January 7, 2025
Yesterday I finally broke down and got a subscription to the new Mountain Gazette ($79 for two issues!) and as I was thinking about this new, hipster-oversized-magazine loaded up with big, juicy pictures, I stumbled—totally by accident—across something very ancient in my studio:
File this one under: The more things change, the more they remain the same. Oversized, indeed! Or, you want a new idea, read an old book—or magazine.
Oh, and by the way, who is Teresa Wright?
Yes, Life was larger than most magazines out at that ancient time, but it was still only 10.5 inches wide and 14 inches high, while Mountain Gazette claims to be 11" X 17". What's next? Maybe this oversized:
Daily Whip Out: "Saint Sadie In Red"Was Sadie Earp simply the lady in red? Or, was she the stalwart lawman's wife with a heart of gold? Probably both. Full—oversized—story coming in True West magazine.
On the other hand, if that's not what you want to see, how about a certain buck-toothed outlaw riding into a sunset?
Daily Revised Whip Out:"Billy In The Sunset III"
"It's not what you look at, it's what you see."
—Henry David Thoreau
Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. Also in 1942, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
ReplyDeleteWright received three Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the Playhouse 90 original television version of The Miracle Worker (1957), in the Breck Sunday Showcase feature The Margaret Bourke-White Story, and in the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove (1989). She earned the acclaim of top film directors, including William Wyler, who called her the most promising actress he had directed and Alfred Hitchcock, who admired her thorough preparation and quiet professionalism.