Raquel Welch in The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)

Posted by Embla on April 13, 2023

The Biggest Bundle of Them All is a 1968 American crime film set in Naples, Italy. The story is about a mobster and a novice gang of crooks who team up to steal $5 million worth of platinum ingots from a train. The film stars Robert Wagner and Raquel Welch and was directed by Ken Annakin.

Raquel Welch, The Biggest Bundle of Them All, 1968 via

Raquel Welch, The Biggest Bundle of Them All, 1968 via

James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Posted by Embla on January 26, 2023

Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American coming-of-age drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. The film was a groundbreaking attempt to portray the moral decay of American youth, critique parental style, and explore the differences and conflicts between generations. The title was adopted from psychiatrist Robert M. Lindner’s 1944 book, Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath.

The film stars James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood. Warner Bros. released the film on October 27th, 1955, nearly a month after Dean’s death in a car accident on September 30th, 1955.

Over the years the film has achieved landmark status for the performance of Dean. In 1990, Rebel Without a Cause was added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant”.

James Dean on the set of Rebel Without A Cause, 1955 via

James Dean, Rebel Without A Cause, 1955 via

James Dean, Rebel Without A Cause, 1955 via

James Dean, Rebel Without A Cause, 1955 via

James Dean and Natalie Wood, Rebel Without A Cause, 1955 via

Vera Fokina in Scheherazade (1914)

Posted by Embla on December 30, 2019

Vera Fokina (1886-1958) was a Russian-American ballerina. In 1906 she married the groundbreaking Russian choreographer and dancer Michel Fokine.

The ballet Scheherazade premiered on June 4th 1910, at the Opéra Garnier in Paris by the Ballets Russes. The choreography for the ballet was by Michel Fokine and the libretto was from Fokine and Léon Bakst.

The Ballet Russes’ Scheherazade is known for its traditionally dazzling costumes, opulent scenery, and erotic choreography and narrative which was rarely seen in ballets of the time.

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Vera Fokina in Scheherazade at Kungliga Operan, 1914 via

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Louise Glaum as “The Wolf Woman” (1916)

Posted by Embla on December 8, 2019

The Wolf Woman is a 1916 silent era drama motion picture starring Louise Glaum. Leila Aradella (played by Glaum), is a young and egotistical woman, who finds pleasure from preying on weak men with her charm and beauty.

After seeing the film, it was reported that New York critics unanimously pronounced Glaum as “the greatest vampire woman of all time.”

Another reviewer noted that Glaum had become famous for her “vampire” characterizations and billed The Wolf Woman as the “Greatest Vampire picture of all”.

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Louise Glaum in The Wolf Woman, 1916 via

Musidora as Irma Vep in “Les Vampires” (1915)

Posted by Embla on December 8, 2019

Les Vampires is a 1915–16 French silent crime serial film written and directed by Louis Feuillade. Set in Paris, it stars Édouard Mathé, Musidora and Marcel Lévesque.

The main characters are a journalist and his friend who become involved in trying to uncover and stop a bizarre underground Apache gang, known as The Vampires (who are not the mythological beings their name suggests).

Musidora appears as cabaret singer Irma Vep (an anagram of “vampire”), who has a leading role in The Vampires crimes.

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