The Feast of Stephen. One of the greatest artists of all time died today in 1909. He was Frederic Remington and he specialized in scenes of the Wild West. His horses, cattle, cowboys and Indians are simply superb and he could sculpt his designs with equal skill. What a talent! Unfortunately he was only forty when he died - a great loss to the world of art.
In other news ...
American film star Richard Widmark was born today in 1914. I never saw him put in a bad performance and he was notoriously fast on the draw. Legend has it that that was why he had a damaged hand in Warlock, so that Henry Fonda could outdraw him.
Fed up with the turkey yet? I am looking forward to supper tonight with M J Trow and family, as Boxing Day supper is when they unleash Auntie Sheila's Pickled Onions on the world. Yum.
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Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
16th May
Today in 1929, the very first Academy Awards were presented. The Academy had been created two years before by Louis B Mayer and the first 'Best Film' went to Wings from the Paramount Studio (not, as nepotism theorists might have expected, something from MGM). The golden statuette had not yet got the name 'Oscar' - it was still quite formally known as an Academy Award. The story goes that someone - presumably someone who hadn't won one - remarked that the figure, plunging a sword into a reel of film, looked like their Uncle Oscar and the name stuck. I personally smell a PR stunt - in the real world firstly, no one would have heard the remark and secondly, the uncle would have been called Merv or Burt and then I doubt it would have stuck quite so well.
In other news ...
Today is the birthday in 1905 of Henry Fonda, who starred in films too numerous to mention. Happy birthday, Henry - I can't say your films lightened my life as comedy wasn't really your thing, or even smiling much now I come to think of it, but you never turned in a bad performance. In one of those quirks that proves astrology wrong, also born on this day but some years later was Liberace - who really did brighten many lives, my mother's particularly. So thanks to you as well - I hope my dear old Ma has a front seat in all your concerts on the other side.
In other news ...
Today is the birthday in 1905 of Henry Fonda, who starred in films too numerous to mention. Happy birthday, Henry - I can't say your films lightened my life as comedy wasn't really your thing, or even smiling much now I come to think of it, but you never turned in a bad performance. In one of those quirks that proves astrology wrong, also born on this day but some years later was Liberace - who really did brighten many lives, my mother's particularly. So thanks to you as well - I hope my dear old Ma has a front seat in all your concerts on the other side.
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