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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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“I have gone through such a time, and more, and survived. I traveled in a world that once was—Hollywood of the war and immediate postwar years. And I existed in a world that never is—the prison of the mind. If what I have learned from these experiences can be summed up in one sentence, it would be this: life is not a movie. But I do not make that point in a sad or regretful way. I can only wonder, if my life had been a movie, would a director have cast Gene Tierney to play the part? The bitter with the sweet makes for a better part.” —Gene Tierney
“I have gone through such a time, and more, and survived. I traveled in a world that once was—Hollywood of the war and immediate postwar years. And I existed in a world that never is—the prison of the mind. If what I have learned from these experiences can be summed up in one sentence, it would be this: life is not a movie. But I do not make that point in a sad or regretful way. I can only wonder, if my life had been a movie, would a director have cast Gene Tierney to play the part? The bitter with the sweet makes for a better part.”
—Gene Tierney

Massimo Stanzione (1586-1656) Judith and Holofernes, 1633
Massimo Stanzione (1586-1656)
Judith and Holofernes, 1633

 

Paul Himmel Little Boy Staring at the Snow, 1950
Paul Himmel
Little Boy Staring at the Snow, 1950

 

Smith and Wesson .32 Single-Action Revolver, 1889–90. The grip is sheathed in silver and etched with foliage around shaped panels inlaid with laminated metal that has a wood-grain pattern. This Japanese technique, called mokume, was one of various metalworking forms explored by Tiffany and Company's chief designer, Edward C. Moore. His experimentation with Japanese design elements and media helped to establish Tiffany's international reputation in the 1870s. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Smith and Wesson .32 Single-Action Revolver, 1889–90. The grip is sheathed in silver and etched with foliage around shaped panels inlaid with laminated metal that has a wood-grain pattern. This Japanese technique, called mokume, was one of various metalworking forms explored by Tiffany and Company’s chief designer, Edward C. Moore. His experimentation with Japanese design elements and media helped to establish Tiffany’s international reputation in the 1870s.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

 

Anna May Wong by Dorothy Wilding, chlorobromide print on card mount, 1929
Anna May Wong
by Dorothy Wilding, chlorobromide print on card mount, 1929

 

Andy Galsworthy Earth Art Bracken stalks laid on water amongst alders, Scaur Glen Dumfriesshire, March 6, 1990
Andy Galsworthy
Earth Art
Bracken stalks laid on water amongst alders, Scaur Glen Dumfriesshire, March 6, 1990

 

J. Robichez Young Jewish Woman-Debdou, Morocco c. 1917
J. Robichez
Young Jewish Woman, Debdou, Morocco c. 1917

 

“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.” — Joanne Woodward
“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.”
— Joanne Woodward

 

Matteo Roselli (Italian artist, 1578-1650) Judith and Holofernes, 1600s
Matteo Roselli (Italian artist, 1578-1650) Judith and Holofernes, 1600s

 

Vivian Maier Chicago, 1963
Vivian Maier
Chicago, 1963

 

Calli McCaw, Imagine That
Calli McCaw, Imagine That

 

Nina Leen Teenage Couple in a Movie Theatre, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1944
Nina Leen
Teenage Couple in a Movie Theatre, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1944

 

Angelica Kauffmann by Angelica Kauffmann, oil on canvas, circa 1770-1775
Angelica Kauffmann
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, circa 1770-1775

 

Roman Vishniac Little Jewish Girls, Warsaw, 1935
Roman Vishniac
Little Jewish Girls, Warsaw, 1935

 

Andy Galsworthy Earth Art Snow Sculpture
Andy Galsworthy
Earth Art
Snow Sculpture

 

Alfred Hitchcock & Bernard Herrmann on the set of Psycho (1960) “The Hitchcocks often played host to the Herrmanns, especially in the late 1950s. Recalled the third Mrs. Herrmann, Norma Shepard, “Benny used to wash dishes with Hitch, and they’d talk about what they’d do if they weren’t in the film business. Benny wanted to run an English pub, until somebody told him you actually had to open and close at certain hours. Benny asked Hitch what he would be. There was a silence. Hitchcock then turned to Benny, his apron folded on his head, and said solemnly: ‘A hanging judge‘”. -excerpted from A Heart at Fire’s Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann
Alfred Hitchcock & Bernard Herrmann on the set of Psycho (1960)

“The Hitchcocks often played host to the Herrmanns, especially in the late 1950s. Recalled the third Mrs. Herrmann, Norma Shepard, “Benny used to wash dishes with Hitch, and they’d talk about what they’d do if they weren’t in the film business. Benny wanted to run an English pub, until somebody told him you actually had to open and close at certain hours. Benny asked Hitch what he would be. There was a silence. Hitchcock then turned to Benny, his apron folded on his head, and said solemnly: ‘A hanging judge‘”.
Source: A Heart at Fire’s Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann

 

Tippi Hedren in the striking and compelling opening shot of Marnie (1964, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Tippi Hedren in the compelling opening shot of Marnie (1964, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

 

Kenneth Josephson Matthew, 1967
Kenneth Josephson
Matthew, 1967

 

Polish poster for The Graduate, 1973 Artist: Maciej Zbikowski
Polish poster for The Graduate, 1973
Artist: Maciej Zbikowski

 

Andy Galsworthy Earth Art Thin ice formed overnight lifted from river pools frozen around a rock. Dumfriesshire, Scotland, December, 1991
Andy Galsworthy
Earth Art
Thin ice formed overnight lifted from river pools frozen around a rock.
Dumfriesshire, Scotland, December, 1991

 

Hiromu Kira The Thinker, 1930
Hiromu Kira
The Thinker, 1930

 

Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640 Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1605-10 Oil on canvas, 61,3 x 48 cm Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1605-10
Oil on canvas, 61,3 x 48 cm
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California

 

Hanukkah Lamp Miss Liberty Mae Rockland Tupa, American, b. 1937 Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 1974 Wood covered in fabric; plastic: molded 11 × 24 × 7 in. (27.9 × 60.9 × 17.8 cm) The Jewish Museum, New York Gift of the artist, 1984
Hanukkah Lamp
Miss Liberty
Mae Rockland Tupa, American, b. 1937
Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 1974
Wood covered in fabric; plastic: molded
11 × 24 × 7 in. (27.9 × 60.9 × 17.8 cm)
The Jewish Museum, New York
Gift of the artist, 1984

 

Robert J. Avrech Blue Chevy, Los Angeles 2013
Robert J. Avrech
Blue Chevy, Los Angeles
2013

 

Ariel wishes all our friends and relatives an inspiring Shabbat.
Ariel wishes all our friends and relatives an inspiring Shabbat.

 

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  1. Don’t be surprised if someday Ariel drives a collector’s classic, now that you have exposed him to the bug. His much older cousin, Ilan has rebuilt a 1970 Mustang.

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