A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

“The strongest of all psychic forces in the world is unsatisfied desire.” ― John Cowper Powys

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Bruce Boxleitner attending a Tron-themed party on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California (1982)

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Castle by the River (Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1820)

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A Wet Night, Columbus Circle, William A. Fraser, 1897-98

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SHADOW OF A DOUBT 1943 | dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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On the cover of December’s Musclemag International, the popular competitive bodybuilder Bob Paris poses with a very surprised-looking Ms. Olympia, Cory Everson, as the headline bolts out: A WILD NEW YOU! And indeed it is. Inside the pages of the fitness and physique rag, we learn all about Bob’s wedding — to “model extraordinaire” Rod Jackson.

Reports “official wedding photographer” Art Zeller: “The couple looked splendid in their white tuxedo jackets, with salmon bow ties and sashes. Leis had been flown in freshly from Hawaii for all members of the wedding party — a touch that not only looked wonderful, but smelled great as well…After the ceremony and formal photos, everyone drove in a caravan of cars to the reception at Shanghai Red’s, a restaurant in the Marina with great food, charming decor, and large picture windows looking out at a parade of sailboats on this perfect day in July.”

And they bulked up happily ever after…

— Michelangelo Signorile, “Lookout,” OutWeek Magazine No. 19, October 29, 1989, p. 46.

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Originally published in Powers of Attorney (1963).

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Billy Halop in Blues in the Night (1941) dir. Anatole Litvak

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Emil Czech (Austrian, 1862–1929). "Self-Portrait", c.1892. oil on canvas

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Yosemite, 1950s

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"What are you trying to do anyway?"

"Oh quiet, I´m practising on being an angel."

TOPPER ( 1937) | directed by Norman Z. McLeod.

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Please remember that Contessa Guiccioli, Byron's lover while he was in Ravenna, wrote her Recollections of Lord Byron after he died and these are some of the chapters:

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. New York: A. L. Burt and Co. [1932]. First photoplay edition. Original dust jacket.

Illustrated with scene from the 1932 Fox feature starring Clive Brook at front dust jacket panel. Also starring Basil Rathbone and Ida Lupino. The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.

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Photoplay (May 1942): "Who has the best male figure in Hollywood?"

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L'heure du bain au bord de la mer, 1896 by Ernest Ange Duez (French, 1843–1896)

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Home Decor, 1955

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I think you're right, if God is still on speaking terms with me | Shanghai Express (1932)