Sunday, February 12, 2012

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (Brown) 1963-2012

 Genre appearances included...
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (Fairy Godmother / performer: "Prologue", "Impossible", "It's Possible", "Finale Ultimo", "There's Music in You")
The Preacher's Wife (Julia Biggs)
The BodyGuard (Rachel Marron / performer: "Queen of the Night")
 Note: The BodyGuard is not really genre, but it's use of footage from the classic 1926 film Metropolis as well as the Maria-Robotrix-influenced costume prominently featured in the video for "Queen of the Night" and the film itself make it worthy, IMHO, of inclusion.

Check out...
Whitney's Official WebSite
A cool FanSite
Other actresses to play Fairy Godmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella include Celeste Holm [1965] and Edie Adams [1957]
Other actresses to play Julia Biggs include...
Actually, in the previous version of this film, The Bishop's Wife [1947], the character was named Julia Brougham and played by Loretta Young.

Monday, February 6, 2012

3-D SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE "Sargasso of Lost Safaris"

Get out the red/blue 3-D glasses (red on the left, blue on the right)...
Cover art for the 1985 reprint by the late, great, Dave Stevens
 ...cause it's 3-D Week at all the RetroBlogs™!
This tale, penciled by Robert Webb and Inked by Ann Brewster for Jumbo Comics #87 (1953), was adapted from 2-D to 3-D for 3-D Sheena Queen of the Jungle #1 (1953) during the 1950s 3-D craze and reprinted (with corrected 3-D effects by Ray Zone) in 1985 (which is the version we're presenting here).

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