Film and TV star Yvonne Craig, in character as Batgirl and on the beach in the 1960s.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
On this day let us give thanks for the birth of Raquel Welch, who helped set the standard for international sex symbols from the 1960s on. Seen here in BLUEBEARD (1972).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Peter Falk, best known as TV's COLUMBO, an unforgettable character actor remembered for dozens of roles in movies from the late 1950s on, e.g. THE GREAT RACE (1965), THE IN-LAWS (1979), WINGS OF DESIRE and THE PRINCESS BRIDE (both 1987). Worked often with his friend John Cassavetes.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
French actress Mylene Demongeot photographed on a boat in 1965. Her six decade career included playing Helene in Andre Hunebelle's reboot of FANTOMAS the previous year. Merveilleuse!3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in 1970. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
American Film & TV actress Elaine Stewart who was most active during the 1950s in an MGM publicity photo from that era.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Iconic American film and TV actor, and personality Ernest Borgnine, with a career that lasted from the 1950s up until his death in 2012. Pictured in THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967). One of the greatest 'everyman' performers of all time.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Italian actress Sophia Loren in a photo taken during production of the 1954 melodrama La donna del fiume (The River Girl).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A common sight in the residential neighborhoods of North Chicago are the 'tiny free libraries' usually mounted on posts on the road verge. This one, built by a father & son team was designed to honor the Fire station located nearby.1yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/Firefighting
Swedish actress Anita Ekberg an International movie star / Sex symbol of the 1950s and 60s best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The Mind can also be an erogenous zone. - Raquel Welch. There are somedays when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. -Salvador Dali. Pictured together, with his impressionistic portrait of her in 1965.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
British actress Shirley Anne Field, her 7 decade film career had her sharing the screen with Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Steve McQueen, Michael Caine, Daniel Day-Lewis to name a few. She appeared in the Archer's horror thriller PEEPING TOM (1960). Pictured on the beach in the 1960s.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Actress Jocelyn Lane, whose Film & TV career lasted from the mid 1950s to about 1970. She featured in light comedies, Costume adventures and Action oriented TV shows. She co-starred with Elvis Presley in the musical comedy TICKLE ME (1965).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I'm on a boat motherf**ker take a look at me Straight flowing on a boat on the deep blue sea. Photo by Helmut Newton 19753yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Teri Garr, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman having fun on the set of Mel Brook's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Early Days: Director Francis Ford Coppola sits on a rock April 28, 1976 during the filming of 'Apocalypse Now' in the Philippines. Filming was supposed to be over in six weeks but ended up lasting sixteen months.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Here is my very random collection of Mountie figures, and related things that are ‘displayed’ on top of a tall bookcase. I'm not Canadian, but I grew up close to the border and used to visit often. However all this stuff was found in yard sales and thrift shops in the U.S.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/CoolCollections
American actor Harry Dean Stanton on the set of Ridley Scott's ALIEN (1979). During his audition for the film he reportedly told director Scott: I don't like sci fi or monster movies. His film career lasted from 1965 to 2017 and included a plethora of iconic titles.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
My only interest in Women's clothes is what's underneath them. -Lynda Carter (pictured in her iconic role as Wonder Woman 1976)3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Vintage Goldblum: On location in London filming INTO THE NIGHT(1985) and on the street in NYC in 1989.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson on the set of CREEPSHOW (1982). Danson recalled that his friend Leslie frequently got them kicked out of restaurants and once off an airplane (they were flying First Class) because of his love for, and habitual use of, a Fart (noise) maker to startle people.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Joan Jett in her bedroom in her parent's house in Canoga Park, CA back in 1977.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
American actress Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) making a garden grow, as pictured in the 1960s.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Ann-Margret listens to Elvis Presley during a break on the set of VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Senta Berger is an Austrian born Author, Producer and Actress of Stage, Film and TV, whose career began in the late 50s and continues to the present day.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Mick Jones and Nicky 'Topper' Headon, The Clash on the Springfield Road near the Henry Taggart police and Army base in west Belfast in 1977.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Comedy gods Rodney Dangerfield and Redd Foxx. Redd was scheduled for a 10 day run in late July of 1982 at Dangerfield's, Rodney's popular NYC Comedy Club on 1st Avenue but ended up playing through much of August due to popular demand. Photograph by David McGough.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Fred: The two rules of business: 1) Mind your own and 2) Stay the hell out of mine. Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson on SANFORD AND SON (1972)3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Thinking about used bookstores (and related thrift shopping) while on lock down.2yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/BookCollecting
