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

Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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James Stewart, early 1940′s
“The great thing about the movies is you’re giving people little, tiny pieces of time that they never forget.”

 

Twiggy, 1967 Photo Richard Avedon, coat by Emeric Partos, paint by Giorgio Sant’ Angelo, New York, April 14, 1967 Avedon Foundation

 

Photo by Rodney Smith

 

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Femme en bleu (Woman in blue)
1901
Oil on canvas
133 x 100 cm
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reine Sofía
© Succession Picasso / 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich

 

Polish poster for Seven Samurai by Andrzej Pagowski

 

Bugatti Type 57S Aerolithe, 1935.

 

“At Metro [MGM], you practically had to go to the front office if you wanted something as real as having your hair mussed. All automobiles were shiny, a picture never hung crooked, a door never squeaked, stocking seams were always straight and no actress ever had a shiny nose.”
—Mary Astor
Painting by Tobi Kahn

 

Eugene Robert Richee
Carole Lombard, ca. 1937

 

Women’s Elgin Parisienne from the late 1920s

 

George Platt Lynes
Fashion Photograph for Lord and Taylor, 1940

 

Photo by Rodney Smith

 

“Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.”
—Loretta Young

 

Denton Corker Marshall, View Hill House, 2012, Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia. Photo by Rob Deutscher via Flickr.

 

Aaron Siskind: Chicago 13, 1952

 

Helen Frankenthaler
Tahiti, 1989
Mixografia Print on Handmade Paper
32 × 54 in

 

Marlene Dietrich kisses a GI from the 2nd Infantry Division on his return to New York on July 20, 1945.

 

Omer Counter
Congregation Shearith Israel, 1730

 

Yale Joel
Excellent set in Clarksville during spring with kids playing, 1953

 

Lielle Meital wishes all our friends and relatives a lovely and inspirational Shabbat.

 

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  1. Robert, I have a follow-up question on Rodney Smith’s photo. As I look at the sea plane photo again, it appears to be a live human on the wing (I note the shadow in the water), but from experience, I would guesstimate the height of the plane (from the top of the float to the wing) would be about 7-8 foot. From that, it appears that the figure on the wing must be 3-4 ft tall… a child, a doll?

  2. I remember a Dominick Dunne piece about the Oscars where he said that Jimmy Stewart and his wife had been at an Oscar party briefly and left. Then their place was taken by Siskel and Ebert and he commented on the changes in Hollywood that time had wrought. He is not here to see what it is like now. I go to less than four movies a year, but have a collection of DVDs that I watch. Last week we watched “Susan Slept Here” to amuse ourselves with how sex was treated in the 1950s.

    I watch “My Man Godfrey” every couple of months. We did see “The Cold Blue” last week.

  3. I like the Loretta Young and Jimmy Stewart quotes. Both stars seemed “down to Earth” and had their priorities straight. The Bugatti is interesting, but I find the covered rear wheel wells distracting. Either cover all the wheels, or don’t cover any of them! 🙂 Finally, the Elgin watch is awesome. When I initially saw it, I thought it was a new design. when I read the caption, I see it is almost 100 years old! That seems, to me, to be a central trait of good design — if something 100 years old still looks good today!

    Have a wonderful weekend and a peaceful Shabbat,

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