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diioonysus · 1 year

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eyes of the past

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oldshowbiz · 4 months

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November 1940.

Lupe Velez versus the Black Press.

#lupe valez #civil rights era

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cinematicfinatic · 2 years

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#lupe valez #classic movies #classic hollywood

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thehappysorceress · 7 years

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100 Years of Beauty Icons

This is really fantastic - not only is the model POC, but the ‘icons’, too!

#beauty #fashion #Beyonce #Cher #Madonna #Rita Hayworth #Lupe Valez #Sophia Loren

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cindyburke · 2 years

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Lupe Valez

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floornostroszek · 4 years

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and when i like...cook dinner for my family or visit friends or whatever, i’m like “this cuts into valuable movie-watching time!” my priorities are very messed up. like ben, my man, you’re never gonna be a celebrated film historian. you’re gonna work in a call center for the rest of your life and die in a really embarrassing way like drowning in a toilet. or be like lupe valez and not drown in a toilet but everybody thinks you did so you might as well have.

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lushscreamqueen · 3 years

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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

OPENING: Good evening and welcome to the SCHLOCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. I am your host Nigel Honeybone. Pause for laugh. Sorry I shouldn't have read that stage direction. Darn the cue cards! Tonight's Public domain nugget is a little film classic called JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKSTEINS DAUGHTER. Yes you heard right. I'm running a western, make no bones about it. So strap on the stirrups, and pull out your six shooter and get ready to ride with me as we watch JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKSTEINS DAUGHTER.

Break: Hello again. How are you enjoying the film? If you think this is bad wait til you see this spine tingling, terror inducing vomit able, sweat filled fear fest. And then after the break more of JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKESTEINS DAUGHTER.

MIDDLE: Aaaaaaaaaaaaand welcome back to JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKSTEINS DAUGHTER. Produced in 1966 as part of a double feature with BILLY THE KID VS DRACULA, and boy can you think of a worse premise for a low-budget western horror hybrid films, it must have been a very slow year for director William Beaudine. He was between Dog shows at the time having finished with Rin Tin Tin in 1959 and taking a break from "Lassie" to make this, a fictionalized version of the real-life western outlaw Jesse James encounters who the fictional granddaughter the movie's title notwithstanding of the famous Dr. Frankenstein.

John Lupton, who plays the part of Jesse James, is actually a bit too old for the role. When the film was made, Lupton was already 38 years old. The real-life Jesse James died before his 35th birthday, and is probably still rolling in his grave after this piece of schlock, although John Lupton does have a star on Hollywood Boulevard which is more than Jesse James can say. I guess it's for his work on Broken Arrow in 1956. Or his bit parts in Kung fu, Ironside, Days of Our Lives or Time Tunnel. Or any of the other 137 TV shows he made. And although he went on to do volunteer work with the Multiple Sclerosis Association and the Special Olympics, he died of unreported causes on November 3, 1993, at age 65. I guess he never got over the embarrassment of this film. Nard Onyx plays Dr Maria Frankenstein and I guess being an Estonian born German speaker living in Sweden before fleeing to England and then Canada made her accent just right for the role. This was her last movie and that is probably for the best. I'm not sure she could have ever have topped this. And it's probably a good thing she didn't try. Although I would have like to see her mud wrestle Dr Quinn Medicine woman, but that's just me.

Estelita Rodgregiuz aka the Cuban spitfire plays her final role as well as the Mexican servant Juanita. And that is a pity. She died under "Mysterious" circumstances just a few months after filming while preparing to play Lupe Valez the Mexican spitfire who also dies in mysterious circumstances. Co-incidence? I think so. Steven Geray is a passable Dr Frankenstein but in those days just having a European accent was enough for most horror films. And after working on the Donna Reed show and Dick Van Dyke a few times I'm sure he appreciated the challenging new role. Naturally enough even with the shootin' rootin' and tootin' and I don't even know what that means this is a Frankenstein Movie so go on…guess the plotline! No hints now. At some point without giving away the spoilers we KNOW Jesse James is going to bring his wounded muscle-bound partner to the doctor although he soon wishes that he had picked a different physician. There is a very good reason this received a "Golden Turkey" nominee

JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKSTEINS DAUGHTER was shot in 8 days using lab equipment provided by Ken Strickfaden, who used the same gadgets in the Frankenstein films made by Universal, as well as 'Mel Brooks '' Young Frankenstein in 1974. Ken was an electrician; film set designer, and electrical special effects creator. He created the science fiction apparatus in more than 100 motion picture films and television programs, from 1931's Frankenstein to The Wizard of Oz and The Mask of Fu Manchu to television's The Munsters. In fact this is one of the few times this equipment was ever filmed in colour. And on that shocking revelation we take you back to the 1966 Classic schlocky Horror Film, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEINS DAUGHTER.

CLOSING: So, contrary to the film's title, it should actually be JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEINS GRAND DAUGHTER. The movie combines cowboys, Indians, old west robbers, old east European, a sheriff, Mexican villagers, Jesse James and his muscle bound partner, a European brother and sister mad scientist team, and a monster. All it needs is an alien transvestite, and with all that, you should have an exciting although strange movie. That's what I was expecting, a lot of action. That's not what I got. Surprisingly, there isn't that much excitement. The movie moves slowly and is pretty tame. The so called monster is also a bit of a dud. I've seen scarier things on Rove. Not that scary and could have been done so much better. Although this film was actually quite bland, I'm still glad I watched it. It's all in the title. I just had to see what this movie was all about. For any fan of the older monster movies, this should be on your list, maybe quite far down on the list, way way way down on the list, just under the wedding video's with drunken auntie Maude but never the less on the list all the same. And on that note until we meet again in the Public Domain, or the repeats…Toodles!!

by Lushscreamqueen Dec 24, 2008

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visualandculturalstudies · 3 years

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Andy Warhol and Friends Wednesday, October 4, 2017 7:30 p.m. Dryden Theatre

Film Series curated by Douglas Crimp in conjuncture with his graduate seminar "Topics in Contemporary Art and Criticism: Andy Warhol"

From 1963 to 1968, Andy Warhol shot hundreds of reels of film starring his Factory friends—beautiful loquacious women, sexy silent boys, fabulous drag queens, speed freaks, and junkies. Our series begins, however, with a film by Warhol’s friend Emile de Antonio, whose Painters Painting depicts the art world out of which Warhol emerged. You can see immediately how different Warhol was from his fellow artists, and indeed by the time De Antonio shot the film, Warhol claimed to have given up painting altogether in favor of filmmaking. We begin Warhol’s own films with the silent Haircut no. 1, Mario Banana in both color and black and white versions, and the rarely seen Soap Opera with Baby Jane Holzer Two double-screen films starring Warhol’s favorite, Edie Sedgwick, are a highlight of the series. Outer and Inner Space is black and white, TV and film at once. Lupe, in gorgeous color, pretends to be about “Mexican Spitfire” Lupe Valez. The series concludes with I, a Man, a post-Chelsea Girls sexploitation films. Hollywood actor Tom Baker pursues eight women, talking with some, fighting with some, flirting with some. Among the women is a very comical Valerie Solanas, who a year later would shoot and almost kill Warhol.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Emile de Antonio, Painters Painting

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Andy Warhol, Haircut no. 1, 24 minutes Andy Warhol, Mario Banana, no. 1, 4 minutes Andy Warhol, Mario Banana, no. 2, 4 minutes Andy Warhol, Soap Opera, 46 minutes

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Andy Warhol, Outer and Inner Space, 33 minutes (double-screen projection) Andy Warhol, Lupe, 36 minutes (double-screen projection)

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Andy Warhol, I, a Man, 95 min.

