Remember sitting in a darkened classroom, watching gory highway-safety films like Red Asphalt and Wheels of Tragedy, filled with real accident scene footage meant to scare you into being a safe driver? I sure do. Now Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films lets you relive those shocking Driver's Ed. films of yesteryear. Once again, YouTube comes through in the clutch and provides relevant clippage, including the MST3K version.

[Link: Hell's Highway][via sullenboy]
[Link: Wheels of Tragedy excerpt]
[Link: Last Clear Chance (MST3K version)]

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Behold, the bubblegum power and the psychedelic glory of The Carrie Nations, the awesomely hawt all-female ensemble from Russ Meyer's camp cult classic, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls! Music composed by the legendary Stu Phillips [Link], with vocals courtesy of the stainless-steel lungs of Lyn Carey [Link].

[Link: Find It!]
[Link: Gentle People]
[Link: In the Long Run]
[Link: Look On Up at the Bottom]

This is my happening, AND IT FREAKS ME OUT!

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The title of this post will get me a lot of unwanted search engine hits, no doubt. Oh well, I couldn't resist.

This glorious shot of notorious "It" girl, Clara Bow from the 1927 film, Hula [Link], comes to you courtesy of the orangeguru [Link], who is slowly but surely being assimilated into tiki culture, thanks to my relentless efforts at brainwashing him. You can see a clip from the film at YouTube [Link], but unfortunately, it doesn't have Clara doin' her grass-skirt thing. Here's a shot of her from the film playing ukulele [Link], and another of her floating nekkid in a pond [Link]. Hubba Hubba!

Clara definitely pushed the envelope of propriety in pre-Code Hollywood, both on celluloid and in her personal life, and she was accused in the gossip rags of sleeping with anything that moved. At one point, rumor had it that she was providing her sexual favors to the entire USC football team...a rumor debunked by Snopes.[Link]

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