—Donald Chase, “Gloria Grahame In Praise of the Naughty Mind,” Film Comment, 1997
Bibliotheque, 1926-27
Oil on canvas, 73 x 53 in.
Yale University Art Gallery
Paris, 1955
Music stand, 1972
—Lucille Ball
“Stop Save Gas”
2015
Acrylic on canvas, 34 x 46 in
A Milkmaid, about 1642 – 1646
Black chalk, graphite, gray wash
12.1 × 14.8 cm (4 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
—Myrna Loy
Olga in Pensive Mood, 1923
Pastel and pencil on paper
105 x 74 cm
Musée national Picasso-Paris
Arabesque table, 1949
That Tiffany watch seems like an absolute bargain compared with some of the watches you have profiled here 😉
Did you ever get a chance to visit the original Harrah’s auto museum when his 1200 cars were housed in a giant warehouse in Sparks NV? You would walk in and immediately see 20 Duesenbergs liked up as if for inspection. When Harrah died Holliday Inn sold about 2/3rd of his collection.
On acting do you believe all the hubbub about “Method Acting” is kind of silly?
Never got a chance to visit Harrah’s. I’ll have to correct that oversight.
I am not an admirer of The Method.
Unfortunately when Bill Harrah died, Holiday Inn auctioned off 2/3rds of his collection. They built a new facility in downtown Reno. Still a nice museum, but a shadow of what Harrah had.
Sad story about Gary Cooper. I was a medical student at the Mass General with a couple of residents who remembered when Gary Cooper had surgery for prostate cancer. They liked him and said he was a good guy. On his preop physical exam, they found blood on his rectal exam. Prostate cancer doesn’t do that and they suggested he have a barium enema (state of the art in 1965) to check for colon cancer. He declined and said he’d check on it when he got back to California. He never did. Ge died of colon cancer with his prostate cancer cured.
I liked Gloria Graham in “The Bad and the Beautiful.”
Re: Arabesque table, 1949
Would you characterize the design as “modern” or “art nouveau”? It would certainly be at home in an art nouveau interior space.
Modern but influenced by Art Nouveau.
Another lovely Friday collection, Robert.
“Bombshell” has always been one of my favorite Harlow movies, right up there with “The Girl From Missouri” (and it’s a pity Harlow and Patsy Kelly didn’t do more movies together).
I recall reading somewhere that Harlow once said, “Men like me because I don’t wear underwear. Women like me because I don’t look like I’d steal their husbands. . .not for long, anyway.”
Well done, Robert…
The only role I remember Gloria Grahame playing was Violet in It’s a Wonderful Life. Violet and George’s wife, Mary, were compared and contrasted. Mary was the “good girl” and Violet was the “fast girl”. In the alternate world (without George Bailey) we see Violet apparently being arrested for prostitution.
I love the Gerald Murphy painting. It would be perfect if it also included a clock and something about fonts!
Myrna Loy… I don’t know where you keep finding these photos!
The watch is an awesome design, but I’m not sure it would be very comfortable to wear. At that price, it’s a steal compared to some that you’ve profiled!
The Simon Timber photo is pretty cool. Some exterior designer had a idea and made it a reality — made it easy for the photographer.
Lucy was a serious business woman… very serious, from what I’ve read.
And the Duesenberg… who doesn’t love a Duesie?