@ Uncouth Reflections
UR Elsewhere
- Our NSFW Tumblr blog
-
Recent Posts
- Damn Yankees
- Note to B—-: Science and Religion
- Watching Freedom of Speech Speed Atrophy in Real Time
- SCENES WE’D LIKE TO SEE*
- Note to K—-, on the morning of January 6
- Notes on Barbara and Night Train to Lisbon
- Is Culture Stuck?
- You Can Never Be Too Thin, Too Rich or Too Woke
- Notes on Fargo
- Boomers Won’t Go Away, Part XXV
Recent Comments
- Brian on Naked Lady of the Week: Roberta Pedon
- Fenster on Damn Yankees
- Epaminondas on Damn Yankees
- thurston n aiken on Naked Lady of the Week: Anamika
- fenster on Our New Gizmo
- Fabio on Our New Gizmo
- Wayland on Naked Lady of the Week: Lindsey Marshal
- Blowhard, Esq. on Thom Mayne Must Be Stopped
- Dave on Crusader Follies: Peter Bartholomew and the Holy Lance
- MEH 0910 on Note to B—-: Science and Religion
- Dain Fitzgerald on Note to B—-: Science and Religion
- Calvin Hobbes on Note to B—-: Science and Religion
- Charlotte Verdini on Thom Mayne Must Be Stopped
- teageegeepea on Notes on Fargo
- Note to B—-: Science and Religion | Uncouth Reflections on Touching the Void
Author Archives: Sherbrooke
Publicity Archives
Sherbrooke writes: Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn, posing for “How to Steal a Million” (1966). On the face of it, it seems like strange casting, but to me, they are magic in this film. Ethereal male and ethereal female, both … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
2 Comments
Publicity Archives
Sherbrooke writes: Records of why this photo was taken remain undiscovered, but surely the cause of Big Cats was involved. Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor (meeting for the first time?) show the kitties some love.
Posted in Movies, Performers, Photography
1 Comment
Publicity Archives
Sherbrooke writes: Photographer Whitey Schafer distills the attractions of film noir. Thou shalt not!
Posted in Movies, Photography
4 Comments
Actors (etc.) in Hats and Headgear
Sherbrooke writes: This is Roscoe (“Fatty”) Arbuckle in the 1910s. In his shorts, he was playful and often brilliant. And in some, he had a real sense of anger, outraged dignity and sadness. (See “He Did and He Didn’t,” 1916.) Now … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
2 Comments
Actors (etc.) in Hats and Headgear
Sherbrooke writes: Kirsten Dunst in “Marie Antoinette” (2006). That smile is as dazzling as the dress and and decor.
Posted in Movies
Leave a comment
Actors (etc.) in Hats and Headgear … Helena Bonham Carter
Sherbrooke says: I would guess that this was taken in the mid-80s, when her face was rounder than today.
Actors (etc.) in Hats and Headgear
Sherbrooke writes: Here’s Josephine Baker, in a hat, and — other things.
Posted in Movies, Performers, Photography
Tagged hats, Josephine Baker, performers, photography
4 Comments
Actors (Etc.) in Hats and Headgear
Sherbrooke writes: This is silent star/comedienne Colleen Moore. I’ve never seen anyone remotely like her; she looked like a rag doll and moved like a loose-limbed marionette. But unless they’re very much into silents, few people know her name today. … Continue reading
Publicity Archives
Sherbrooke writes: This must be the strangest publicity still ever taken. I’m not even sure it was taken to promote the movie. But whatever it’s selling (women’s kerchiefs? Musical of Psycho? Perkins’ fan club?), it’s radically terrible.
Posted in Movies
6 Comments
Blowhard, Esq.
Callowman
Sherbrooke
Eddie Pensier
Enzo Nakamura
Epaminondas
Fabrizio del Wrongo
Fenster
Brundle Guy
Glynn Marshes
Paleo Retiree
Atypical Neurotic
Question Lady
Sax von Stroheim
Sir Barken Hyena
The Mistaken