Growing up, there was exactly one book in my house.
I already mentioned my mother's 5th grade education and her literary taste reflected it.
My father was in too much psychological pain to think about reading,
although my mother read him the riot act every night.
In our home we had an abundance of 2 things---
screaming and movie magazines. Annie Wolff was a very
attractive woman addicted to glamour. By the time I was 8, I was
reading Photoplay and every other Hollywood magazine out there.
I could tell you the name of just about every well known movie star, especially the women...
those stunning, lose yourself in their beauty somewhere they really exist women who determined
my taste then and forever. Thankfully, I managed to elude total superficiality
and my CRUSHES needed to blend many qualities, not the least of which
were humor, kindness, and smarts. And I knew them without knowing them.
I had and still have this inner mechanism that lets me read people as quickly
as you can read a fortune cookie. Okay, let's do it.
Suzy Parker was a stunning, super- stylish model who seemed to be
on every page of every fashion magazine in the 50's. But it wasn't until
she played Gary Cooper's 30 years younger, still in college love, that
she grabbed me by the eyes and heart and never let go. I still hear her voice
in my head.
Robin Wright has a beauty and kind of disguised fragility that really gets to me.
She also has a laugh and smile that transcend acting and this is on full display
in Message in a Bottle where her long horizon line of emotions shine through.
Joanne Dru is so feisty/sexy/ beautiful in Red River, I could not sit still
watching the film. Twinges and more twinges head to toe, with stops in between.
This film from 1948, which I saw in 1957, changed my life as I watched young Monty Clift
finally stand up to his pseudo-father, John Wayne. The lesson of my life.
The first time I saw Julia Ormond, I thought... okay, this is one of those
times when God gets to show people what he/she/ can do when he/she
wants to step it up... 20 thousand notches. It was 1994 and I saw her in Captives
and then Legends of the Fall. I kept hoping Brad Pitt as Tristan would find a way
to step off the screen and kill me with that bear gun and put me out of my pain.
I may be wrong, but I believe this britsh, theatrically trained actress chose to
downplay her sexuality. It backfired. She had it all... including my heart.
Zooey and Emily Deschanel are clear indicators we need to WORSHIP genetics 8x daily.
They must be lacking SOMETHING.... I'll get back to you when I find it.
Stana Katic is fluent in 9 or 10 languages, is interested in geology and astro-physics
and looks like THAT. If her next TV show is just her reading the back of cereal
boxes, I won't miss an episode... or the re-runs.
You read magazine lists in Maxim or FHM (I don't) and Eva Green is seldom there.
To the readers of these magazines I would like to inform you about two areas of medicine
you're clearly unaware of---- OPTHAMOLOGY and PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY.
Improve your vision and get those neuro-transmitters firing and you'll feel alive. You may
even come alive. The entire James Bond franchise was rooted in finding the woman
who broke JB's heart. After 2 years of searching, they chose Eva Green. At it's core,
Casino Royale is a fabulous love story and Eva is tough and tender, sensual and smart.
A stunning walking R rated film who stole my heart as well as Mr. Bond's.
The first time I saw Jacqueline Bisset (other than photo) she was strolling down 3rd avenue in NYC
with her then boyfriend Michael. She projected an uber aura that hit me from a block away. I don't believe she's taller than 5'7'' but at that distance she seemed taller. She was wearing all denim, her hair long and flowing 5 inches below her shoulders with a smile that could suck your brain out of your
head faster than a jet engine. I was waiting to go into one of the theaters on 60th street as she passed
me by. My new barometer in selecting a woman. This ensured I would always be single because
this woman, as it turns out, had everything I loved. She was smart, stylish, strong-willed, generous,
had a killer laugh and was declared by Newsweek magazine in 1977 as "the most beautiful film actress
of all time." Connie Nielsen is as close as we've come since.
By the way, I married in 1971. Beautiful, smart, fabulous british lady who stands 5'7'' and laughs a lot.
She was much happier after the divorce, even if she laughed a lot less.
