Hollywood
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"On his
first visit, which was from mid May until August 1940, he accompanied
eight well-known American painters out to Hollywood. These included
Grant Wood, George Schreiber, Ernest Feine, George Biddle, Thomas
Hart Benton, Robert Philipp, Raphael Soyer, and James Chapin. They
had all been brought together by Reeves Lewenthal, the director of
the Associated American Artists' Gallery, who had made an agreement
with Walter Wanger to have them paint scenes from the film Wanger
was currently producing, The Long Voyage Home, an adaptation
of four of Eugene O'Neill's shorter plays. And since there was nothing
serious about this venture my father was included as one of the 'American'
artists. From Waiting at the Shore |
Arriving in Hollywood |
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Posing with the finished portait of the Bumboat Girls |
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Judith Linden and Carmen Morales Posing |
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The Bumboat Girls |
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Judith Linden and Carmen Morales, the two Bumboat Girls. |
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In the background Mildred Natwick's and Barry Fitzgerald's faces appear, though some have said the latter was Hemingway. |
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Hollywood's Portrait of the Artist |
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Frances Farmer |
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From lef to right: Thomas Mitchell, Billy Beran in the bowler: front row along the bar, John Ford, George Schreiber, Tom Benton, Grant Wood, Quintanilla, Barry Fitzgerald. Behind John Ford, Joe Sawyer, Bob Perry, Jack Pennick, John Qualen, Ernest Fiene (in the same shirt as Quintanilla). Don Borzaje is playing the accordian. Friday New York City 8/9/40 |
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