Automobile engineer Louis Réard introduces the modern bikini today in 1946...
His invention, he said, was inspired by this event at Bikini Atoll:
The band in the first video is Bombalurina, and the song is titled Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.
Irene Dunne does a turn as a music hall dancer and singer in this clip from the 1933 movie, The Secret of Madame Blanche:
To conclude this week's dinosaur programming, let's end the morning with a dose of science and a have look at the world's dumbest dinosaur:
Life forms on Earth have assumed various mechanisms to allow for their survival and continued existence, but a little known trait possessed by the ancestor of the common domestic pig allowed the species to survive perilous eons of predation into the modern age.
She was frequently called the best actress who never won an Oscar--Irene Dunne was nominated five times for the Film Academy's Best Actress award but on each occasion it eluded her. It had little effect on her career, however, and little impact on Dunne. Acting had always been secondary, and though she enjoyed the money and fame, she chose to live by her late father's words: "Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life's great stores."
The clip below is from Dunne's first appearance in a comedy film. It comes from the 1936 picture, Theodora Goes Wild, which co-starred Melyvn Douglas:
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 12:00 Zoy Clem in Advertisement, Animation, Saturday Television | Post a Comment This week's guests include Godzilla and King Kong. Let's watch as the two face off on the dance floor:
Email Article | Print Article | Share Article | Permalink | tagged Advertisement, Animation, Saturday Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 10:00 Zoy Clem in Animation, Cartoons, Saturday Television | Post a Comment Despite the mild violence, this documentary film animation provided a comforting message as well as a sense of adventure, and helped billions of young dinosaurs throughout Pangaea cope with their upcoming extinction in the late Triassic period.
A different batch of fireworks is used in this celebration presented by PES:
Felix the Cat returns again this week to parody Shakespeare and woo his Juliet in this 1920's Pat Sullivan classic, Romeeow:
Email Article | Print Article | Share Article | Permalink | tagged Cartoons, Felix the Cat, Surrealism This weekend we'll be taking a look at the chorus girl, opera singer, and actress, Irene Dunne, a stunning multi-talented star who reigned at the box office throughout the 1930's and 40's. For this evening's preview, let's watch Dunne perform the song Lovely To Look At from the 1935 movie, Roberta:
Various members of the animal community are known to possess odd or peculiar survival traits, but this one, utilized by a rare species of amphibian, is one of the strangest:
Most people don't realize it, but our animal cousins in the wild also need exercise on a regular basis to stay firm and fit. These young foxes, hoping to make an impression with the vixen who lives across the street, were captured on film working out in their back yard: