"Red lips, hair and fingernails
I hear you're a mean old Jezebel
Let's go upstairs
And read my tarot cards, come on."

Carolyn Jones

Do angels sing in silence? Beautiful image of actress, Jeanne Eagles, whose life was cut short at the age of 39 in 1929. Photographer unknown. Even the shadows are elegant.

I think the photo may be the work of Baron Adolph de Meyer.

YouTube video by ossieandruby Ossie Davis, "Louis Armstrong"

Please take a few minutes to listen to what Ossie Davis has to say about the real Louis Armstrong:

Excellent. Thank you for sharing.

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

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LET'S MAKE IT OFFICIAL ⬇️💩⬇️

Tumblr poll from “lesbianalism” Do you think you could take a werewolf? Yes: 70.6% No: 29.4% In a fight? Yes: 8.1% No: 91.9% Final results from 35,878 votes

Allow me to share one of my favorite tumblr polls of all time

What to know about Legionnaires' disease amid a cluster of NYC cases Two people have died in a Central Harlem cluster of 58 cases of Legionnaires' disease.

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Who wouldn't want to consider some risk-taking with these two time travelers?

Two British women who defied Hollywood stereotyping In the early 1930s, Hollywood attracted two very different British women. For Ida Lupino, Hollywood initially offered a career she never really wanted, as

Some thoughts on Ida Lupino and Merle Oberon for @thetls.bsky.social.

#filmsky

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Claude Autant-Lara (with scenes from his film "Sylvie et le Fantôme") - BOTD

Well, and terrifyingly, said.

These moments are for the history books. When your kids and grandkids ask you whether you stood up and fought back, be someone who can say you did.

Guy de Maupassant (with scenes from the Max Ophüls film "Le Plaisir", adapted from three stories by Guy de Maupassant - "Le Masque", "La Maison Tellier" and "Le Modèle") - BOTD

Perfect selection.

"...a shockingly realistic rotini sculpture & then eat it at my shiva." - 😂

A Series III Lambretta TV 175, offered from 1962 - 1965.

The Zeiss Ikon Contaflex twin-lens reflex camera, introduced in 1935,

It's a great quote regardless of the source but it carries genuine weight coming from Ellington.

The role called for a variation of the look Hollywood had given her up to that point.

From 1935...

YouTube video by Love - Topic ¡Que Vida!

Arthur Lee and Love, from their second album released in November 1966: "¡Que Vida!"

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It's just a minute long. Listen to it and it will help you through your day.

"Couple at Coney Island, N.Y." (1928).

An Empire portable typewriter from the 1930's.

Poster for Erich von Stroheim's "Greed" (1924).

Françoise Sagan by Bert Hardy (1955).