No one played the tramp like Gloria Grahame. After her 1944 film debut as trampy Sally Murfin in Blonde Fever, Gloria shot to stardom as trampy Violet in the Frank Capra holiday favorite It’s A Wonderful Life. She went on portray sluts, bad girls and tramps in a career that spanned five decades. With her pouty …
Here is a second illustration showing the pig/banjo relationship. (Inspired by the Dueling Banjo Pigs website.)
This week’s word on the Illustration Friday website is “sneaky”. Pretty sneaky, Sis!
After appearing in bit parts in films throughout the late 1930s, Carole Landis made a huge splash as “Loana” in the 1940 prehistoric fantasy One Million BC. That film was a springboard for her career. Carole was cast in 22 films over the next eight years, mostly due to her secret affair with powerful producer …
This is just what is looks like. A pig playing a banjo. It’s inspired by a website called “Dueling Banjo Pigs”. They tell their story this way: “It started out with a duel between friends. Guy Francis challenged fellow illustrator, Stacy Curtis, to a duel of banjo playing pigs. Now, other illustrators have joined the …
This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “burning”. At 2 AM on July 2, 1951, Pansy Carpenter smelled something burning. She checked on the finicky water pump in her apartment building’s basement, since it had a tendency to overheat. Concerned for the safety of her tenants, she turned the pump off and …
Roger C. Carmel and Richard Deacon were mainstays of episodic television from the 1950’s through the early 1980’s. Roger was best known for his role as intergalactic criminal Harry Mudd in two episodes of the original Star Trek series. Roger made many one-shot guest appearances in TV sit-coms and dramas throughout his career, including memorable …
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This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “afterwards”. “Good morning, Wally. Good morning, Beaver. Your father is eating first. I’ll make your breakfast after Ward’s.”
My wife has celebrated 28 birthdays since we met. Last year, we enjoyed a wonderfully intimate concert by banjo impresario Tony Trischka at the elegant, historic Elkins Estate, around the corner from our house. Two years ago, we spent a wonderful birthday in New York City. We went to a huge street festival on Sixth Avenue, wandered around …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “spent”. (This is one of two illustrations I did for this topic. HERE is the other.) “If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn’t have to advertise them.” Will Rogers
