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BOOKS OF THE DAY: Happy 70th Birthday to exquisite #ballerina #GelseyKirkland here are 2 #memoirs #autobiographies of her career that was both storied & troubled & 1 #childrensbook she’s co-written with #GregLawrence 🩰
PAINTINGS OF THE DAY: With the sad passing of great #AmericanArtist #PhilipPearlstein at 98 here’s a few of his works from over the decades #paintings #portraits #greatartist
PAINTINGS OF THE DAY: Works by #LouiseCatherineBreslau circa #1880s #1890s #paintings #WomanArtist #German #Swiss #France #selfportrait #impressionist
ALTERNATE FILM OF THE DAY: Beguiling new #French nostalgic hand drawn #animated feature #biopic about #cartoonist team (& their title character) of popular French Charlie Brown/Dennis The Menace type character. Genuinely charming #film #LittleNicholasHappyAsCanBe @laemmleroyal 🎥
FILM OF THE DAY: #BusbyBerkeley #precode 1934 #WarnerBros #Broadway themed #musical #comedy isn’t his best of the era, but has funny moments from #JoanBlondell #ZasuPitts #GuyKibbee & fun numbers especially I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU 🎶 #DickPowell #RubyKeeler #HughHerbert #Dames
CLASSIC LPS OF THE DAY: Happy 93rd 🎂 to superb #Japanese #Jazz #Pianist #composer #ToshikoAkiyoshi here are a few of her many fine albums from over the decades including a couple with her #saxophonist #flutist husband #LewTabackin who co-lead #bigbands with her for many years 🎶
PAINTINGS OF THE DAY: Works by #AmericanArtist #LillaCabotPerry circa #1890s - #1920s #paintings #impressionism #selfportraits #winterscene #AmericanArtist
FILM OF THE DAY: Genuinely strange & eerie 1934 #precode #UniversalStudios #horror #film is 1 of cult director #EdgarGUlmer finest (& highest budgeted) 🎞️ with #BorisKarloff & #BelaLugosi at their most elegantly creepy amidst stunning sets with intriguing post WWI anti war theme
PAINTINGS OF THE DAY: Works by #FrancisPicabia circa #1920s #1930s #paintings #modernart #cubism #surrealart #French
FILM OF THE DAY: Just before #GingerRogers career totally took off with #FredAstaire at #RKO she teamed with #DickPowell at #WarnerBros for this light semi #musical #radio satire with fast talking #PatOBrien in fine fettle & #TheMillsBros adding delightful harmonies #1930s #movie