—Myrna Loy to MGM when they sent her a letter reprimanding her for speaking out on behalf of German Jews. Her call against Jew-hatred resulted in a loss of revenue for the studio when Hitler banned Loy’s movies in Germany.
Source: Paper Dreams: The Lost Art of Hollywood Still Photography
“Marilyn Pursued by Death”
acrylic and paper collage on canvas, 50 x 40 inches
1963
Lee Miller
1928
Blue Light Five
Acrylic on canvas
72 inches (diameter)
2015
Gloria Swanson
1939
Girl in Black and White oil on canvas, 1914
On her maternal instincts:
“I held a baby once. It felt like a bag of hot snakes.”
Source: Elsa Lanchester, Herself
Clark Gable
Girl with a Green Apple
oil on canvas, 1911
Based on “Two Bad Hats” by Monckton Hoffe
A Woman Peeling Apples Oil on canvas, c. 1663. Approximately 28″ x 21″, The Wallace Collection, London.
Friday Night Candles
oil on canvas
Courtesy Chassidic Art Institute
The time is now, the place is a little diner in Ridgeview, Ohio, and what this young couple doesn’t realize is that this town happens to lie on the outskirts of the Twilight Zone.”
—Rod Serling, “Nick of Time”, The Twilight Zone
![Yom Kippur belt and buckle Eastern Europe 19th century Silver, repoussé and engraved; cotton and silver thread Inscribed in Hebrew: “For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins” [Lev 16:30] W: 6 (belt), 15 cm (buckle) Gift of E. Korner to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, in memory of his father, Meir.](http://www.seraphicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/belt.jpg)
Eastern Europe
19th century
Silver, repoussé and engraved; cotton and silver thread
Inscribed in Hebrew: “For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins” [Lev 16:30]
W: 6 (belt), 15 cm (buckle)
Gift of E. Korner to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, in memory of his father, Meir.
Boy and Fence, Central Park, NYC
1965
Venice the Pink Cloud
1909
—James Cagney
Young Woman in Green
oil on canvas, 1915
Dolores Del Rio
1938
Burning Bush, oil on canvas, framed: 35 x 27 x 3 in. 1944
Screenplay by
Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor
Based on “D’entre les morts” by Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac
Dresses for a wedding by Victor Siebel taken from on top of a taxi in Eaton Terrace, 1938
Buster Keaton
1931
Silent Picture #4
acrylic on wood panel
11 x 14 x 1 in.
2016
Over the decades, I’ve grown weary of viewing movies made by some of the “greats,” some Oscar winners included. However, when it comes to Myrna Loy and William Powell, I never tire of theirs.
I don’t know if it’s their playful banter or the light-heartedness of their scripts or if I’ just becoming a picky, grouch old man. Whatever the case, I know what I like.
Green apples, yet no Magritte?
There is a world of wisdom in what Jimmy Cagney said. One of the most therapeutic things one can do when feeling blue is to help others.
That’s one of the best Photos of Clark Gable that I have seen.
Not so sure that it is as much is death pursuing Marilyn Monroe as Marilyn pursuing death
My mother knew Cagney’s brother who was a dentist in Culver City. The days of normal people.
Ah… Myrna Loy. You’ve made my week, Robert!
The Bormioli photo looks almost like it could be an Edward Hopper painting… beautiful.
I love Blue Light Five… and I’m not sure I would have thought so 5 years ago, but Friday Photos has broadened my art horizons.
Elsa Lanchester — it’s probably best that she was never a mother…
I love the Yom Kippur belt buckle. It’s beautiful.
Ruth Orkin’s photo Boy and Fence is so complex. The character in the foreground, the fence, the city in the background with a reflecting image as well. Nicely done!
I like Jimmy Cagney’s quote — and there’s a lot of truth to it.
Finally, I love the photo of your granddaughters and Silent Picture #4 as well. (can you tell us more about the latter?)
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ok, Robert. I’ll admit I haven’t seen Vertigo in quite some time, but I was curious about the name you referenced – D’entre les morts so I ran it through Google Translate. According to the French to English translation, it means… “The Glass Ballerina”.
Umm, even my really, really bad French translation could decipher something like “Entry among the dead” The Glass Ballerina… seriously? Kids today are taking this stuff as factual and using it as reference material for coursework!
As an aside, my wife was never really exposed to Hitchcock. When we were engaged I made the mistake of having her watch The Birds. It took about 20 years until her friend suggested we all go see Rear Window in an old palace-style theater. She loved it. Later this month, we’re going with the same couple to see North By Northwest (one of my personal favorites). Next may be Vertigo!