I already mentioned my mother's 5th grade education and her literary taste reflected it.
My father was in too much psychological pain to think about reading,
although my mother read him the riot act every night.
In our home we had an abundance of 2 things---
screaming and movie magazines. Annie Wolff was a very
attractive woman addicted to glamour. By the time I was 8, I was
reading Photoplay and every other Hollywood magazine out there.
I could tell you the name of just about every well known movie star, especially the women...
those stunning, lose yourself in their beauty somewhere they really exist women who determined
my taste then and forever. Thankfully, I managed to elude total superficiality
and my CRUSHES needed to blend many qualities, not the least of which
were humor, kindness, and smarts. And I knew them without knowing them.
I had and still have this inner mechanism that lets me read people as quickly
as you can read a fortune cookie. Okay, let's do it.
Suzy Parker was a stunning, super- stylish model who seemed to be
on every page of every fashion magazine in the 50's. But it wasn't until
she played Gary Cooper's 30 years younger, still in college love, that
she grabbed me by the eyes and heart and never let go. I still hear her voice
in my head.
Robin Wright has a beauty and kind of disguised fragility that really gets to me.
She also has a laugh and smile that transcend acting and this is on full display
in Message in a Bottle where her long horizon line of emotions shine through.
Joanne Dru is so feisty/sexy/ beautiful in Red River, I could not sit still
watching the film. Twinges and more twinges head to toe, with stops in between.
This film from 1948, which I saw in 1957, changed my life as I watched young Monty Clift
finally stand up to his pseudo-father, John Wayne. The lesson of my life.
The first time I saw Julia Ormond, I thought... okay, this is one of those
times when God gets to show people what he/she/ can do when he/she
wants to step it up... 20 thousand notches. It was 1994 and I saw her in Captives
and then Legends of the Fall. I kept hoping Brad Pitt as Tristan would find a way
to step off the screen and kill me with that bear gun and put me out of my pain.
I may be wrong, but I believe this britsh, theatrically trained actress chose to
downplay her sexuality. It backfired. She had it all... including my heart.
Zooey and Emily Deschanel are clear indicators we need to WORSHIP genetics 8x daily.
They must be lacking SOMETHING.... I'll get back to you when I find it.
Stana Katic is fluent in 9 or 10 languages, is interested in geology and astro-physics
and looks like THAT. If her next TV show is just her reading the back of cereal
boxes, I won't miss an episode... or the re-runs.
You read magazine lists in Maxim or FHM (I don't) and Eva Green is seldom there.
To the readers of these magazines I would like to inform you about two areas of medicine
you're clearly unaware of---- OPTHAMOLOGY and PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY.
Improve your vision and get those neuro-transmitters firing and you'll feel alive. You may
even come alive. The entire James Bond franchise was rooted in finding the woman
who broke JB's heart. After 2 years of searching, they chose Eva Green. At it's core,
Casino Royale is a fabulous love story and Eva is tough and tender, sensual and smart.
A stunning walking R rated film who stole my heart as well as Mr. Bond's.
The first time I saw Jacqueline Bisset (other than photo) she was strolling down 3rd avenue in NYC
with her then boyfriend Michael. She projected an uber aura that hit me from a block away. I don't believe she's taller than 5'7'' but at that distance she seemed taller. She was wearing all denim, her hair long and flowing 5 inches below her shoulders with a smile that could suck your brain out of your
head faster than a jet engine. I was waiting to go into one of the theaters on 60th street as she passed
me by. My new barometer in selecting a woman. This ensured I would always be single because
this woman, as it turns out, had everything I loved. She was smart, stylish, strong-willed, generous,
had a killer laugh and was declared by Newsweek magazine in 1977 as "the most beautiful film actress
of all time." Connie Nielsen is as close as we've come since.
By the way, I married in 1971. Beautiful, smart, fabulous british lady who stands 5'7'' and laughs a lot.
She was much happier after the divorce, even if she laughed a lot less.
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