Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s - Vintage Movie Photos

VINTAGE MOVIE PHOTOS: STEVE MCQUEEN AND JACQUELINE BISSET ON THE SET OF "BULLITT"

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:36:00 -0500

Rare photo of Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset on the set of Bullitt, 1968.

OUT OF THE PAST: YOUNG GUN CLINT EASTWOOD

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:13:00 -0500

The Huffington Post provides this rare candid of young Clint Eastwood, probably in the pre-Rawhide era when he was still a contract player trying to get noticed. For more click here

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE ADS: "TONY ROME", "THE SOUND OF MUSIC", "FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD" AND "FITZWILLY" (1967)

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:54:00 -0600

This Canadian Odeon Theatres newspaper display ad dates from 1967 and it shows a wealth of gems playing at the same time: Frank Sinatra as Tony Rome, The Sound of Music, Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon in Fitzwilly and Far From the Madding Crowd. Ah, if we only had a time machine!

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE ADS: "BECKET" (1964) IN 70MM

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0600

The superb web site www.in70mm.com provides a wealth of vintage movie ads including this great vintage advert for the 70mm British presentation of Becket (1964) starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE POSTERS:"THE SILENCERS" (1966) AUSTRALIAN DAYBILL

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:33:00 -0600

Given all the controversy about the movie poster for the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only that depicted Agent 007 as seen through the open legs of a bikini-clad model, you would think it was the first time that concept had been used for an ad campaign. In fact, there are plenty of precedents including this Australian daybill poster for Dean Martin's first Matt Helm film, The Silencers (1966).

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE MARQUEES: "THE COMANCHEROS" (1961) IN MERCED, CALIFORNIA

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:59:00 -0600

On December 21, 1961 the Merced Theatre in Merced, California hosted a Christmas party for 2,000 local children who got to see John Wayne's latest flick, The Comancheros, along with Misty starring David Ladd. (Photo: Merced County Sun-Star)

GRATUITOUSLY SEXY PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: JOAN COLLINS & ELVIS PRESLEY

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:08:00 -0600

Joan Collins has been a sex symbol for so long, we think they found provocative sketches of her on cave walls. Here she is in early sex kitten mode from the 1958 Paul Newman comedy Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys.

Elvis in beefcake mode for the 1962 version of Kid Galahad (the film was made previously in 1937 starring Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart)

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE ADS: "THE BATTLE OF ANZIO" AND "DON'T RAISE THE BRIDGE, LOWER THE RIVER"

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:43:00 -0500

Here's a bizarre double feature that opened in England in 1968: the would-be epic WWII movie The Battle of Anzio starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk on the same bill as Jerry Lewis' Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River. Note: in the USA, the Mitchum film was released under the title Anzio.

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE ADS: "THE LONGEST DAY"

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:03:00 -0500

Ad for the British 1969 re-release of The Longest Day to commemorate the 25th anniversary of D-Day.

THOSE GLORIOUS OLD MOVIE MARQUEES: "THE PLEASURE GIRLS" TAKE LONDON (1965)

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:22:00 -0500

Cinema Retro reader and contributor Kev Wilkinson was kind enough to provide these rare photos of the British sexploitation film The Pleasure Girls playing at London theaters in 1965. For Adrian Smith's extensive articles on the British sex film industry in the 60s and 70s, see Cinema Retro issues #23 and #24.

RARE CLINT EASTWOOD "COMIC STRIP" FROM 1986

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:45:00 -0500

Here's a curiosity brought to our attention by reader Mike Boldt...a 1986 Sunday comic strip tribute to the career of Clint Eastwood by artist John Roman.

VINTAGE MOVIE PHOTOS: STEVE MCQUEEN GOES "007" WITH HIS FERRARI

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:44:00 -0500

Cinema Retro contributor David Dorward found this interesting photo of young Steve McQueen and his wife posing with his Ferrari Lusso. The license plate number reads 007! We think this may be just a coincidence that one of real-life coolest guys on the planet had a license plate pertaining to the one of the coolest fictional characters, as the Bond phenomenon hadn't totally kicked in yet...unless McQueen was so smitten by the Ian Fleming novels and the release of Dr. No on screen that he was inspired to request "007". Either way, it makes for a fascinating photo.

GRATUITOUSLY SEXY PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: LINDA HAYDEN IN "BABY LOVE"

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:51:00 -0500

British actress Linda Hayden was only 15 years-old when she made her big screen debut in the 1968 film Baby Love. The movie cast her as a teenage vixen who uses her sexual prowess to wreak havoc on the family she is living with. The film, which has been little-seen in America, caused a sensation in the UK with some critics decrying the blatant use of such a young girl in role that was so sexually-driven. (Hope they never see Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver!) Ironically, the film was deemed so provocative that Hayden was not legally of age to see it when it opened in England. (For full report on the movie, see Cinema Retro issue #11)

WHEN HARRY MET QUILLER

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:37:00 -0500

Here's a regrettably grainy but ultra-rare shot from the Cinema Retro archive, circa June 1966. It depicts a chance meeting of two major spy movie stars of that year, as Michael Caine bumped into George Segal on location in Berlin. Caine was reprising his Harry Palmer in Funeral in Berlin while Segal was shooting The Quiller Memorandum. Remember, every issue of our magazine edition is packed with rare photos and production ads you've never seen, so subscribe today!

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BOSOM BUDDIES - NOT! WHEN SOPHIA LOREN MET JAYNE MANSFIELD

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:46:00 -0500

The year was 1957 when rising sex symbol Sophia Loren fell victim to notorious up-stager Jayne Mansfield at a Beverly Hills dinner event. Mansfield was a camera hog who didn't let her limited talents discourage her from trying to steal the limelight from every other female sex symbol. Sophia's expression speaks volumes.