September 7, 2009

Poster Art/Book Covers: No Blade Of Grass



Movie Poster: No Blade of Grass (1970) from IMP Awards
Book Cover: No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (1967) from here. Alternative book cover.
About the book on Wikipedia.
About the movie on IMDb.
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September 6, 2009

Gif Animations: The Andromeda Strain






Gif animations made by myself from The Andromeda Strain (1971)
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my other gif animations
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Propaganda: Komsomol Choir


Ленин - Партия - Комсомол "Только так победим", 1983
Lenin - The Party - The Young Communist League "Only in this way we will win", 1983

(find more here)
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Komsomol Wikipedia
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Vintage Postcards: Year of the Monkey

Japanese postcard by Takahashi Haruka, 1932

ephemera assemblyman: Year of the Monkey Postcards
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September 5, 2009

Book Covers: Penelope


Lolita Classics: Penelope (1966)
via This Isn't Happiness
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Art: War


All Things Amazing: war art
via This Isn't Happiness
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Vintage Games: Strongman Machine




Photos by P-E Fronning

This is a vintage Swedish coin-operated game machine which measures your strength as you try to press a couple of handles together (They are not seen in the photos I'm afraid). Judging by the funny illustrations I'd guess the machine is from the 60s. The results of your efforts vary from "infant" to "world champion" via "maiden", "drunkard", "clerk", "half-strong", "ladies' man", "lumberjack", "athlete" and "fighter".

Is there a good name in English for such a machine?

Update:
Sarah of Meet Me At Mikes says: "It's not a very good name, but here in the US those games are called "Test Your Strength""
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Design: The Movie Title Stills Collection


The Night of the Iguana (1964) logo by Saul Bass

The Movie Title Stills Collection - "A collection containing hundreds of main titles from feature films"
via Ultra Swank

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More movie title screens at Steven Hill's Movie Title Screens Page
More Bass titles at Titles design by SAUL BASS
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