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Vanessa Redgrave, clapperboard and pool (by Steven Rea)
This photo is on the wall in my study – I found it from a dealer of vintage film stills when I was on the prowl for a photo of Vanessa Redgrave on a…
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“They Didn’t Believe Me” [Kern’s breakout song as rendered by Sinatra]
In August 1914 Jerome Kern wrote a song to interpolate in a Broadway musical imported from Britain. The song is "They Didn't Believe Me." It is the first modern ballad, just as Irving Berlin's…
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“Journal of Autonomy” [by Peter Burzynski]
Cigarette noir as temptation. Grand era of soda!The point, our own bra soiled with sherry. Die Ann.Lie, Vera. I’ll vent: Oh!, stop! Your bra and lap penury. My face as an easy calm anchor.…
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“Your Loss is Our Gain?” ( by Steven Rea)
I just saw Telly Savalas – Kojak a little later in his life, with considerably less hair – riding a bike and hanging onto a car being driven by character actress Cara Williams, and…
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Steven Rea, Guest Blogger March 25-31
This week we welcome Steven Rea as our guest blogger. Steven is the movie critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the author of the new book Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling with the Stars (Angel City…