Remembering Grace Kelly on her birthday π
π· Philippe Halsman, 1955
"When you looked at her picture, you were not looking at her. You were looking at the illusion of her. The camera did more than love her. It was insane about her."
- Don Richardson
I love this Alan Grant shot of Grace Kelly & Audrey Hepburn, both presenters at the 28th Academy Awards, March 21, 1956
Each had won a Best Actress #Oscar: Kelly for The Country Girl in 1954 & Hepburn for Roman Holiday in 1953.
This is lovely: #AcademyAwards presenters Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly backstage at the RKO Pantages Theatre
π· Allan Grant for Life magazine, 1956
Walter Carone photographs Grace Kelly in her stateroom aboard the SS Constitution, sailing from New York to Monaco for her wedding, April 1956
Grace Kelly by Bud Fraker, March 1956
Fraker called her "the woman with a thousand faces - all of them pure." He was the set photographer on Dial M for Murder & To Catch a Thief. Fraker felt this shot, taken on the eve of her Hollywood exit to become a princess, was "too sexy".
Two more shots of Grace Kelly by Bud Fraker: publicity shots for Rear Window, 1954, & To Catch a Thief, 1955.
For Grace Kelly's birthday, Philippe Halsman's #jump! shot, 1959
Grace Kelly by Philippe Halsman, February 9, 1955
She wore this dress when she won her Oscar for The Country Girl
Here's that dress again: William Holden presents Grace Kelly with her Oscar for Best Actress, for The Country Girl. Holden had won the year before for Stalag 17.
π· Earl Leaf, Pantages Theater, March 30, 1955
The dress was green!
Grace Kelly with Edmund O'Brien. His #Oscar was for The Barefoot Contessa, 1955
Earlier that night:
Don Hartman, Zizi Jeanmaire, Grace Kelly & Edith Head on their way to the Oscars. Kelly & Head both won.
π· George Silk, 1955
Another superb portrait of Grace Kelly by Philippe Halsman, 1954
Grace Kelly & Frank Sinatra on the set of High Society.
π· Dennis Stock, 1956
An odd vibe on this set!
Grace Kelly & Frank Sinatra, High Society.
π· Dennis Stock, 1956
Grace Kelly looks fabulous in this scene from High Society. And, damn!, she holds her own singing with Bing! Her own voice.
Yar.
Grace Kelly in another green dress.
A St. Patrick Day's photo shoot with Gene Lester, 1954
Grace Kelly arrives in Los Angeles to star in High Society, 1956.
"She came in on the Super Chief".
π· Darlene Hammond
On the set of Rear Window: James Stewart, Grace Kelly & Alfred Hitchcock, 1954. My favourite Grace Kelly movie.
Two very fine still photographers were on set: Bud Fraker & Phil Stern. Either of them could have taken this awesome photograph.
Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby & William Holden in The Country Girl.
π· John Swope, 1954
Kelly beat out Dorothy Dandridge, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn & Jane Wyman for her #Oscar. Holden & Bing both lost out to Marlon Brando. Edith Head did the costumes; she won that year for Sabrina.
Loomis Dean took 40 pictures of Grace Kelly for Life magazine. Alas, all undated in the Life archive. Here are two of my favourites.
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A thread of photos by Ralph Morse, another great Life magazine photographer. π§΅
Stickball in Spanish Harlem, 1947
Ralph Morse
Audrey Hepburn with her Best Actress #Oscar, for Roman Holiday, March 1955
A French resistance fighter takes aim at a German sniper attacking a crowd during a tour by Charles De Gaulle, following the liberation of Paris.
A spectacular photo by Ralph Morse for Life magazine, August 1944
Remembering William Steig on his birthday π
π· Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
William Steig
September 23, 1985
A great @NewYorker cover on William Steig's birthday. Well-timed, as I'm keeping an eye on a bunch of NFL games this afternoon. Go @Lions!
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 @NewYorker cartoon
Remembering Veronica Lake on her birthday π
She was so good in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
I was absurdly pleased to find out this outfit was designed by Edith Head, who did the costumes for the film. Great shot by Talmadge Morrison, the on set still photographer
A lovely shot by Talmadge Morrison of Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake, in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, 1941
It must have been a relief for Edith Head to move on to this scene.
Veronica Lake by George Hurrell, 1941
Glamour is one thing, but look at Lake's eyes in this shot. Hurrell is searching for character here, & finding it.
Remembering Louise Brooks on her birthday π
π· Eugene Robert Richee, 1923
"Brooks is a flame fluttering in the wind of her own breath."
- David Thomson
Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928
"The only star actress I can imagine either being enslaved by or wanting to enslave; and a dark lady worthy of any poet's devotion."
- Kenneth Tynan
A spectacular portrait of Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928
Herbert Mitgang notes in his 1985 @nytimes obituary:
"She told Mr. Tynan that she had never been in love, was supported at various times by several millionaires, but declined to marry them."
Remembering Aaron Copland on his birthday π
π· Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
An undated portrait of Aaron Copland by the composer David Diamond, who was a fine photographer.
"By having sold out to the mongrel commercialists half-way already, the danger is going to be wider for you, and I beg you dear Aaron, don't sell out entirely yet."
Aaron Copland by George Platt Lynes (undated) @BeineckeLibrary
"The composer who is frightened of losing his artistic integrity through contact with a mass audience is no longer aware of the meaning of the word art."