A winter-themed Marilyn Monroe post.
The first two images: Marilyn Monroe—voted “The Present All GIs Would Like To Find in Their Christmas Stocking” in 1951; then three by Andre de Dienes from 1945, when she was still Norma Jeane; and the others are by John Florea, 1951. The quality of the first two and last one isn’t super, but I can’t find better versions.
Quebec painter, Richard Savoie.
In Holland, we called it “snow”, Romanians called it “fleas”, in Hungary, it’s “war of the ants”—TV noise. Ever since I heard, as a kid, it’s often caused by cosmic microwave background radiation—remnants from our universe’s early years—the phenomenon has fascinated me. The best noise came with a wall of distorted sound, an unforgiving hiss that instinctively struck fear in you. It was the sonic equivalent of the word WRONG. A brutal buzz that sent everyone in the room looking for cables, switches, buttons, antennas or anything to end it.
Carrie Fisher on her way to Finse, Norway, to film THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK—and during production.
Continuing the series of cinematic depictions of Gotham City: Tom Lay’s designs for BATMAN RETURNS (1992).
Woodcuts by Andrew Davidson.
Christmas in Gotham: BATMAN RETURNS (1992).
Marilyn Monroe photographed by Andre de Dienes in 1945.
Animation backgrounds from Disney’s 101 DALMATIANS (1961). By Walt Peregoy, Al Dempster, Ralph Hulett, Anthony Rizzo, and Bill Layne.
JACK FROST (1934) by Ub Iwerks. Such a beautiful cartoon. I’ve tried to focus on the backgrounds a little when taking screenshots, as they are all so gorgeous, even though the quality isn’t exactly 4K.
