http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/design/the-stylish-art-of-kevin-dart/ http://www.ultraswank.net/design/the-stylish-art-of-kevin-dart/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:18:31 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3594 Stylish, bouncy, curvaceous, deadly – And she wants her panties back from old men who carry them in briefcases! “Yuki7 and the Gadget Girls” are the Mangaesque brainchildren of L.A. artist Kevin Dart. As books and animation Kevin and 14 other illustrators take you into a “fixties” style milieu of jazzy action and toned down [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/design/the-stylish-art-of-kevin-dart/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/airport/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/airport/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:27:21 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3234 The first of its kind, Airport set the standard for the disaster films of the 1970s. Films such as The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974), and my favorite – Rollercoaster (1977) collected A-list, B-list, and C-list movie stars and put them into some pretty crummy situations. But their pain is our pleasure; the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/airport/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/the-party/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/the-party/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:16:03 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3205 What happens when Blake Edwards, Peter Sellers and Henry Mancini collaborate on a motion picture? Usually, a Pink Panther movie. The exception was the 1968 comedy The Party, with Blake Edwards once again directing Peter Sellers and his antics to a swinging Mancini soundtrack. Edwards and Sellers team up to make a slapstick comedy for [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/the-party/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/mans-favorite-sport/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/mans-favorite-sport/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:45:38 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3044 Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss star in Howard Hawks’ film Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964). This screwball comedy is a loose remake of Hawks’ earlier film hit Bringing Up Baby (1938), which starred Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. The plot for this film is relatively complicated for a comedy. Rock stars as Roger Willoughby, a salesman [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/mans-favorite-sport/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/tickle-me/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/tickle-me/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:36:24 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2850 What do a dude ranch, a hidden treasure, and an Elvis-battling ninja have in common? Tickle Me! Elvis Presley’s 18th studio film takes us to a dude ranch in the American Southwest where Elvis is helping out. Like many men his age, he wants to earn enough dough so that he can join the rodeo [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/tickle-me/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/charade-%e2%80%93-romance-comedy-and-suspense/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/charade-%e2%80%93-romance-comedy-and-suspense/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:15:41 +0000 Steven Padal http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2830 Romance, comedy and suspense are what you experience when watching the movie Charade (1963). Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn take you through a cat and mouse chase, running through the streets of Paris, as they try to find out where stolen money is located. The soundtrack to Charade was created by Henri Mancini and complements [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/charade-%e2%80%93-romance-comedy-and-suspense/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/kitsch/visions-of-space-%e2%80%93-part-3/ http://www.ultraswank.net/kitsch/visions-of-space-%e2%80%93-part-3/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:52:00 +0000 James Vaughan http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2691 Science Fiction movies and the 1960′s. Shorter distances between the science and the fiction. Bigger budgets and better scripts. New actors who have not spent their entire careers fighting giant, mutant bugs. Special effects that are almost believable. After MGM’s breakthrough experiment of ‘Forbidden Planet‘ in 1956 and mainstream Disney’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea‘ [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/kitsch/visions-of-space-%e2%80%93-part-3/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-alfie/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-alfie/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:50:57 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2643 After honking her horn, Alfie (Sir Michael Caine) takes his leave of his make out partner, Siddie (Millicent Martin), to speak directly to the camera about his latest conquest, who incidentally is married with low self-esteem. Ready for more action, Alfie winks at a stray dog on the street and hops back in the car. [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-alfie/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/kitsch/visions-of-space-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://www.ultraswank.net/kitsch/visions-of-space-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:15:27 +0000 James Vaughan http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2581 Our journey through space travel science fiction has our coordinates locked onto the 1950′s The most Ultra of the Ultra-Swank decades. Receding in our aft view screen is the pulp pre-war period of the 1930′s and 1940′s – the times of cowboys in space. They rode rockets instead of horses and blasted bad guys with [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/kitsch/visions-of-space-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-the-ladies-man/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-the-ladies-man/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 05:14:59 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2421 