The Miscellaneous
Sabrina
Picture Page

Several of these pix are courtesy of Sabrina Hall of Fame members: 'The Guy From the Netherlands' and Lord Reg and ceguah

I have a feeling there is another pic with a similar costume - and what a great costume it is to rehearse in!

This must be from the same shoot. Lovingly restored by Sir Simeon

Some "miniseries" - pictures with a feature in common

The 'Brooch' miniseries

The "round strap dress" miniseries

The "foto" shoot

What I call the 'claw dress'... Sabrina in Vegas 1962

Sabrina in America

Brian wrote:
I've attached a picture, scanned from 'Bachelor', a 'Man's Magazine' No.1 Vol.1 price 2/- (date of publication not known but looks 1950's). The picture is captioned 'Sabrina - who else could it be'.

Sabrina in Picturegoer 3 Dec 55

This is not really Sabrina... or is it?

It may not look like her, but they are it is.

Sabrina and her famous Ford Zephyr, appropriately plated "S41"

May 2009 = a similar angle, but now supersized!

On the back of the photo:

Sabrina can't dance, sing or act -- yet she is the sensation of British TV and soon will be guest starring on U.S. channels. And the reasons why are quite obvious.

 

Who knows what this was about. We have Sabrina. We have buckets. Perhaps the selection of a prize winner. Beyond that, I'm baffled. Any ideas?

Thanks to Steve Page for this one!

eBay description:

A small mens type magazine a collection of glamour photos of the famous Sabrina never before published (1950S?) some taken with famous stars of the day. Includes fold out centre page pin-up dreamtime photo.

This elusive little sucker appeared on eBay, starting at £UK3 and rapidly rising to £UK17! (It ended up selling for £26!! Ed.) Someone was certainly keen to get it, considering the maximum bid he/she allowed. I may be a Sabrina Fan, but that's too rich for my blood : considering Australia's exchange rate it would have worked out to $OZ47, not including postage. At that price, I could have booked it a seat on Qantas. But still, it looks wonderful. (November 2002)

23 November 2002: When all looked hopeless, David Jackson leapt to the rescue and bought the elusive little sucker : and here it is free and complete for all Sabrinaphiles!

Bravo, David!

From FOTO 1955

Young Sabrina with Shane

From the Just My Luck series.

Above: one of the wool dresses Sabrina promoted in Australia

Sabrina with a feather motif arrives at the Warner Theatre for the premiere of MOBY DICK. It premiered in America on 27 June 1956, but I think this pic would have been in London since there is no mention of Sabby being in America in 1956. I can't find the London premiere date: the closest is Germany in October 1956. There are Warner Theatres in New Jersey, Broadway and Leicester Square (London), which only makes it harder.

Opening a new clothing store the Edgware Road. That's so much Sabrina to­day. They want her to open every new shop and store

At a 1957 cinema occasion (images are full sized)

Found in Java's Bachelor Pad on Yahoo Groups.
From Stare, No. 8, 1962

The next three are courtesy of ignatz whose patient searching of the web over the years has reaped these Sabrinasnaps. Thanks, ignatz! He also provided some larger/better copies of existing pix, which have replaced my originals.

Upgraded 8 August 2009

ceguah said: Bought this mag together with a few more, some featuring Sabrina, in a second hand shop in the mid sixties (in Sweden).

ceguah said: The first photo of "Sabrina again" pictorial in 'Show'. This one is identical to '66-14a1.jpg' but higher resolution. Unfortunately I don’t have the complete magazines anymore, just some pictures. No covers – one reason I can’t identify them.

Caption: SABRINA AGAIN. Sabrina, whether on Television or on tour, always merits a place in Show. These pictures come from Southampton.

2009 - the 'more upgraded' versions and VIP quality image arrived, courtesy of Sir David J.

ceguah said: 'Sabrina again' photo 4. The last one in this series.

(New, real photo courtesy of Sir H)

A photo I bought on ebay

2005 - new, bigger source image found

Many thanks to Reg for acquiring and scanning these at high resolution for the Sabrinastuff site!

The two pix above also appeared in the Australian Pix magazine, 27 Jan 62 but these scans are far better quality, thanks to Reg's efforts.

These stills come from Reg's SABRINA AT HOME movie

eBay description:

A small mens type magazine a collection of glamour photos of the famous Sabrina never before published (1950S?) some taken with famous stars of the day. Includes fold out centre page pin-up dreamtime photo.

This elusive little sucker appeared on eBay, starting at £UK3 and rapidly rising to £UK17! (It ended up selling for £26!! Ed.) Someone was certainly keen to get it, considering the maximum bid he/she allowed. I may be a Sabrina Fan, but that's too rich for my blood : considering Australia's exchange rate it would have worked out to $OZ47, not including postage. At that price, I could have booked it a seat on Qantas. But still, it looks wonderful. (November 2002)

23 November 2002: When all looked hopeless, David Jackson leapt to the rescue and bought the elusive little sucker : and here it is free and complete for all Sabrinaphiles!

Bravo, David!

