Month: January 2013

January 21, 2013 /

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

The Rev. Dr. King was born January 15, 1929. Here he’s pictured with Governor Brown of California (father of our current Governor) at a freedom rally in 1961:  

January 21, 2013 /

INAUGURATION 2009

From dance to dance – a sweet moment with the President and First Lady:  

January 20, 2013 /

FAREWELL TO GEORGE AND JACK

George Bellows – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Dempsey – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

January 20, 2013 /

BELLOWS AND DEMPSEY – GRIT AND MUSCLE AND ARTISTRY

Bellows was renowned for his dramatic painting style. Dempsey, like Lindbergh and the Babe, was an icon of his era. Sketch by George Bellows of Dempsey knocked out of the boxing ring: This is a photo of Dempsey working out: A portrait of a young boxer: Study of Dempsey’s shoulders…

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January 20, 2013 /

GEORGE BELLOWS AND JACK DEMPSEY AND THE GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME

The Met is displaying the works of the Ashcan School titan: George Bellows. The Metropolitan Museum of Art – George Bellows. Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo, September 14, 1923, The Polo Grounds, NYC Watch Dempsey knocked out of the ring by Firpo at about 1:50:

January 19, 2013 /

WALKS IN BEACHWOOD AND COOL OLD HOUSES

There are stairs from street to street all over Beachwood Canyon. I had a friend who counted them – I think she said there were four hundred (stairs, not stairways) – she used them to get in shape for her wedding gown. (Lord, children, she was fit!) Here’s a picture…

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January 19, 2013 /

ARCHITECTURE OF BEACHWOOD CANYON

An architectural rendering by John L. De Lario for a stately Spanish home under the Hollywoodland sign. I can’t place it exactly from my walks but I think it’s the house I used to see from a distance, with rotting and shredded drapes in the windows and a faded paint…

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January 18, 2013 /

THE VILE HARPY – HAS A MIGRAINE

Go outside and play.

January 17, 2013 /

MODERN TIMES – CHARLIE CHAPLIN

In which the tramp has a rough go – “Modern Times” (1936) –

January 17, 2013 /

FILM PIONEERS

Once upon a time I had a friend whose great-granny invested in little Tommy Edison’s electric company… That’s neither here nor there, but, in his time Edison’s became a multifaceted company and he ran an East Coast syndicate that extracted fees from filmmakers – the very thing that made Cecil…

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