Category: Books

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 16, 2013 /

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY

Hide the TV. Behind a door, a screen, a tapestry, a painting…  

January 16, 2013 /

TV BUILT IN – PEACE BETWEEN THE SEXES

And, it pivots for convenient viewing at any angle…

January 16, 2013 /

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

Is where they put the television, media center, whatever you want to call it… I know couples who have fought about it for years. Intimately. They would be named – let’s just say Mr. and Mrs. Lester. Mr. lives by the motto “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, which…

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January 14, 2013 /

GOLDEN GLOBES HANGOVER

Darlings, I have a Golden Globes hangover – a couple of pix to tide you through a quiet day here in beguiling Hollywood. The best party in town… 1956: 1962:

January 13, 2013 /

DAVID O. SELZNICK

David O. Selznick at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater premiere of “A Farewell to Arms” starring his second wife, Jennifer Jones, and Rock Hudson. December, 1957. YOU DON’T OWN ME, Chapter 12. Bigger Brighter, up at 11 Pacific Time…

January 13, 2013 /

IRENE MAYER SELZNICK

Her diary from her teen years includes comments on films she saw at MGM previews. These journal entries reveal Irene to have been perceptive and frank in her observations – even at 17. Her take on Romola (1924): “…L. Gish good as always but didn’t make the most of her…

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January 11, 2013 /

BLOOD AND SAND – RUDOLPH VALENTINO AND SOME SERIOUS DECOLLETAGE

As my friend Lanier NAKED DESIRE ~ Nude for Men by Bijan « SCENTS MEMORY quipped, “He’s just checking for implants!”

January 10, 2013 /

JACKIE COOGAN

The actor whose exploitation brought about the Coogan Laws governing earnings, education, hours, and trusts set aside (California Child Actor’s Bill)… Long and short, Coogan was screwed over by his mother and step-father. His mother’s response, “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns…

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