Benjamin Frankel (Website)

Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973) was a British composer who wrote several symphonies, a violin concerto, and many scores for films and television. Follow this link to the composer's official website run by the Benjamin Frankel estate:

http://benjaminfrankel.org/ 

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The Projection Booth (Website)

Follow this link to The Projection Booth, a website that features downloadable podcasts of talks about cult films that often include interviews with actors and filmmakers:

http://www.projection-booth.com/ 

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Nihon Poster (Blogsite)

Follow this link to visit Nihon Poster, a French-language blogsite devoted to vintage Japanese film posters:

http://nihon-poster.tumblr.com/

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Rene Gruau (Website)

Rene Gruau (1909-2004) was an illustrator best known for creating ads for postwar French fashion houses. Follow this link to learn more about his life and work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Gruau

Follow this link to the official website for his illustration work:

http://www.renegruau.com/en/ 

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Jacques Fath (Website)

Jacques Fath at work

Moira Shearer wearing Fath in The Red Shoes 

Jacques Fath (1912-1954) was a French fashion designer, responsible, in part, for what was called the "New Look" in postwar haute couture. He designed the wardrobe that Moira Shearer wears in The Red Shoes and the front of his fashion house can be briefly glimpsed in the film as well. Follow this link for more information about Fath's life and work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Fath

After Fath died in the mid-1950s, the fashion house bearing his name continued to produce a line of scarfs and perfumes. Today, it is producing a line of handbags styled to appear vintage.

Follow this link to the fashion house's current website:

http://www.jacquesfath.com/ 

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PCO Concert Recordings (Web page)

Follow this link to a web page on The Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University website where you can listen to and download free classical music recordings by the Peabody Concert Orchestra:

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/pcorecordings#link459 

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ReDiscovery's Paperback Classics (Web page)

Follow this link to a page on the ReDiscovery website where you can find free downloads of classical music:

http://www.rediscovery.us/paperbacks.html 

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A Different Stripe (Blogsite)

Follow this link to read a blog about books from the New York Times Review of Books:

http://nyrbclassics.tumblr.com/ 

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