French postcard by EC, no. 543. Photo: Publicity still for Die Apachen von Paris/Paname...n'est pas Paris/Apaches of Paris (Nikolai Malikoff, 1927). Collection: Didier Hanson. Jaque Catelain was one of the most well-known faces of the French silent era. Catelain, also written Jaque-Catelain, Jacques Catelain and Jacque Cathelain, was originally named Jacques Guerin-Castelain (1897-1965). Ruth Weyher (1901 - 1983) was a German actress of the silent cinema, famous for films like Schatten//Shadows (1923), Die keusche Susanne/The Girl in the Taxi (1926) and Geheimnisse einer Seele/Secrets of a Soul (1926). For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards or follow us at Tumblr.
" Paname, c'est fou c'que tu peux faire causer Mais les gens sav'nt pas qui tu es Ils viv'nt chez toi mais t'voient jamais." LES APACHES Paname a toujours été une ville de voyous. De la cour des miracles médiévale aux tribus urbaines actuelles, chaque...
1907 The Paris of the Belle Époque saw the emergence of a certain type of street outcasts; a subculture that combined killer style with the criminal underworld. They were known as, les Apaches. They lived in secret dens in the city outskirts, shunned the idea of honest labor and took their name
Soirée-assauts du 31 octobre 2012
Apache Dance, 1918, Isaac Grünewald. Swedish (1889 - 1946)
Two ‘Apache’ dancers hanging out in a cafe in Paris in 1938. I’m going to roll the clock back to my earliest recollection of seeing what was essentially a version of the “Apache” dance that was featured on, of all things one of the original installments of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon series that I saw on TV as a child during the 1970s. The short in question was the seventeenth ever produced, in 1934, called “The Dance Contest.” In it Popeye and his gangly girlfriend Olive Oyl enter a dance contest which of course Popeye’s nemesis Bluto attempts to disrupt. When Bluto finally gets his chance dance with Olive he recklessly and abusively hurls her around—much in the style of an Apache dance. Naturally, Popeye is having none of that and after downing a can of his famous spinach, he takes over the lead dancer role with Bluto who he then essentially beats to a pulp while his famous theme plays out in the background. The cartoon itself, as you may recall, was already notoriously violent so it made perfect sense to incorporate one of the most popular and viciously aggressive dance crazes of the time into...
French postcard by Cinemagazine Edition, Paris, no. 528. Photo: publicity still for Paname... n'est pas Paris/Apaches of Paris (Nikolai Malikoff, 1927). Signed by Vanel at 25 April 1930. Charles Vanel (1892-1989) was a French actor and director. For 78 years he had a career in film and played in over 200 silent and sound films, in France and abroad. He is best remembered for his roles as the silent driver in Le salaire de la peur (Clouzot, 1953), the retired chief commissioner in Les diaboliques (Clouzot, 1955), and the ex-resistance fighter in To Catch a Thief (Hitchcock, 1955), but he also played memorable parts in Italian films like those of Francesco Rosi (Cadaveri eccellenti (1976), Tre fratelli (1981)). For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards or follow us at Tumblr or Pinterest.
Two ‘Apache’ dancers hanging out in a cafe in Paris in 1938. I’m going to roll the clock back to my earliest recollection of seeing what was essentially a version of the “Apache” dance that was featured on, of all things one of the original installments of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon series that I saw on TV as a child during the 1970s. The short in question was the seventeenth ever produced, in 1934, called “The Dance Contest.” In it Popeye and his gangly girlfriend Olive Oyl enter a dance contest which of course Popeye’s nemesis Bluto attempts to disrupt. When Bluto finally gets his chance dance with Olive he recklessly and abusively hurls her around—much in the style of an Apache dance. Naturally, Popeye is having none of that and after downing a can of his famous spinach, he takes over the lead dancer role with Bluto who he then essentially beats to a pulp while his famous theme plays out in the background. The cartoon itself, as you may recall, was already notoriously violent so it made perfect sense to incorporate one of the most popular and viciously aggressive dance crazes of the time into...
It is 7:20 p.m., time for the last train from South Station to the western suburbs of Boston. My point of embarcation, a once-proud civic landmark, is despite its grandiose re-christening as the Mi…
1907 The Paris of the Belle Époque saw the emergence of a certain type of street outcasts; a subculture that combined killer style with the criminal underworld. They were known as, les Apaches. They lived in secret dens in the city outskirts, shunned the idea of honest labor and took their name
" Paname, c'est fou c'que tu peux faire causer Mais les gens sav'nt pas qui tu es Ils viv'nt chez toi mais t'voient jamais." LES APACHES Paname a toujours été une ville de voyous. De la cour des miracles médiévale aux tribus urbaines actuelles, chaque...
Two ‘Apache’ dancers hanging out in a cafe in Paris in 1938. I’m going to roll the clock back to my earliest recollection of seeing what was essentially a version of the “Apache” dance that was featured on, of all things one of the original installments of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon series that I saw on TV as a child during the 1970s. The short in question was the seventeenth ever produced, in 1934, called “The Dance Contest.” In it Popeye and his gangly girlfriend Olive Oyl enter a dance contest which of course Popeye’s nemesis Bluto attempts to disrupt. When Bluto finally gets his chance dance with Olive he recklessly and abusively hurls her around—much in the style of an Apache dance. Naturally, Popeye is having none of that and after downing a can of his famous spinach, he takes over the lead dancer role with Bluto who he then essentially beats to a pulp while his famous theme plays out in the background. The cartoon itself, as you may recall, was already notoriously violent so it made perfect sense to incorporate one of the most popular and viciously aggressive dance crazes of the time into...
