Elizabeth Taylor (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science fiction film directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter.

The story depicts an extraterrestrial invasion in a small California town. The invaders replace human beings with duplicates that appear identical on the surface but are devoid of any emotion or individuality. A local doctor uncovers what is happening and tries to stop them.

Directed by: Don Siegel
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
Distributed by : Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubbs. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers, hanged in 1932 for the murders of two widows and three children in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Directed by: Charles Laughton

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters

Distributed by: United Artists

Christmas issue - Esquire Magazine Cover (1954)

Concert & Dance with Top 10 R'N'B Review (1955)

James Dean - Bravo Magazine Cover (1959)

Bells of Coronado (1950)

Bells of Coronado is a 1950 western which tells the story of Roy who is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore.


Directed by: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady
Distributed by: Republic Pictures 

Ava Gardner - Sir! Magazine Cover (1957)

Pontiac Chieftain (1949-1958)

The Pontiac Chieftain was an automobile produced by the Pontiac Motors Division of General Motors from 1949 to 1958. Chieftains were one of the first all new car designs to come to Pontiac in the post World War II years.

B.B. King - Singin' The Blues (1956)

B.B. King is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing.
Singin' the Blues is the 1956 compilation album on the Bihari brothers' Crown label.



Guitar, Vocals: B.B.King
Drums: Jesse Price, Jesse Sailes
Saxes: Maxwell Davis, Jewell L. Grant, Lorenzo Holden, Jack McVea, Bumps Myers, Maurice Simon, Floyd Turnham, Charles Waller
Trumpet: Jake "Vernon" Porter
Piano: Willard McDaniel

Tracklist:

Except where otherwise noted, all songs by B.B. King and Jules Taub.

1. Please Love Me" – 2:51

2. You Upset Me Baby" – 3:04

3. Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 2:49

4. Bad Luck" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 2:54

5. 3 O'Clock Blues" (Lowell Fulson) – 3:03

6. Blind Love" – 3:06

7. Woke Up This Morning" – 2:59

8. You Know I Love You" – 3:06

9. Sweet Little Angel" (Lucille Bogan, ? Smith) – 3:00

10. Ten Long Years" – 2:49

11. Did You Ever Love a Woman" (D. Moore) – 2:34

12. Crying Won't Help You" (Hudson Whittaker) – 3:00

Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)

Tito Puente, Sr. was a Latin Jazz and Salsa music musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City.
Dance Mania was released in 1958 for RCA records.


Saxophone: Rafael Palau Gerry Sanfino Tony Buonpastore Scheppe Pullman
Trumpet: Vincent Frisaura, Leon Merian, Frank Lo Pinto, Gene Rapetti
Acoustic Bass: Robert Rodriguez
Piano: Ray Concepción
Bongos: Ray Rodríguez
Congas: Ray Barretto
Percussion, Vibes: Tito Puente
Vocal: Santos Colon


Producer: Fred Reynolds


Tracklist:


1. El Cayuco – 2:33
2. Complicacion – 3:18
3. 3-D Mambo – 2:23
4. Llego Mijan – 3:10
5. Cuando Te Vea – 4:10
6. Hong Kong Mambo – 3:42
7. Mambo Gozon – 2:44
8. Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe – 3:55
9. Varsity Drag – 2:48
10. Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti – 3:10
11. Agua Limpia Todo – 2:55
12. Saca Tu Mujer – 3:02

Angel Face (1952)

Angel Face is a 1952 black-and-white film noir. Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

Directed by: Otto Preminger

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman

Distributed by: RKO pictures

Pageant Magazine Cover (1950s)

Operation Petticoat (1959)

Operation Petticoat is a 1959 comedy film which tells in flashback form the misadventures of a fictional American submarine, the USS Sea Tiger, during the opening days of World War II.

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Starring: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill

Distributed by: Universal International

The Wild One (1953)

The Wild One is a 1953 outlaw biker film. Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Directed by: László Benedek
Starring: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Lee Marvin
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Teen Magazine Cover (1958)

Los Angeles, CA (1950s)

1954 Los Angeles Wilshire Blvd including Bryson Hotel Apartments

 1954 Wilshire Blvd The Town House Building and others

 Bellflower blvd

Miracle Mile Mayco LA 1950s

Pandora and The Flying Dutchman (1951)

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is a 1951 British drama film. In 1930, singer Pandora Reynolds, gorgeous, enigmatic, and fascinated by danger and destruction, has the men of a small Spanish town in despair. Just when race driver Stephen Cameron thinks he's won her, a mysterious yacht appears in the bay whose eerie captain may be the legendary Flying Dutchman. Stephen has an apparently more dangerous rival in the form of an arrogant bullfighter; but Pandora's friendship with the Dutchman may lead them both to a rendezvous with Fate.


Directed by: Albert Lewin
Starring: Ava Gardner, James Mason
Distributed by: Romulus Films (UK), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(US)

Edsel cars (1958-1960)

The Edsel was a marque of car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development, manufacture, and marketing. The name "Edsel" has since become synonymous with failure.


Products:
Full-size: Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger.
Station wagon: Bermuda, Villager, Roundup.

Real Mississippi Highway Patrol 1958 Edsel patrol car shown with Trooper in Port Gibson, Miss. in 1958. 

John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)

John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. 

Blue Train is a hard bop jazz album released for Blue Note Records in 1957. It is considered Coltrane's first solo album, as it is the first he recorded featuring musicians and songs entirely of his choosing.

Tenor Saxophone: John Coltrane

Double Bass: Paul Chambers

Piano: Kenny Drew

Trombone: Curtis Fuller

Drums: Philly Joe Jones

Trumpet: Lee Morgan

Producer: Alfred Lion

Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

Recorded on September 15, 1957, at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Tracklist: 

All songs written by John Coltrane, except where noted:

1. Blue Train – 10:43

2. Moment's Notice – 9:10

3. Locomotion – 7:14

4. I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern/ Johnny Mercer) – 7:58

5. Lazy Bird – 7:00