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Frankenweenie 1984-2012
Oh no he's not R.I.P., he's rising from the grave on Oct. 5, 2012 Woo-hoo! Tim Burton is coming back to stop motion animation. From the Frankenweenie short to a full-length stop motion feature, Frankenweenie will be back or at least properly released on the big screen for the first...
The faces and bodies of Frankenstein's monster
38 faces & 42 interpretations, adaptations of Frankenstein's looks Charles Ogle was the first face of Frankenstein for the first adaptation of Frankenstein (1910), which believe it or not it was produced by Edison Studios. Yes! Thomas Edison the inventor. Here are the ones that followed: Boris Karloff - as...
Saul Bass - The Shining (1980)
Saul's work shining again and again and again Continuing looking at Saul Bass's work. Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's book The Shining is a masterpiece of modern horror. We started connecting some dots and remembering: The Comedy of The Shining - trailer The Horror of The Shining - trailer When was the last time that...
Guerre Stellari for A Fistful of Dollars
Not the poster you were looking for As Louis Smeedley was doing research on our recent post "Is Star Wars George Lucas's Fantasia?" he came across this Italian poster of Star Wars (1977) (Guerre Stellari). Illustrated by Michelangelo Papuzza there seems to be little available on the net about...
Sherlock Holmes, Private Life or A Game of Shadows
Elementary Watson! So we were doing research looking at Billy Wilder and then the new Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows caught our eye. It will be hitting theatres on December 16, 2011. Brace yourselves for the impact! Getting back to the research…Take a look at the trailer for The Private Life of...
Another Saul Bass home run - Love in the afternoon (1957)
SAUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE FILM INDUSTRY AGAIN. Selling a movie with the name of the cast is not news - producers, distributors, and investors push it all the time. But here with Love in the Afternoon (1957), Saul Bass does it with a command of design, with style! Would...
Saul Bass Designer Galore - One, Two, Three (1961)
Saul Contribution to the Film Industry.
How about some basic design! Saul Bass really knew his A, B, C's of design, and he's definitely showing it in One, Two, Three (1961) a crazy Billy Wilder comedy.
A good time for toys
Don’t you just love it when two of your favorites come together? We couldn’t be more thrilled that Swiss watchmaker Swatch has teamed up with vinyl art toy specialist Kidrobot for a special collection of watches and toys. The collection combines Swatch’s classic ‘Gent’ watch with Kidrobot’s ‘Dunny’ –...
Comic-Con 2011 Round Up - Part 2
Everywhere you looked at Comic-Con 2011, you were surrounded by legends. We all had our “you won’t believe what just happened to me” moments. Mr. Druthers discovered that he and Darnell Duffy attended the same summer camp and both went home early covered in poison ivy. For Louis it was...
Comic-Con 2011 Round Up – Part 1
Fans of Comic books, films, and the popular arts invaded San Diego again, in a big way. Comic-Con gets bigger every year. Between all the panels and the costumes and all the great stuff in the exhibit hall, sometimes it’s hard to know what to do first. For Margie, first...
Time for something very different
Need a little extra time in your day? We might just be able to help. The buzz you’ve heard is true. Yes, we’ve got a 1950s manual for a Cudworth-Hooper product. And yes, that product is a time machine. Cudworth-Hooper products are everywhere. We just didn’t realize that they were...
Something for everyone at the big show
THE BEST PART OF COMIC-CON? THE STARS? THE COSTUMES? THE GOODIE BAGS? For us at Curio & Co. the highlight of the summer is always Comic-Con. There’s so much to see and do when we’re there: from panels and discussions to costumes and fan meet-ups, and of course the...