Creating The Sound Of The Millennium Falcon’s Hyperdrive Failure
In this video clip, Academy Award winning sound designer Ben Burtt shows us how he designed the now very memorable noise created by the Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive failure in the…
Dovima with Elephants – A Beautiful Vintage Photograph
In her heyday, Dorothy Hora (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), aka Dovima, was reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time. This spectacular black and white photograph,…
Vintage Princess Leia
Click on the image to view large. A daguerreotype of a fashionable young lady, with a hairstyle strikingly similar to that of Princess Leia’s “cinnamon buns” that we have all…
VHS Tape Notebooks
A lot of you would have never laid eyes on a VHS tape, let alone spent entire weekends watching cartoons and recorded TV shows on those clunky relics from the…
The Hare and the Tortoise
One of Aesop’s most popular fables is brought to life in this charming little live action film, released circa 1947 by Encyclopedia Britannica Films. [via Brain Pickings and Miss C…
A Stunning Vintage Photograph of Ethel Barrymore
“For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the…
1950’s Kool Aid Commercial
“And it’s so thrifty…” Link to the video on Youtube. [via Miss C Recommends]
Sesame Street – A Clown’s Face
A ‘70s vintage clip from Sesame Street, that teaches kids that clowns look totally different underneath all that (scary, nightmare-inducing) face paint.
Vintage “Eye Flirtation” Guide
From a vintage pamphlet "All About Girls," circa 1900. [via Dull Tool Dim Bulb]
