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This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
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hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
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Elizabeth Taylor repainted, re-rooted and restyled wearing a Fashion Royalty dress. Mattel Barbie of Elizabeth Taylor as repainted by Cruz photographed in the Regent Mansion by Ken Haseltine.
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Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its greatest female screen legends list.
Prompt: A black-and-white drawing rough pencil sketch with pencil lines, portrait of Elizabeth Taylor in the style of old Hollywood, wearing an elegant dress with diamond earrings, posing for a portrait. The background is solid white. Her expression is confident yet graceful as she looks directly at the viewer. --ar 4:5 --v 7
the digital fine art sketch was created using Midjourney and Photoshop
Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor are wearing fashions by My Dolly Dolls! www.etsy.com/shop/MyDollyDolls on ETSY.
Featured in a diorama by Ken Haseltine and both repainted and restyled by artist Noel Cruz.
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...a visitor reflected on an artwork -Elizabeth Taylor by Vik Muniz- at the Museu Colecção Berardo...
Lisbon, Portugal...
Elizabeth Taylor repainted, re-rooted and restyled wearing a Fashion Royalty Gown. Mattel Barbie of Elizabeth Taylor as repainted by Noel Cruz. In the Regent Miniatures Mansion by Ken Haseltine.
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The picture is a few years old but never posted before. It brings back fond memories of summer nights at the drive-in.
Actually this is a painting that hung on a wall aboard a cruise ship.
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Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor as repainted and restyled by artist Noel Cruz in a dress for fashion royalty, Poppy Parker, Silkstone Barbie, fr2 , 12'' Fashion Doll by Rimdolll www.etsy.com/shop/Rimdoll on ETSY.
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James Dean and Rock Hudson repainted and styled with hair added and a repainted and restyled Elizabeth Taylor all by artist Noel Cruz of ncruz.com . Featured in this photos is the Barbie Coca-Cola Soda Fountain Limited Edition.
Elizabeth's Raincoat and Yellow Dress, Deans, shirt and slacks and Rock's Slacks, Shirt, Sweater and Tie are all dressed in DressMaker Details.
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This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
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Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor are wearing fashions by My Dolly Dolls! www.etsy.com/shop/MyDollyDolls on ETSY.
Featured in a diorama by Ken Haseltine and both repainted and restyled by artist Noel Cruz.
Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Elizabeth Taylor is wearing a pink gown by
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Featured in a diorama by Ken Haseltine and both repainted and restyled by artist Noel Cruz.
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Elizabeth Taylor repainted, re-rooted and restyled wearing a DressMaker Details dress. Mattel Barbie of Elizabeth Taylor as repainted by Noel Cruz photographed in the Regent Mansion by Ken Haseltine.
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This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Doris Day are wearing beautiful dresses by My Dolly Dollsl www.etsy.com/shop/MyDollyDolls on ETSY
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One of a Kind Artists for dolls from Integrity Toys, Hot Toys to Barbie with repainted and restyled dolls by Noel Cruz this feature is focused on fashion by designers such as Antonio Realli, Ryan Liang of SHANTOMMO and ElenPriv as well as fashions by Mattel and Dressmaker Details. If you are a doll collector then this beautiful book is for you or someone who collects.
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James Dean and Rock Hudson repainted and styled with hair added and a repainted and restyled Elizabeth Taylor all by artist Noel Cruz of ncruz.com . Featured in this photos is the Barbie Coca-Cola Soda Fountain Limited Edition.
Elizabeth's Raincoat and Yellow Dress, Deans, shirt and slacks and Rock's Slacks, Shirt, Sweater and Tie are all dressed in DressMaker Details.
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The ‘Giant Marfa Mural’ by John Cerney depicts film director George Stevens and actors James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, all captured in iconic poses from the 1956 movie “Giant.” Artist John Cerney
This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
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You look at the title and say, "Whaaa"? Well, okay, I'm a little strange but here is my rationale for titling this, "Elizabeth Taylor".
This car, a 1936 Packard Twelve Boattail Speedster is, in my opinion, the most beautiful automobile I have ever seen. I had previously posted a picture of this beautiful, classy car.
........ And Elizabeth Taylor? Well I enjoy watching old movies on the TMC channel. This week TMC has featured movies starring Elizabeth Taylor. Back to back I watched "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" and "Suddenly, Last Summer" - both starring Elizabeth Taylor. I believe, again in my opinion, Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful, classy woman I have ever seen.
