Rosemary's Baby

Some sketches from watching the Criterion bluray ( I'd love to see the Tenant done by them).  Beautiful print  and some great extras including a excellent documentary on the composter Krzysztof Komeda.

Constance and Norma Talmadge

Morning coffee sketch..

Late Night Sketching

While watching Peggy Cummins in Gun Crazy..

UNTAMED YOUTH

Sketches from watching UNTAMED YOUTH

Tonights viewing was PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945). Directed by Albert Lewin who I think did some really interesting films especially PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. This version of the classic Oscar WIlde story is my favourite on film that I've seen. George Sanders is terrific as always. I'm halfway through a Aubrey Beardsley biography so I had a hankering to rewatch it.

Another relaxing movie sketch page this time viewing THE MAD MISS MANTON. A goofy screwball whodunit from 1938 with Barbara Stanywyck and her sleuth'n crew of beautiful society dames who do a good job of beating up reporter Henry Fonda and solving the case. Lots of zinger lines and beautiful cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca photographing the fur-clad ladies in gorgeous black and white.
First time I've seen this movie and and I got a big kick out of it. .

Island of Lost Souls

First sketchbook drawing of the year is from ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, one of my favourite 30's horror movies. Charles Laughton is a brilliant Dr. Moreau and Bela Lugosi a expressionistic beast-man is great fun to watch. Criterion released the movie recently with lots of fun extras including interviews with two members of Devo who took the Law of the beastmen as part of their title for their first album.