
Akira Kurosawa: It’s simple: take myself, subtract movies, and the result is zero.

Daylight at Russell’s Corners, 1944


Coney Island, 1953

Photo Studio, New York, 1934

Razor, 1924
Oil on canvas
32 1/16 × 36 1/2 in

– Yvonne De Carlo

The Upstairs, 1938

Kim Novak, 20th Century Limited Dining Car, 1956

Still life, Parkdale, 1998

Cinema, Naples, 1956


Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray): “I think you’re swell, so long as I’m not your husband.”
Double Indemnity, 1944
Screenplay by Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
Based on Double Indemnity by James M. Cain


– Joan Fontaine, whose original name was Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland

Piano & Checker Players, 1924
oil on canvas


The Acting Manager or Rehearsal, The End of the Act, 1886

Cinema, Havana, 1933

Mariachi Band Guitar with Star of David, Las Vegas, 2018

Cathy O’Donnell (b. Ann Steely, 1923 — 1970) 1945
O’Donnell’s best films are: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), They Live By Night (1948), The Man from Laramie (1955).

There was a scene in “The Bad and the Beautiful” where a blonde, who looked to me like Kim Novak, was dancing with Gilbert Roland. Was that her uncredited ? Anyway, she was the blonde goddess of my youth.
I love the 1936 Auburn… I wonder how fast it was. It certainly looks fast!!
I’ve said before that, in my youth, Kim Novak was my ideal image of the sexy blonde bombshell. Apparently, the boys in the dining car agree with my tastes!
Wishing you and your family a happy and kosher Passover, Robert.