June 1955
“A camera rendering of the nude female form in an interpretive conception of surrealism captured by the photographic lens of…” Fellig the Zellig…
November 1966
“Edward Steichen, dean of American photographers, once said of Weegee that he made the only significant contribution to the art of photography that has been made in this century… His ingenious use of the camera in creating photographic essays has resulted in his work being hung in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and others in the U.S. and Europe. Weegee has lectured throughout the U.S., Europe and in the U.S.S.R. He is the original author of “Naked City,” and has been commissioned as photographic adviser in the making of many films, his latest being “Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb.” Weegee’s latest effort, shown on these pages, is a camera rendering of the nude female form in an interpretive conception of surrealism captured by the photographic lens of a master.”
Entirely Irrelevant… A Temperamental Greenwich Village Model…
June 1955
70 Years Ago Today… “Every Dot Represents…” Bizarre use of halftones…
PM Daily, March 4, 1943
“Every dot represents a Jap, and this is what 15,000 of them would look like, only slightly more regimented than usual, after being worked on by MacArthur’s bombers.”
One of the most bizarre uses of halftones…
65 Years Ago Today… “A Love Song to NYC”
PM Daily, March 3, 1948
by Cecelia Ager
“Hellinger Film is A Love Song to NYC
In his last production, The Naked City, Mark Hellinger has bequeathed is a love song to New York…”
Still no mention of Weegee…
NY Times Obit:
“April 4, 1981
CECELIA AGER, 79; CRITIC OF FILMS WHO WROTE FOR VARIETY AND PM
Cecelia Ager, a film critic and commentator on the foibles and personalities of the entertainment business, died yesterday after suffering a stroke in Los Angeles. In a career that spanned the golden age of the movie industry, she wrote for Variety, PM, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and The New York Times Magazine and Arts and Leisure Section. She was 79 years old.”
65 Years Ago Today… “A Real Look at ‘The Naked City'”
PM Daily, March 2, 1948, p. 18
A Real Look at ‘The Naked City’
“The Naked City,” Universal film opening Thursday at the Capitol, stars Barry Fitzgerald as a New York police detective trying to solve the murder of a young woman. .. Much of The Naked City was shot on the lower East Side, around Delancey Street. Bellevue Morgue is another locale used… For those scenes Jules Dassin, director of The Naked City, and a cameraman worked right out on top of the bridge. Who said it’s fun to make movies?”
No mention of Weegee…
267 Bowery, 2013.
267 Bowery… past home of Sammy’s Bowery Follies… Future home of…
Weegee Daily… March 2, 1943… When fire swept the five-story loft…
PM Daily, March 3, 1943
“When fire swept the five-story loft building at 372 E. Houston St., Manhattan, the policeman, above, rescued these two kittens from a hallway…”
PM Photo by Weegee
Weegee Daily, March 2, 2013
When time swept the five-story loft building from 372 East Houston Street… Not sure exactly where this building was, perhaps it would have been in the above photos, if it still existed…
WD Photo by Ceegee
(to be continued…)
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STUBBORN
PM Daily, March 2, 1941
“STUBBORN: Anthony Esposito, one of the gunmen who killed a policeman and a civilian in Fifth Avenue on Jan. 14, is on a hunger strike… Here is a recent photograph.” – Well, semi-recent.
We’ll be seeing more of Anthony Esposito in the near future…
Weegee Daily… March 2, 1941… The Art Students…
Pm Daily, March 2, 1941
The Art Students Hold Their Annual Party… But Is It Art?
Miss Babita, that’s the whole name, is a well known psychic, her friends said. The sign may indicate some of her friends aren’t.
This is a mermaid costume that won first prize, a bagful of money which she didn’t count. The winner in the costume is Renee Parsons.
She graced the annual ball of the Art Students’ League at the Commodore Friday night and she is Natalia Munez.
PM photos by Weegee
Weegee Daily, March 2, 2013
Beautiful Building Is “Rebuilt and Modernized”… But Is It Art?
According to wikipedia: The Commodore Hotel opened on January 28, 1919, but was completely rebuilt and modernized in 1980.
WD photos by Ceegee
Great “Time Shutter” of The Commodore Hotel…
Menu at The Commodore Hotel, 1933, from NYPL, here!
The Beauty and The Beast…
WD photos by Google Street View
(to be continued…)
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