
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ alleged Communist propaganda: the FBI files and HUAC hearings
☛ Federal Bureau of Investigation, file no. 100-HQ-138754 “Communist Infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry” (COMPIC), Part 7 of 15, Serial 251×1, original page 160 (page 67 of the PDF document compic7b.pdf). Click for larger size. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) is 11th in AFI’s list of the 100 best American movies ever made. According […]

The “Strike Against SOPA & PIPA” Day
☛ Vimeo: “PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet” by Kirby Ferguson and Fight for the Future, uploaded on October 25th, 2011. Licensed under (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). From the Fight for the Future website: The video above discusses the Senate version of the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). In the Senate the bill is […]

“Golf in bathing suits”: the Gladyse Wilbur girls, July 9, 1926
☛ Library of Congress (Print & Photographs Online Catalog): “Golf in bathing suits” author unknown, b&w film copy negative, July 9, 1926. Call Number: LC-F8- 40216. No known restrictions on publication. There are actually two different entries at the LoC for this picture: the version reproduced above and a slightly overexposed version titled “Icing off […]

Bruce Davidson Photographs
☛ Circus by Bruce Davidson, Steidl, 88 pages, 131 tritone plates, 29.7 cm x 29 cm, clothbound hardcover with dust jacket, May 2007 (Flash is required to preview the book). © Bruce Davidson [the hi-res photo shown above was found over at The Online Photographer] In the photograph above, the clown is included by the […]