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by David Lee Guss
$36.00
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Our luxuriously soft beach towels are made from brushed microfiber with a 100% cotton back for extra absorption. The top of the towel has the image printed on it, and the back is white cotton. Our beach towels are available in two different sizes: beach towel (32" x 64") and beach sheet (37" x 74").
Don't let the fancy name confuse you... a beach sheet is just a large beach towel.
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One of the contractual obligations for movie actors is posing for publicity photos, often taken in front of bland backgrounds far removed from the... more
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Machine wash cold and tumble dry with low heat.
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1 - 2 business days
One of the contractual obligations for movie actors is posing for publicity photos, often taken in front of bland backgrounds far removed from the actual film set.
In the heyday of the studio system, from the mid 1920's to the early 1950's, each studio had their resident still photographers.
Some actors, notably James Cagney, detested the sessions.
Duke talks about working with director John Ford on "Mother Macree," "Stagecoach" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6CWK4SDvFU
@2009 David Lee Guss Film homage, JW, publicity photo, in costume, Stagecoach, 1939-2013
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
$36.00
David Lee Guss
Duke still endures. Thanks. DLG
John Barth
Classic look of a great icon....congrats on your sale!
Diannah Lynch
Congratulations on your sale! John Wayne...a very favorite!
Lazaro Hurtado
congrats!
Terry DeLuco
Congrats on your sale!