“I don't need a card to figure out who I am. I already know.”
Lonely Are the Brave (David Miller, 1962)
Dec
15
bread
Jerry Bondi (Gena Rowlands) kneads dough. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.
– Jack Burns
The Monkey Talks (Raoul Walsh, 1927)
Dec
14
Monkey Day
Jocko (Jacques Lerner) in embrace with his Olivette (Olive Borden). Amazingly, Lerner does not wear a mask; it's all the work of makeup craftsman Jack Pierce. DP: L. William O'Connell.
A monkey for (unofficial) Monkey Day.
“When a boy loses his job, buys a new suit and takes a girl to Coney Island, he's either insane or in love – – and there's not much difference.”
Speedy (Ted Wilde, 1928)
Dec
7
National Cotton Candy Day
Harold 'Speedy' Swift (Harold Lloyd ) and his gal Jane (Ann Christy) enjoy big bags of cotton candy at the fair. DP: Walter Lundin .
Cotton candy for (National) Cotton Candy Day. Gifs via Little Horror Shop on Tumblr.
– title card
Sioux Ghost Dance (William K.L. Dickson + William Heise 1894)
Dec
1
Hornbill Festival
A Sioux troupe – these particular people were part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show – perform a Ghost Dance in #ThomasEdison's Black Maria studio in New Jersey. DP: William Heise.
Indigenous dance for Hornbill Festival, Nagaland.
“The way i see it, Harry, everybody lives off everybody else.”
Murder by Contract (Irving Lerner, 1958)
Nov
29
candy
In a small movie theatre, a guy in a suit (Phillip Pine) stuffs his face with something from a small brown paper bag. Behind him are the Hollywood idea of an “elderly” woman (Janet Brandt) and a man with a moustache (Albert Cavens), Right next to snack man, a fellow with his hat pulled deeply over his face (Herschel Bernardi) takes a nap.. DP: Lucien Ballard.
– Claude
The End (Christopher Maclaine, 1953)
Nov
13
ice cream
A man suggestively licks an ice cream cone. DP: Jordan Belson.
Legacy of Satan (Gerard Damiano, 1972/74)
Oct
31
cherry pie
A lady cuts her left index finger with a knife. Nearby a plate with bloodred cherry pie. DP: João Fernandes.
The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)
Sep
22
A man (Paul Ickovic) by himself at a table. The table setting suggests another person present. DP: Walter Ungerer.
“Hey! If you're going to throw those guns away, can I have one?”
Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt, 1984)
Sep
20
cereal
An empty box or Raisin Bran lies tipped-over next to a Toshiba boombox. Just visible but out of focus is Samantha Belmont (Kelli Maroney) in her cheerleader uniform DP: Arthur Albert.
– Sarah
The Gruesome Twosome (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1967)
Sep
14
chicken
Teenage girls at a pajama party, dance, munch on the Colonel's chicken, and read the March 27, 1967 newspaper. DP: Roy Collodi.