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November 9, 2023
September 15, 2017
Marlon Brando articles/mentions
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The Wild One ~ 1953 12" 45 EP
mentions:
Candy soundtrack
Angelo Cellini ~
Smiley Lewis ~ Shame, Shame, Shame
Van Morrison ~ Hard Nose the Highway
Carl Van Vechten ~The Harlem Renaissance
Marlon Brando
photographer unknown
June 18, 2017
Photographers on the Viewfinder
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Jeffrey Abrahams
Ansel Adams
Jules Alexander
Ted Allan
Richard Avedon
Sid Avery
Al Aumuller
Jo Babcock
George Charles Beresford
Bruno Bernard (aka Bernard of Hollywood)
Ansel Adams
Jules Alexander
Ted Allan
Richard Avedon
Sid Avery
Al Aumuller
Jo Babcock
George Charles Beresford
Bruno Bernard (aka Bernard of Hollywood)
Niall David
Larry Davidson
Loomis Dean
Tony Deifell
Robert Doisneau
Robert Frank
Robert Freeman
Lee Friedlander
Carol Friedman
Leo Friedman
H. R. Giger
J. M. Golding
Lisa Toby Goodman
Robert "Bob" Hartman Larry Davidson
Loomis Dean
Tony Deifell
Robert Doisneau
Robert Frank
Robert Freeman
Lee Friedlander
Carol Friedman
Leo Friedman
H. R. Giger
J. M. Golding
Lisa Toby Goodman
Matt Herron
Carol Highsmith
Phillip Hofstetter
Eikoh Hosoe
George Hurrell
Judi Iranyi
Robert John
Pearl Jones-Tranter
Nadav Kander
Yousuf Karsh
Robert Mapplethorpe
Mary Ellen Mark
Ivan Massar
Lisette Model
Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon)
Terry O’Neill
Irving Penn
John Rawlings
Mary Ellen Mark
Ivan Massar
Lisette Model
Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon)
Terry O’Neill
Irving Penn
John Rawlings
Gene Weber
Heinz Weissenstein
Jon Wessel
Thomas Whiteside
Stephanie Williamson
Bob Willoughby
Karyn Yandow
Tamotsu Yato
William S. (Simrell) Young
Heinz Weissenstein
Jon Wessel
Thomas Whiteside
Stephanie Williamson
Bob Willoughby
Karyn Yandow
Tamotsu Yato
William S. (Simrell) Young
February 8, 2017
45 RPMs 10: A Tribute To James Dean
Today, Wednesday, February 8, is the birthday of James Dean. So, I had to dip into my vinyl sea to find something for a tribute to him and reeled in this gem.
This 45 RPM tribute album features the main titles from two of the films James Dean starred in, East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause.
The scores for East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause, both (1955), were written by Oscar and Emmy Awards winner, Leonard Rosenman. They are performed on this recording by the Warner Brother Orchestra conducted by Academy Award winner Ray Heindorf.
East of Eden (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
East of Eden was directed by Elia Kazan, and loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck.
It is about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity,
vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his
favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel. The film was released on March 9, 1955.
Rebel Without a Cause was an attempt to portray the moral decay of American youth, critique parental style, and explore the differences and conflicts between generations. The title was adopted from the 1944 book, Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath. written by psychiatrist Robert M. Lindner. The film itself, however, does not reference the Lindner book. Warner Bros. released the film on October 27, 1955,
This seems to have been a banner year for teenage rebellion as the same year, Blackboard Jungle was released between the two Dean films on March 25th, 1955 (see link below).
I have reasoned, perhaps the theme for Giant was not on the album as the score was written by another composer, Dimitri Tiomkin. Also, 45's were limited in length of time; that could have also been a factor.
James Byron Dean, born February 8, 1931, died on September 30, 1955, was an American actor who is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement. This was expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager, Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were as loner Cal Trask, in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand, Jett Rink, in Giant (1956).
Dean's death in a car crash at the age of 24 ensured his legendary "Star" status. He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
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Styrous® ~ Wednesday, February 8, 2017
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James Dean articles/mentions
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Michael Damian ~ Rock On with 12"
Barbara Eden ~ Bends It!
Phil Stern ~ Photographer to the stars
James Dean - 1945
December 18, 2014
Phil Stern ~ photographer to the stars
photographer unknown
Philip "Snapdragon" Stern, aka, "Photographer To the Stars", died a few days ago on December 13. He was born on September 3, 1919, and was an American photographer noted for his iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, as well as his war photography while serving as a U.S. Army Ranger in the "Darby's Rangers" unit in the North African and Italian campaigns during World War II.
Stern began his career at 18, working days as a photoengraver’s apprentice and nights as a photographer for The Police Gazette in New York. He always attributed his success to being in the right place at the right time.
Stern began his career at 18, working days as a photoengraver’s apprentice and nights as a photographer for The Police Gazette in New York. He always attributed his success to being in the right place at the right time.
Settling in Los Angeles after the war, Stern was staff photographer for LOOK magazine.
He was present on numerous film productions as still photographer, and
in that capacity took photographs of a huge cross-section of the film
community. Stern's images of Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and James Dean have become widely recognized icons.
Some of Mr. Stern’s most striking images came from several sessions with Dean in 1955, not long before the actor died in a car wreck at 24. They met at a Los Angeles intersection after Dean almost drove his motorcycle into Mr. Stern’s car. “I called him every four-letter expletive I could think of,” Mr. Stern later recalled, “and a few five-letter and six-letter ones too.” Nevertheless, they became friendly, and Mr. Stern recorded indelible images of the young star who came to represent the eternal image of youthful rebellion.
“I was never interested in the glamour,” Mr. Stern told Entertainment Weekly in 1993. “I was interested in the tears and agony behind it.”
Some of Mr. Stern’s most striking images came from several sessions with Dean in 1955, not long before the actor died in a car wreck at 24. They met at a Los Angeles intersection after Dean almost drove his motorcycle into Mr. Stern’s car. “I called him every four-letter expletive I could think of,” Mr. Stern later recalled, “and a few five-letter and six-letter ones too.” Nevertheless, they became friendly, and Mr. Stern recorded indelible images of the young star who came to represent the eternal image of youthful rebellion.
“I was never interested in the glamour,” Mr. Stern told Entertainment Weekly in 1993. “I was interested in the tears and agony behind it.”
Regarding Andy Warhol:
"Warhol got more and more excited by my pictures . . . I was really flattered that he collected my prints – until I found out later that he collected 'everything'."
- Phil Stern, Great Images of the 20th Century:
The Photographs That Define Our Times
by Kelly Knauer (Editor), Inc Time , ISBN: 1883013755 , Page: 143
Stern told Discover Hollywood in 1999 that he had spent a lifetime searching for what he called the perfect image. “You know what it is, but you just can’t get it,” he said. “Still, you keep searching. I haven’t found it yet.”
Stern was 95 when he died of emphysema and congestive heart failure in Los Angeles and he was photographing right up to the end.
Phil Stern
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The Phil Stern photographic legacy of Hollywood legends will live on forever.
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