Lockmiller's Motel sign, Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1986.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017703583/
  

Buck and the Preacher (1972)

 

Directed by Sidney Poitier. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_and_the_Preacher 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/75367 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2010/11/buck-and-preacher-1972.html 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/87680/buck-and-the-preacher

Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie #2

 

Seems thicker this time. Different ice cream and more of it. Vanilla ice cream, 2 oz. creme de menthe, 1 oz. creme de cacao. Mix together and pour into chocolate cookie crust. Freeze again. Used Bluebell homemade vanilla.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(cocktail)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/frozen-grasshopper.html

Vodka Meat Sauce with Homegrown Tomatoes and Peppers

 

2 lbs. ground beef. 5 whole Italian sausages. 2 onions, 2 cloves garlic. 3 cans tomato sauce, 1 can tomato paste, anchovy paste. 12 Creole tomatoes, 10 Anaheim/banana peppers. Red wine. Splash of vodka.

For the freezer. 

Puffa Puffa Rice

 

1967 commercial. 

https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=286 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffa_Puffa_Rice

Roller Boogie (1979)

 

Directed by Mark L. Lester. Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard, Stoney Jackson, Kimberly Beck. Roller disco. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Boogie 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/roller-boogie-1980

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/09/roller-boogie-1979.html 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/185044/insider-info-roller-boogie-behind-the-scenes 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=944

Thank God It's Friday (1978)

 

Directed by Robert Klane. Found on Tubi. Jeff Goldblum, Donna Summer, Debra Winger. Disco.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Friday_(film) 

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/thank-god-its-friday-1978

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1950god.html

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/03/thank-god-its-friday-1978.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6746

Econo Buy Beer

 

1986 New York Deli Potato Chips

 

https://www.retroist.com/p/new-york-deli-potato-chips-my-purple-passion

Sheba, Baby (1975)

 

Directed by William Girdler. Found on Tubi. Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin. Private detective blaxploitation. Last and least of the 70s Pam Grier flicks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheba,_Baby 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sheba-baby-1975 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/70048 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2012/12/sheba-baby-1975.html 

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2009/08/talk-before-i-put-my-1-foot-down-your-1.html

Black Gunn (1972)

 

Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. Found on Tubi. Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Vida Blue, Bruce Glover. Blaxploitation. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gunn

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9091/black-gunn/

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2014/06/black-gunn-1972.html

Slaughter (1972)

 

Directed by Jack Starrett. Found on Tubi. Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn. Blaxploitation hit. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_(1972_film)

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/69919/slaughter/ 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2013/12/slaughter-1972-slaughters-big-rip-off.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=895

Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N.C.

 

• Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer
• Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
• Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
• c1902.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016796252/
  

Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)

 

Directed by William A. Levey. Patrick Swayze, Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo, Judy Landers, Billy Barty, Joe E. Ross. Roller disco. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skatetown,_U.S.A.

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2015/05/skatetown-usa-1979.html 

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2014/07/exhumed-films-forgotten-film-festival.html 

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=12320

Supervan (1977)

 

Directed by Lamar Card. Found on Tubi. Katie Saylor, Morgan Woodward, Mark Schneider, Len Lesser, Charles Bukowski cameo. Short-lived vansploitation genre. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervan_(film) 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/supervan-1977-and-short-life-of.html

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/42695/supervan/ 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2016/04/supervan-1977.html 

https://www.avclub.com/supervan-1977-1798221317

1983 Golden Lager beer

 

Truck Turner (1974)

 

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Found on Tubi. Isaac Hayes, Nichelle Nichols, Yaphet Kotto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Turner 

http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsn-z/truckturner.htm 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2013/01/truck-turner-1974.html 

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=497 

Corner of general store, Olga, Louisiana

 

• Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
• 1938 Sept.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017738272/
  

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

 

Directed by Sidney Lumet. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Sean Connery, Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Garrett Morris, Alan King. I also have this book and the DVD. Quincy Jones music.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anderson-tapes-1971

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-anderson-tapes/

https://www.tcm.com/articles/235283/the-anderson-tapes 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2011/12/anderson-tapes-1971.html

Baked Chili #2

 

With fresh Anaheim and banana peppers and Creole tomatoes. 1.5 lbs. ground beef, 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 1 clove garlic, 1 can Rotel tomato, 1/2 jar salsa. 1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans, drained. 2 tbl. chili powder, 2 tbl. cumin. 350 oven covered 1 hr. 

Mix of 10-12 Anaheim and banana peppers, sliced in half and cleaned, and layered in bottom of baking pan. 6 whole Creole tomatoes, chopped. Brown ground meat, remove, cook down onion, celery, garlic 3-5 min. Add fresh tomatoes and Rotel, cook 5 min. more. Add all seasonings, beans, meat, and cook five min. more. Pour on top of fresh peppers in baking pan, cover with foil, and cook 1 hr.