1950s
Follies of the Madmen #464
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 01, 2020 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Men, Women, Alcohol
Most Glamorous Chassis of 1957
I see Paul's Miss Brake Special of 1951, and raise him Most Glamorous Chassis of 1957, a title awarded to Hollywood star Debra Paget.Actually, this seems to be another example of the weird thematic synchronicity that we've mentioned before. Having worked on this blog together now for over a decade, the minds of Paul and I seem to have achieved a state of spooky quantum entanglement, in which, without any coordination at all, and separated by a distance of over 3000 miles, we will independently focus on similar subjects at the same time. So, as Paul was preparing his post about Miss Brake Special, I was simultaneously researching a post about Most Glamorous Chassis. I almost posted it yesterday.
Opelousas Daily World - Apr 11, 1957
Anyway, wikipedia notes that in 1957 Paget was at the peak of her career, considered an A-list star, having appeared in The Ten Commandments and headlined Love Me Tender with Elvis Presley. But beginning in 1957 "Paget's career began to decline." Could it be mere coincidence that this was also the year she accepted the title of "Most Glamorous Chassis"?
Although what is arguably Paget's most famous performance was still before her — her snake dance scene in Fritz Lang's The Indian Tomb (1959). Wikipedia says that the scene was "risque (for the time)." I think it's still risque even for 2020.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 25, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1950s, Cars
Miss Brake Special, 1951
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 24, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Motor Vehicles, 1950s
The Beautiful Beauty Mask
Patented in 1954 by Ann S.V. Mann of Petersburg, Virginia.It functioned like any other beauty mask. Its primary difference, claimed Mann, was that her mask had the outer appearance of a "strikingly beautiful woman":
The exterior surface of the plastic film body 5 is painted or otherwise decorated to create eyebrows, lashes, nose and mouth lines, etc., so designed as to give the facial appearance of a strikingly beautiful woman. This artistic treatment is an important feature of the invention. Beauty is accentuated in every way possible in all phases of the invention.
Due to the uncanny valley effect, she may actually have ended up creating something that looked more grotesque than a regular mask.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 19, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, Patents, 1950s
Hey, Big Brain
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 19, 2020 -
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Category: Humor, Music, 1950s, Brain
Pattern for Survival
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 11, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Dreams and Nightmares, PSA’s, War, Weapons, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
Abstract in Concrete
Ten minutes of colorful blobs reflected in puddles. Not sure what audience this was aimed at.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 02, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Urban Life, 1950s
Novelty Watches
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 28, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Inventions, 1950s
In the Suburbs
Your happiness is assured if you subscribe to REDBOOK.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 24, 2019 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Family, Magazines, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #457
Man, that's a hard-nosed ad! No mincing words. Could it run today?
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 17, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Insurance, Death, 1950s
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