I'm really busy, so I hope you won't be offended if I put up something quick and dirty from my file of favorite faces. These are all good subjects to draw, I just don't have the time to comment on them adequately.
I'll start with Victor Mature (above). Now THERE'S a face! A vertical brow (most men have diagonal brows), ears that stick out at the bottom, deep-set eyes with heavy, dramatic lids, big lips, masculine jaw...it's an interesting combination of features.
One of these days I'll have to do a post about Chaplin's partner, Eric Campbell (above). In the Mutuals shorts Chaplin and Campbell are a team. When Campbell died in an auto accident, Chaplin had to stop making funny shorts. His slapstick style depended heavily on Campbell as a foil, and it just wasn't possible to continue further down that road without him.
Campbell (above, without make-up) was a real pro with long stage experience in the same innovative group that the young Chaplin belonged to.
Here's (above) proof that Wally Wood-type people actually exist. This man even looks like Wally Wood!
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So many faces to draw, so little time.
Any time you want to just post your favorite pictures is fine by me!
Peter Lorre kind of looks like Buster Keatons psychotic older brother in that picture. They would have played well off each other in a film. Buster Keatons impassive face would have made for a great serial killer character.
What are your thoughts on Laurence Tierney? These anecdotes about him make him seem terrifying and hilarious at the same time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOsES7OzJXw
These are some great faces to draw, Uncle Eddie! I'll get right on that! :-)
Speaking of drawing, have you been doing much of that lately? I don't think I've seen a bona fide Eddie Fitzgerald drawing on this blog in a while!
I haven't heard of Richard Wildmark much before but based on that picture and the little I've just read on him a post of your thoughts would be really cool once you have time.
I read a great quote recently about Ayn Rand that basically said she is a wonderful inspiration for artists, not so much for politicians and businessmen. Would you agree with that? You seemed to hint at something like that earlier when you said you had too much to say about Ayn Rand and the controversy surrounding her to fit in a few paragraphs. Even if you could give us the cliff notes I'd still be interested in what you have to say.
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Victor Mature was the greatest forehead and scalp actor of all time! Just watch any of his films.
Anon: I love Rand, and I've read all her books. I don't agree with everything she says, but that's to be expected. Nobody ever agrees with everything.
I love to talk about politics, but only with people who don't get emotional about it. I wish the world were set up so most people could live in the system they choose. I'd choose capitalism but I have no quarrel with socialism. I'm only against involuntary socialism. I don't get mad at the fact that Amish communities are run differently than mine. I have no desire to raid them and force their kids into my schools. If they succeed then my only thought is to be happy for them.
Politics is currently a winner take all game where 51% of the people get to tyrranize over the other 49. I prefer to see everyone get to live in the social organization that suits them. It should be possible for my neighbor and I to sign up for different systems and still have our kids play for the same Little League team.
Anon: Haw! That link to the Laurence Tierney video was great! Thanks for putting it up! Well, he certainly was good in that film.
It should be possible for my neighbor and I to sign up for different systems and still have our kids play for the same Little League team.
Really? How the heck would that work? Not the little league part(whicb is easy and is already the case anyway), but the everyone-gets-to-live-in-their-own-socio-economic SYSTEM part? Seriously, how could that possibly be done?
Anon: Health care and a lot of other things could be handled differently for different people depending on what plans they sign up for. It's a big subject and there's no way I could adequately cover it here.
Anonymouses: Sorry I had to delete your purely political comments. Fortunately there are a kazillion sites which would be happy to have them.
suck a bag of dicks eddie!
Chaplin made some very funny shorts before the Mutuals. But, I'll agree with you that Campbell was a great heavy. I think Mack Swain worked with Chaplin very well too, both at Keystone and on The Gold Rush. When the two were teamed on the latter, the film was very, very funny.
Anon: Haw!
Chuck: Yeah, Swain was great. Not as good as Campbell IMHO, but still good. He looked great in The Gold Rush with the 5 0'clock shadow around his mouth.
Yes! I thought it was great when he wanted to eat Chaplin because he thought he was a chicken! The cabin on the edge of the cliff scene is one of the funniest scenes Chaplin ever did.
I've been watching a lot of Chaplin's Mutual films recently and totally agree about Eric Campbell , something was lost in Chaplin's shorts after Campbell's death. I love his saunter up and down Easy Street and when he presents his head for Chaplin to smash with his trunction. Brilliant.
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