Category: vintage

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: An Unlocked Window

June 7th, 2015

I’ve been back on an Alfred Hitchcock kick lately, and last night I re-watched one of my all time favorite episodes (perhaps of ANY TV show). If you haven’t seen The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: An Unlocked Window, the full episode is on YouTube for free and I highly recommend it.

A group of nurses, caring for an ailing patient, are trapped in an old manor on a stormy night with a notorious nurse killer on the loose outside of the house.

And someone left the basement window unlocked…

Leave it to Hitchcock to take a subject as potentially cliche as “killer on the loose during a storm” and, through masterful direction, lighting and dialogue, turn it into a story no viewer will soon forget. It’s perfectly crafted…and even more amazing the second time with the insight of retrospect illuminating how carefully these scenes were constructed.

This episode should be shown in every film writing class. Watch for yourself!
Vintage Overexcited Mothers

May 10th, 2015

This post began as a search for vintage Mother’s Day images, but what I found was a series of domestic ladies who are altogether TOO expressive. Look at all the exciting things women can do!

Have you ever seen anyone so excited about pots and pans?

Grocery shopping!

Drinking tea!

Driving!

Smoking!

Doing the dishes!

Wondering where the bacon went!

And my personal favorite: the utterly unparallelled rhapsody of cleaning!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Desktop Goodies 4/27

April 27th, 2015

WHY don’t more buses look like this? It’s such a missed opportunity NOT to paint giant teeth on all of them.

I’m sure this valid excuse resulted in instant exoneration:

Yeah, but the Wild Germ has anger issues…

One must look at the tagline and consider whether it is really the kind of attention ones wants.

What has she seen?

…Perhaps Karloff’s carload of arsenic?

If I ever get to space, I’m traveling via giant, helmet-clad intergalactic puppy.

A very touching piece of street art.

AS fellow fans of The IT Crowd know, two is the best number of eyes.

Yep.

The sweet, pink title image is excellent with a cat that looks exceedingly unamused.
Happy Easter

April 5th, 2015

Wishing a very Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!
Desktop Goodies 3/8

March 8th, 2015

Welcome boils and ghouls…

Something about this sculpture appeals to me.

Why is Super Toast so bloody adorable?

I could actually use some of these for myself.

Lefties like me were once treated for their “disorder.”

This is one of the greatest Halloween costumes I’ve ever seen.

Skulltacular vintage pulp horror!

The hazy glow of this photo is perfect for a fortune teller subject.

For rent.

Or you could go get your haunting license.

I love this idea for a bridal photograph! But that’s because a forest full of books is pretty much paradise to me.
A Small Collection of Comic Screams

March 5th, 2015

I’m hunkered down in bed with a vicious migraine so please enjoy this small collection of the screams in my head until I return tomorrow.

See also: Migraine Art
Bailey Henderson

February 24th, 2015

Toronto based illustrator and sculptor Bailey Henderson works in a variety of mediums; oil paint, bronze, resin casting.

I’m partial to her Monstrorum Marines series, which recreates the images of mythological sea beasties depicted on Medieval maps.

Her detail is as fine as the pen and brush strokes on those antiquated documents. Gorgeous.

Her bronze castings are nice done as well.

Bailey Henderson
Oddities Store

February 18th, 2015

If it has “oddities” in the title, there’s a good chance I’ll go down a massive rabbit hole exploring it. Thus, Oddities Store was an enjoyable find indeed.

I desperately need these:

They have bisected animals…

Bell jar skulls of all sorts…

Fish sticks (literally):

Diaphonized beauties:

Skulls on plaques:

Lovely shadow boxes:

And…Lung Salve!

Browse the rest of the collections at the Oddities Store.
Desktop Goodies: 2/4

February 4th, 2015

You’re being welcomed into this post by anthropomorphic hotdog with breasts.

As far as I can tell, this is a real vintage ad. Probably one of the most jaw-dropping examples I’ve seen.

Imagine this is what you’re really standing on.

I prefer my tables without testicles.

Don’t miss the other title by this author on the bottom.

For “elegant women of refinement and taste.”

Just your average note-wielding mouse on a lobster.

I’m not sure what’s going on here. Is this a medical assistance device? Unless it’s equipped with some sort of pulley mechanism to lift bodies in need, I see very little purpose for lying on something LESS comfortable, a few inches above something designed for lying on.

And now, in today’s installment of unappealing instructional material…Meet the man who can tell you how to lick pimples.

Haunted…

In conclusion, cats are the cure for everything.
Albert Besnard: Images of Death

February 3rd, 2015

French painter Albert Besnard has a series of figurative Death pieces, in which the ominous bony figure shows up boldly or furtively…blending into the crowd and shadows, startling those he encounters as an unexpected guest, or simply looking dapper.

Shhhh…

While he is also known for his success in watercolor, pastel, oil and etching in portraiture, landscape and decoration, I particularly like this little collection I’ve assembled here.