Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Reflections on ... Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi

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 / The woman behind Vampira: Maila Nurmi photographed  at the Seventh Primetime Emmy Awards on 7 March 1955 at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in...
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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Reflections on ... Tempest Storm (29 February 1928 - 20 April 2021)

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Farewell to doyenne of burlesque, Rita Hayworth lookalike and undisputed Queen of Exotic Dancers Miss Tempest Storm (née Annie Blanche Bank...
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Saturday, 10 April 2021

Reflections on ... Silhouette (1990)

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Recently watched: made-for-TV “woman in peril” thriller Silhouette (1990). Tagline: “She Saw Too Much for Her Own Good.” I’m using this per...
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Friday, 2 April 2021

Reflections on ... The Price of Fear (1956)

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Recently watched: The Price of Fear (1956). Tagline: “Hour by hour the net of terror tightens!” I’m using this period of enforced social is...
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Saturday, 20 March 2021

Reflections on ... Nancy & Lee in Las Vegas (1973)

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This unexpectedly downbeat hour-long cinema verité- style Swedish film (made in 1973 but shelved until 1975) documents pop duo Nancy Sinatra...
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Sunday, 14 March 2021

Reflections on ... Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

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/ Alain Delon and Annie Girardot in Rocco and His Brothers (1960) / Recently watched: Italian art cinema virtuoso Luchino Visconti’s ambiti...
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Sunday, 7 March 2021

The Lobotomy Room Test Kitchen ... Ann-Margret's Cookies

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  Ann-Margret is many things. A consummate entertainer. A “triple threat” (actress, singer and dancer). A sex kitten par excellence. An enth...
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