Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

About Fabrizio del Wrongo

Recovering liberal arts major. Unrepentant movie nut. Aspiring boozehound.

No Life or Youth

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Stephen watched the three glasses being raised from the counter as his father and his two cronies drank to the memory of their past. An abyss of fortune or of temperament sundered him from them. His … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ireland, James Joyce | 6 Comments

Sunday Tune

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Music | Tagged Albatros, Toto Cutugno | Leave a comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “A Married Woman”

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged A Married Woman, Film, Italy, Jean-Luc Godard, Macha Meril, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

Naked Lady of the Week: Charlotte Stokely

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Charlotte is a freckle-faced, butt-heavy porn actress and model who’s got a plush, Louisiana-jailbait-meets-California-golden-girl appeal. When she started she was charmingly fleshy, almost plump; these days the baby fat has been replaced by a chic, model-like … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life | Tagged American Apparel, Charlotte Stokely, naked lady of the week, nude photography | 7 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Touch of Evil”

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: With art by France’s master the of b-movie poster, Constantin Belinsky.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Constantin Belinsky, Film, France, Movie Posters, movies, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil | 3 Comments

Spring Jiggles In

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Spring is here. The girls have emerged from their winter cocoons of cloth and fur and the jiggle is once more abroad in the land. All winter long the jiggle, that gayest decoration of the public … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Sex, The Good Life | Tagged Esquire, George A. McNamara, Rosanna Arquette, spring, the jiggle | 7 Comments

“Female”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1933 “Female,” Ruth Chatteron plays a successful industrialist who goes through men with the efficiency of a Catherine the Great. When she fancies a secretary (they’re all male), she invites them to her manse for dinner, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Female, Film, George Brent, Michael Curtiz, movies, Pre-Code, Romantic Comedy, Ruth Chatterton, William Dieterle, William Wellman | 1 Comment

And This Was Stillwood Heights

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: We curved through the bright mile or two of the Strip, past the antique shops with famous screen names on them, past the windows full of point lace and ancient pewter, past the gleaming new nightclubs … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged Farewell My Lovely, Los Angeles, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler | 5 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Tenebre”

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: From Spain. Art by the great Francisco Fernandez Zarza-Pérez, aka Jano. Related There appears to be a documentary about Jano. I’d love to see it.