The Overlook Hotel is a site ‘dedicated to ephemera related to Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror‘.
Above: A view of The Shining’s Overlook Hotel facade built on the backlot of Elstree Studios; prototype vinyl toys inspired by The Shining, created by Evil Corp; and a feature from a “Where Are They Now?” issue of US Weekly from October 2, 1989 featuring Dan Lloyd, now 41, then a 17-year-old high school senior.
(H/T: Oisín Kane)
Bobby Ahern from No Monster Club writes:
I just brought out a book with New Island, entitled ‘D’You Remember Yer Man?’ I’m attaching two pictures from the launch – one of the actual key that Bang Bang used (top) to shoot thousands of Dubliners, and one of myself (left) with Ruan van Vliet (who illustrated the book) & Aidan Walsh (centre), aka The Master of the Universe (one of only three living people who feature in the book). The book is available from all good bookshops in Ireland, and also available online from New Island Books, Amazon, The Book Depository, etc.
Previously: Remembering Bang Bang
From daguerreotype to digital: The Charted Collection Of Cameras – a new print from Pop Chart Lab.
Marriage in the sixties.
What was not to like?
Ciara Meehan writes:
Modern Wife, Modern Life is my exhibition running at the National Print Museum of Ireland between August and October 2015. It explores the idea of the ‘modern wife’ in 1960s Ireland as seen through the pages of women’s magazines. Please consider showing your support for the exhibition by donating on Fund It.
At the start of the twentieth century, manuals on how to be a good wife were widely available in Ireland. With the emergence of new technologies, women’s glossy magazines came to replace the traditional manual as did the advice given to newly married women and housewives in the 1960s.
The concept of being an ‘ideal wife’ became closely bound up with being a ‘modern wife’. The message was clear: a ‘good wife’ was not just beautifully presented, but also used all the latest modern devices. Her home – especially the kitchen – was an extension of her appearance and reputation. ‘Modern life’ and ‘modern wife’ became blended into the one ideal.
Anyone can be a part of this history project by loaning items from the 1960s which fit into one of the six themes of the exhibition; print culture, advice for the newly married wife, beauty and presentation, new technologies in the home; women behind the wheel and the wife who works. Rewards for contributing to the cost of producing the exhibition include reproduction images, a limited edition booklet and a private curator’s tour.
modernwifemodernlifeexhibition.com
Previously: The Good Wife
Pic: Brand New Retro
The Boss at 21.
Conor McCabe tweetz:
The Times in 1965, Ireland’s days as a tax haven for some companies are numbered…
British military intelligence agents in Northern Ireland used fears about demonic possessions, black masses and witchcraft as part of a psychological war against emerging armed groups in the Troubles in the 1970s, a study says.
“It was quite clear that the church, both the Roman Catholic church and the Protestant church, even for the paramilitaries, held a fair degree of influence,” [Army Captain Colin] Wallace said. “So we were looking for something that would be regarded with abhorrence really by the two communities, and at the same time would be something that paramilitaries couldn’t justify, and also would be in many ways seen as a reason why some of the outrages were taking place.
Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74
Satanic panic: how British agents stoked supernatural fears in Troubles
A sample of the intense media coverage surrounding actor Robert Mitchum’s 1948 arrest for marijuana possession.
A story, published in 2006 as part of the LA Times’ 125th anniversary read:
Sept. 1, 1948: Actor Robert Mitchum and starlet Lila Leeds were reportedly caught smoking marijuana during a police raid at the actress’ Hollywood Hills home. Two others were also arrested. Mitchum told police that he and another friend were in the neighborhood looking to buy a house when they stopped to visit Leeds and her roommate, dancer Vickie Evans.
The actor said he had trouble finding the home on Ridpath Drive, which one narcotics agent described as “ideally situated to be a ‘reefer resort.’ It is perched on a hillside, with no near neighbors, and well-screened by shrubbery,” The Times reported. Mitchum said: “The girls let us in and five minutes later Vickie went to answer the door and the police entered.”
Following his arrest, the actor “was by turns as full of remorse as one would expect from a top-bracket star,” the newspaper said. “At other times he was full of philosophy as one might expect from an up-from-the-ranks player who once said he arrived in California by bus with his wife and only $26.” Mitchum, 31, said at the time that the scandal was the “bitter end” of his film career. But the actor, who ended up serving a 60-day sentence, continued to make movies for years, up until his death in 1997.
Evans was later cleared of all charges by a jury. Actress Lila Leeds’ career was ruined by the arrest. She died in 1999.
MORE: Robert Mitchum’s 1948 arrest on marijuana charges (LA Times)
Girls In The Windows (1960) [top, with details below] by photojournalist Ormond Gigli (b. 1925, still living in New York City), who sez of it:
In 1960, while a construction crew dismantled a row of brownstones right across from my own brownstone studio on East 58th Street, I was inspired to, somehow immortalize those buildings. I had the vision of 43 women in formal dress adorning the windows of the skeletal facade.
We had to work quickly to secure City permissions, arrange for models which included celebrities, the demolition supervisior’s wife (third floor, third from left), my own wife (second floor, far right), and also secure the Rolls Royce to be parked on the sidewalk. Careful planning was a necessity as the photography had to be accomplished during the workers’ lunch time! The day before the buildings were razed, the 43 women appeared in their finest attire, went into the buildings, climbed the old stairs, and took their places in the windows. I was set up on my fire escape across the streeet, directing the scene, with bullhorn in hand. Of course I was concerned for the Models’ safety, as some were daring enough to pose out on the crumbling sills. The photography came off as planned. What had seemed to some as too dangerous or difficult to accomplish, became my fantasy fulfilled, and my most memorable self – assigned photograph. It has been an international award winner ever since. Most professional photographers dream of having one signature picture they are known for. “GIRLS IN THE WINDOWS ” is mine.
Photo by Christopher Makos, 1981.
