Tag Archives: art deco

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Greta Garbo in THE KISS. Production design by Cedric Gibbons.

Posted in Architecture, Art, Movies | Tagged art deco, Cedric Gibbons, Greta Garbo | 3 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. “Venus on a Half Shell” by Alberto Vargas, 1937

Posted in Art, Sex | Tagged Alberto Vargas, art deco, Venus | 5 Comments

Pasadena: Then and Now

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In 1888, the city of Pasadena, CA built an opera house at a cost of $125,000 ($3.15 million in 2012 dollars). The design used the Moorish revival style, which was very popular at the time. The building was … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged art deco, Gordon Kaufmann, Moorish revival, Pasadena | 3 Comments

“Baby Face”

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Barbara Stanwyck and her legs star in this engaging Warner Bros. pre-Code Hollywood work from a story by Daryl Zanuck writing under a pseudonym. A sort of femme fatale Horatio Alger story, Stanwyck plays a teenage tramp pimped … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex, Women men and fashion | Tagged art deco, Barbara Stanwyck, Feminism, Pre-Code | 6 Comments

The L.A. Conservancy’s Art Deco Walking Tour

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Recently, I attended a walking tour offered by the Los Angeles Conservancy, a charitable organization tasked with “preserving and revitalizing greater Los Angeles’ architectural heritage.” (Don’t laugh.) These tours are offered every weekend of such places as the … Continue reading →

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Camille Paglia’s “Glittering Images”

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Camille Paglia — professor, provocateur, scourge of leftist academics and feminists — has a new book on visual art and was in town recently to lecture on it. I trekked over to the Skirball Cultural Center on the … Continue reading →