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Tag Archives: Alfred Wertheimer
For Father’s Day:
Photo by Alfred Wertheimer, 1956 Because when you become a father, you never know how it’ll all turn out. Vernon looks like an anvil dropped on him from the sky, an anvil in the shape of his famous son. Lisa … Continue reading
A Rock Star, His Mother, and His Underwear. 1956.
For Mother’s Day. Elvis Presley, Gladys Presley, 1956. Memphis. Photo by Alfred Wertheimer.
Wall of Talismans
This wall is a work in progress. Anything that goes up there has to inspire me and make me happy just to look at. It’s the room I spend the most time in. The sunset light coming in is always … Continue reading
The Ghost on the Sidewalk
Every time I walk by the Warwick Hotel, like I did yesterday, I take a moment to say hello to the ghost on the sidewalk. 2019 1956
Elvis: “Hound Dog”
1956. Photo by Alfred Wertheimer 21-year-old Elvis, listening to the playback of “Hound Dog” at the RCA Studio in NYC. (Normally he recorded at the RCA facilities in Nashville – which he really didn’t care for – but in this … Continue reading
Packing/Unpacking Montage
I haven’t been around these here parts much in the last 2 weeks. I moved to a new apartment on February 1 (and the move was somewhat unexpected. It all happened – finding apartment, applying, getting approved – in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Wertheimer, Elvis Presley, Gun Crazy, Hope, John Wayne, Quantum Leap, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Ulysses
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Gift
We had the table-read last night. Director, two actors, me. First time I’ve met all of them in the flesh. The whole damn thing is huge, I mean, come on, I’m enjoying every second of it. I love them all. … Continue reading
Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2014
I may write some magnum opus in the next two days, you never know, but here are links to some of the things I’ve written in 2014, here and elsewhere. I have worked hard to keep my site an eclectic … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies, Music, Personal
Tagged Alfred Wertheimer, Anna Magnani, Austria, Carroll Baker, Christopher Hitchens, Claude Rains, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Eminem, France, friends, Gena Rowlands, Germany, Harry Potter, Howard Hawks, Inherent Vice, Iran, Iranian film, Israel, Italy, Jafar Panahi, Japan, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Crawford, John Cassavetes, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Wiig, Kwik Stop, Lars von Trier, Lauren Bacall, Lester Bangs, Liv Ullmann, Lon Chaney, Love Streams, Mark Twain, Martin Scorsese, Nicolas Cage, Orpheus Descending, Palestine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Poland, Richard Linklater, Romania, Russia, Seth Rogen, Seymour Cassel, Sudden Fear, Supernatural, Sweden, Tennessee Williams, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Tommy Lee Jones, Trotsky, war, year in writing, Zac Efron
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R.I.P. Alfred Wertheimer
Elvis. R.I.P. to the great photographer Alfred Wertheimer, known mainly for the extraordinary series (weak word, there are over 3,800 photos) of photos he took of Elvis Presley during the spring and summer of 1956, right before, and just as, … Continue reading
Elvis Is Everywhere
Someone once got to my site by Googling something about George Washington and landed on a post I had written about the man. But she was distracted by the banner on the top, and the big button on the side, … Continue reading