MADness—the Blog
I had seen this item in the L.A. Times this week but didn’t get a chance to look at collector Ira Resnick’s site till tonight. If you’re a fan of art from classic Hollywood (and how could you not be), it’s certainly worth a look. The book is Starstruck. I think I know what I want for my birthday.
Dan Callahan at Slant, on Carole Lombard:
At her breathless, frazzled, sexy best, Carole Lombard defined the screwball comedy genre of the 1930s. A hot blonde made for clinging white satin, she was most distinctive when encouraged to be slaphappy and out of control, working up a full head of steam and building comic sequences to crescendos of hysteria. Her basic good nature always shone through her performances, so that even when her work was uneven (which was often), she always managed to get a viewer rooting for her. With her high forehead and penetrating blue eyes, Lombard was obviously intelligent, yet she had a talent for playing none-too-bright, childish women who lived exclusively and triumphantly in their own world.
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