Category Archives: Rita Hayworth

Tweet The idea is to fool the eye, to convince the viewer that the object exists in three dimensions. But of course, the surface is flat. It is a masterful illusion. So it is with Barack Obama and the postmodern Democrat party, who wage a ceaseless campaign of political trompe l’oeil. The Constitution, the separation […]

Also posted in Abraham Avrech, Art, Friday Fotos, Greatest Movies of the 1930s, Greta Garbo, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, Jean Harlow, Jew-haters, Jew-hatred, Jihad Watch, Marilyn Monroe, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama Watch, Obamacare, Painting, Stars and Cars | Tagged 42nd Rainbow Division, Baseball, Betty Jane Persky, Bugatti, Christopher Mathewson, John Haberle, Juan Usle, Judith Margolis, Lauren Bacall, Lodz, Otis Kaye, Postmodern Democrats, trompe l'oeil, William Harnett | 13 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | March 6, 2015

Friday Photos: There is No End of History Edition

Tweet Benjamin Netanyahu, in his devastating deconstruction of disastrous Obama’s Iranian policy was, in spite of Obama’s unprecedented assault on the Jewish State’s Prime Minister, a Churchillian attempt to preserve Western civilization against the onslaught of IslamoNazis. Obama’s White House would have you believe that Obama’s problem is a personal beef with Bibi. In fact, […]

Also posted in Abraham Avrech, Alfred Hitchcock, America, Art, Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Friday Fotos, Hollywood, Hollywood Cars, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, Hollywood Wedding Glamour, Hollywood: Then and Now, Livia Yarden, Marilyn Monroe, Obama Watch, Photography, Purim | Tagged Adrian, Annette Funicello, Ava Gardner, Baseball, Cannes Film Festival, Cy Young, David Ortins, Gilda, Glenn Ford, Hebron, Jackie Robinson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, The Lady in Question, Ty Cobb | 6 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | October 31, 2014

Hollywood — Play Ball!

Tweet Ever since Hollywood invented itself as a universal dream factory, movies about baseball were viewed as the perfect landscape in which to explore themes of loyalty, ambition, competition, and of course, love. More than any other sports genre, baseball movies have dominated the silver screen. And of course, Hollywood publicity departments frequently used baseball […]

Also posted in Buster Keaton, Carole Lombard, Colleen Moore, Gary Cooper, Hollywood, Hollywood Baseball, Hollywood Play Ball, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando | Tagged A League of Their Own, Actor's Studio, Buster Keaton, Carole Lombard, Colleen Moore, Hollywood and Baseball, John Wayne, Madonna, Marlon Brando, Painted People, Pride of the Yankees, Rita Hayworth, Tom Hanks | 13 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | October 2, 2014

Take #1: The Meaning of Leaning in Hollywood

Tweet Leaning boards ( also called Slant boards) were invented for Hollywood players to relax between takes. Frequently, the costumes were cut on the bias, and tailored so snugly that the actor could not sit down without bursting a ladder of seams. In fact, most of the time, there were no zippers or buttons on […]

Also posted in Adrian, Fashion, Glamour, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography, Jean Harlow, Leaning Boards, Movies, Photography, Tony Curtis | Tagged Adrian, Agnes Moorhead, Ann Miller, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Jo Allen, Boris Karloff, Charles Vidor, Dolores Gray, Hedy Lamarr, Janet Gaynor, Janet Leigh, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Joan Collins, June Allyson, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Tony Curtis | 10 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | November 9, 2012

Hollywood: Buy Me, Be Me

Tweet Ever since there were movie stars there have been star product endorsements. Corporations and their advertising companies were quick to understand that those larger than life figures floating like angels on the silver screen were potent persuaders. Thus, the synergistic relationship between one product, the movie star, and a consumer product — cigarettes, perfume, […]

Also posted in Jean Harlow, Lillian Gish, Star Ads, Tony Curtis | Tagged Advertising, Auto Lite Spark Plugs, Dorothy Lamour, Hollywood History, Jeris hair Tonic, Lucky Strike, Lux Soap, Robert Cummings, Van Heusen Shirts | 11 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | July 4, 2012

July 4 In Hollywood

Tweet The photos seem to be from another planet, or at least a parrallel universe. It was not so long ago that Hollywood was institutionally patriotic. Studio photos always included an Independence Day shot, frequently an innocent piece of cheesecake. Because what’s more American than igniting fireworks while wearing a bathing suit. L.B. Mayer of […]

Also posted in Ava Gardner, Hollywood, Joan Crawford, July 4th, L.B. Mayer | Tagged Ava Gardner, Betty Boop, Joan Crawford, Liberty Bell, Madge Evans, Marian Marsh, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Shilling, MGM, Rita Hayworth | 7 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 29, 2012

Friday Photos: A Star Is Created

Tweet Stars are not born; they are created through a long and tortuous process of trial and error. When conjuring our favorite star we remember an iconic image that captures that personae. When we think of Jean Harlow we see her glowing platinum hair, a fetching body draped in silk, and a come hither look […]

Also posted in Ava Gardner, Brigitte Bardot, Friday Fotos, Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy | Tagged Classic Hollywood, Hollywood Glamour, Hollywood History | 10 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | August 7, 2011

Ava Gardner: Situation Wanted

Tweet Great clip from The Bribe, (1949) a steamy film noir starring Ava Gardner, Robert Taylor, Vincent Price and Charles Laughton. Taylor plays an FBI agent on a mission to break up an illegal war surplus racket. Ava’s an innocent femme fatale, the devil’s candy. Here’s the moment Taylor—and the audience—first lay eyes on Ava. […]

Also posted in Ava Gardner, Hollywood | Tagged Charles Laughton, Film Noir, Gilda, Irene, Robert Taylor, The Bribe, Vincent Price | 11 Responses

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About Me
Robert J. Avrech
Los Angeles, California
I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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