The classic era of the Hollywood publicity machine’s efforts to make Valentine’s Day as glamorous as it could be.
Tag: Marilyn Monroe
Riding Along On My Pushbike, Honey – Pin-Ups On Pedals
The never-ending appeal of the bike as a glamour shoot prop and suggestion of health, fitness and wholesomeness.
The Stereoscopic Nudes Of The 19th And 20th Century
The golden age of three-dimensional erotic photography.
A Strange Kind Of Lust
You can’t have sex symbols with the ‘sex’ – and once the Hollywood legends have died, that brings up all sorts of questions that people prefer not to think about.
Remembering Tempest Storm
Looking back at the extraordinary life and career of America’s burlesque queen.
Celebrity De-Lux: The Golden Age Of Movie Star Soap Advertising
The extraordinary collection of screen idols who promoted soap bars.
Bound, Ungagged – The Crime Classic Of The 1990s
The classic modern noir of the 1990s remains one of the most inventive and provocative movies of the decade.
The Outer Fringes Of Horror Cinema: Oddball Anthology Night Train To Terror Dissected
An eccentric slice of cinematic cannibalism, as obscure and unfinished films are chopped, changed and rendered incoherent in a portmanteau of pointlessness.
Sabrina – Britain’s Biggest Sex Symbol
Britain’s top glamour girl of the 1950s remembered.
Stockport’s Where It’s At – According to Frankie Vaughan
The legendary crooner’s unlikely tribute to the Northern town.
