series and as host of “Biography.” Graves died of a heart attack at his house in the coastal suburb of Pacific Palisades. He had returned home after attending a family brunch to celebrate his upcoming birthday on Thursday. He was 83 years of age.

Be A Magician!

BE A MAGICIAN! Easier than you think!
Get started today! Become a popular man of mystery. Earn and learn in spare time. Magic is fun and profitable too. Be the Life of the Party. Astonish your friends!

from: Popular Science Magazine - January 1962

Saturday, March 13, 2010

The Look You Want - When You Want It!

Vintage Ad #285: The Look You Want - When You Want It!
Originally uploaded by
jbcurio


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