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The union meeting in Bicycle Thieves

The man offering jobs in Bicycle Thieves

Today's screening of Bicycle Thieves was the first time I noticed that the man working at the employment office who gives Ricci his job at the beginning of the film is also nodding along at the union meeting later in the film. No matter how many times I watch, there's always some new weird detail.

Joan Greenwood

It’s Joan’s birthday tomorrow.

📸 Dorothy Wilding (April, 1954)

Just now thinking of one of my favorite New Yorker commas, the one they put in constructions like "when she died, in 1973," because without the comma one might read it as "when she died in 1973, as opposed to when she subsequently died in 1975 and again in 1976."

Some typos are tolerable, some are not...

I think she might have aged into a great character actress in film. But unlike, say, Sylvia Sidney, I'm not sure Harlow would have had the self-confidence for the stage.

"Magnificent" is, in fact, the word I cut because I was over character count!

"Politcs? Hah! You couldn't get into politics!" My all-time Jean Harlow moment in DINNER AT EIGHT isn't her closing exchange with Marie Dressler; it's the knock-down-drag-out marital scrap where she wipes the floor with Wallace Beery. The great Harlow was #BornThisDay in 1911 in Kansas City, Mo.

Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump The victory removes a major threat to the New York City tolling program, which still faces other lawsuits.

Breaking News: The Trump administration’s attempt to end New York’s congestion pricing program is unlawful, a federal judge ruled.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Nude Model in the Studio by Fernand Léger, 1912
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I agree. He is not a strategic thinker, he just needs to be the star. I worked at Dow Jones, then the WSJ, then Barron's, editing coverage of him at every stage. He was always inserting himself into issues that had f-all to do with him (the vicious Central Park 5 ad was a perfect example).

Intentionally or not, he’s constantly put in a traditional presidential frame that makes the crude and cruel decisions of this White House seem a lot more thought-out than they probably are.

In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency

The fundamental problem with analyzing Trump is that one must assume there’s a strategy when all the evidence points to him being a vindictive, impulsive and easily-led person who sees the world and the people in it in terms of their usefulness to him.

Why shouldn’t you, I sure have! 😂

Empezamos la semana con Jennifer Jones
Feliz día 🎬❤️

Jennifer Jones in "Gone to Earth" - BOTD

Oh come ON. If that's "preventative" what the hell is "severe skin condition" supposed to look like? Also, GTFO with calling that spot "reddish" in the article, try "fiery oozing mess"

In ‘To Be or Not to Be’ (1942)

I thought, "I should post a lovely still of Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie for her birthday, I love that movie so much," and then I afterthought "I don't have to do that, I can go to Tomas's page and RT because I know he won't let this slip by."

With Joseph Cotten in ‘Portrait of Jennie’ (1948)

Jennifer Jones, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1919, in Tulsa, Oklahoma

With Diahann Carroll on the set of ‘Paris Blues’ (1961)

Martin Ritt, Director, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1914, in New York City

Kurt Weill (with scenes from the G. W. Pabst film "The Threepenny Opera" based on his stage work) - BOTD

Really obscene to display Kirk, who attacked the Civil Rights Act, with Washington, who quietly poured considerable resources into legal challenges to Jim Crow (which would have put his career and life in jeopardy in contemporary Alabama had it come to light).

Ha ha, I would love to tote around a kitten like that too! One of those beauties, like Kim Novak and Doris Day, who adored animals. Lots of lovely photos of ET with dogs and cats. Here's a sweet one of her drying off her spaniels.

Since You've Gone: An Interview with Cristina Raines Establishing and maintaining a successful acting career usually represents the pinnacle of an actress' life and accomplishments, which is...

Happy Birthday to Cristina Raines, one of the most level-headed & grounded people from show business I've ever encountered. Here is my interview with her from 2014.

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p.s. I know what you mean; it needs to get bigger and broader

YouTube video by David Hoffman BB King Was Afraid To Perform At Sing Sing Prison But Called It His Best Performance Ever

It was part of a larger concert featuring B.B. King (there's a 45 minute video), the Voices of East Harlem, and Jimmie J.J. Walker when he was just a very young stand-up as the MC. You can see Joan in the audience in this clip.

YouTube video by David Hoffman Joan Baez & Her Sister Mimi Sing To Prison Inmates. They Shed Tears

David Goodman: "I have filmed Joan on two occasions. At this time Joan's husband was in prison as a draft protester to the Vietnam War. My partner at the time, Harry Wiland, contacted her to ask her if she would participate in a Thanksgiving day event that we were planning inside Sing Sing prison."

P.S. One source says photo is David Redfern, 1960; whenever, love it, love her.