Yet again, after a busy day we are finaly able to continue with our tasks here and to answer certain questions. Therefore - here we go!
Or sort out your priorities first.
Absolutely, my dear Mr 32 Bravo. And above all: stop to indulge yourself in the illusions of discounted hope, and especially stop listening to the song of that siren of easy success that transforms us into empty creatures, Marilyn!
Having arrived in California, Norma Jean Dougherty managed to get a decent job at Radioplane as an assembler on the OQ-3 production line. Her rise to fame and subsequent demise might be said to have properly begun on 26th of June 1945, when a photographer David Conover was sent to “Radioplane” by his commanding officer, one Captain Ronald Reagan, to photograph new heroes of the Free World – women war workers.
Norma Jean Dougherty as Rosie the Riveter, “Yank” - August, 1945
The camera and the photographer loved Norma Jean and he persuaded her to model for more photos, which soon were circulating in Hollywood. A screen test, a change of name and a career very different from assembling robot planes quickly followed. The rest, as they say, is history…
Well, thank you, Dr Love, for your pearls of wisdom!
Oh, not at all, my dear young man. I always will be at your service.
Heterosexuality, (William H. Masters, Virginia E. Johnson & Robert C. Kolodny), Harper & Collins - 1994, p. 15
But… honestly, I never liked that quite a preposterous claim. Therefore, please - just call me Doc, as everyone else.
Would that be Spinoza or Nietzche?
Eminentissime Amice,
Ex literis tuis de datis elementer intelleximus, que tibi per exploratorum significationem de rebus iuris et occurentis innoterunt, quam diligentiam tuam probamui et gratiose suscipimus te requirentes, omni que deinde statim est - tamen dixi quod volui, amice. Specta Google - esse potest qemadmodum iste significatio extradeat tibi publicae!
And now, back on our main theme in this thread – good old Westerns.
Therefore, how about the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral”, honorable ladies and gentlemen? Although director John Sturges has been accused of being to sentimental a director in his relation to real history, there was always real power behind that sentiment. The camera placement, the simple yet effective symbolism, and the flair for spectacle, as in the brilliantly handled action scenes, the real “feel” of the old, dusty but still glamourized West have earned Mr. Sturges a reputation as one of the great directors.
For the most part Gunfight at the O. K. Corral offers high-powered drama, rather than straightforward action. Nevertheless, two main actors have successfully achieved excellent roles. Especially Mr. Kirk Douglas was very capable in picturing basically imperfect man as a composite, but undoubtedly positive, morally firm human being.
BTW: Mr. Douglas – although not a WW2 hero – was a very dear guest of the former SFRY, and he met president Tito in numerous occasions. This one originates from 1969.
Josip Broz Tito and Mr. Kirk Douglas, Brioni – 1969
Well, that’s all for today. In the meantime, honorable ladies and gentlemen – all the best!