As far as the two movies go, (both based on Tennessee Williams plays), “Suddenly, Last Summer” was a bust. The plot of the movie, much like many of Tennessee Williams's plays were, was inane and I don't like Katharine Hepburn as an actress. Montgomery Cliff, I can take or leave but at least he and Elizabeth Taylor held this movie together.
"Cat On a Hot Tin Roof", despite Tennessee Williams's penchant for dysfunctional Southern exclusivity, was a success largely because of the superb cast; Paul Newman (as “Brick”), Elizabeth Taylor (as “Maggie”) and Burl Ives (as "Big Daddy".)
In both movies, which Taylor made back-to-back, she was in her prime and in my estimation, a total "knock out" in beauty.
………. and yes, I am a little strange……… ;)
Este es mi homenaje a una gran actriz...
Buen fin de semana...
This is my tribute to a great actress ...
Good weekend ...
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This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
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I've driven this stretch of US 90 in west Texas many times, but this mural was just constructed in 2018-19 so this was the first time I've seen it.
It's so big that it would be hard to miss. It's a depiction of the 1956 epic (at least in terms of length - 3 & 1/2 hours) movie "Giant", which turned out to be James Dean's final film. Some of it was shot on location here, about five miles west of Marfa.
The mural is actually four separate panels. Elizabeth Taylor is on the far right, and Dean is next to her. Rock Hudson (looks more like Jimmy Stewart to me) is in the yellow convertible, and behind them is a director setting up a scene in front of a Texas mansion.
Other than the four panels, the rest of the scene is all Texas, all outdoors and the original landscape. It's hard to tell what's real here.
What I also thought was really cool was the music that was playing from some solar speakers that were hidden near the convertible, to make it sound as if the car's radio was blaring. As it turns out, there's some real Monkee business involved... Mike Nesmith provided the audio which continually plays; it's him with his First National Band Redux. Nice finishing touch.
The mural, by the way, was done by John Cerney, who has done similar projects in many states.
Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. A Franklin Mint Repainted Liz Taylor.
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This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
This building is a classic mid-century modern structure with a huge cantilevered roof and a well-designed parking garage under the structure. The sign used to be illuminated and could be seen for miles, as there were no other high rises around it at that time of its construction.
The following are building facts taken from emporis.com:
The Hollywood Bread Building consists of five floors of office space perched above a 6-level parking deck.
Built by Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, which built the adjacent Home Towers Condo and wanted to add a parking garage. Original plans called for an 18-story mixed-use tower with offices, apartments, and parking.
The makers of Hollywood Bread, National Bakers Service, leased the airspace above the garage for the office building. The bakery offices operated out of the 9th and 10th levels as well as the penthouse.
Eleanor Hansberry, the founder and president of Hollywood Bread, was photographed in her penthouse office for a 1969 issue of Vogue magazine.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.emporis.com/buildings/138084/hollywood-bread-building...
hollywoodgazette.com/2018/09/26/the-fascinating-tale-of-h...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Andy Warhol's silk screen portrait of Elizabeth Taylor captivates a visitor. At the Art Institute of Chicago.
Tandra Quinn (USA 1931-2016) was a model and starlet whose stunning beauty lit up the cinema screen briefly in the early 1950s, in four Hollywood films; most notably the now-cult surreal science fiction picture, Mesa of Lost Women (USA 1953).
Born Derline Jeanette Smith in South Los Angeles in the Depression, her mother was determined that her daughter would not suffer the hardship she had herself experienced in her childhood; the best way as she saw it, ensuring that her child became a successful Hollywood actress.
Derline had an auspicious start winning Number 1 Perfect Baby in America award (as declared by the Chiropractors Association); and her subsequent childhood steps into show business were fashion modelling and attending acting lessons with the Meglin Kiddies, a famous drama studio for children.
However, even before these early curtain calls, Derline had suffered a tragic burning accident that would leave her physically and mentally ( she suffered a constant fight with depression) all her life; and ultimately undermine her confidence in her Hollywood career.
That is not to say that there was plenty of bright hope at the beginning: the startlingly pretty youngster auditioned alongside her contemporary, Elizabeth Taylor (USA 1932-2011) for the role that the 'well-connected' Taylor would win in National Velvet (USA 1944); and then had a small role as a schoolgirl in Weekend at The Wardolf (USA 1945), starring Lana Turner (USA 1921-1995).
