—Hedda Hopper (1940)
The Old Tower (1884)
Concord, 1949
Oil and masking tape on canvas
89 3/4 x 53 5/8 in. (228 x 136.2 cm)
Karen Catches Light
2016
—Harpo Marx, on the Marx Brothers’ early days as traveling vaudevillians.
‘Pale Fire’, 1988
Oil on linen, 243.8 x 372.1 cm.
Cutting the Card Quickly 1964
Study for the Head of Leda
Earlscourt Park, February 2017
—Carl Theodor Dreyer, Thoughts on My Craft
Lisbeth Movin in Day of Wrath, 1943, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, one of the greatest movies ever made.
Written by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Poul Knudsen, Mogens Skot-Hansen
Based on Anne Pedersdotter by Hans Wiers-Jenssen
Self-Portrait (1901)
oil on canvas
Mina Keiler Avrech, z’l 1923-1989
Screenplay by Orson Welles, Based on Badge of Evil, 1956 novel by Whit Masterson
Artist/Maker: Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert
American, b. Germany, 1900-1981
Place Made: New York, United States
Date: 1930 Frankfurt, produced 1978
Silver, ebony, and glass
Seder Plate: 4 1/16 × 13 5/16 × 11 7/16 in. (10.3 × 33.8 × 29.1 cm) Cup: 6 3/16 × 2 7/8 in. (15.7 × 7.3 cm)
Gift of Sylvia Zenia Rosen Wiener to The Jewish Museum, N.Y.
I usually notice a difference between Jimmy Stewart’s acting in pre-war roles compared to the many movies he made after coming back from from flying bombers. The younger Stewart always seems like just another happy-go-lucky naive young actor. After the war he seemed to have a depth, a certain edginess below the surface that hadn’t been there before. I think this is why Hitchcock liked to cast him in his films.
I missed the fact that it is a TF model. I didn’t even know there was one. I knew people with the TC model and the TD but have never seen a TF before. It looks exactly like the TD.
Without looking it up I think the TF was the last MG before the MGA.
I want the MG TD. One of my fraternity brothers had one and I used to drive it. I loved it and still think about getting one.
I don’t know if you would like it on the freeway
On the story of Jimmy Stewart and the five retakes of the love scene, it reminded me of William Wyler
If I remember correctly actors had ambivalent feelings towards him.
He would order take after take. Many times his back would be turned to the set and he would just be listening. I’m told the making of some like it hot with Marilyn Monroe was excruciating. But by the same token I believe as a director more actors have won Academy Awards with him then any other director. Of course Jimmy Stewart’s retakes were more along the fun line.
Wonderful photograph lollipops. It’s strange to think that those two little girls are most likely gone now but they showed the eternal simple joy the children have.
With the four Stockholm girls that had to of been a serendipitous moment with the photographer
I love to hear the background story of that but I really doubt that that was posed
Some Like It Hot was directed by Billy Wilder, not William Wyler. Or did I misinterpret your comment?
Yes, Bill did mistakenly refer to “Some Like It Hot”, directed by Wilder, not Wyler, but Wyler was known for repeated takes and was called names like “40-take Wyler” and “Once-More Wyler”. However, he probably directed more actors to awards than any other director and supposedly taught Laurence Olivier how to act for movies instead of stage. So, Bill’s main points were correct.
I had more than just an idea about those things.
Robert, a lovely photo of your mother. If my math is correct, she was probably 17 at the time. Somehow I think the 1940’s hair styles and fashion made teenagers look older and more sophisticated than today’s youth. That includes my generation in the 60’s/70’s — tie-died t-shirts and cut-offs didn’t exactly look sophisticated.
As for the rest of your post… par excellence, sir!
Have a lovely Sabbath everyone…