Clint Eastwood backstage in Sammy Davis Jr.'s dressing room at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1959 after one of Sammy's shows. Eastwood was a featured performer on the TV series RAWHIDE (1959-65) at this time.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Ringo Starr having a bit of a tete-a-tete with a whip wielding Raquel Welch on the set of The Magic Christian (1969).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Chief Dan George, of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation in Vancouver, was an actor, musician and writer among many things. Started his film career in the 60s, Oscar nominated for his role in LITTLE BIG MAN (1970), featured in THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976). Pictured in the 60s and 1970.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Tina Louise on the set of THE WARRIOR EMPRESS (1960) playing Sappho. Her co-star Kerwin Mathews had the title role in Ray Harryhausen’s The 7th Voyage of Sinbad two years before this. Tina would go on to great fame via Gilligan’s Island four years later.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Two views of actress Sharon Tate from 1967, in color from Esquire Magazine photo by William Helburn, in B/W a snap taken of Sharon as Jennifer North on the set of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS the fourth major motion picture she was featured in.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Lee Majors was very cool in 1970s, especially if you were still in Elementary school at the time.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Twenty years after her success in FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966) and ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966) actress Raquel Welch still looking wonderful in 1986.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Lee Marvin, WWII Vet and popular Film & TV star known for Crime, Westerns and Action films. Wounded by enemy fire twice in the South Pacific at time when over 95% of his unit was KIA. Known for roles in THE DIRTY DOZEN and POINT BLANK both in 1967. Team player but legendary badass.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Wanda Ventham British Film & Cult TV star, pictured in the early 1970s as her character Colonel Lake, from Gerry Anderson's live-action TV series U.F.O., and with her husband Timothy Carlton and their newborn son Benedict Cumberbatch (July, 1976).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Donald Sutherland as Tank Platoon Commander 'Oddball' on the set of Brian Hutton's WWII adventure film KELLY'S HEROES (1970), featuring Clint Eastwood. I've always appreciated this character's attitude and world view.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Teenage Italian actress and model STEFANIA SANDRELLI in the early 1960s.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Yvonne Craig in the 1960s before becoming TV's Batgirl. Her other cult credits include 2 films with Elvis, a role in IN LIKE FLINT (1967) with James Coburn, and numerous 60s TV credits, e.g. the green Orion slave girl on Star Trek (1969).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I didn't even realize there was an MBX RCMP cruiser out this year, and this listing photo I found on eBay (one of *many*) explains why it'll take some real luck to ever find one at retail. Not impossible but sheesh!11mo ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/matchbox
British Actress Andrea Lloyd in 1972 as that lady that lived on my block when I was in my teens whose husband was always out of town on business, who'd hire me to mow her lawn (or clean her pool) and would come out with a tall glass of ice tea and ask me how my summer was going.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Sally Kellerman the original Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H* in the 1970s. I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time. - Sally Kellerman3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The Duke of New York (Isaac Hayes), Harold Helman (Harry Dean Stanton), and Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau) on the set of John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Elizabeth Hurley strikes a pose at a party in London in December of 1991.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
American actress Michele Carey, she debuted on 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in 1964, and went on from there to perform in dozens of TV shows over the next two decades, mostly in the action genre. She also had a featured role in the John Wayne Western EL DORADO in 1967.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
American Actress and Singer Beverly D'Angelo, with performances in over 60 films she is perhaps best known for playing Chevy Chase's wife in the National Lampoon Vacation films. Was Patsy Cline in A COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1980). Photographed in 1991 by Lynn Goldsmith.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Does this 5 car series have a name and/or a Chase vehicle? (Found at 5 below)10mo ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/HotWheels
the Brit TV comedy niche in my collection (bought back when ordering from Amazon.UK for US delivery was more competitive)2yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/dvdcollection
Gina Lollobrigida in the role of the gypsy Esmeralda in the 1956 production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, directed by Jean Delannoy, and featuring Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
An actor, taking a break, during the production of a film, that was released in 19713yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Michael Caine as Jack Carter in the classic British Crime thriller GET CARTER (1971) directed by Mike Hodges.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
