Futuro (diptych), 2009
Acrylic on Canvas
72 x 72 in. overall
“Aurora 2” 2015
Oil on canvas 180.2 X 110.1 CM.
“Anyone who’d want to build me up as a sex siren would have to be crazy. Why is it most actresses must be bizarre, vulgar or temperamental to make good copy? Everyone in Hollywood tells me I have to develop an interview personality if I want to keep the press happy. They want me to be something I’m not…I’m an actress and a woman and I hope, a lady. But I found being a lady is a hardship here. It’s not encouraged. What I should be is a glib person, quick on repartee, and full of colorful quotes I gleamed from the ‘Reader’s Digest’ just before the interview!’”
‘All I need are one or two good quotes, either controversial or funny, and I’ve got a column,’ I said.“
”’No,’ said Miss Remick firmly. ‘I can’t think of one!’ Then she brightened, ’I have it,’ she said, ‘you can compare me with Greta Garbo. I have big feet too.’
—excerpted from Joe Hyman’s 1959 New York Herald Tribune profile, “Lee Remick Boasts Garbo Feet”
Estructura Roja, 1966/2012
Plywood, automobile paint
27 5/8 x 49 1/4 x 5 in.
Everything you think you know about Ty Cobb is wrong.
“Women Playing with the Mirror” 1797
—Brigitte Bardot
Untitled, 2007
Acrylic on Wood
60 x 50 in.
Samson and Delilah
1609–1610
Oil on wood
73 in × 81 in
National Gallery London
Kishke King, Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1953, printed later
Gelatin silver print
13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Sari Srulovitch, Israeli, b. 1964
Israel, 2002
Silver: hand-worked with repoussé
7 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 5/8 in.
Artist’s statement: “This mezuzah is indented like the well-worn steps of ancient buildings, as if to reflect the touch of thousands of hands that have reached up to kiss the mezuzah on the doorpost of Jewish homes for generations. The gentle indent on the clean, modern lines of this mezuzah beckons us to touch it. As we do so, we recall our heritage and the ancient command of the Lord to the Israelites in Egypt to mark the doorposts of their homes to protect them from the plague on Egypt’s firstborn. The touch of the ages has left an indentation in the shape of the Hebrew letter shin, a traditional ornamentation on mezuzot symbolizing one of God’s names. Part of the permanent collection at the Israel Museum, the Jewish Museum N.Y.and the Jewish Museum Berlin.”
Perhaps I should change my handle to Kishke King. Or maybe King Kishke.
As soon as I saw the Kishke King picture I thought of you!
🙂
Lee Remick was in one of my favorite movies, “Anatomy of a Murder.” The novel is also excellent. The movie had to change the ending a bit to make it visual. Joseph N Welch, whose only acting job was as the judge, became a close friend of the author during the movie shoot. The author was a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court. He also wrote an excellent book on trout fishing that I have somewhere.
Body Double – always remember the drill. Can’t forget it.
Clary – a monument to the human spirit
Posters – I was showing a friend from Michigan around my area and the conversation turned to the fall of the Detroit Auto Makers. We both agreed it was a combination of arrogance and intransigence in both unions and management. Flint MI used to be a GM town – GM needed some concessions and the union wouldn’t budge.
Now look at it.
I mentioned to him yesterday that Hollywood in the 40s would crank out dozens of pictures a year, lower cost production and hoping that a few would be hits. Now they put most/all their eggs in one basket and hope that 1 or 2 movies will make it.
I am wondering if this is due to the costs of production?
Everything I have read about Marlene seems to indicate that she was a character. And I believe the name “Marlene” didn’t exist before her.
Lielle Meital seems to be in a reflective mood.
Dietrich was named Marie Magdalene, which was combined later into Marlene. I was able to find another Marlene born after her but before she acquired fame, so I suspect the combined name is common to the “Marie Magdalene” name and not an honorific to Dietrich.
I read somewhere that after Marlene made stardom mothers started naming their baby girls after her
Dig the red Herrera – looks like it’s sneering! Have a great Shabbos.
Humphrey Bogart, Lee Remick, Ty Cobb, Robert Clary, Brigitte Bardot, Lielle Meital, Kishke King and a 1931 Rolls Royce… what’s not to like about this edition of Friday Photos?
1) I read a Bogart biography years ago and, even though he was “before my time” (so to speak), I found him to be an interesting actor.
2) Lee Remick was always beautiful, but she seems to have been very grounded in her own identity (unlike most “stars”).
3) The Ty Cobb story is fascinating. I grew up believing he was a dirty, albeit immensely talented player. This just goes to show that a person’s true character is often unrelated to the “common knowledge” that history repeats.
4) I know, Robert, that you are a life-long fan of BB, but this photo is not her most flattering! She looks a little “wild” in this photo (that’s as gentle as I can say it here 🙂 ).
5) I grew up loving Hogan’s Heros as a kid. I was disappointed when I learned that Robert Crane was not the clean cut, All-American boy he portrayed, but I was fascinated to learn the Clary was an actual concentration camp survivor. I can’t imagine wanting to play a character who lived in a prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany — I would have thought that could have (potentially) been torturous for him.
6) I must admit, I have not seen Body Double. I shall have to remedy that oversight!
7) The Touching Mezuzah is awesome.
8) I’m assuming the Kishke King is no longer in operation… As a kid, I loved hot dogs. They were a summer treat in my family. As an adult, I’ve come to love sausages. Polish sausage, hot dogs, smoked sausage, brats, Italian sausage. It’s a vibrant and versatile food group which is (all too often) looked down upon. I notice on the left side of the building, the sign says Salami and Franks for 78 cents. That must be either a meal, or for a whole package of uncooked franks, because you also see “2 large hamburgers” for 25 cents or a pack of cigarettes for 22 cents… plus free cole slaw! Those were the days…
Have a wonderful Sabbath everyone!
Definitely a good post, although I’m sorry that the BB photo didn’t show up for me. Something broken about the link.
1. In my mind, Bogart is timeless despite the timeliness of his various parts. (I was just as gratified to discover him in my family tree as I was mortified to discover my relationship to the Roosevelts.)
6. I saw “Body Double” when it first came out and thought it was excellent — one of the best films DePalma directed. Discovering Robert’s site several years ago (while researching some info about Lillian Gish) was a serendipitous joy when I found that he wrote the screenplay. Thank you again, Robert, for your continually interesting site.
How do you know whether most stars are grounded, or not?
Joe, what you are embracing is a publicity story like any other, but in Lee Remick’s case she, or someone, has chosen to present the prosaic rather than a more tawdry story. One thing is for certain, these people who are front and center, are never, never, ordinary, no matter their shoe size. We are in a; business largely driven by stars, some of whom are also directors, but all of whom are part of an industry. I have never met someone in the business who wasn’t bright and cooperative. The alcoholics and druggies in the main do not last without accommodating reality.