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Fairy tale illustrations by Warwick Goble (1862-1943).

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Animation art from THE ARISTOCATS (1970). One of those overlooked Disney films…

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Marilyn Monroe on the set of THE MISFITS (1961).

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‪Colored Betty Boop animation cels.‬

The original black-and-white cartoons were traced and colored, frame by frame, in the 1970s. Many people hate the result, and I suppose I do too, but on the other hand I always have a strange fondness for art that is ugly, garish, and cheap.‬

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BEETLEJUICE (1988) art by Tim Burton—and an early Joker sketch (image 2) that seems to carry some traces of the Betelgeuse character.

(Was Tim Burton thinking of casting Michael Keaton as the Joker at one point?)

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Mermaids and deep-forest sprites, by Tony DiTerlizzi.

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Marilyn Monroe, with sprained ankle, on the set of RIVER OF NO RETURN. Photos by John Vachon, 1953.

The story of her sprained ankle is a misty one: did she exaggerate the injury just to sabotage production and get back at the producers and director, whom she didn’t get on with? She could be manipulative of course (all models and actors are), though in her case, injuries and made-up stories about poor orphan homes often were a way of gaining some sympathy, something she otherwise very rarely received.