William Shatner during the production era of Star Trek (66-69) with his '63 Corvette Fueli Coupe, and doberman named Kirk.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Just some kids very happy & excited to see a movie back on June 19th, 1989. Photo by Bob Riha Jr.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Titled: Look Who's here. Which has a double meaning since the POV has just entered the saloon,and the amazing cast. Art by Andy Thomas.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/Westerns
Regular guy Harrison Ford, with better tools maybe, in the workshop of his Beverly Hills home back in 1984. He knows how to build furniture, and he can act.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Stage, Film and TV Actress Faye Dunaway with a career that began in the early 1960s in New York and blew up in 1967 when she co-starred with Warren Beatty in Arthur Penn's BONNIE AND CLYDE. Pictured here by the pool and in her 1967 film debut THE HAPPENING.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
For sure not my mom in the 70s with her friends Earl and Fisher, neither of whom could possibly be my dad at what likely wasn't any kind of a biker's rally in Wisconsin.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Steve Smith, JFK's brother-in-law, and the man who managed the Kennedy family fortune after Joe Kennedy Sr. suffered a stroke in 1961, escorts Marilyn Monroe at a private reception in NYC following the JFK birthday event at Madison Square Garden (5.19.62)3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Austrian actress Maria Perschy whose Film and TV career ran from the late 1950s to 1990. She specialized in playing attractive characters in a wide variety of European genre films (Horror, Spy, Thriller, Comedy).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I was so lucky to find Local Hero, which the website said wasn't in the store! Grabbed the DVD of ROTG because I'm not convinced the BR was a visual improvement (according to reviews).1yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/criterion
A handsome Scotsman sets out for a game of golf. 8.29.1962, photo by Chris Ware.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Trading Places (1983) was originally written for Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, but Richard's freebasing accident derailed their involvement which led to the casting of Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Pablo Picasso on a beach in France in the 1960s talking about art to a young girl who is smiling.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A scientific comparison between Mamie Van Doren and Marilyn Monroe conducted in the 1950s.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Stephen King pictured in the 1970s. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. - Stephen King3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Is this the most famous Cop in the entire history of Movies (to date)? Is there another character that even comes close? Clint Eastwood in the role John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra and others all passed on; Don Siegel's Dirty Harry (1971)3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Christopher Reeve in the 1980s\u0010. Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence. - Dalai Lama3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon and Phil Hartman as Frankenstein, Tarzan and Tonto, a recurring sketch from 1987 (+) on Saturday Night Live. Fire bad!3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Asian superstar Chow Yun Fat, star of THE KILLER ('89) and HARD BOILED ('92), as Mark Lee a Triad gangster behind a complicated counterfeiting scheme in John Woo's classic Crime epic A BETTER TOMORROW (1986).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Here's a few Western novels that I picked up at a library sale over the Summer. I've read Haycox before, great writer as well as Jonas Ward, Luke Short and Max Brand whose work I really enjoy. Not so familiar with the others yet.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/Westerns
1970s record store, unless it isn't, hard to pin down I (think) I see a Sex Pistols poster and a young looking Bob Geldof, but the record racks look like typical whenever resale vinyl store and that tattoo on her thigh hmmm, but damn this is a nice image.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
That week back in '67 when my Dad, Aunt Jeri and Grandma Lou spent a week looking for Grandpa.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
here's my Uncle Roger photobombing the Bionic couple back in 1975. Lee Majors is also pictured.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Film and TV star James Garner in his two most famous roles Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford that kept him in the public eye from the 50s through the 1970s between roles in such films as THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963), GRAND PRIX (1966) and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER (1971).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
More Western paperbacks, older ones with some notable writers like L.P. Holmes, Wayne D. Overholser, Ernest Haycox, Luke Short, Clarence E. Mulford and even A.B. Guthrie Jr.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/Westerns
Once one of the brightest stars in the firmament, still popular with TCM addicts and film nerds. A 1930s MGM Personality Poster of William Powell best known for playing Nick Charles in the 'THIN MAN' films. Played a great wit, and made drinking and smoking look very cool (among other things).3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen share some shade on the set of Kathryn Bigelow's vampire thriller NEAR DARK (1987) with a screenplay co-written by Eric Red (THE HITCHER) and Kathryn Bigelow. Ah the 1980s! I miss you Bill!3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter in 1951. Their Hollywood careers on the ascent, they had both appeared in the film THE FROGMAN which was released that year.3yr ⋅ MattelJones ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