During the early 1950s, the well polished comic team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis broke box office records and created a worldwide following. After splitting up in 1956, both men found themselves in successful solo careers. In 1959, Paramount Studios contracted with Jerry Lewis to create 14 films in 7 years for $10 million [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-the-ladies-man/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/binder-beginning-boasts-barefoot-bikini-bottomed-beauty/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/binder-beginning-boasts-barefoot-bikini-bottomed-beauty/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:37:05 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2093 Dental assistant cum super spy Fathom skydives her way into our hearts via a series of confusing double crosses and eye-pleasing costume changes – 16, in fact. While traveling through Spain with her skydiving team, Fathom Harvill is enlisted by Colonel Campbell, who operates out of a mobile home in Malaga in lieu of a [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/binder-beginning-boasts-barefoot-bikini-bottomed-beauty/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/roy-budd-plays-the-get-carter-theme/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/roy-budd-plays-the-get-carter-theme/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:52:28 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2036 Get Carter starring Sir Michael Caine was released in 1971 and is most likely the best and most well known British gangster movie ever made. Not only does it create an excellent gritty, eerie and gloomy 1970s gray industrial look – but also features a very tasty score by composer and jazz musician Roy Budd, [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/roy-budd-plays-the-get-carter-theme/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/italian-giallo-love-scene/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/italian-giallo-love-scene/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:55:50 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1862 Love scene between Analía Gadé and Jean Sorel. Italian 1970s Giallo cinema at its best with very tasty music from the great Piero Piccioni. Taken from La volpe dalla coda di velluto. What do you daydream about today?]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/italian-giallo-love-scene/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/three-classic-sci-fi-movies-from-the-past/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/three-classic-sci-fi-movies-from-the-past/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:09:04 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1507 Contributor Klara have been busy time traveling into the golden age of science fiction, on a mission to find three classics that will please and catch the imagination of the readers of Ultra Swank. So, head out to the launchpad and strap your self in, our rocket’s first stop is the moon! Destination Moon (1950) [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/three-classic-sci-fi-movies-from-the-past/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/gene-kelly-tap-dancing-on-roller-skates-in-nyc/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/gene-kelly-tap-dancing-on-roller-skates-in-nyc/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:45:19 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1474 From the movie It’s Always Fair Weather made in 1955 starring the always brilliant and talented Gene Kelly, this time singing with roller skates around Broadway in New York City. What do you daydream about today? [Thanks Cam]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/gene-kelly-tap-dancing-on-roller-skates-in-nyc/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-about-a-retro-themed-halloween-cocktail-party/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-about-a-retro-themed-halloween-cocktail-party/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:24:57 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1459 Halloween is coming up and to give you some ideas for your costume, contributor Cam presents a couple of retro themed suggestions. All you need is to pick your favorite classic movie character and you are almost set to go! Some possibilities for the ladies could be the eternal style icon Audrey Hepburn as Holly [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-about-a-retro-themed-halloween-cocktail-party/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/on-days-like-these/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/on-days-like-these/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:35:29 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=926 The classic intro from the movie The Italian Job (1969) starring Sir Michael Caine and Noel Coward. The character is crusing a Lamborghini Miura through the Italian alps down to the city of Turino while Matt Monro is singing On Days Like These. So dreamy and perfect, wishing I was down there right now. What [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/on-days-like-these/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/shaft-shut-your-mouth/ http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/shaft-shut-your-mouth/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:09:15 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=60 “Who’s that black private dick who is like a sex machine to all the chicks?” John Shaft of course. The movie Shaft from 1971 is one of the most famous blaxploitation films of all time, not only because of its ultra cool black superhero but also for the award winning score by Isaac Hayes. The [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/shaft-shut-your-mouth/feed/ 21 http://www.ultraswank.net/film/dentist-on-the-job/ http://www.ultraswank.net/film/dentist-on-the-job/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:35:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/dentist-on-the-job/ This British movie from 1961 can be found on the DVD version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Well, okay not really. Before the actual movie begins, you are presented with about two minutes of the opening titles from Dentist on the Job. A voice from the projectionist is then heard, that it’s the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/film/dentist-on-the-job/feed/ 8