#1937-1938

[fashionbooksmilano]

I volti del Tibet segreto

16 grandi fotografie di Fosco Maraini

Lyra Libri, Como 1998, 16 foto, 24,4x34cm, ISBN 978-8877332134

euro 15,00

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Tibet : ricordi d'un tempo felice

Una sorta di breve introduzione, dal significativo titolo Tibet: ricordi di un tempo felice, e 16 ritratti fotografici di tibetani - uomini, donne, vecchi, bambini, monaci, laici - compongono questo particolarissimo album firmato da Fosco Maraini. Si tratta dunque di un felice omaggio che uno dei più noti e raffinati conoscitori di quei luoghi e di quelle popolazioni ha voluto offrire a un popolo e a tradizioni culturali ormai estinte. Le fotografie, infatti, risalgono ai tempi delle spedizioni che nel 1937 e nel 1948 l'autore ha compiuto in quelle terre con Giuseppe Tucci e ci restituiscono per immagini l'incanto e la suggestione di un luogo, il Tibet, prima della barbara invasione cinese, dall'identità perduta.

11/01/24

[federer7]

Couple d’Amoureux a la Gare Saint Lazare, Paris. 1937-1938

Photo: Brassaï

[ducktracy]

Do you own any Looney Tunes production art?

i’m incredibly fortunate enough to say that I DO!! i own this wonderful photostat model sheet from Porky the Wrestler!

a photostat is essentially the ‘30s equivalent of a photocopy, so it’s not THE actual model sheet drawing, but it was still in the hands of at least one of the animators who worked on the short! if you hold it at a certain angle and get the light to reflect off of it, there are actually some indentations of writing, as if someone was writing on a piece of paper on top of it… and of course the hooves and side snout drawn in marker which aren’t meant to be there (maybe it was a slow work day?)

i actually still haven’t gotten it framed, i need to… but i also just really enjoy being able to hold it in my hands and try and make out the writing indentations on top and also lose my mind at Oh My God Someone In The Tex Avery Unit Touched This At One Point. plus, the material is glossy/has a cardboard sort of feel to it (like a more sturdy printed photograph) so it’s not as delicate as animation paper and gets along fine sitting on my shelf as is HAHA. still, definitely want to find a proper means of displaying it sometime!

[cochino-devin]

Few more Zephyrs from Bldg 5 at GNRS 2024.

[dimepicture]

[winnix85]

"Nixon was a hard drinker, a free spirit who enjoyed the wild life and partied with the best of them."----Dick Winters

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Gold Leather Shoes, ca. 1935-1940, Scottish.

From Chalmers & Son.

National Museums Scotland.

[historical-fashion-polls]

[carbone14]

Civils chinois préparés pour être enterrés vivants par des soldats japonais – Massacre de Nankin – Guerre sino-japonaise – Nankin – Chine – 1937-1938

[fancyfade]

Pictured: Babs' elite alias thinking of abilities

adventure comics 381, 'tec 388

(first blond lady is babs, just undercover)

[nsdclassic]

1937 / 38 Ford

[thedabara]

BEAUTY EVOLUTION OF ROSALIND RUSSELL

(1907-1976)

1935 she is very glamorous in this early photo

1936 beautiful hair and i love the clothing

1937 her hair is a bit longer here so nice

1938 looking different in this natural look

1941 i adore this fourties hair so much

1943 with long, wavy hair she looks good too

1946 again this hairstyle it suits her face well

1955 rosalind is 55 here! what a beautiful woman

1967 big hair and big smile in the sixties

1973 what a nice smile and kind eyes she had

[stillunusual]

Stanisław Gołaszewski was an ethnic Polish citizen of the USSR who was working as a scientist in Tomsk when he was arrested and sentenced to death during the 1937-38 "Polish Operation" of the NKVD, which was the largest of Stalin's purges in the 1930s.

He was executed on 29th January 1938.

Gołaszewski was just one of 111,000 people murdered in Stalin's Soviet Union as a result of NKVD Order Number 00485, mostly for the heinous crime of doing nothing wrong while being Polish or merely having a Polish-sounding name.

[cochino-devin]

Last post of Zephyrs in Bldg 5 at GNRS 2024.

[dimepicture]

[oscarupsets]

This one was definitely a contentious match-up for me. Rom-com You Can't Take It with You won over the war drama La Grande Illusion, the first foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture.

You Can't Take It with You was based off of a 1936 play of the same name. During the film's release in 1938, the play was STILL running on Broadway. It was an instant box office success. The Radio City Music Hall had to increase to 5 screenings a day to handle the demand.

It was clearly a play adaptation, and it was wonderful. I have a soft side for screwball comedies, and this one was definitely a riot. There are also way too many characters, but not in a bad way.

La Grande Illusion is listed as a war drama, but definitely has some light-hearted comedy to it. I struggled to find a solid review from its US release, but many considered it the best French film to date.

Honestly, there was something different about La Grande Illusion. I'm not sure if I'm just getting desensitized to 1930s films, but this one felt significantly more sophisticated. And I couldn't even tell you exactly why (and it was not just the fact that it was in French). There were nuances that did not need to be described. The film style was simple but effective. It's aggressively political in nature without being overbearing. All around a great film. Great job, France.

As for the Academy Awards, we may have ditched the categories of Dance Direction and Assistant Director, but we've still got the weirdly similar Original Story and Screenplay, AND we've added a new confusing duo: Original Score and Scoring!

There were also some brief changes to the voting system prior to the 11th Academy Awards, but each source seemed to just confuse me more on that.

Current reception for both films is solid. Some argue that You Can't Take It with You is one of Frank Capra's weaker films, but still praise the comedy and the casting. Critics consider La Grande Illusion to be a successful anti-war film on par with All Quiet on the Western Front (and even more so because both were banned in Germany for some time.)

Unofficial Review: Watch both!