1940s
Mystery Illustration 22
Which very famous movie star--he flourished from the 40s right into our present millennium--is this awkward drawing supposed to represent?
Answer after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 25, 2016 -
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Category: Art, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1940s, Twenty-first Century
Hannah, the Comicstrip
I stumbled on this forgotten strip while browsing through old newspapers online. Apparently it was a weekly feature. Its boneheaded surreal literalism is right up there with Bushmiller's Nancy and Soglow's The Little King.Not much to be learned about its creator, Courtney Dunkel, beyond what you can read at the link.
Here is a good blog post about one of Dunkel's other strips.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 24, 2016 -
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Category: Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Comics, 1940s
The School House
I can just hear the executives at Dumont now, probably the owner's son: "You know what would be clever and sexy and hip? A variety show framed in a classroom setting, with all the performers dressed like students, and featuring two of our biggest nebbishes, Arnold Stang and Wally Cox!"
And thus was THE SCHOOL HOUSE born.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 03, 2016 -
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Category: Education, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Television, Wimps, Milquetoasts and Cowards, 1940s
The Town That Waved
1941: Reasoning that "we don't have much to show sightseers here," the residents of Sayre, Oklahoma found a different way to attract visitors. They all waved at tourists.
The Gettysburg Times - Oct 1, 1941
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 01, 2016 -
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Category: Tourists and Tourism, 1940s
Controlled by Pineapple Soda
1947: Once Minerva Elagan had accepted a pineapple soda from Rev James Chambers (Chalmers?), she was under his influence forever.
The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri) - Oct 17, 1947
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Sep 18, 1947
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 15, 2016 -
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Category: Lawsuits, 1940s
Tisket-a-Tasket
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 14, 2016 -
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Category: Humor, Medicine, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s, Genitals
Thistle Kill You
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 12, 2016 -
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Category: Humor, Movies, 1940s
Chicago’s Acro-Theater
Plays that also featured acrobatic & gymnastic stunts. I'm thinking Shakespeare should be performed this way. Hamlet's soliloquy delivered on a trampoline.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 05, 2016 -
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Category: Entertainment, Exercise and Fitness, Regionalism, Sports, Performance Art, 1940s, 1950s
Left Waiting
The old "would you mind watching my raccoon for a minute" prank.
Reno Gazette-Journal - Sep 23, 1947
ROSLYN, N.Y., Sept. 23 (AP)—A stranger in a bar handed Otto Steih, jr. the end of a leash and said, "Hold this a minute pal. I'll be right back."
But the stranger didn't return and that's why the Steih family was wondering what to do today with a raccoon.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 28, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, 1940s
Predictions, Sponsored by the Weatherhead Company
World War II naturally had people thinking about what would come afterwards. Here are some experts offering us their visions of the future.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 24, 2016 -
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Category: Design and Designers, Futurism, Technology, 1940s
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