Antique Superheroes

Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:09 UTC

John Gilbert and Norma Shearer in He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:52 UTC

Norma Shearer, John Gilbert #BOTD, and Tully Marshall, on-set of the silent film, "He Who Gets Slapped" (1924)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Lee Hazlewood #BOTD and Ann-Margret, 1969

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

Marty Feldman #BOTD in Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 17:46 UTC

John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone in George Cukor's #BOTD Romeo and Juliet (1936)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 17:24 UTC

During the early and mid 20th century pulp illustrations of science fiction often portrayed men wearing tights as future fashion. Robert Heinlein #BOTD often had his male characters wearing and discussing them. Waldo, Number of the Beast, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:18 UTC

Burt Ward has another kinky day in the Batcave.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 15:33 UTC

Burt Ward #BOTD with Adam West

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

Jean Cocteau's "The Infernal Machine ". Jean Marais, Jeanne Moreau, Alain Nobis. Paris, theater of Bouffes-Parisiens. September 1954

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

Jean Marais And Jean Cocteau #BOTD During The Rehearsal Of The Play The Infernal Machine. 1954

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:01 UTC

Horse costume taken from Jean Cocteau’s #BOTD Le testament d'Orphée (Testament of Orpheus), designed by Janine Janet, 1960

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:09 UTC

Stephen Boyd tames a lion in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:01 UTC

Stephen Boyd learns to walk the tightrope for Billy Rose's Jumbo

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:37 UTC

Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye, and Jimmy Durante Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:00 UTC

Gina Lollabrigida #BOTD lends a helping hand to Burt Lancaster in Trapeze (1956)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:18 UTC

Stephen Boyd #BOTD in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:05 UTC

George Sanders #BOTD in Ivanhoe (1953)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) as a fairy prince, 1874

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:02 UTC

Table manners? I'm the king!

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

The king will wrestle you now

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 14:23 UTC

Charles Laughton #BOTD in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 16:28 UTC

The Flying Fontaines (1959) posed publicity still

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 15:30 UTC

Ed “Strangler” Lewis #BOTD vs. Dick Shikat, 1932

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:24 UTC

Ian Bannen #BOTD Scottish actor as Hamlet (1961)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:21 UTC

Ian Bannen #BOTD Scottish actor as Hamlet (1961)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:18 UTC

Mel Brooks #BOTD in TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1983)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:15 UTC

A special shoutout to Mel Brooks for the song that launched a thousand fan skits where men brag about their tights.

Japanese poster for Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 17:29 UTC

Patrick Sercu #BOTD of Belgium (left) and Palle Lykke of Denmark warm up for the six-day cycle race at Wembley. 1968

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 13:52 UTC

#BOTD Italian baritone Giuseppe Taddei. (1916 – 2010)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 13:51 UTC

#BOTD Giuseppe Taddei signed photograph as Falstaff.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 16:06 UTC

Strongmen at the Thule Athletic Club, Trelleborg, Sweden 1898

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 20:35 UTC

Johnny gave me apples, Johnny gave me pears. Johnny gave me 50 cents To kiss him on the stairs. I gave him back his apples, I gave him back his pears. I gave him back his 50 cents And kicked him down the stairs.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:40 UTC

Actress Winifred Westover enjoys fighting against her friend Jack Dempsey, the boxing champion, circa 1930 in Atlantic City, NJ.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

#MondayMotivation

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:22 UTC

Jack Dempsey 1925

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:12 UTC

Jack Dempsey boxing with a mirror

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:29 UTC

Jack Dempsey sparring ca 1920s

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:59 UTC

Happy Jack Dempsey's Birthday to all who celebrate!

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 17:20 UTC

Tommy Rall, Bobby Van, Ann Miller, and Bob Fosse in a magazine article extolling the wonders of Kiss Me, Kate in 3D

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 16:44 UTC

Tommy Rall, Bobby Van, Ann Miller, and Bob Fosse in Kiss Me, Kate

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

Kiss Me Kate (1953) Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 16:20 UTC

Bob Fosse #BOTD, Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, and Bobby Van in Kiss Me Kate (1953)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 17:39 UTC

Walter Murray Guthrie and his wife in The Devonshire House Ball, London, England, 1897.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

Walter Murray Guthrie and his wife in The Devonshire House Ball, London, England, 1897.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 16:51 UTC

On the flying trapeze at the Ringling Brothers circus by Tony Karp

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 18:31 UTC

Errol ponders the best cure for hangovers after his birthday fete.

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 15:43 UTC

Errol Flynn Gina Lollobrigida in “Crossed Swords” (1954)

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

It's December 1947 and Errol Flynn has just popped a new record in the annals of film history. The record? He's busted the seams on more pairs of tights than any other actor in motion pictures. imaginemdd.blogspot.com/2014/12/erro...

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Antique Superheroes @antiquesuperheroes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 14:22 UTC

Errol Flynn various costume tests

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