Saturday Salon: A Favorite Painting or Two.....or Three!

The Blue Hat - Portrait of  Vera Hone from The Angler Series - 1912Self-Portrait 1907The Man From Arran - self-portrait 1918The Jockey - (Looks like another self-portrait to me, though it isn't listed as such.)Portrait of the painter, Augustus John - 1900In Dublin Bay - 1909The Eastern GownPortrait of Mrs. RubyThe Mirror - 1900Portrait of Gertrude Sandford LegendreBridgit  - A Picture of Miss Elvery (Glenavy) 1909Portrait of Herbert Bernard...

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Foreign Film Poster Friday

The Italian poster of a 1947 film which had a very short title in English: T-MEN. I like the Italian version better. This is such a fabulous poster, even if the film it advertises and the actors in it, has fled from our collective memori...

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Friday's Forgotten Book: THE MUMMY CASE MYSTERY (1933) by Dermot Morrah

SourceFriday is Forgotten Book Day, a weekly meme hosted by Patti Abbott at her blog, PATTINASE.Don't forget to check in at Patti's for all the links to bloggers who are talking 'forgotten' tomes today. It's always intriguing to see what other readers come up with.My post today also counts as an another entry in Bev's VINTAGE MYSTERY READING CHALLENGE. Link on over there to see what other vintage reads other bloggers have read and...

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What was Holmes thinking? Now we know.

Now at long last, we know what Sherlock Holmes was thinking when he first met his future partner and wife, Mary Russell on the Sussex Downs lo, these many years ago.We also realize (if we've read The Beekeeper's Apprentice) that Watson was absolutely correct in his estimation - though Holmes accuses him of being over-dramatic. Not true. Watson was right on the money.BEEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS is a short story recalling what was on Holmes' mind...

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Lemony Snicket Strikes Again!

It isn't often that a book cover makes me laugh out loud or, for that matter, a book title - but this morning's 'Omnimystery' email news about Lemony Snicket's new book/series did just that.You know Lemony from his Series of Unfortunate Events books for kids (and those of us who are kids at heart), now it appears he's writing an 'autobiographical' series. One shudders to think.....*************************************** Last month...

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Tuesday Overlooked (or Forgotten) Film: TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934) starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

Because I still continue to have trouble with google search, I'm unable to do my regular Tuesday film post in the style to which I have become accustomed, that is, with pix from my chosen movie to add to the general ambiance. So instead I've taken a post I did at the beginning of last year and amplified it for today's Overlooked (or Forgotten) Film entry - the weekly meme hosted by Todd Mason at his blog, SWEET FREEDOM. Don't forget to check in and...

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Nine Tough Movie Dames

This would have been Ten Tough Broads, except that Google continues to deny me access to any photo links. Hopefully when daughter returns from a trip, she'll be able to straighten things out for me. The photos I've used on this post were stored by me in a file a while back. **************************9 Tough Broads.You know who I mean - movie dames so tough they spit bullets. Not the major stars who were known for their impenetrable...

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Saturday Salon: A Favorite Painting or Two.....or Three!

Portrait of Miss Dora Wheeler.Portrait of Alice Gerson, Mrs. William Merritt Chase.Portrait of Louis Betts.Portrait of the painter James McNeill Whistler.Mrs. Meigs at the Piano OrganThe Young Orphan At Her EasePortrait of Elizabeth Betsy Fisher.Portrait of Kate Freeman Clark.Portrait of A Lady.William Merritt Chase (1849 - 1916), the American Impressionist was born and raised in Indiana. He showed an early interest in art, studied locally as best...

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