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Full Sensory Theater
Only the 1960s would conceive of this. Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 18, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Movies, Television, 1960s, Eyes and Vision, Head, Smells and Odors
An Optical Poem
Creator's Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 21, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Movies, Stop-motion Animation, Music, 1930s
The Hays Code
We've all heard of the infamous Hays Code,which governed for decades what could and could not be shown in a Hollywood film. But have you ever had a chance to actually read its 24 pages? Well, you do now!Text here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 08, 2024 -
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Category: Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Movies, Twentieth Century
John F. Dreyer, Three-Dee Glasses Tycoon
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 27, 2024 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Movies, 1950s
The Wizard’s Apprentice
This is better than the famous Mickey Mouse version because it features a pretty girl.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 25, 2024 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, 1930s
Hundreds of Beavers
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 28, 2024 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Humor, Movies, Twenty-first Century
The Reluctant Dragon
Truly bizarre mishmosh of live-action and cartoons, an early experiment from Disney.The film's Wikipedia page.
Modern critics have pointed out that the dragon's mannerisms can easily be interpreted as gay. Sean Griffin notes "the delight and acceptance of an effeminate male," saying, "The dragon sports long emotive eyelashes and contains not an aggressive bone in his body, with the dragon prancing and pirouetting throughout the story... There is no mistaking how the film makes fun of the dragon's mincing manner and prissy pretentions. Yet, the film also makes it quite clear that the dragon does not believe in fighting, and the film doesn't specifically make fun of him for that... Just as in Ferdinand the Bull, The Reluctant Dragon presents an easily read gay character under the guise of fantasy and shows characters accepting him as he is."
The sound quality is a bit off in this posting, but otherwise watchable for strangeness.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 14, 2024 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Cartoons, 1940s
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
The director's obit at THE GUARDIAN.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 29, 2024 -
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Category: Movies, Stop-motion Animation, Surrealism, Myths and Fairytales, 1990s, Fictional Monsters
Towers Open Fire
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 20, 2024 -
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Category: Jabberwocky, Scat Singing, Nonsense Verse and Glossolalia, Literature, Movies, Surrealism, 1960s
Le Baquet de Mesmer
The famous creator's Wikipedia page. That's him in the role of magician.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 22, 2024 -
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Category: Animals, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Movies, 1900s, Women, Dance
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