From Foto-Rama 1960

The Louis Treasures

Louis of Reno, Nevada was kind enough to send his 'treasures' to SabrinaHQ - his 8x10" prints of some great Sabby snaps - some of them new to this site! Many thanks, Louis! In consideration of his kindness, he has been awarded 12 months' BOOBS membership.

Of particular interest was the information on the back of some the photos.

In Australia

Found on Ebay, September 2007. Full size

From 'Bold' magazine, 1960

"Glamour model and actress, Sabrina, wearing an animal skin fur coat, recoiling from the attentions of a leopard cub on a leash."

If you ask me, Sabrina does not look well in this shot!

She has a better autographed picture here.

Sabrina in the Merrysweets swapcard collection. I bet many of you still have one or two collected with your old marbles and conkers. While the sweeties were delights for the kids, the card was for the dads to collect.

And on the back was some completely inaccurate information:

Sabrina checks herself out in 'Photoplay', March '56.
Want to read the article she's reading? We have it!... click it to read it.

Click the key to get the 230K BOOBS version

Many thanks to 'Karamazov' for this image - not too flattering, but the first of Sabrina live onstage! Thanks, 'Karamazov'!

"English film actress Sabrina, formerly Norma Sykes of Blackpool, who is famed for her physical attributes rather than her skill as an actress."

'Sabrina worship has reached a new frenzy. But Sabrina, alias Norma Sykes of Blackpool, is not satisfied. A 40-inch bust is not enough. A girl must improve herself.'

Picture Post - 'Sabrina - A Cult Takes To Culture', 1956

Thanks to John Fox for finding a bigger and better copy of this picture - without the watermark too!

Now with a bigger and better full-size pic! (1 April 2008)

From Reveille, July18-24, 1963

Look who is adding a few fresh contours to this rock formation.  It's Sabrina!  Her beauty is reaching the dizzy heights as usual.  Just in case you haven't noticed, perhaps we should mention that above her 41-19-36 figure she is wearing a rather striking hat.

And those eagle-eyed hat-fanciers among you will surely have noticed that this picture is one of the Coronado Hotel series!

BOOBS contributors get the full-sized unwatermarked 307K version

Check out the other Coronado pictures here

In May 2009, Louis provided a glorious glossy photo to finish this story. B.O.O.B.S. members can click the key to revel in its full depths:

The more interesting story relates to the caption on the back of the photo:

May 23 1960. NEW YORK: Buxom British Belle SABRINA pours champagne glass as she celebrates her 23rd birthday at Gotham Hotel here May 21st. Sabrina recently returned from year-long tour of Australia and the Far East."

This stirs up the age/birthday mystery again. It implies Sabby was born on May 21, 1937. Read up on the birthday debate.

1960. Rescued and restored from eBay branding.
This was the original before repair work... Apologies for artistic mis-creation of the bustline!

"When she decided she wanted to learn the clarinet, top musician Frank Weir was eager instructor. Both finally decided Sabrina didn't need music talent to make her way." From Picture Digest. October 56.

Sabrina and Barry Sullivan in a PR photo taken during the London filming of Another Time, Another Place in 1957. Oddly, it's the irrelevant girl on the left who captures one's attention. The PR photo man obviously didn't care!

Barry starred in over 100 movies, including Demon Planet, also known as:

Such a list of noms de plume rivals Sabrina's infamous House of Black Death, which was a flop in spite of 4 different names!

Sabrina with her infamous 18" belt in Australian Post, year unknown.

Sabby shows off her famous 18 inch metal belt.
Hear her talking to me about her trials getting it on!

The tiny original image was enlarged with Alien Skin Blow Up, and the disfiguring boob-positioned watermark removed with Photoshop.

Found on eBay in July 2007 - a signed clipping with a starting price of 10 quid - about $OZ25! After enlarging it with Alien Skin Blow Up plugin in Photoshop, the text became easier to read:

In the past Norwich Carnival has brought big name stars to town. Stars like Mike Preston, Miss World and Ken Dodd. Now this year we are bringing SABRINA. She will ride in the procession, crown the Carnival Queens, and then will be at the Civic Hall on Carnival Night for the Carnival Dance. As the Dubber (??) News goes to press negotiations are being made to bring other top personalities to the Carnival. Watch out for more details."

Again, a find by Nigel. As he says: "Not a great picture but an 'important' one as it is of Sabrina working as a Hostess on Hughie Green's "Double Your Money" show in the 1960's!

A nice find (15 April 2005) at http://classicbodybuilders.com/classicbodybuilderlarrypowers.html
Taken at The Forum restaurant by Joel Yale (Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) on 1 Jun 1960.

Photo #: 889077 Photographer: Yale Joel.
Date Taken: June 1960. City: NEW YORK
Caption: British actress Sabrina at 'The Forum,' restaurant with 'gladiators'.
Found at TimePix (free registration required)

Found at Java's Bachelor Pad

From Pleasures of Paris, I believe.

Found on eBay - Sabrina influences the 1956 sensuous world of the samba! I won the bid for the sheet music: cha cha cha!

View the music!

And enter the Sabrina Samba Competition!