—Hattie McDaniel
Strolling along the Seashore
1909, Spain
oil on canvas
Height: 205 cm (80.7 ″); Width: 200 cm (78.7 ″)
Collection: Sorolla Museum
Esther and Mordecai write letters to the Jews, c. 1675
Oil on canvas
111 × 132 cm (43.7 × 52 in)
National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires
14 x 11 in.
—Joan Crawford
Mother
1895; Spain
oil on canvas
169 x 125 cm
Coney Island Teenagers, 1949
Art Deco lacquered cabinet, 1921
Lambton Jewish Cemetery, Toronto, Sept. 2018
Twiggy with yellow glasses June 1966
My Children
1904, Spain
oil on canvas
Height: 160.5 cm (63.1 ″); Width: 230.5 cm (90.7 ″)
— Elizabeth Taylor
Ocean Park No. 38, 1971
Oil on canvas
100 3/16 x 81 in.
Degas’ Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 1949
Big Sister, Protector, 1957
That Morgan has a timeless look to it…
Good advice from Liz Taylor
That Vermont curtain – have you ever thought that we keep many memories like a picture frozen in time? I was in Honakaa, Hawaii in 1976 and the hotel was an old one – creaky wooden floors – my window was open and I have always remembered that ocean breeze gently blowing the curtains in the room. Funny how some common things stay with you.
Leslie Howard – my mother was just talking about him the other day. For her, Pygmalion was his signature role. She considers him to be one of the greats. It was never really known what happened to his plane, or was the shoot down definitive?
Thanks as always Robert
You could watch Lionel Barrymore progress with his rheumatoid arthritis. “Captains Courageous” was before any sign. He did all those “Doctor Kildare” movies, which reminds me that my chief of surgery at LA County acted as assistant to his chief who was wheelchair bound in the 1930s by rheumatoid arthritis. My wife has it and it is painful. She also has other illnesses that prevent her using the new biologicals that suppress immunity. I did not know Barrymore was addicted but, at that time, I am not really surprised.
You keep mentioning Gun Crazy… I’m really going to have to watch that movie.
And lastly, is there any significance to the Fishman cemetery photo? Would I be correct in assuming the grave was for a child? I’m an amateur taphophile, but that one is unusual and a little unsettling (for me anyway).
I have to assume it was a child’s grave, Joe, and since it was surrounded by other Fishman graves, I assume the family had bought a bunch of adjacent plots. Lambton is an amalgam of cemeteries owned and run by various burial societies and synagogues, some of which no longer exist, and each one is slightly different. The sculpture on that grave was unsettling, for sure – I’ve seen the usual cherubs and grieving child angels, but this one stood out. (That’s why I took the photo.) I’m guessing the family wanted you to stop and wonder – or mourn, even for a stranger. The loss of a child is heartbreaking.
Prophet Joe:
I have never seen a headstone like this in a Jewish cemetery. In fact, Jewish cemeteries almost never have sculptures to represent the dead. This is the first I have ever seen.
It definitely stood out; Robert’s right – you don’t see that sort of thing in a Jewish cemetery. It was somewhat recent, so I don’t know what that says.
Another excellent offering of Friday Photos, Robert.
Love the watches, the ladies and the car — although I would prefer my Morgan in another color.
Leslie Howard in The Scarlet Pimpernel is one of my favorite movies and now I want to see Pimpernel Smith..
Have a wonderful weekend!
Prophet Joe:
I will take a Morgan in any color. Though I prefer the classic green. Morgan is the one car I have always wanted. Ironically, now that I can actually afford to buy it I don’t because: a) it’s impractical and, b) would scream: “Mid-life crisis!”
Have a wonderful weekend.
It might be impractical, but I’d say a C7 Corvette or a Lambo would say midlife crisis more than a fascinating car like the Morgan, which (to me at least) says something more along the lines of “It’s sunny most of the time here and who cares about a Miata convertible?”
Reason #3: Karen would, um, laugh at me.
On NCIS (which I haven’t watched in a few years), the Doctor “Ducky” – David McCallum’s character – drives a Morgan. Rick is right – red C7 – or Porsche – says “Mid Life Crisis” – a Morgan driver says “discerning car aficionado”. Besides to truly slip into the Mid Life crisis role, you need a gold necklace.
Which I can’t see you wearing.
I waited until I was 40 to get a car that I truly wanted – a Toyota MR2 – and wondered why I waited so long. Life is too short. I do think that a Morgan will require, ahh, “attention” although not as bad as a classic Lotus.