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

Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“Having to work hard never had any real appeal for me, and that may have some connection with me being in the movies.“
—Gary Cooper

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Portrait of a Venetian Woman
1505
Oil on Wood
Height: 325 mm; Width: 245 mm

 

Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd and director William Wyler on the chariot race set for Ben-Hur, Rome, 1958

 

Richard Avedon
Dovima, 1958

 

Elvis Presley, 1956, photo by Alfred Wertheimer

 

Poster for Two For the Road (’67) by the great Polish graphic artist Jerzy Flisak

 

“Glamour is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way, mentally and physically and in appearance, and that, whatever the occasion or the situation, you are equal to it.”
—Marlene Dietrich

 

Rick McGinnis
By the Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, 2016

 

Richard Avedon Central Park, New York City, 1949

 

Robert J. Avrech
Karen and the Hollywood Sign, 2007

 

Princess Natalie Paley, Countess de Hohenfelsen wearing a dress by Lucien Lelong and a hat by Maria Guy for a photo by George Hoyningen-Huene, Paris, 1935

 

Berthe Morisot,
The Cheval-Glass
1877-79
Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm

 

Judy Garland, 1942
“I was always lonesome. The only time I felt accepted or wanted was when I was on stage performing. I guess the stage was my only friend: the only place where I could feel comfortable. It was the only place where I felt equal and safe.”
—Judy Garland

 

An Art Deco masterpiece
Peugeot 402 Darl’mat Coupe, 1936, Jim Patterson/Patterson Collection; Photo © 2016 Michael Furman

 

Horst P. Horst
Jessica Tandy, 1939

 

Clyfford Still
PH-972, 1959
oil on canvas
Dimensions (H x W) 112 x 155 in.

 

German-Jewish soldiers celebrate Chanukah somewhere on the eastern front during World War I, 1916. (Center for Jewish History, NYC)

 

Ariel and Pinchas wish all our friends and relatives a lovely and inspirational Shabbat.

 

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  3. Gary Cooper’s quote – I have come to believe that being one of the main characters in a movie – with long hours, take after retake – is very hard work.

    Poor Judy. I get the feeling between L.B. Mayer and her parents she had a rather wretched childhood. Hook on amphetamines her entire life because they gave them to her as a girl to work those arduous hours.

    That Hollywood sign – originally Hollywoodland – was supposed to be temporary wasn’t it?

  4. I LOVE that Peugeot design! Art Deco extraordinaire! I imagine it would be popular today if Elon Musk put an electric motor in it.

    It’s a lovely picture of Judy Garland. I was never a huge Judy fan, but that photo is very nice.

    Speaking of nice photos… it’s nice to see Karen’s smiling face. There was a period when it seemed you were preoccupied with her backside. Say, is that a Seraphic Press hat she’s holding? 🙂

    I am curious about the Jewish German soldiers photo. I wonder how many of the soldiers in that photo survived through 1945. They faced death from the enemy in World War I and death from their own country-men in World War II.

    Have a wonderful Sabbath!

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