1930s
Being a movie star getting tougher all the time (1938)
With the public no longer so gullible, there’s a growing tendency among directors to have their stars actually perform stunts and difficult feats wherever practicable.
With the public no longer so gullible, there’s a growing tendency among directors to have their stars actually perform stunts and difficult feats wherever practicable.
Influential singer/songwriter/musician/producer Curtis Mayfield died December 26, 1999 at age 57. He passed away at the North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell, Georgia, from complications arising from diabetes.
While the “finale” in the original article title refers to the fact that this was Clark Gable’s last movie — he died just 12 days after filming of The Misfits ended — looking back, we can see that the phrasing was oddly (and sadly) prescient: Time would eventually reveal that this was Marilyn Monroe’s final film role, too.
If your pickup heads for the barn with the livestock at night, you’re missing a lot. Because you don’t know about Dodge Adventurer, the pickup that plays as hard as it works, and is always ready for more.
A very expectant Barbara Eden, title star of NBC-TV’s fall I Dream of Jeannie series, beamed and smilingly said, “I thought I had picked up a bug somewhere.”
In one of the stranger television concepts in history, Sally Field played the title role of The Flying Nun — 90-pound Sister Bertrille, who could use her starched cornette to take to the skies if the wind were just right.
But being an anchor man is indeed a funny kind of job in journalism. You are what people are familiar with, you’re what they have confidence in. They like some anchor men better than others the way they like some newspapers better than others.
The way it looks… the way it goes … the way it’s built … everything about the 1955 Ford shows it was cut from the same cloth as the heart-stealing Thunderbird.
One of the most difficult problems of Hollywood film producers has been to create the condensed breath that emanates from a person’s mouth on a cold day.
“Thelonious,” a tune from his very first Blue Note session, had verses fashioned from a single ingeniously hammered note, with three horns playing shifting dissonances behind it. He developed the one-note motif in his solo and then abruptly broke into some pure, old-fashioned Harlem oompah stride.
At home, Gladys Consumer is getting ready for dinner. At her core units in the kitchen she consults her home computer to find out how many calories, vitamins, etc. her family will need tonight and what kind of menu will supply it.
What’s in store for the next 10 years? To shed light on the future, Family Weekly invited leaders from all walks of life to gaze into their crystal balls and report what they see. Welcome to the ’80s.
‘Shake It Up’ is a full-fledged quandary by Jon Pareles The new wave groups in the platinum bracket — the Cars, Blondie, the Police —
What were the most popular tunes of the first year of the sixties? Here are Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1960!
Impala SS Convertible with 8 new features for your added safety, including an outside rear-view mirror.
It is not astonishing that the profession of teaching does not in America attract talent, when it is known that the “market value” of a teacher of the first class is hardly $3000 per annum.
Before Flipper was a hit TV show, Luke Halpin appeared as Sandy Ricks in two movies, Flipper and Flipper’s New Adventure!
Even before she wrote Little Women, she was eminent in her family… Louisa May Alcott was a big, lovable, tender-hearted, generous girl, with black hair, thick and long, and flashing, humorous black eyes.
Too many people? Too little space? Ford Motor Company engineers have a better idea. Club Wagons that practically let you custom design the scaling…
The Big Fair in Virginia more than 100 years ago offered Great Wild West show and other attractions give free exhibitions every day and night – plus a huge display of fireworks every night.
It’s like going to the movies. Only better. Because now children can run them all by themselves, just by turning a handle. In slow motion, speeded up or backwards.
There is never a boy child who does not love to play soldier. The young soldier will be happier if he has a soldier cap. Either of the paper ones represented here in reduced size will answer the purpose.
A man gave birth to a mouse. The mouse built the man an empire. A true-life fable, as recounted by Disney’s official biographer.
