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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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“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” —Elizabeth Taylor; Photo by Richard Avedon for LOOK magazine, 1956

Art Shay
Hula Hoops, Chicago 1959

 

The latest Timex Marlin adds a day/date function and comes in three eye catching colors. It has a robust automatic movement and is reasonably priced.

 

Rick McGinnis
Outside Scottsville NY, July 2018

 

Chrystie Sherman; Candle Lighting: A Jewish Family Ushers in Shabbat, Kottareddipalem, India c.2005

 

Live-action reference models for the mermaids in Peter Pan(1953): Margaret Kerry, Connie Hilton, and June Foray. Source: thiswashollywood

 

“A team of archaeologists discovered previously unknown prehistoric wall carvings in a cave in northern Spain, some of which are believed to be 15,000 years old. Among the carvings are depictions of horses, bulls, and deer, as well as more abstract patterns, all of which are carved into a stretch of the Cave of Font Major, a nearly two-mile-long system of caverns located 60 miles outside of Barcelona.” More here.

 

“I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.“
—Judy Garland
Judy Garland and three munchkin actors between takes on the set of The Wizard of Oz, December 23, 1938

 

Cornelis Bisschop (Dutch; 1630–1674)
Girl peeling an apple
1667
oil on panel
Height: 70 cm (27.5″); Width: 57 cm (22.4″)
Rijksmuseum

 

Art Shay
Catcher in the Vines, Chicago, 1961

 

A French poster for the 1958 Steve McQueen horror classic The Blob.

 

“The trouble with her [Veronica Lake] is she didn’t have confidence in herself. Nothing could convince her that she was beautiful. It was a fight every morning to get her to face the camera.”
—Rene Clair, Lake’s director on I Married a Witch, 1942
Source:  Thank Heaven: A Memoir by Leslie Caron
Stephen Shore
U.S. 97, South of Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 21, 1973

 

Dick Whittington
Jensen automobile with a Ford engine, 1936

 

The Triumph of Mordechai, 1988
Purim Noisemaker by Moshe Zabari, Israeli, b. 1935
Silver, lapis lazuli, and carnelian, 3 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (34.3 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm)

 

Chrystie Sherman Wedding, Mumbai, India c.2005

 

Pinchas Tzvi wishes all our friends a lovely and meaningful Shabbat.

 

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  1. I too like the Liz Taylor quote. I am wondering too of all her husbands by the time #6 came along (whoever that was) wouldn’t he have sense enough to think that it might not work? Or was her hold that strong? (Rhetorical question I guess).

    That is sad about Veronica Lake. If we could only see ourselves as others see us.

    US 97 is a great road. It starts in Weed, CA.

    I know.

    Great picture of Judy Garland but am I the only one who doesn’t like Wizard of Oz? I think it is boring.

  2. That is a sad comment about Veronica Lake and, at least to me, explains a bit about her sad later years. Monroe was similar, I think; realizing that she had beauty which gave her power over men, but so insecure about herself that it would take her hours in front of a mirror to “become” MM.

    And that photo of Elizabeth Taylor is mesmerizing. No wonder so many men loved her.

    Robert, in your search for watches, do you ever come across modern pocket watches? I carry a model from 1917, because I don’t like to wear anything on my wrists.

    May you have a happy and blessed weekend.

    • I do come across a few modern pocket watches. But they are pretty rare. I have another friend, a painter, who also carries a pocket watch because he can’t stand any weight on his wrist.

      • When I was a surgery resident at LA County in the 60s, a lot of us wore vests under white coats. Don’t ask me why, I can’t remember why. I had/have a pocket watch I carried in the vest. It was made by Arnex and is 17 jewels. Not very expensive. My initials are engraved on the cover.

        Great photos today. When I was in college in the 50s, I saw Elizabeth T in “A Place in the Sun” maybe 50 times. It was a great story of the yearnings of young men then. Before the Pill.

  3. I like Elizabeth Taylor’s quote, and I tend to agree with it. Her eyes were mesmerizing.

    I like the Timex watches and I can afford the Timex watches. I followed the link and I love their “Snoopy Flying Ace” model, but I wish it had the day/date function.

    I love the French movie poster. “Terreur sans nom” (Terror without a name)

    The Cubs photo was taken just a few years before Chicago traded away a future Hall of Famer:
    Lou Brock

    I never was a fan of Judy Garland. I grew up liking The Wizard of Oz, but I liked all of the other things about it. Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, even The Wizard were my focus in the movie, not the little girl.

    Veronica Lake must have been a very unusual actress (celebrity). Most of “them” seem to think they are the most important, most attractive, and most interesting person in the room merely by their entrance into said room.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

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