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Speedy (Ted Wilde, 1928)

Dec

7

National Cotton Candy Day

Speedy (1928)
Speedy (1928)

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.

“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.”

– title card

December 7th (John Ford + Gregg Toland, 1943)

Dec

7

1941

December 7th (1943)

A Japanese person paints over the Japanese characters on their store's sign. AZUMA PHONE and SUS[HI obscured] can stay. DP: Gregg Toland.

“If that's Americanism, it's very hyphenated.”

– narrator

Careful, Soft Shoulders [Lady in a Quandry] (Oliver H.P. Garrett, 1942)

Dec

7

1941

Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942)

Thomas Aldrich (James Ellison) and Connie Mathers (Virginia Bruce). DP: Charles G. Clarke.

Sioux Ghost Dance (William K.L. Dickson + William Heise 1894)

Dec

1

Hornbill Festival

Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)

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.

Murder by Contract (Irving Lerner, 1958)

Nov

29

candy

Murder by Contract (1958)

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.

“The way i see it, Harry, everybody lives off everybody else.”

– Claude

The End (Christopher Maclaine, 1953)

Nov

13

ice cream

The End (1953)

A man suggestively licks an ice cream cone. DP: Jordan Belson.

Legacy of Satan (Gerard Damiano, 1972/74)

Oct

31

cherry pie

Legacy of Satan (1974)

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

The Animal (1976)

A man (Paul Ickovic) by himself at a table. The table setting suggests another person present. DP: Walter Ungerer.

Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt, 1984)

Sep

20

cereal

Night of the Comet (1984)

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.

“Hey! If you're going to throw those guns away, can I have one?”

– Sarah

The Gruesome Twosome (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1967)

Sep

14

chicken

The Gruesome Twosome (1967)

Teenage girls at a pajama party, dance, munch on the Colonel's chicken, and read the March 27, 1967 newspaper. DP: Roy Collodi.