Knitting an old-fashioned opera hood Make a chain of 90 stitches. Then knit one row across, then seam a row, knit a row, seam a row,
One look tells you Continental styling is new, totally new from the dynamic front grille to the graceful contours of the rear design. And yet you know that this new styling is a contemporary expression of the continuing Continental look.
Take a look back here at Woman’s Day covers during the year 1950, and marvel at how much magazine marketing, photography and graphic design have changed.
For the same reasons you buy one Chevy Chevette, some companies buy a thousand. Chevy Chevette’s built for some demanding customers.
Mustangers always win and Mustangers have more fun. Find out why in this vintage ad series!
Whether you’re a devotee of these sporting clashes or merely resigned to this ritual of winter, “Bowl watching,” you can keep the fans at home content with imaginative and tasty snacks for Super Bowl
The word flapper entangled itself with the ‘dreadful’ side of youth – with jazz, short skirts, bobbed hair, cigarette smoking and gasoline-buggy riding…
Delta doesn’t mind reminiscing about the decade of big hair, leg warmers, neon colors and breakdancing.
1978 Regal. Outwardly, the shape is clean. Uncluttered. Inside, it’s pure magic. In the way it looks. In the way it feels. All in all, a dream car.
Capitalizing on the success of The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman was a spin off that ran for three seasons between ABC and NBC from 1976 to 1978. The show starred Lindsay Wagner…
Pride of possession – a gleam in the owner’s eye… ardent admiration – a gleam in other eyes… this is the impression the new Packard is making on owner and onlooker, alike!
TV Cameos: William Shatner Eyes The Bogart-Grant Heights By Mel Heimer Bill Shatner, these years, likely is as well-rounded, all-encompassing an actor as a hurry
“Once upon a time, there were three beautiful girls who went to the police academy, and they were each assigned very hazardous duties. But I
Where Elvis’ career was born Photo above by Carol M Highsmith
Boston team wins world’s championship Captures deciding game of series from Pittsburg Allows opposing batsmen but four safe hits — Beaneaters touch up Philippe at
Make way for the Lancers by Dodge Gallant and gay… the Dodge Lancers put adventure back in motoring! Here are daring “hardtops” in 2-door and
If you think the Grand Prix is just a big, beautiful, elegant car, you obviously haven’t driven it. Ignore the Grand Prix’s urbane good looks
Carowinds food, shopping & show guide Shopping Info! Be sure to include shopping in your Carowinds visit! You’ll discover over 35 shops throughout the
The daily fun hour: Follow-ball race This game is usually played with a medicine ball, but a basketball or any other sort of air-ball will serve
How do you top a line of cars as luxurious as the Olds Delta 88 for 1967 Bring on an all-new, ultra-luxurious Delta 88 Custom
Wood carving a fashionable accomplishment for the young girl of today When, with refreshing prodigality, a young society woman of New York presented a half
Briarwood home pinball… you’ll flip for it! From Brunswick, leader in home recreation… Introducing Briarwood — commercial-quality home pinball. Now you can choose from six
Sheriff nabs notorious tank robber “Shucks, sheriff,” the deputy cried. “We lose more bandits this-away. Either your big old car runs out of gas, or
Woman-for-President idea gains in favor by George Gallup Princeton, NJ, Oct 28 — A woman for President of the United States? American voters are getting
Nothing is free; everything costs! Sermon by Billie Burke I’m going to preach a sermon from a text that most of us are always forgetting.
A wonderful new hush has come over motoring! Golden Anniversary Packard The last word in automatic, no-shift control! Packard Ultramatic Drive See why it’s
Timothy Hutton’s performance in Ordinary People won him an Oscar, and he became something of a symbol of vulnerability and tenderness for teens.
The original: Just You, Just Me (1929) The song’s first performance, by Lawrence Gray and Marion Davies Duke Ellington “Just You, Just Me”
The surprising Maverick: A new kind of luxury in compact cars. It’s our Luxury Decor Option. Here’s what you get with it: Vinyl roof. Vinyl
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