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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

Friday Photos: Democrat Privilege

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Marilyn Monroe at Ebbets Field, New York on May 12, 1957, where she made the ceremonial first kick in a soccer match between the USA and Israel.
Marilyn Monroe at Ebbets Field, New York on May 12, 1957, where she made the ceremonial first kick in a soccer match between the USA and Israel.

Pop quiz:

Why isn’t the Justice Department investigating the Clinton money laundering operation? Any other so-called charity would be under multiple federal and state indictments.

Hillary Clinton had her own private server when she was Secretary of State. This is indefensible. She destroyed 30,000 emails? Does anyone believe that all these emails were about yoga and Chelsea’s wedding? Hillary Clinton sold her office when she was in office, and she’s selling her office again — in advance of holding the Presidency.

How is it that George Stephanopoulos  is pulling down 105 million a year as, get this, a journalist? Why does Stephanopoulos still have a job and yet Brian Williams was dismissed?

Why does the media continue to give Barack Obama a pass on the bloodbath he has created in the Middle East by withdrawing our troops?

And how is it that the Mayor and District Attorney of Baltimore still have their jobs when they are obviously incompetent race hustlers?

Answer: Democrat privilege; whereby Democrats thrive in a moral and legal cesspool that would destroy a Republican.

Some photos to relieve the corruption and squalor which is the operating principle of the postmodern Democrat party.

 

Amadeo Modigliani, The Jewish Woman, 1908.
Amadeo Modigliani, The Jewish Woman, 1908.

 

Passover plate, Spain, ca. 1480, earthenware
Passover plate, Spain, ca. 1480, earthenware

 

Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant on the set of “Notorious,” 1945.
Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant on the set of “Notorious,” 1945.

 

Beechnut Gum girl, 1940s
Beechnut Gum girl, 1940s

 

"Young Woman in a Blue Blouse (Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist's Secretary), 1939, Henri Matisse (1869-1954).
“Young Woman in a Blue Blouse (Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist’s Secretary), 1939, Henri Matisse (1869-1954).

 

From the 18th century, and perhaps even earlier, hollow eggs on which sacred texts had been written in micrography were used to decorate European sukkahs. Not all the texts related directly to the holiday of Sukkot, the Festival of Booths: this example has Song of Songs 1-4:7 inscribed in miniscule letters. At times feathers were added to the hanging egg, so that it looked like a bird in flight. This egg is from Poland, 19th century.
From the 18th century, and perhaps even earlier, hollow eggs on which sacred texts had been written in micrography were used to decorate European sukkahs. Not all the texts related directly to the holiday of Sukkot, the Festival of Booths. This example has Song of Songs 1-4:7 inscribed in miniscule letters. At times feathers were added to the hanging egg, so that it looked like a bird in flight. This egg is from Poland, 19th century.

 

Close-up of the Hebrew text.
Close-up of the Hebrew text.

 

Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate, Millenium Park, Chicago.
Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate, Millenium Park, Chicago.

 

Spectacular portrait of Audrey Hepburn
Spectacular portrait of Audrey Hepburn

 

Eye catching poster for “Stormswept,” starring Wallace and Noah Beery, a 1923 film which I have never seen.
Eye catching poster for “Stormswept,” starring Wallace and Noah Beery, a 1923 film I have never seen.

 

Wonderful portrait of the great Chinese American actress Anna May Wong, 1931.
Wonderful portrait of the under appreciated Chinese American actress Anna May Wong, 1931.

 

Craig Kreindler, The Luckiest Guy, Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939 Farewell, oil on canvas.
Craig Kreindler, “The Luckiest Man” — 84 x 48 in. — oil on linen — 2013 — Lou Gehrig’s Farewell, July 4, 1939

 

This is a rare 1945 Kodachrome of the great American actress Myrna Loy.
This is a rare 1945 Kodachrome of the luminous Myrna Loy.

 

I was picking up some office supplies the other day. At the cash register, I noticed the multi-colored nail polish of the cashier. I asked her if it was okay if I took a picture. She said: “Are you kiddin' dude, fire away!”
I was picking up some office supplies the other day when I noticed the cashier’s manicure. I asked her if I could snap a picture. She said: “Dude, are you kiddin’, fire away!”

 

That's me with the late great director Sidney Lumet at the Cannes Film Festival, 1992. Our film “A Stranger Among Us” had just screened and we were discussing making a few edits before the final release.
That’s me with the late, great director Sidney Lumet at the Cannes Film Festival, 1992. Our film “A Stranger Among Us” was being screened and we were discussing a few edits before the final release. Sidney taught me more about the craft of making movies than anyone else in Hollywood.

