Gems of the (Previous Few) Week(s)

Andy J. Miller.

We Never Sleep / Photo by Dustin Fenstermacher.

Karen Barbé.

Christopher Monro DeLorenzo.

scout&catalogue.

Kaye Blegvad.

Mélanie Laurent - Vogue (January 2013).

From the Cooper-Hewitt collection via Keep Feeling Fascination.

Desktop wallpaper by Juliabe.

Rawaan Alkhatib for Of a Kind (also - Scarf Show and Tell / more about Rawaan / her cucumber caramel ice cream).

Sidenote... I love Rawaan's website design.

Melissa Castrillon.

Also -

• Peanuts in “braille”
• I would wear this dress so frequently
• sweet looks at Miss Moss
• an interview with Jen Collins
• an Ed Emberley app
• ... and an Eric Carle one
• an illustrative / interactive Moonrise Kingdom screenplay

SMILE!

Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire practicing a routine for You Were Never Lovelier.

Peter Pan.

Edward Steichen.

Jay Cover.

Bubble Bee.

Skating on a frozen pond in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1938.

Alice in Wonderland.

via.

Boston Public Library.

Rope of Sand.

Pablo Luebert.

Philippe Halsman.

William Claxton.

Dasha Tolstikova.

Alice in Wonderland.

See all of the previous COMPILATION posts here.

The Moon-Spinners

The Moon-Spinners (1964) starring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach and Peter McEnery.

wikipedia / netflix / watch / imdb

I'm taking the whole "when you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" route on this one.

Summary (via) - 

Based on the Mary Stewart novel of the same name, this film finds Mills and her aunt visiting a Cretan village on holiday. In the face of hostility from their innkeeper's brother (Eli Wallach), the pair befriend a fellow Brit. The young man's escapades with jewel thief Wallach draw a beguiled Mills into a sometimes perilous adventure involving a harrowing ride upon the sails of a windmill, hiding out in an underground crypt, and a showdown with a cheetah-loving millionairess (the scene-stealing Pola Negri) aboard her yacht.

I love Swiss Family Robinson so much, I saw Old Yeller many a time and I sat through at least a few viewings of The Parent Trap...... but other than that, I haven't seen very many of those sort of old live-action Disney movies. So, I thought I'd start watching some.

(Note - I consider movies like Bedknobs & Broomsticks and Mary Poppins to be in a whole other category.)

My first choice was one I'd never heard of before - this one. The fact that I hadn't heard of it should've told me something. Ha. This movie isn't exactly a treat. I'm interested in hearing if any of you guys used to watch it as kids in the same way I watched Swiss Family Robinson. I'm sorry for you if you did. 

JK. 

But. Yeah...... It's no SFR.

At least there's attractive scenery. Crete.

The most insufferable pair on EARTH.

These guys were pretty cool.

To see all the rest of the movie posts go here.