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billybennight · 5 years

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I took this around 2001/2002 on set for Return to Babylon with a used Nikon FE I picked up at Samy’s on sale. It was technically the last film camera I owned. I have my dad’s Minolta but I haven’t bothered using yet. Maria Conchita Alonso played Lupe Valez in this scene in this beautiful Asian inspired 1914 home in Silverlake. It was a fun set. I and others working on the project were excited to be a part of a movie made on a hind cranked period movie camera about the Silent Movie era based on Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, a book I’d read in the 80’s, while living in an old apartment near the corner of Normandie and Santa Monica. It was the first place I’d lived after leaving San Diego and Long Beach. Return to Babylon was directed Alex Monty Canawati. Here we see Lupe have breakfast and in love. #mariaconchitaalonso @mariaconchita_a #lupevalez #returntobabylon #silentfilm #silentmovie #kennethanger #hollywodbabylon #silentfimera #goldenageofhollywood #latina #silverlake #onset #onset🎥🎬 #blackandwhitemovies #blackandwhitephoto #losangeles #photography #photographer #losangelesphotographer #losangelesphotography #photographerslife (at Silver Lake, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2cQQVtJDya/?igshid=14369xp43teo1

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kansascityhappenings · 5 years

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FOX4 viewer helps crack the mystery of the badge “case”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thanks to a FOX4 viewer, the Kansas City Police Department is one step closer to cracking the mystery of the badge “case.”

The Kansas City Police Department does not have officers or detectives assigned to the “case” of the badge mystery. All the members of the Historical Society use their personal time to investigate when they can, but when the mystery of the badge came about they knew they needed help from the community.

That’s when FOX4 viewer, Tony Herrman, stepped up to the challenge. As a former Independence police crime lab tech and police dispatcher, he thought he could help KCPD after he read the article about the “Mystery behind the KCPD Badge.”

Herrman, a volunteer with the Midwest Genealogy Center (MGC) and self-proclaimed “history buff” thought that there may be some information available in the pages of old KC Star and Times newspapers that the MGC keeps within their collections. He was right and within about 20 minutes of searching, he found the first of several articles about the KCPD dating back to 1939.

Only one article however talks about the designing of the badge. In a short two-paragraph article dated July 25, 1939 it stated that Chief L.B. Reed had commissioned a “committee of policemen” to design a new “shield” and that the badges that officers were currently wearing would be void. That same article also stated that “many persons not on the force apparently have badges now, and that the new shields would put an end to such unauthorized credentials”.

The mystery behind the KCMO police badge.

Those unauthorized badges were the topic of another article. This one dated Feb. 25, 1940. This article talks about how former Director of KCPD, Otto P. Higgins, distributed KCPD badges to 311 individuals with “honorary police authority”. Individuals like actress Lupe Valez, and other city leaders received these badges and could wear them and enforce laws.

Capt. Christopher Sicoli with the KCPD Historical Society was thrilled with the discovery.

“That someone would take the time to help us find part of our history is fantastic,” Sicoli told FOX4. “His (Herrman’s) discovery of an article about 311 badges having been handed out to civilians, that’s something we never knew. It’s a wealth of information that he discovered. Just the fact that one of the articles said that they handed out badges alphabetically and not numerically was something we didn’t know.”

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Capt. Sicoli went on to say that they hope some families in the area find some of the “civilian” badges and loan them to the department for display.

“We hope that a family runs across a police badge in their attic or basement and wonder why their loved one had one. If they do find a badge we hope that they would be willing to loan it to our department for display…it’s a part of our history, we didn’t even know about,” he added.

One of the more interesting articles discovered talked about Former Director Otto Higgins and how he was serving a two-year sentence in Leavenworth Prison. However, the reason for that sentence was not explained.

The KCPD is still looking for more information about their department before 1939. If you have information, documents or even come across an old police badge please contact FOX4 or the KCPD Historical Society at (816) 889-6095 or message them on Facebook.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/04/29/fox4-viewer-helps-crack-the-mystery-of-the-badge-case/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/fox4-viewer-helps-crack-the-mystery-of-the-badge-case/

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diioonysus · 2 years

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