No great pearls of information to impart here, and not much connection between the two images - - just a couple of photos I liked from an old magazine article...
'The Men Who Rule The Stars' told of the power and influence of the top Hollywood talent agents.
The piece ran in the October 24th, 1964 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
I would have found it hard to imagine a completely casual moment passing between Danny Kaye and Yul Brynner.
Even in this shot, ⬅ with their agent Ted Ashley, it seems like hanging out with those guys might be a little tense.
Probably I'm mistaken...
Below, ⬇ even if it's an unremarkable photo, I was very pleased to see this image of a quiet moment behind the scenes on the set of one of my favorite films, 'The Loved One'.
Agent George Chasin and movie producer Martin Ransohoff look to be sitting around at
Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills as it's somewhere in the process of being dressed for a scene in the film.
If you've never seen it, 'The Loved One' from 1965 was a terribly cynical and dark comedy that followed on the heels of 'Dr. Strangelove' - - Director Tony Richardson attempting to do for the funeral business what Stanley Kubrick had previously done for the Cold War.
Billed as 'The motion picture with something to offend everyone!', screenwriters Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood adapted and expanded upon Evelyn Waugh's quiet and sly novel, turning it into "an all-out attack on Hollywood, consumerism and the hypocrisies surrounding man's fear of death".
A stellar, high-sixties cast, and achingly beautiful black & white cinematography from Haskell Wexler.
Perhaps it's not for everyone, but I think it still needs to be seen.
Stick the DVD in your queue!
'The Men Who Rule The Stars' told of the power and influence of the top Hollywood talent agents.
