Happy birthday Frank Langella π
π· Paolo Pellegrin, 2009
βHis Nixon in Frost/Nixon is one of the great, mysterious performances of modern times, not an attempt to imitate the president but a profound commentary on him nonetheless.β
- David Thomson
Frank Langella by Martha Swope
From the 1977 stage production of Dracula. @nypl digital collection
Langella is one of the greatest of all Draculas.
The 1977 Dracula with Frank Langella featured stage designs by Edward Gorey.
John Badham's Dracula, 1979, with Frank Langella, may not be a great movie, but this is one spectacular performance. π¦
Here with the wonderful Kate Nelligan.
The still photographer on the set was Bob Penn #stillonset
Maureen Anderman & Frank Langella in Seascape.
π· Joseph Abeles, 1977 @nypl digital collection
You know what, I'm not even going to look up what the hell is going on here.
Frank Langella as Salieri & Dennis Boutsikaris as Mozart, in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.
π· Martha Swope, 1983 @nypl digital collection
I would have loved to see this.
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Remembering Sergio Leone on his birthday π
With James Coburn on the set of Duck, You Sucker!, in a dramatic photograph by Gianni Ferrari, 1971
"Those who cherish CinemaScope will always luxuriate in Leoneβs inscrutable spaces."
- David Thomson
Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli & script girl Serena Canevari on the set of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, 1966
The still photographer on the set was Angelo Novi #stillonset
Sergio Leone films Once Upon a Time in America, 1984.
Once again the still photographer on the set was Angelo Novi #stillonset
Remembering George Martin on his birthday π
π· Richard Faulks, 1997
"I thought, O.K., weβre all taking photographs of an existing event. But we donβt have to make a photograph; we can paint. And that prompted me to experiment."
George Martin by David Magnus, 1965
"While they were having their tea break, I put down a baroque piano solo which John didn't hear until he came back. What I wanted was too intricate for me to do live, so I did it at half speed, then sped it up."
John Lennon & George Martin listen to playback, in this photo by Frank Hermann from 1967. Sophisticated recording equipment!
Some day I should put together a #playback thread; I love the staring-into-space looks of the musicians, producers & engineers.
Remembering Ray Milland on his birthday π
π· Martha Holmes, 1946
βIn Lost Weekend Milland suddenly revealed himself as an actor capable of showing all the flaws in attractiveness.β
- David Thomson
Coffee with Ray Milland π·
This was taken during the filming of The Lost Weekend, 1944, by Jerry Cooke. That *may* be Billy Wilder behind him.
Another shot of Ray Milland by Jerry Cooke, 1944.
These were taken in a coffee shop on Third Avenue in New York.
Remembering Anna May Wong on her birthday π
π· Edward Steichen
Vanity Fair, April 1931
"Wongβs career contested, accommodated, and, most importantly, denaturalized various forms of orientalism."
- Shirley Jennifer Lim
Anna May Wong by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1929 @NPGLondon
Remembering J.R.R. Tolkien on his birthday π
π· Lord Snowdon, 1972
"On some subjects Tolkien simply knew more, and had thought more deeply, than anyone else in the world."
- T. A. Shippey
I adore this drawing of J.R.R. Tolkien by Betty Swanwick.
pencil and wash, 1966-1967 @NPGLondon
J.R.R. Tolkien by John Wyatt
bromide print, February 1968 @NPGLondon