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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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“It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.” —Norma Schearer
“It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.”
—Norma Schearer

Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, 1670 to 1672, 0′ 10″ x 0′ 8″
Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, 1670 to 1672, 0′ 10″ x 0′ 8″

 

Éric Lafforgue, Miss Kim Miss Kim lives in Pyongyang, North Korea. She is wearing uniform but is not a soldier. She is the French-speaking guide at the ‘Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum.’Kim, a young french military speaking guide at the Army Museum. Women may represent more than 10 percent of the entire North Korean People's Army. North Korea is the most militarised country in the world.According to the US State Department, North Korea has the 4th largest military in the world, at an estimated 1.2 million armed personnel for 23 millions north koreans. Even if many think NK has nuclear bomb, the guns, cars, military equipment seems to come from the 50's... The Korean People's Army is the military of North Korea. Kim Jong Il is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army . The famous Bush's Axis of evil includes Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. In NK, every young man stay for 6 years in the Army. It means that for 6 years, he won't have many news from his families because there is no email, mobile and very few private phones in North Korea.
Éric Lafforgue, Miss Kim
Miss Kim lives in Pyongyang, North Korea. She is wearing uniform but is not a soldier. She is the French-speaking guide at the ‘Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum.

 

Anonymous photographer, Geisha, 1880
Anonymous photographer, Geisha, 1880

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Freud asked: What do women want? Poor, clueless Siggy. Everyone knows that women want footwear. Behold the clever Kandinsky pump by Charlotte Olympia.
Asked Freud: “What do women want?” Poor, clueless Siggy. Everyone knows that women want footwear. The Kandinsky platform by Charlotte Olympia will rock her world.

 

Robert J. Avrech, Walking and Talking, 2015
Robert J. Avrech, Walking and Talking, 2015

 

Morris Louis, Alpha-Phi, 2591 x 4597 mm, 1961
Morris Louis, Alpha-Phi, 2591 x 4597 mm, 1961

 

“I know how Lupe Velez felt. You fight just so long and then you begin to worry about being washed up. You fear there's one way to go and that's down.” —Carole Landis
On Lupe Velez’s suicide, December 13, 1944 (aged 36) : “I know how Lupe Velez felt. You fight just so long and then you begin to worry about being washed up. You fear there’s one way to go and that’s down.”
—Carole Landis, who also committed suicide, July 5, 1948 (aged 29)

 

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl,1864
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl, 1864

 

Gertrude Käsebier, Lollipops, a study of Mina Turner and her cousin Elizabeth, Waban, Mass., 1910.
Gertrude Käsebier, Lollipops, a study of Mina Turner and her cousin Elizabeth, Waban, Mass., 1910

 

Polish poster for Shane, 1959.
Polish poster for Shane, 1959

 

Leave No Man Behind, one of the most powerful photo from World War II
Leave No Man Behind, one of the most powerful photos from World War II

 

Howard Hodgkin born 1932 Title Rain Date 1984–9 Medium Oil paint on composite panel Dimensions Support: 1640 x 1795 x 51 mm

Howard Hodgkin b. 1932, Rain, 1984–9, Oil paint on composite panel
Support: 1640 x 1795 x 51 mm

 

“There ought to be a law against any man who doesn’t want to marry Myrna Loy.” —Jimmy Stewart
“There ought to be a law against any man who doesn’t want to marry Myrna Loy.”
—Jimmy Stewart

 

Sir William Orpen 1878–1931 Title The Mirror Date 1900 Medium Oil paint on canvas Dimensions Support: 508 x 406 mm frame: 682 x 580 x 75 mm

Sir William Orpen 1878–1931, The Mirror, 1900, Oil paint on canvas, Support: 508 x 406 mm, frame: 682 x 580 x 75 mm.

 

Flokeje van Lith, Nocturnal III, 2015
Flokeje van Lith, Nocturnal III, 2015

 

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Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook in The Red Shoes, 1948, Screenplay by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (add'l dialogue) Keith Winter.
Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook in The Red Shoes, 1948, Screenplay by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, (add’l dialogue) Keith Winter.

 

Swedish poster for Blonde Venus, starring Marlene Dietrich
Swedish poster for Blonde Venus, starring Marlene Dietrich

 

Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Untitled, 1990, oil on linen, 28 x 28 x 3/4". Collection Robert & Karen Avrech, Los Angeles
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Untitled, 1990, oil on linen, 28 x 28 x 3/4″. Collection Robert & Karen Avrech, Los Angeles

 

Two Jewish girls wearing traditional costumes worn during the 8 days of wedding festivities. Erfoud, Morocco, ca. 1934
Two Jewish girls wearing traditional costumes worn during the 8 days of wedding festivities. Erfoud, Morocco, ca. 1934

 

Ariel Chaim wishes all our friends and relatives a lovely and meaningful Shabbat. And a Merry Christmas to all our Christian friends.
Ariel Chaim wishes all our friends and relatives a lovely and meaningful Shabbat. And a Merry Christmas to all our Christian friends.

 

Ed Ruscha, END 1983 oil on canvas 36 x 40 inches
Ed Ruscha, END
1983
oil on canvas
36 x 40 inches

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  3. Whoa – is Ariel Chaim a redhead? Wait till the missus finds out! (Her first question, when our first few kids were born, was “Is he/she a redhead?” She gave up at some point.)

  4. Man, do I enjoy Friday’s pictures! About those socks Robert, now I realize it’s Hollywood, but if you were walking down the street say in Hutto, Tx people would think you were a big city democrat from Austin. It would cause a considerable commotion, probably getting you banned from PTA meetings.

  5. That photo from WWII is powerful. The guy shooting is being carried by the other. No chance that would happen in Obama’s army, I fear.

    Another powerful war photo is from Iraq and by Michael Yon who was too close to a fire fight.
    http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LEJTIggqlpM/0.jpg

    Here is the wounded command sergeant major killing a jihadi in spite of having had his leg broken by a bullet. Incredible cool and bravery.

    http://photos1.blogger.com/img/233/3034/1024/10.jpg

  6. That’s EmeRic! (FrahnkenSTEEN!) (Do you think he had a brother Colin? Sorry) If you haven’t already done an article on Pressburger’s movies, please do! Or just on my favorite actor, Roger Livesey. (interesting roles, beautiful voice, nice face, sense of humor, and evidently a nice guy with a happy marriage). A Matter of Life & Death; Life & Death of Colonel Blimp; I Know Where I’m Going… Peeping Tom was not something I’d watch again, though.

  7. Norma Shearer was never better presented than in this photograph. You can feel the inner light and beauty. Her comment however, though often true , is hardly definitive, unless of course someone wants to make it so.

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