Plenty of Nothing

Speed Demon

A replica of the motorcycle George Formby rode in the 1935 film No Limit about the TT motorcyle races on the Isle of Man. Source.

Kaguya-Hime (1935)

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Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)

Shima Iwashita plays both sisters in this adaptation of Kawabata's novel Koto. Source.

Multi Pass!

The Fifth Element came out 25 years ago tomorrow. Source. Khaled, "N'ssi N'ssi."

The Sky Is Calling (1959)

небо зовёт (The Sky Is Calling) is a Soviet science fiction film released in 1959. In 1961 Roger Corman bought the US rights, dubbed and recut it and released it as Battle Beyond the Sun. IMDb.

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine starred in Twenty-Four Eyes (1954), the movie within a movie seen about four minutes into Jun Ichikawa's Tugumi (1990) which was based on Banana Yoshimoto's novel Goodbye Tsugumi. See Tugumi here.

PS Waverley in Comfort and Joy (1984)

PS Waverley makes a cameo appearance in Bill Forsyth's Comfort and Joy (1984). The paddle steamer can be seen tied up at the Springfield Quay in Glasgow. See here for an article on the Comfort and Joy locations.

Notre Dame de Backlot

A replica Notre Dame de Paris was created by Universal Studios for the 1923 extravaganza The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The upper part of the cathedral is actually a miniature suspended in front of the camera. Source.

Merle Oberon

Merla Oberon, who played Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and Cathy in Wuthering Heights (1939), was born in Mumbai to a British father and a Sri Lankan mother. Over her career a lot of effort was put into whitewashing her ancestry, but in this portrait photograph she confronts you as a South Asian movie star. Source.

Jigokumon (1953)

Jigokumon, also known as Gate of Hell, the first colour film exported from Japan, was released on this date in 1953. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1954. Machiko Kyō (above) was also in that other movie about a gate, Rashomon. Watch.