After 20th Century Fox had signed her up to a 7 year contract, the spectre of her early tragedy reared its head, leading to her being dropped by the studio, after casting directors complained that a screen test highlighted an imbalance in her features, when photographed ( Derline had been told that the burns had hampered bone development). She was deeply hurt - but on screen there is no evidence that her beauty was marred; just evidence of the rife insensitivity and brutality of the studio system.
Happily, in 1950 she was chosen as “Goose Girl” at Hollywood Park; to 'preside over the geese in the Hollypark infield'; and as 'Goose Girl' she guested on the television show, Turf Topics, on KTTV. Publicity stills reveal her blossoming beauty.
Around this time the esteemed photographer Paul Hesse arranged an appointment for her at RKO to meet Howard Hughes. Hughes wanted her to pose in bright light while he hid behind a curtain, but she refused; and she would say in a 2006 interview, that she was probably the only girl ever to stand up Howard Hughes; known for his enticement of so many Hollywood beauties.
The road of B-movies inevitably lay ahead and interspersing modelling with acting, she tried various names including Tundra Nova, Jeanette Quinn - as she was billed in The Neanderthal Man (USA 1953), in which she played, with great sensitivity, a deaf mute - before settling on Tandra Quinn.
The irony was that in all her movie roles she had no dialogue, despite having an exquisite velvet voice which had impressed producers, to accompany her expressive beauty - and which, as can be confirmed by those who knew in her later years (including myself), endured agelessly.
Tandra Quinn crossed paths with a plethora of Hollywood stars during her brief film career; and in her last years recalled knowing Joi Lansing (USA 1928-1972), at drama school, working alongside fellow pin up model, Mara Corday (USA 1933 -), Beverly Garland (USA 1926-2008) & Helen Walker ( USA 1922-1968) in Problem Girls (USA 1953); and Dolores Fuller, Ed Wood Jr's muse (USA 1923-2011) in Girls of The Night (USA 1954). She also knew Marilyn Monroe (USA 1926-1962), with whom she shared a photographer and Rock Hudson (USA 1925-1985) & John Wayne (1905-1979) were amongst her neighbours, around 1960, whilst she lived in Newport Beach - where she would also see resident Mamie Van Doren (USA 1931-)
In 1954, she married a Beverly Hills builder Herbert Smithson ( who passed in 1995) who also taught tennis to the Hollywood Stars, including Gary Cooper (USA 1901-1961) and became a mother to two children. She then retired from films - and quite the entrepreneur, she embarked on various projects, never quite getting the right financial backing; but taking her all around the world - including to Australia and Tahiti. In the 1970s she became interested in gold mining which occupied her and her companion Phillip for the rest of her life.
As a classic Hollywood film buff I was fascinated with the B-movie, Mesa of Lost Women, which I first saw on video in the late 1990s - and was intrigued to research any of the surviving actors; especially Tandra Quinn (Derline). Research on the internet lead me to contact Derline's younger sister Loretta in California in 2005. As an artist I had created cartoon tributes featuring Derline in her heyday as Tandra Quinn ( I had even depicted her with her own Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame) - and I was eager to surprise her and hopefully uplift her.
She was delighted - though humbly bemused and incredulous that anyone would remember let alone celebrate her - which only warmed me to her all the more. She had virtually forgotten "that corny old movie" as she called it, until one day in the 1990s, she walked into a half price book & video store in Dallas, spotted the cover featuring her pin up pose and said to herself, " I guess I'll buy one". Lightly mentioning to the cashier that she was buying it "..'cause this is me" provoked much excitement - "you're kidding?!" - and he and his co-workers asked her to sign the cover of another tape of the movie, as 'Tandra Quinn'.
We quickly became firm friends, initially through long letters (she wrote in beautiful script from her Texas home…. "I came here hoping to find a cute cowboy, but…") and then later by long telephone calls - sharing care, support (we both fought depression and suffered knocks in life), our Christian faith - and laughs; always thanking God for humour. Derline had the most wicked dry sense of humour that would be accompanied by the most infectious peel of laughter.
