—Rosalind Russell
Model wearing nursemaid’s kerchief by Lilly Dache, 1952
Ronald Reagan, former Governor, California, Orlando, Florida, March 4, 1976
“Seventeenth Century Lady”
ca. 1895
Oil on canvas
36 1/2 x 23 3/4in. (92.7 x 60.3cm)
—Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
American, 1920 – 1985
untitled, 1967
magna on canvas
98 x 91 3/4 inches
Chicago, ca.1950
“The Eclipse”
1970
Acrylic on canvas
62 x 49 3/4 in. (57.5 x 126.5 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Screenplay by A. I. Bezzerides, Nicholas Ray
Based on the novel Mad with Much Heart by Gerald Butler
Dovima was born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in Queens, New York. She took her name from the first two letters of each of her birth names: Do – vi – ma.
Livia, 1948
Designer: Eryk Lipinski
—Miriam Hopkins
Possibly Dorothea of Denmark
circa 1520s-1530s
oil on wood
Height: 38 cm (14.9 ″); Width: 29 cm (11.4 ″)
Roman Vishniac’s daughter, Mara, posing in front of a shop specializing in instruments that measure the difference in size between Aryan and non-Aryan skulls, Berlin, 1933
“Jewish Woman of Algiers Seated on Ground”
ca. 1846
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper (trimmed and laid down on blue wove paper)
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (29.8 x 23.2cm)
A young girl trying to determine which lipstick color will look right with her complexion, 1945
“Spiritual Healer”
Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. January ’19
My portrait of Winston Churchill changed my life. I knew after I had taken it that it was an important picture, but I could hardly have dreamed that it would become one of the most widely reproduced images in the history of photography. In 1941, Churchill visited first Washington and then Ottawa. The Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, invited me to be present. After the electrifying speech, I waited in the Speaker’s Chamber where, the evening before, I had set up my lights and camera. The Prime Minister, arm-in-arm with Churchill and followed by his entourage, started to lead him into the room. I switched on my floodlights; a surprised Churchill growled, “What’s this, what’s this?” No one had the courage to explain. I timorously stepped forward and said, “Sir, I hope I will be fortunate enough to make a portrait worthy of this historic occasion.” He glanced at me and demanded, “Why was I not told?” When his entourage began to laugh, this hardly helped matters for me. Churchill lit a fresh cigar, puffed at it with a mischievous air, and then magnanimously relented. “You may take one.” Churchill’s cigar was ever present. I held out an ashtray, but he would not dispose of it. I went back to my camera and made sure that everything was all right technically. I waited; he continued to chomp vigorously at his cigar. I waited. Then I stepped toward him and, without premeditation, but ever so respectfully, I said, “Forgive me, sir,” and plucked the cigar out of his mouth. By the time I got back to my camera, he looked so belligerent he could have devoured me. It was at that instant that I took the photograph.
Hedy Lamarr: I just put up a post on Hedy and her work in frequency-hopping technologies:
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/57329.html
David:
Thanks so much for drawing our attention to your superb post.
That “spiritual healer“ notice intrigued me.
Does this person impart knowledge thousands of years old and known through the millennium? Or is it more New Age with crystals? I suspect the latter.
I took the Spiritual Healer photo in the rain. The fact that it fell to the ground and was flattened by water told a story that I thought… interesting. As far as I am concerned a spiritual healer is a grifter.
To add to my comment about”Prisoner of Zenda,” the story in “The Road to Tara” says that the ending was changed or rewritten, during the making of GWTW. The movie ending is different from the novel. Any comment on that, Robert ?
Also, the “Livia 1948” photo reminds me forcefully of the photo of the green eyed young woman in Afghanistan from 20 years ago. I have seen a more recent photo of the same woman and she looks 100 years old.
Michael:
Screenwriters, producers and directors frequently change the endings. What works in a novel can be deadly in a movie.
There was a program on heady Lamar on Netflix a while back. What an amazing woman, and I think she should be no more as a brilliant inventor then a movie star..
On her invention that became cell phone technology the government confiscated as she was a “enemy alien“ and yet wanted her to go around as a Hollywood star to promote war bonds. It was sad her invention was worth $30 billion and she didn’t receive a penny of it
I have learned so much on this site I had never heard of Dovima before.
The Karsh portrait I am reminded of the photograph by Joe Rosenthal at Iwo Jima
That’s the amazing thing about photography. There are a few occasions where you don’t realize what a monumental photo it will become
There are times when I wonder whether this voice transcription is worth the output. Even when I try to proofread things.
Here I am lying in bed with my iPhone and I’m looking at how I spelled Hedy Lamarr. Or more accurately how the program spell it.
It’s Hedley!
I have Fairbanks’ book about his war career. Pretty interesting. I loved him in “The Prisoner of Zenda.” I was just reading again, “The Road to Tara” about “Gone With The Wind.” Apparently, “The Prisoner of Zenda” was still shooting and the two films got a bit intertwined. I don’t think there is a book telling the story of “Zenda,” is there ?
Wow, a stunning watch which isn’t out of my financial reach. Nice! I like the Churchill and Reagan portraits — two excellent leaders. I love the fashion style of the Hedy Lamarr photo, especially her shoes. The Peugeot is beautiful, even in yellow. Have a wonderful weekend.