Harry Smith

harry smith " was an artist whose activities and interests put him at the center of the mid twentieth-century American avant-garde. Although best known as a filmmaker and musicologist, he frequently described himself as a painter, and his varied projects called on his skills as an anthropologist, linguist, and translator. He had a lifelong interest in the occult and esoteric fields of knowledge, leading him to speak of his art in alchemical and cosmological terms."
--
Here is the fourth part of his Early Abstractions project (1946-57)

Harry Smith > No. 10: Mirror Animations (1957) uploaded by Don Juan Aux Enfers
--
Follow the links and download the essential Harry Smith's folk 78rpm collection :
Anthology of American Folk Music (originally released on Folkways in 1952) with 84 songs from various artists recorded between 1927 and 1932. A must have !


zSHARE disc1
zSHARE disc2
zSHARE disc3
zSHARE disc4
zSHARE disc5
zSHARE disc6




--
Read an interesting review by Paul D. Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky at realitysandwich.com
--
www.harrysmitharchives.com

Un grand merci à Ni !

last but not least ...

Last but not least the excellent "Champaign a Go-Go volume 1" shared on Number06's blog Sounds Of Vinyls (side 2)
This month an amazing cocktail of original soundtracks and other groovy rarities from the 70's !(including all original lp cover art scans)
The selection begins with the heavy breakbeat of the psyché-pop sound collages of Alain Goraguer, an icredibly groovy track from the 1970 movie "sur un arbre perché" featuring Louis De Funes.)A must hear !
Download it now !
--
Thanks for sharing these amazing Lps Number 6. Great comp' !
--
Number 6's blog

Emile Cohl

"Mobilier Fidele" (1909)

Emile Cohl (1857-1938)

A French caricaturist of the largely-forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".

"Fantasmagorie" (1908)
--
learn more about Emile Cohl on Wikipedia
emilecohl.com (in french)
--

Cyd Charisse in "The Silencers" (1966)

Girls, guns and dynamite.
"Guest star Cyd Charisse (dubbed by Vicki Carr) performs "Santiago" by Elmer Bernstein and Mack David in the first Matt Helm (Dean Martin) film."
Uploaded by icecoldkatie
Thanks to Marilou.

Rita Hayworth - please don't kiss me (1947)

From Orson Welles' movie : "The Lady From Shangai" (1947) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040525/

1930's home entertainement

Your Best Choice in 1929 Home Entertainment !