Oct 22, 2025
Arthur Ross (Américain, 1913-1981). Concept-car Duesenberg. - Source Heritage Auctions.
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Arthur Ross (Américain, 1913-1981). Concept-car Duesenberg. - Source Heritage Auctions.
Arthur Ross (1913-1981) Navy Plane aviation design (1938) Source
Throwback: Marvin Gaye: I Want You
Leon Ware and Diana Ross's brother, Arthur Ross, co-wrote "I Want You" for Marvin Gaye's 13th solo album, also titled I Want You. Gaye's sensual showpiece was a serious yearning inspired by his relationship with Janis Hunter that was taking place while he was still married to Anna Gordy. Leon Ware's arrangement of mood-inducing congas, sizzling guitar, horns, strings, and Marvin alternating between desirous wails and soft crooning captured the turbulence and tenderness of his relationships.
Gaye was coming off the success of Let's Get It On and a collaboration album with Diana Ross, both released in 1973. I Want You was the next step of the sexy image Gaye had established with Let's Get It On. His ability to share the urgency of new love with Ware's dreamy disco suite kept Gaye relevant in the '70s and the single became a mainstay of quiet storm radio. "I Want You" did well on the Soul Singles, Disco Singles, and Billboard Hot 100 charts. Ernie Barnes's Sugar Shack painting on the cover was just as iconic as the music and it asserted its place in pop culture by also appearing on the TV show Good Times. Ice Cube, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, and most recently, Kendrick Lamar are among those who have sampled and covered "I Want You." A remastered deluxe version of the album was released in 2003 with a booklet, unreleased material, original liner notes, and an essay from David Ritz, who later collaborated with Gaye on his biography, Divided Soul.
Creature from the Black Lagoon premiered on 12 February 1954 before wider release in March.
Producer William Alland had been working on a concept for movie ever since 1941, when cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa told him about the myth of a race of human-fish creatures living in the Amazon River. Alland thought he could combine the myth with the story of Beauty and the Beast, and in 1952, Maurice Zimm wrote a film treatment based on Alland's idea. Harry Essex and Arthur Ross would receive credit for the final screenplay.
The film was shot in 3D, but by the time the film was released, the 3D craze had already peaked and most audiences saw the 2D ("flat") version.
Millicent Patrick designed the outfit for the creature (known as "Gill-man"), but did not receive credit due to make-up artist Bud Westmore deliberately obscuring her involvement.
Creature from the Black Lagoon spawned 2 direct sequels (1955's Revenge of the Creature and 1956's The Creature Walks Among Us), and the Gill-man made numerous appearances in movies and television. Remakes were announced in 1982 (John Landis), 1992 (John Carpenter), 1996 (Ivan Reitman), 2001 (Gary Ross, whose father had co-written the original screenplay), and 2002 with Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro's vision was rejected by Universal and he turned it into The Shape of Water (2017), which was a box office success and was nominated for 13 Academy Awards. It received Best Picture, Best Director, Best Production Design, and Best Score Oscars. Other remakes have been proposed as recently as 2020.
Will Gill-man finally get his girl?
The final Gill-man movie and the end of Universal's classic monster series arrives with THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956) from director John Sherwood and starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason and Leigh Snowden.
Ricou Browning returns as the (water-based) Gill-man while big boy Don Megowan plays Gill-man on land.
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Arthur Ross (1913 –1981). Creative Designer
Arthur Ross (Américain, 1913-1981). Concept de Buick, 1937. - Source Heritage Auctions.
Your dedicated hosts face off the 3D widescreen underwater horror CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) from director Jack Arnold! Starring Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning and Ben Chapman & Ricou Browning as Gill Man himself!
From the men who played Gill Man, to how the legacy of his designer Milicent Patrick was hidden for years, we dive deep into the depths of this iconic horror film.
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