A Day at the Beach, 1950

(As usual, thank heavens for Life magazine.)

Groucho Marx, Leg Inspector

Groucho Marx died August 19, 1977, but his passing
was somewhat overshadowed by the death of Elvis
Presley on August 16th. It's sort of the way that
Princess Diana's August 31, 1997 passing crowded
out the news stories of Mother Teresa's death on
September 5th of that year. Say what you will, I
miss Groucho the most.

Linear Thinking 2

Stacked

Man In The Middle

Do you get the impression that the gentlemen

in these pictures are, uh, what you might call

"non-threatening" types?

Also see Center of Attention and Stuck in the Middle.

Who's Left?

I found this photo at Vintage Photo. It's listed
as a "Marian Carr" photo; she's the delicious
blonde on the right. Actually, it's a group photo
from the 1955 film Kiss Me Deadly.

Then I ran across this Mary Tyler Moore Show
cast photo from the 1970s recently posted at
Stirred, Straight Up, with a Twist.

Weird, no?
Cloris Leachman, like a good wine, got better
with age. (Me, my favorites are on the right
side in both photos.)

Starlet Burst

My "Starlet Groups" folder is bursting with
pictures, so I'm releasing some of the pressure.

Scads of Showgirls!

Troubles Come In Threes

Group Think #6

Lines of half-dressed Hollywood starlets
φετίχ γαιδάρων αυτοκτονίας που ξυλίζει hollywood τους γλουτούς
Lignes des starlettes moitié-habillées de Hollywood
自杀打好莱坞女用贴身内衣裤的驴迷信
Linien der Hälfte-gekleideten Hollywood-Starlets
фетиш осла суицида шлепая женское бельё Hollywood
Líneas de actrices jóvenes mitad-vestidas de Hollywood
ハリウッドのランジェリーを平手で打つ自殺のろばの崇拝物
Lijnen van helft-geklede filmsterretjes Hollywood
Hollywood 란제리를 때리는 자살 나귀 물신
Linee di attricette metà-vestite di Hollywood


What's interesting about this last photo is how the
retouching work isn't finished. The darkroom artist
has "dodged" white clouds into the upper corners
to obscure the edges of the sky backdrop, but the
print hasn't yet been cropped. It's probably time
to get a longer backdrop or send a couple of these
girls home to Omaha or Oxnard. (Cold but true.)