Derline had suffered much hardship in her later years and ever wanting to lift her from a sense of worthlessness , I would always remind her that she was a beautiful piece of film history, from a Golden Era of Hollywood; forever preserved on film. She was usually dismissive and I so wanted her to receive more recognition; so with her permission I contacted film historians Tom Weaver and Alan 'Al' Doshna to tell then that I had discovered Tandra Quinn- and she agreed to wonderful revealing interviews with them, respectively in 2006 and 2015.
Tom Weaver's interview, conducted both through a meeting and telephone calls was first published in Starlog (Issue 365 - May 2008); then again ( with a 'Tandra Quinn today' photograph, showing the former actress as a voluptuous blonde) in his book of Hollywood interviews, I Talked With a Zombie (McFarland & Co. Inc, 2009). Alan Doshna's interview, conducted by phone and in writing containing even more revelations from Derline's film past was published in FilmFax (No.141 - Summer 2015).
Tandra Quinn is forever preserved on celluloid but the lady behind the starlet was so much more: she was a loving, caring, generous, compassionate, often ingenious and feisty human being. She had an extraordinary knowledge of health foods and was an advocate for alternative therapies (although her one personal vice was sugar - "I'm an ice cream & cookies gal!") and a great passion for fighting against injustice . She also protested against cruelty to animals in which she took an active part in highlighting in no uncertain terms, when she tentatively joined Facebook in 2011; at the encouragement of her niece.
Derline and I sadly never got to meet in person - though our hearts most definitely met and bonded. I am completing and posting this tribute on what would be the 73rd birthday of my late beautiful mother Marjorie J. Whatley (1943- 1981), about whom Derline showed so much interest; and compassionate care for me, in my early bereavement
Whilst Derline had deteriorating health problems, she hid from everyone - including her sister - how widespread the cancer was becoming, that claimed her life on October 21, 2016. She passed away peacefully in Florida as she wished (" I'm an ocean gal!" she shared) supported by her son Scott.
I was naturally distressed to hear this past August that she had been admitted to hospital as an emergency - and with prayers, painted this portrait tribute ( photographed just after completion), primarily inspired by her role of Tarantella in Mesa of Lost Women (USA 1953), for which she was most known; determined that it would be painted in her lifetime. Two months later Derline was released from her trial of suffering.
I was deeply honoured to know Derline as my dear friend; though as a film fan I would I have loved a dedicated photograph I never wanted to bother her( I have a treasured batch of letters) - so I conclude this tribute with the inscription Tom Weaver arranged for Tandra Quinn to write in the cover page of his book in 2009:
" To my dear Sir Stephen ~ This one of Tom's Zombies has awakened to send her love! ~ Tandra Quinn (your Derline)"
Peace.
See the complete portrait here:
www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/29235992841/in/date...
Stephen B. Whatley, November 18, 2016.
Tandra Quinn. 2016
Oil on canvas
20 x 16in/51 x 40.6cm
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An artist does not always get to see where his acquired paintings hang ; around the world.
Expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley was delighted to receive a warm email and this photograph of his portrait tribute of film star Elizabeth Taylor on the wall of its owner's home in The Hague, The Netherlands - with his pet cat.
The oil painting formed part of the artist's 1993 exhibition, Hollywood Gold at London's National Theatre on the South Bank in London.
The art collector wrote wanting to express how much joy the painting gives - specifically in his words that 'it continues to be my most prized possession' - since the original was bought 28 years ago - and that it has travelled with him, through times in Azerbaijan, Canada and the USA.
Gratifying affirmation for any artist.
The work of Stephen B. Whatley is in private collections worldwide, including many states of the USA; and in public collections including BBC Heritage, The Royal Collection, London Transport Museum, Newman University & Westminster Cathedral.
His 30 paintings commissioned by the Tower of London in 2000 are permanently reproduced throughout Tower Hill Underpass that leads to the Tower from Tower Hill Station, as a daily public art exhibit.
Elizabeth Taylor 1993
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24in/76 x 61cm
Private collection, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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From an interview with VQ magazine:
What's your platform?
Chicken foot. More Chicken foot.
What office(s) are you running for?
Supreme Leader of the Netherworld. Postpartum Manager of the Milky Way.
Why are you qualified to run?
Millions of years of disruption, obscenity, debauchery, and having a particular fondness for tobacco and rum.
Who's your running mate?
Liz.
Do you have any skeletons in the closet?
I discard the skeletons and keep the souls.
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