L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Norma Shearer in publicity for Smilin' Through, 1932
"Gowns by Adrian."
With Fredric March.
With Leslie Howard.
In the second of three filmed versions of the same story, Norma plays the dual role of Moonyeen Clare, a bride who is accidentally shot on her wedding day (!), and the niece of the same, the orphaned Kathleen.
And then that profile! So under-appreciated for so long, I think many are finally coming around. There was no one else who could could go from a beautifully calculated artifice to an almost frightening realism and back again the way she did. She was really quite remarkable.
Stephen O’Donnell is a mid-career fine artist, writer, and singer/performer. His paintings are widely collected, both in this country and abroad. Entirely self-taught, he is perhaps best known for his self-portraits, work which most often exemplifies the portrait historié - in which a recognizable subject is portrayed in period costume or mythological guise, to dramatic or comic effect - as well as his small paintings of animals. His premier collection of short fiction, Half-Light, appeared in July of 2023. His work – both literary and visual – has appeared in the literary magazines/journals Nailed, Menacing Hedge, Buckmxn Journal, and Gertrude. He is married to writer and graphic designer Gigi Little, with whom he sometimes performs. Their book, The Untold Gaze – a collection of Stephen’s paintings paired with short fiction by thirty-three authors – was published in October of 2018. They live in Portland, Oregon.
The UNTOLD GAZE
The UNTOLD GAZE is a large format fine art book - 11x11 inches hardbound, 160 pages, full color - a collection of almost ninety of Stephen's paintings paired with short fiction and poetry inspired by his work. Included among the thirty-three authors are Lidia Yuknavitch, Tom Spanbauer, Monica Drake, Sam Roxas-Chua, and Whitney Otto. Click on the image above if you'd like more information on how to purchase the book.
probably my favorite actress. Her smile was electrifying!
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