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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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“All acting technique aims for the same result: to get you into a psychological position where you can release your intuitive knowledge of life, however large or small. Any technique that doesn’t do that for you comes out as mannerism.”
—Claire Bloom (b. 1931 – )

Lars Jorde
Interior, 1905
oil on canvas: 63 x 71 cm.

 

Photo by Alan Schaller

 

Rick McGinnis
Hollywood hills, Topanga Canyon, Riviera and Malibu, Los Angeles, Nov.-Dec. 2016

 

J B Lightman
School Class, Lower East Side, New York City, 1933

 

“The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.”
—Joan Collins (b. 1933 – )

 

J.B. Lightman
Street Vendor Selling Challah for Shabbat, Lower East Side, New York City, 1933

 

1970 Dodge Charger Hellraiser

 

Sigourney Weaver, 14 years-old, attending a Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 1964.

 

1917 Elgin “Admiral Evans” trench watch. Only 2 known to exist.

 

“The way the studio sold me, you’d think I popped out of some package, ready-made.”
—Rita Hayworth (1918 – 1987)

 

Art Nouveau pharmacy, Vienna.

 

Natalie Wood by John Engstead, 1963

 

The IDF’s new paratroopers had their swearing in ceremony at the Kotel, the Western Wall in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem. It should be noted that Israeli military doctrine does not include paratroop drops. But the rigorous training is considered valuable and contributes to esprit de corps.

 

Arthur Rothstein
Sign in restaurant, Shellpile, New Jersey, 1938

 

Charlotte Birdie wishes all our friends and relatives the best Shabbat ever.

 

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  1. I did some follow-up on that Hellraiser. So. . . that’s not a production car. It is a specialty car built for Kevin Hart by SpeedKore. They put a 7.0L (1,000 hp) Hellephant Hemi engine on a modified frame. Then they scanned a 1970 Dodge Charger body and built it out of carbon fiber. It’s a one-of-a-kind car. Read more here: https://speedkore.com/hellraiser/

    I also looked into the Elgin trench watch. Apparently, Elgin made 4 different trench models: the Admiral Evans, the Admiral Benson, the General Joffre, and the General Funston. All very cool designs. I also stumbled across a Facebook page for Illinois Watches with Art Deco designs you should see, Robert:
    https://www.facebook.com/Vintage-Deco-Illinois-Watches-295575540961765/

  2. Rita Hayworth did not pop out of a package, she had to be developed at considerable expense and time. if she had half a brain, which she apparently did not have, Rita would be quiet after saying, thank you.

  3. That’s interesting about Israili paratroopers. Training but not jumping.

    Interesting quote from Joan Collins. I’ve been re-watching Star Trek, the original series, and one of the greatest episodes is “the city on the edge of forever“ with Joan Collins.

    I had never heard of the hell raiser before.

  4. I love the Lars Jorde painting.

    The quote by Joan Collins is a little ironic to me. I found her to be much sexier as a Cougar than a Lolita, but in the end, I understand her position.

    I bet that Hellraiser has a massive Hemi under the hood. Sweet looking car.

    I was so hoping there was a follow-up link to the Admiral Evans watch. I shall have to do some researching it this weekend…

    Out of curiosity, why does Israel not include parachute drops in their military doctrine?

    • Prophet Joe:

      IDF battles usually take place in geographically small areas. Parachute jumps are notoriously random. Men often land several km. from their designated drop zones. This makes for chaos, and time tables that get shredded. Israel has great mobility on the ground, and an air force which is second to none in completely controlling air space. This more than makes up for lack of paratroop drops.

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