Sunday, February 12, 2012

Movie Magic

A wonderful collection of late 1930's American film magazines came my way last week...
I thought I'd just share a few of the colour pages with you...
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Beautifully printed and worthy of framing, which is what I plan to do with some of them.
I particularly like these two ads for Irresistible make up and fragrances.
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And here, two adverts of the time, show the tragic Dionne quintuplets being used to endorse Karo syrup.
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Hope you've had a lovely weekend,
Niki x

14 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:08 pm

    ooooh Niki they are really fabulous! love the couple on ski's.
    Hope you had a lovely weekend xxx

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  2. Goodness they are lovely!!Am very jealous :), What a lovely post - i think framing them is a fantastic idea!! Marina x

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  3. these are fabulous!

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  4. My goodness these are just the kinda of thing I wish would come my way :). And just in time for the Oscars! Look forward to seeing what you frame. Jewels

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  5. How fabulous! Yes, definitely worth framing. They look in excellent condition.
    Carol xx

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  6. Dont you wish that todays magazines and ads still looked like these? Lucky you to have this collection!
    xo
    vivian

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  7. Love, love, love vintage magazines...especially the movie mags.

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  8. Anonymous10:33 am

    Such lovely bright colours. I recently framed a vintage gardening magazine, again the colours were just gorgeous.

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  9. How jealous am I right now ? lol

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  10. What fantastic photos and illustrations! They certainly knew how to put an advert together in the olden days!
    June

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  11. Great images on those lovely mags. Thank you for your blog comment.. think you should try on the vintage ensemble @ The Vintage & Handmade fair on the 25th! xx

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  12. Thanks for the info about the Dionne quintuplets; I had never heard of them so I did some googling, and boy! Exploitation wasn't the word! "Zoo" comes to mind, in fact.

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  13. Hello Attila,
    Thank you for your comment on my blog. I learned of the sad Dionne's story after watching a film made about their birth and the subsequent life they led. There have been several documentaries about the sisters since then, where those of them who were still alive at the time were interviewed and all had very sad stories to tell.
    Niki

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  14. All that nostalgia reminds me of my mom.

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Thank you for finding the time to visit me...
Niki xx