J.A.Tallon
@tallon.bsky.social
avid reader, cinephile, theater and opera lover, artist wrangler
BTD - John Huston - The Maltese Falcon (1941). Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook Jr., and Lee Patrick. Italian poster, art by Sergio Gargiulo.
Dancer Elsa Naess by Johan Hagemeyer, 1931. Source: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library.
James Mason publicity for The Seventh Veil (1945).
Danish film poster for The Mysterious Lady (1928) starring Greta Garbo. Poster art by Sven Brasch.
Maureen O’Sullivan by George Hurrell, 1934.
Kong bu fen zi (The Terrorizers), Edward Yang (1986) Strangers brush past each other, leaving unseen scars as Taipei emerges in glass and concrete—sparse rooms, crowded streets that feel hollow. Yang’s lens shows no mercy: this 1980s city is built for isolation.
Robert Taylor asked me to let everybody know that his birthday party today will be fancy dress
John Huston (with scenes from his film "Moulin Rouge") - BOTD
Tengoku to Jigoku (High and Low), Akira Kurosawa (1963) An extraordinary crime thriller that becomes a profound moral reflection exploring Japanese society and the gap between wealth and poverty.
Michael Ballhaus (with scenes from the Rainer Werner Fassbinder films "Beware of a Holy Whore", "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant", "Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven" and "Chinese Roulette" for which Ballhaus served as cinematographer) - BOTD
In the beginning was Varda With La Pointe Courte Agnès Varda marks the start of a new aesthetic, anticipating by just a few years the adventures of the Nouvelle Vague. Read Here: substack.com/@massimocorv...
Thai poster for GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (1974) Directed by Jun Fukuda
Guy de Maupassant (with scenes from Kenji Mizoguchi's film "Oyuki the Virgin", adapted in part from the de Maupassant story "Boule de Suif") - BOTD
The diners waiting to get into Lindy's in 1937 debated whether it sold more cheesecake than strudel years before it became a thing.
Brad Davis | Querelle | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1982.
Virna Lisi | Un Beau Monstre | Sergio Gobbi | 1971.
#BOTD 1905 Rita Page: English actress, known for Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937), Vigil in the Night (1940) Let's Love and Laugh (1931) and Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941).
French poster for THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1927) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Based on the 1913 novel THE LODGER by Marie Belloc Lowndes - BOTD in 1868
#BOTD 1914 Anita Colby: American actress, known for Mary of Scotland (1936), Brute Force (1947) and Cover Girl (1944). Hired by David O. Selznick in the 1940s to school his contract actresses in matters of beauty, poise and publicity. Credited as "America's first supermodel".
Spanish poster for THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) Directed by John Huston - BOTD in 1906
Images from films shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus - BOTD in 1935 World on a Wire (1973) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) What About Bob? (1991) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
French poster for PARTY GIRL (1958) Directed by Nicholas Ray Starring Cyd Charisse and Robert Taylor - BOTD in 1911
Images from films shot by cinematographer Igor Luther - BOTD in 1942 Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) Eden and After (1970) The Tin Drum (1979) Parsifal (1982)