 

Lauren Bacall hair style tests for “To Have and Have Not.”
Make-up, hair, and costume test shots  for Betty Bacall b. Betty Jane Persky, for “To Have and Have Not.”

 

Miriam and her tambourine and Israelite women - from the Sarajevo Hagaddah, created in Barcelona around 1350.
Miriam with her tambourine and Israelite women – from the Sarajevo Hagaddah, created in Barcelona around 1350.

 

I was in a candy shop a few weeks ago buying a gift basket for a Shabbos gift. This is a close-up of some pretty unappetizing candy.
I was in a candy shop a few weeks ago. This is a close-up of some sugar coated candy stripes.

 

James Nares, Tetragram, 1999 oil on linen 108 x 92 inches 274.3 x 233.7 cm
James Nares, Tetragram, 1999
oil on linen
108 x 92 inches
274.3 x 233.7 cm

 

Freud famously asked, “What do women want?’ Talk about clueless. Women want shoes. And what could be better than this high heeled homage to Van Gogh's visionary art.
Freud famously asked, “What do women want?’ Talk about clueless. Women want shoes. And what could be better than this high heeled homage to Van Gogh’s visionary art.

 

Anne Francis publicity photo.
Anne Francis publicity photo.

 

I don't know w hat it is about this picture of Gene Tierney, but I find it incredibly compelling.
A simple but incredibly compelling photo of Gene Tierney. Her best films are “Laura” (’44)  a noir classic, and “Leave Her to Heaven,” (’45) in which she plays the most chilling  homicidal femme fatale I have ever seen.

 

I buy my art supplies in a store on La Cienega Avenue here in Los Angeles. They always have great sales. The salespeople are always friendly and helpful. And every single one of them is tattooed. “I Lived for my art, I lived for my love” a quote from Puccini's Tosca.
I buy art supplies in a store on La Cienega Avenue here in Los Angeles. The salespeople are always friendly and helpful. And every single one of them is vastly tattooed. “I Lived for my art, I lived for my love” a quote from Puccini’s Tosca.

 

This women art was made by an Ethiopian Jew. It shows Moses splitting the Sea of Reeds. I use it as a chill covering on Shabbat.
Handwoven art by Genetu Hailu, an Ethiopian Jew. It portrays Moses splitting the Sea of Reeds. I use it as a challe cover on Shabbat, 12 x 14 inches.

 

Maayan and Livia wish all our friends and relatives a lovely and inspirational Shabbat.
Maayan Ariel and Livia Yarden wish all our friends and relatives a lovely and inspirational Shabbat.

 

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  1. I’m pretty sure Audrey’s eyes were a very deep brown and that the blue is a reflection from the hat – but honestly would never have known it was Audrey if you hadn’t said. However, in giving it closer study, definitely the shape of her eye & brow. She was simply lovely!

  3. I also liked Tierney’s “The Ghost and Mrs Muir” which, although I don’t remember it at the time, must have been a huge hit to lead to the TV series.

    Watched “A Place in the Sun” on TCM this evening. God, Taylor was gorgeous then! I think that was her first adult role. I saw that movie 20 times as a college student in the 50s and every guy I knew did so, too. We all fantasized about her and the chance that George (Monty) blew.

  4. The nail polish photo reminds me of the French film “Populaire,”(Netflix) in which a girl learns competitive typing (set in the 1950s) using color-coded nail polish. It’s an utterly charming little movie.

  5. Q. Why hasn’t Jesse Jackson been audited?

    A. He isn’t in the Tea Party

    That picture of Audrey was stunning. Didn’t know she had blue eyes.

    Love your pictures – amazing too what is beautiful that we see every day but don’t see – like the cashier’s manicure

    • I was also surprised to see that Audrey Hepburn had blue eyes.

      Anne Francis with parakeet earrings seems somehow so very much in character.

  6. Marilyn was a little before my time, but she is a timeless celebrity.

    I would say the Hepburn photo is the most stunning, but Robert knows my affections for Myrna Loy — love the blouse and skirt combo — and I think he tries to find one of her just to keep me coming back!! Well played, sir, well played!

  7. Beautiful pictures, as always, Robert. I especially like the MM one up top. She was my first crush as a boy, and more than 50 years later, she still exudes an effortless sexiness and charm that seems completely beyond most of Hollywood today.

    I adore that Hepburn picture, too. Coincidentally, I just finished reading Audrey and Bill: A Romantic Biography of Audrey Hepburn and William Holden by Edward Epstein. No blockbuster secrets revealed, just a retelling of the affair the two had during the filming of Sabrina and how Holden carried a torch for Hepburn for the rest of his life. A quick read, but enjoyable, IMO.

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