Clip

Here's short GIF of Mr. Sandow flexing.

 

Muybridge GIFs

Some time ago I promised you all a series of Muybridge's motion studies actually in motion.  So today we will look at ten GIFs, starting with this baseball player whom you might have seen before.  The difference today is that we have two views of the same action side by side.

 

Running man

We can actually see the muscles flexing in this running man.

 

Wood Chopper

This wood chopper is the first of three GIFs in today's set that may be Muybridge himself.

 

Frank Bird Gummey I

Larry over at https://unashamedmale.blogspot.com/ sent me this one

 of student athlete Frank Bird Gummey.  Thanks, Larry!

 

Swinging

Mr. Muybridge looks positively menacing swinging that pick.

 

Medical Research

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Plate 312B

Here we see one of my favorite Muybridge models heaving a rock in Plate 312B

 

Rotation

I really like this rotational item.

 

Ben Bailey

My source says the final model of the set is Ben Bailey.

 

Movement

Closing with a GIF of a muscular man pulling a heavy block with a rope.

 

GIF

Here we have a GIF of a young man and a classic pickup truck.

 

Hairy GIF

And here we see a hairy guy in a poolside GIF.

 

New Years Eve

It's time for our annual New Years Eve party series,

and we start with my favorite Stooge, Curly.

 

GIF

Here is a GIF of my favorite Londe model that Larry over at  The Unashamed Male.

Thanks, Larry!

 

Ken Cunningham GIF

That's Ken Cunningham at right in this GIF clip from an AMG film.

 

Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker (1928-1972) has been called a gentle giant, a teddy bear, and one of the most decent men to ever grace a TV screen.  When asked how he managed to cry on demand for film and TV roles, his co-star Michael Landon said,  "I just think of Dan Blocker dying so young and the tears come."  Mr. Blocker was a decorated Korean War veteran, held a master's degree in dramatic arts, and was a devoted husband and father of four.  Here are two GIFs from Bonanza.

 

GIF

I really like this short GIF clip of a wet guy that Albert posted.

 

Hippie GIF, Part Two

This is the second segment of a short film of naked hippies that someone converted to GIF format.  

I feaured the first part in my last hippie set a few months ago.

 

GIF

 

Somebody had a movie camera when these hippies decided to get naked, and somebody else 

made three GIFs out of it decades later.  I'll post the other two in future series.