The Post an Interesting Pic thread

[Richard Kimble]

[EugeniaH]

I was sent this by e-mail yesterday:

 

"An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an unmistakable mark of black and red paint. It is believed that this is the iceberg that sank the Titanic."

 

[Richard Kimble]

Cary Grant and Amelia Earhart:

 

[traceyk65]

Kate on a penny farthing. I have no idea what movie this was taken during (is that grammatically correct?) but I'd guess sometime in the 40's?

 

[Richard Kimble]

 

Nixon meets Robocop:

 

[Richard Kimble]

 

Film editor Robert Wise, Orson Welles, and cinematographer Gregg Toland on the set of *Citizen Kane*:

 

[traceyk65]

[SansFin]

I am sorry to say that this has no relationship in any way to a movie but I found it an "interesting pic" because the caption for it is:

"Attempted Murder".

 

[Richard Kimble]

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I recall Alfred Hitchcock saying in an interview you can get any location except jungle within an hour's drive of Hollywood.

[Richard Kimble]

 

[Richard Kimble]

 

 

[traceyk65]

 

 

Apparently, it was true! LOL

[Richard Kimble]

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/07/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-book-cover.html

 

Three noir novels:

 

 

Waltz Into Darkness was filmed as Mississippi Mermaid and Original Sin.

 

Build My Gallows High had its title changed (in the US anyway) to Out Of The Past.

 

The Build My Gallows High cover doesn't seem to suit its story -- looks more like the font for a Clifton Webb comedy.

[movielover11]

Can someone explain the "Kate farting" photo?

[Richard Kimble]

 

Ad in Film Daily, 1919:

 

[Richard Kimble]

"Charles McGraw adjusts the TV set in his Des Moines hotel room on Feb. 7, 1955. He visited his hometown to promote The Bridges at Toko-ri, which was shown at the Paramount Theater."

 

[Richard Kimble]

Errol Flynn and his parents, late 1930s:

 

[Richard Kimble]

Wrap party on the set of Godzilla (1954):

 

[hamradio]

Something special in the air.

 

[TomJH]

Well, at least this picture shows they could at least get along for a minute. On the set of Baby Jane:

 

[Richard Kimble]

Albert Finney as Lawrence of Arabia

 

[Richard Kimble]

A still from the unfinished Italian version of Pinocchio (1936), now believed lost:

 

[hamradio]

Pinocchio grew up to be naughty.

 

[Richard Kimble]

The New York Times, September 10, 1943:

 

 

 

[Richard Kimble]

Tom Bosley as brooding hunk: