



Original post here. Images appear to be from the TV series Hannibal, Season 1, Episode 8 (“Fromage“). Sourced to the-platonic-blow via vixensandmonsters.
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Christmas turkey

According to the Drake’s Way tumblr, this is a cover from the Paris weekly magazine La Vie Parisienne, specifically from the December 22, 1917 issue, and the cover art is by Georges Léonnec.
A website now preserved only in the Internet Archive offered this description of La Vie Parisienne as a magazine:
‘La Vie Parisienne’ was one of the more famous and well-known of specifically Parisienne magazines. Originally intended as a guide to the privileged social and artistic life in the French capital, it soon evolved into a mildly risqué publication in which illustrations of scantily clad damsels abounded. It was all done in very good taste though it had more than its fair share of detractors. General Pershing for one is said to have personally warned American servicemen against purchasing the magazine – for little good that would have done. ‘La Vie Parisienne’ was also banned in certain countries such as neighboring Belgium for instance, though in war-time it appeared that such silly regulations were not always adhered to.
The magazine was very popular and spawned a number of pre-war imitators, such as ‘Le Sourire’, ‘Le Rire’, ‘Le Regiment’, ‘Fantasio’ and others. As a source of erotica, ‘la Vie Parisienne’ was by far overshadowed by its (foreign) reputation. A reputation that was certainly undeserved, for apart from some slightly revealing drawings of lightly clad ladies or the occasional tastefully executed art-nouveau nude illustration, the magazine was not much more than a high class literary humor magazine. Supposedly infamous for its private advertisements, these small personal ads were seldom much more than classic lonely-hearts or marriage-seeking personals.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
Frankenstein gets loose

Original post here. Image contains the text “Frankenstein s’est échappé! En Warnercolor. Peter Cushing. Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart. Christopher Lee. Scénario de Jimmy Sangster. Mise en scène Terence Fisher. Producteur delegue Michel Carreras.” Sourced via vixensandmonsters. Original text:
Curse of Frankenstein, French poster
Will he make it, folks?

Original post here. Image contains the text “Champion Comics. August No. 10. Duke O’Dowd. Jungleman. The Champ. Liberty Lads. Neptina. Johnny Fox. Dragon’s Teeth and many others. Cash Prizes/Monthly Contest.” Original text:
A bound and gagged female, torn clothes, an explosive device, and a hero that MAY just make it in time to prevent disaster.
Classic damsel in distress scene in this comic cover from Champion Comics, August 1940.
Weird Comics

As is evident, this is the cover of Weird Comics #2. Text on the cover includes: “Weird Comics. The mummy stirred…a gun flashed and blasted the fiend into eternity. Thor – Sorceress of Zoom — Blast Bennett.” According to this page (where the comic may be viewed in its entirety and where its entire contents are listed) the comic was published in May of 1940 by Fox Feature Syndicate. According to ComicVine the cover artist is Lou Fine.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
Fright
“And kiss your ass goodbye…”

Original post here. Sourced via erotiterrorist. Original text:
This is an amazing, absolutely unique, perfectly preserved Atom-age Nuclear Survival Kit from the 1960s. Made by Family Survival Service of San Francisco. Contains enough food and water to support one person for 10 days. “Contents Protected Against Radioactive Fallout” It’s all here! Comes with hot breakfasts (2 servings of Ralston, 3 servings of Farina), Hot Dinners (Macaroni & Cream, Chili & Beans, Spanish Rice, Cheese & Rice Casserole, & Vegetable Stew), twelve 12-oz cans of US Aqua drinking water, 10 servings of hot chocolate, A First Aid kit, A tiny folding stove with a can of Sterno, 2 dozen paper towels, 2 plastic cups, matches, candles, a can opener, silverware, a bag, and a book called We Will: Do-it-yourself Survival In The Atom Age, which contains a lot of ranting about the commies and Russians but doesn’t exactly address what you’re supposed to do ten days after the bomb drops and the skies are on fire but you’re out of Mac & Cream.
Strikingly evocative of cold war paranoia. A must have for the apocalypse. A once-in-a-lifetime chance to own this piece of grim Americana.
Another lady and tiger

This image of a reclining nude and a snarling tiger is captioned “La Proie” (“The Prey”) and the artist’s signature visible is “E. Klem.” This signature appears to match illustrations (such as this one) that appeared in the 1930s in the Paris weekly magazine La Vie Parisienne; this link shows eight examples of similar artwork for that publication. This is probably the same artist as the Eugene Klementieff (or Klementief) who is said here to have sometimes signed his work “E. Klem.”, but it’s not certain. His artworks listed here are for the most part quite distinctively different, but this one offers some visual similarities and the E. Klementieff signature visible on it looks to be in the same hand as the signature on “La Proie”. Here’s a capsule bio of “Evgenii Klementiev” stating:
The son of the artist Aleksei Klementiev (1875-1946), Eugène Klementieff spent most of his life in France. A graduate of the famous Cubist Académie André Lhote, Paris, he exhibited at the Salon d’Indepéndant and Salon d’Automne. Known for his portraits and still lifes, Klementiev is best remembered for his murals in the Eglise Sainte Jeanne d’Arc in Nice.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
Through these doors lies ruin

Original post here. Original text:
Through These Doors Lie Ruin
Source: floodspectre (reddit)
Promoting Caligari

Image contains the text “Cinéa. Numéro 35, 8 Janvier 1922. Un franc. Ayez pitié des beaux films, même étrangers. N’acclamez pas trop les mavais films, même français. Hebdomadiare Illustré — Louis DELLUC, Directeur. Paris, 10, Rue de l’Elysée — Téléph. : Elysées 58-84. Londres: a.F. Rose, Répresentative, 102 Charing Cross Rd. W.C. 2. Le Cabinet de Docteur Caligari.”

Image contains the text “Le Cabinet du Docteur Caligari. C’est un film unique, par son drame et sa nouveauté d’exécution. Ceux qui le verront une fois ne pourront plus l’oublier de leur vie. Exclusivité ‘Cosmograph’ 7, Faubourg du Temple, Paris.”
Original post here. Sourced via vixensandmonsters. Original text:
the CABINET OF DR.CALIGARI (1919) in a french film magazine in 1922
