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Cinema Stamps

These Swiss stamps celebrating the history of cinema won the prestigious Asiago Award for philatelic art in 2021. Source.

Napoleon (1927)

Abel Gance's film Napoleon was released on this date in 1927. Source.

Pierre of the Plains (1914)

Based on a novel by Gilbert Parker. Source.

The Last Supper in M*A*S*H (1970)

M*A*S*H was released on this date in 1970. Source.

Maria Chapdeline (1950)

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Snow Country (1957)

Keiko Kishi as Komako in the 1957 film adaptation of Kawabata's Yukiguni (Snow Country). Source.

Sylvester (1924)

Lupu Pick's 1924 film Sylvester takes place on New Year's Eve, or Sylvester as they call it in Germany. Source.

Granny Clampett as a Flapper

Irene Ryan had a long show biz career before she landed the role of Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies. Here she is in an early publicity photo, using her original name Jessie Irene Noblette. Source.

The Perils of Pauline (1914)

Pearl White wonders if $250 a week is worth getting into these scrapes. Source.

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Not Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, but in fact Douglas Walton as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Elsa Lanchester as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (and the Bride of Frankenstein), and Gavin Gordon as Lord Byron. Source.