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Gala and Salvador Dalí — a post for WJM

Man Ray Salvador and Gala Dali
Salvador and Gala Dalí, portrait by Man Ray

“I name my wife: Gala, Galushka, Gradiva; Oliva, for the oval shape of her face and the colour of her skin; Oliveta, diminutive for Olive; and its delirious derivatives Oliueta, Oriueta, Buribeta, Buriueteta, Suliueta, Solibubuleta, Oliburibuleta, Ciueta, Liueta. I also call her Lionette, because when she gets angry she roars like the  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion”

WJM… I’ll have to do a little more research to see if there is any history of Dalí left in Monterey. Cheers dear, and welcome to Beguiling Hollywood!

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