Downtown Las Vegas, September 1960
Golden Nugget: Bob Wills, Pat Marino, Harry Ranch, Bobbie & Smoky Coats – 9/15/60. Photos via Steve Logan.
Month: December 2016
Ida Lupino in Road House (Jean Negulesco, 1948)
“Of all the actresses associated with film noir, Ida Lupino (1918-1995) seems the most complex. Ms. Lupino could be as sultry and sassy as Lauren Bacall while projecting an aching vulnerability. As world-weary as Gloria Grahame, she never came across as fragile, particularly in her subsequent work as a director….
“Road House” may be Ms. Lupino’s defining vehicle.” – J. Hoberman, New York Times
see full article in the NYTimes here
“I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they’ll run the other way.” – Hedy Lamarr
The Ancient and Honorable Society of Atom Bomb Watchers, Flamingo, Las Vegas, 1952.
“Bomb Tests Draw Tourists: Hope of seeing and feeling the effects of a ‘baby A-bomb’ blast has become great a tourist lure here as the chance of doubling money
at the roulette wheels. Atomic Energy
commission officials, visiting newspapermen and the local press have organized the Ancient and Honorable
Society of Atom Bomb Watchers, which held its first meeting at the
Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.” – Desert Magazine. Photo by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine.
Noir By Night 