
—John Ford

Frozen Foods
New York City, 1977


oil on canvas
h 97 cm × w 81 cm × d 8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


Anne Cresacre

—William Powell

Chair, 1984
Douglas fir
30 × 15 × 15 in




—James Stewart

Master of the Female Half-Lengths (circa 1500–1530)
A Girl Playing the Lute
oil on canvas
1530

Jean Patchett in Bed on Telephone, 1949

“Gertie in a Fur Coat”
Nederlands
circa, 1916-1918
oil on canvas
Height: 60 cm (23.6 in); Width: 40 cm (15.7 in)


Stone Omer Counter

I have DVDs of a number of the “Thin Man” series of movies.
I remember Ford’s brother, Francis, in “The Quiet Man” and his sometimes friend, George O’Brian in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” two more favorites.
Nice memories, I see maybe three movies a year now.
Loy, Powell, and Stewart — 3 of my favorite actors. Well done, Robert!
Didn’t I see that Bovet on the Home Shopping Network? James Stewart – the more I have learned about him (chiefly here) the more I admire him. I think Spencer Tracy said a similar thing about acting?
Referring to the photo above of Miss Livia Yarden, wasn’t it she who said: ““Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when posing for a photo is to try not to make the posing show.” I recall that years ago James Stewart was quoted to having said something similar about acting. A reversing of the timeline indicates that James unknowingly plagiarized Livia. 🙂
Regarding John Ford: All he means is that the ‘art’ comes out of the work and everything else is pretension. Stewart says the same thing.