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Monday, February 24, 2025

Pat Rocco Day

It's Pat Rocco day again, and we start with Mr. Rocco and a handsome fellow I haven't been able to identify.  He might have been film crew, but his good looks make me think he was the star.

 

Voldemar and Greg


This catalog cover features two popular models, Voldemar (aka Richard Jalakas) and Greg Lion.  Voldemar appears later in today's set with a different model.

 

Tim

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Costume


I can't figure out what the headwear and scarf are about in this shot Mr. Rocco took 
outside the Paramount Studios main gate, but it's probably part 
of a project I'll describe a bit more in a later post today.

 

Contact Sheet I - Voldemar and Shawn Zee

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Movie Ad

Mr. Rocco's publication, SPREE News Pictorial, was a convenient venue for advertising 
his films and photo sets.  This film featured one new and one already popular model/actor.

Boy Play


This is part of a 1970 photo set Mr. Rocco called Boy Play.
I could not find the models' names.

 

1978 Cover

The winners of 1978's Hunky Guy Contest appeared on the cover of SPREE Pictorial.

 

Cowboy


Pat Rocco shot a lot of photos of naked men in iconic Los Angeles locations.  Many of those were published as a photo essay called I Love LA, but I'm not sure if this cowboy was one of those.

 

Contact Sheet II - Alan Dark


Our second photo cropped from a likely contact sheet is Alan Dark.  Nearly all the pictures on Alan's sheet were of good to excellent quality, but only a few appear to have ever been published.

 

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Early 20th Century

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Athlete


Based on the shoes, I'd say this guy was an athlete.

 

Soldier

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Hood Ornament


This is a page from an early 20th Century fitness book.  Henry Steinborn, 
the guy at top, looks like he's posing to be a Packard hood ornament.  
Below, we have Adolph Nordquest showing off some fine muscles.



 

Damaged


This damage image looks as though it may have been an anatomical or medical piece.

 

North African


This resembles the work of Lehnert and Landrock, two Germans who photographed 
a lot of North African nudes around 1900.  Unfortunately, nearly all were females, 
and I'm not even remotely sure that this man is theirs.

 

Man with sword

 

I have no information on this one, other than that it was being sold as early 20th Century.

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Kara Pasha


Wrestler Paul Gregorian, aka Kara Pasha, posed for Crown Studios of Wellington, New Zealand in 1930.  The oiling and pose look like the American physique photos of over a decade later.
The photo is in the New Zealand National Library, Wellington Branch.

 

Familiar Model


This model looks familiar, but neither Google Images search 
nor Edge's photo search came up with anything.



 

Leopold Mercier

 


Our last early 20th Century photo is two wrestlers taken by Leopold Mercier in 1900.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Squatters


Today we look at some squatters, and I don't mean those pesky lowlife types who move into vacant properties without paying rent.  We start with Bill Cable by Colt.

 

George Kuchler

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Bob Kappel


This is Bob Kappel with a posing strap and a whip.
Photo by Bruce of LA.

 

Mr. Sneakers

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David O'Boyle


Bob Mizer said of David O'Boyle, "And what a scamp that one was!"  David must have been "special" to get that sort of remark from Mr. Mizer, whose stable of models included every imaginable hustler, thief, huckster, street tough, and at least one murderer.  All in a day's work, I suppose. 

 

Bud Taylor


This photo of Bud Taylor by Bruce is utterly G-rated and utterly sexy.

 

Beach squatter

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Ray Robirds


 

I detect a sour note on Ray Robirds' face in the Bruce of LA photo.

Jack Conant


Even in a posing pouch, Jack Conant looks magnificent.
Photo by Bob Mizer of AMG.

 

Another mystery

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