In Scarlet Street #27 we get another opportunity to be directly in touch with our past, this time via the iconic, Fay Wray! I had a chance to see Ms. Wray when she was making an appearance in Canada, but unfortunately I did not make the trip and missed out. I did work with a fellow at Ford Motor Company who met her, along with several other folks from Scarlet Street who also were able to spend time in her company. At least I can enjoy this record of her, and a remembrance of this particular time in SS history when a few of the greats were still left for us to enjoy.
Speaking of remembrances, it's Memorial Day Weekend. Instead of simply 'honoring our troops' and honoring the sacrifices made by so many people (including the ultimate sacrifice) who actually believed in our country; as Americans, wouldn't it be nice if we actually did something honorable back for them, ourselves? How about ending war? Wasn't that the goal all along? Wouldn't you think this is what we were originally fighting for? I believe it was to end war, and not so that we, the so-called victors could perpetuate endless war. Right now the path to war in America is unrelenting.
I support Occupy Peace because Gerald Celente is the only person I know of who actually has a plan for peace, which includes the five guiding principles of Occupy Peace:
1) Honor thy Founding Fathers; No Foreign Entanglements. That is, close U.S.A. foreign bases and bring our troops home.
2) Secure our homeland.
3) Create a Military Works-Project (as opposed to a Military Industrial Complex) and allow the troops to rebuild America.
4) It is Congress who must vote to go to War if such time exists.
5) We the People will tell Congress how to vote.
It's Memorial Day Weekend, and I had to say something. I wish everyone a very pleasant and peaceful holiday. Enjoy SS #27. I know all the gang down on the Street were peace-loving anti-war individuals. That's one reason I enjoyed being a part of this family.
See you later in the Summer-time!
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray
*Conceptual art for "King Kong" with a very different female character.
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray with leading man, Gary Cooper
*Fay Wray figure with leading man, Kong
*Fay Wray with leading man, Joel McCrea
*Leslie Banks
*Early art for "The Most Dangerous Game" starring in text, Leslie Banks, but featuring the image of Bruce Cabot (who was not in the film).
*Fay Wray, Joel McCrea & (below) Leslie Banks
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray & Bruce Cabot (below)
*Fay Wray & Ray Harryhausen (below, returning to that iconic place, the Empire State Building in New York City shortly before her passing in 2004).
*Fay Wray
*"The Skeleton Dance" [1929] with conceptual art (above)
*"The Goddess of Spring" [1934]
*"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" [1937]
*Conceptual art for "The Goddess of Spring" [1934]
*"Pinocchio" [1940]
*"Pinocchio" [1940]
*"Fantasia" [1940]
*"Fantasia" [1940]
*"Fantasia" [1940]
*"Dumbo" [1941]
*Jerome Robbins (left) & Robert Wise (right) on the set of "West Side Story" [1961].
*Robert Wise on the set of "The Andromeda Strain" [1971].
*Oscar winners George Chakiris, Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, Rita Moreno
*On the set of "The Sound of Music" [1965]
*"The Curse of the Cat People" [1944] with Eve March and Jane Randolph (below)
*"The Curse of the Cat People" [1944] with Simone Simon and Ann Carter
*"The Curse of the Cat People" [1944] with Julia Dean and Ann Carter (above) and Elizabeth Russell (below).
*"The Curse of the Cat People" [1944] with Simone Simon and Ann Carter
*Robert Wise and Audrey Totter [1949]
*Fay Wray
*Fay Wray, Steve Clemente and Leslie Banks
*Concept art for Count Zaroff's home in "The Most Dangerous Game".
*Joel McCrea (with Fay Wray and Leslie Banks above)
*"Bambi" [1942]
* Supplemental images are noted with an (*) asterisk. My intention is to only enhance the reading experience and not take away from the original publication.
