Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
aka Deny Fear
📷 Esther Bubley
Man on Platform, c. 1951
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
📷 Esther Bubley
Man on Platform, c. 1951
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
Ken Russell's shot of Richard Burton filming Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great on location in Spain, 1955.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Ken Russell's shot of Richard Burton filming Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great on location in Spain, 1955.
Richard Burton by Daniel Farson
vintage bromide print, 1953
"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."
vintage bromide print, 1953
"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Richard Burton by Daniel Farson
vintage bromide print, 1953
"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."
vintage bromide print, 1953
"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."
Richard Burton by Irving Penn
bromide print, 1950
"A brimming pool running disturbingly deep."
- Kenneth Tynan
bromide print, 1950
"A brimming pool running disturbingly deep."
- Kenneth Tynan
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Richard Burton by Irving Penn
bromide print, 1950
"A brimming pool running disturbingly deep."
- Kenneth Tynan
bromide print, 1950
"A brimming pool running disturbingly deep."
- Kenneth Tynan
Richard Burton by Dennis Stock, 1957
His first review, from the New Statesman, for his London debut at 18:
"In a wretched part, Richard Burton showed exceptional ability."
How many times was that line repeated in his career!
His first review, from the New Statesman, for his London debut at 18:
"In a wretched part, Richard Burton showed exceptional ability."
How many times was that line repeated in his career!
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Richard Burton by Dennis Stock, 1957
His first review, from the New Statesman, for his London debut at 18:
"In a wretched part, Richard Burton showed exceptional ability."
How many times was that line repeated in his career!
His first review, from the New Statesman, for his London debut at 18:
"In a wretched part, Richard Burton showed exceptional ability."
How many times was that line repeated in his career!
Richard Burton & Liz Taylor at the Rothschild Mansion, by Cecil Beaton, 1971
Beaton wrote in his diary: "Richard Burton is as butch & coarse as only a Welshman can be. Elizabeth Taylor is everything I dislike, combining the worst of American & English taste."
Yikes!
Beaton wrote in his diary: "Richard Burton is as butch & coarse as only a Welshman can be. Elizabeth Taylor is everything I dislike, combining the worst of American & English taste."
Yikes!
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Richard Burton & Liz Taylor at the Rothschild Mansion, by Cecil Beaton, 1971
Beaton wrote in his diary: "Richard Burton is as butch & coarse as only a Welshman can be. Elizabeth Taylor is everything I dislike, combining the worst of American & English taste."
Yikes!
Beaton wrote in his diary: "Richard Burton is as butch & coarse as only a Welshman can be. Elizabeth Taylor is everything I dislike, combining the worst of American & English taste."
Yikes!
A marvellous photograph of Richard Burton on the set of Mike Nichols’ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Bob Willoughby, 1965
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A marvellous photograph of Richard Burton on the set of Mike Nichols’ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Bob Willoughby, 1965
Peter O'Toole & Richard Burton by Milton H. Greene, 1964
According to Anthony Lane, "the hell-raisers", Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris & Oliver Reed, "had speaking tones so rich & nectared that the rest of us could get drunk on them as they poured into our ears."
According to Anthony Lane, "the hell-raisers", Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris & Oliver Reed, "had speaking tones so rich & nectared that the rest of us could get drunk on them as they poured into our ears."
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Peter O'Toole & Richard Burton by Milton H. Greene, 1964
According to Anthony Lane, "the hell-raisers", Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris & Oliver Reed, "had speaking tones so rich & nectared that the rest of us could get drunk on them as they poured into our ears."
According to Anthony Lane, "the hell-raisers", Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris & Oliver Reed, "had speaking tones so rich & nectared that the rest of us could get drunk on them as they poured into our ears."
Reposted by Dean Frey
Including Frank Zappa
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Including Frank Zappa
I think it was more or less the default score in the early days of the league.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I think it was more or less the default score in the early days of the league.
Reposted by Dean Frey
So many Ninas!
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So many Ninas!
Al Hirschfeld’s drawing of the cast of the Broadway musical Chicago, 1996.
Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and James Naughton.
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and James Naughton.
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Al Hirschfeld’s drawing of the cast of the Broadway musical Chicago, 1996.
Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and James Naughton.
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and James Naughton.
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
Luciano Viti
Ennio Morricone
Rome, 1991
It looks like Guido Harari's 1998 portrait of Morricone (at the top of this thread) might be an homage to Viti's portrait.
Both masterpieces of metonymy.
Ennio Morricone
Rome, 1991
It looks like Guido Harari's 1998 portrait of Morricone (at the top of this thread) might be an homage to Viti's portrait.
Both masterpieces of metonymy.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Luciano Viti
Ennio Morricone
Rome, 1991
It looks like Guido Harari's 1998 portrait of Morricone (at the top of this thread) might be an homage to Viti's portrait.
Both masterpieces of metonymy.
Ennio Morricone
Rome, 1991
It looks like Guido Harari's 1998 portrait of Morricone (at the top of this thread) might be an homage to Viti's portrait.
Both masterpieces of metonymy.