Simone Simon: Remembering the 'Cat People' and 'La Bête Humaine' star (photo: Simone Simon 'Cat People' publicity) Pert, pretty, pouty, and fiery-tempered Simone Simon – who died at age 94 ten years ago, on Feb. 22, 2005 – is best known for her starring role in Jacques Tourneur's cult horror movie classic Cat People (1942). Those aware of the existence of film industries outside Hollywood will also remember Simon for her button-nosed femme fatale in Jean Renoir's French film noir La Bête Humaine (1938).[1] In fact, long before Brigitte Bardot, Annette Stroyberg, Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, Ann-Margret, and Barbarella's Jane Fonda became known as cinema's Sex Kittens, Simone Simon exuded feline charm – with a tad of puppy dog wistfulness – in a film career that spanned two continents and a quarter of a century. From the early '30s to the mid-'50s, she seduced men young and old on both...
- 2/20/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Wading through the crowds of more than 70,000 comic book/anime/games fans @ the 16th edition of FanExpo Canada in Toronto this weekend, we managed to score some original comic book art from Harvey Comics' "The Sad Sack", circa 1959.
The original character, named after the euphemistic shortening of the military slang "sad sack of shit", was created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II, set in the Us Army, depicting an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing military life.
"The Sad Sack" debuted as a comic strip June 1942 in the first issue of "Yank, The Army Weekly".
This was followed by Harvey Comics publishing original 'Sad Sack' stories in various comic book series, September 1949 to October 1982, including "Sad Sack's Funny Friends" (Dec. 1955 - Oct. 1969) and "Sad Sack and the Sarge" (Sept. 1957 - June 1982).
Supporting characters included "The Sarge", 'Slob Slobinski', 'Sadie Sack', 'Hi-Fi Tweeter', 'General Rockjaw' and 'Muttsy', the talking dog.
The original character, named after the euphemistic shortening of the military slang "sad sack of shit", was created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II, set in the Us Army, depicting an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing military life.
"The Sad Sack" debuted as a comic strip June 1942 in the first issue of "Yank, The Army Weekly".
This was followed by Harvey Comics publishing original 'Sad Sack' stories in various comic book series, September 1949 to October 1982, including "Sad Sack's Funny Friends" (Dec. 1955 - Oct. 1969) and "Sad Sack and the Sarge" (Sept. 1957 - June 1982).
Supporting characters included "The Sarge", 'Slob Slobinski', 'Sadie Sack', 'Hi-Fi Tweeter', 'General Rockjaw' and 'Muttsy', the talking dog.
- 8/30/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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