Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
aka Deny Fear
🎨 Robert Longo
No Threat, 2018
charcoal on mounted paper
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
🎨 Robert Longo
No Threat, 2018
charcoal on mounted paper
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
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Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Another cup of coffee? No thanks, I've had plenty... Ha ha ha ha ha! I'm just kidding. Keep 'em coming. ☕️☕️☕️
Lew Baxter in Her Own Money, 1922
This is a print from the great French photographer Roger Corbeau's silent Hollywood film collection.
Lew Baxter in Her Own Money, 1922
This is a print from the great French photographer Roger Corbeau's silent Hollywood film collection.
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Remembering Tom Verlaine, frontman of the influential New York punk rock band Television, died in Manhattan 3 years ago today at the age of 73 after a short illness.
📸 by Gus Stewart
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd
📸 by Gus Stewart
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Remembering Tom Verlaine, frontman of the influential New York punk rock band Television, died in Manhattan 3 years ago today at the age of 73 after a short illness.
📸 by Gus Stewart
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd
📸 by Gus Stewart
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd
These things come in threes:
- Hitchcock never winning a Best Director Oscar
- Borges never winning the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Bill Belichick not being named a First Ballot Hall of Famer
- Hitchcock never winning a Best Director Oscar
- Borges never winning the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Bill Belichick not being named a First Ballot Hall of Famer
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
These things come in threes:
- Hitchcock never winning a Best Director Oscar
- Borges never winning the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Bill Belichick not being named a First Ballot Hall of Famer
- Hitchcock never winning a Best Director Oscar
- Borges never winning the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Bill Belichick not being named a First Ballot Hall of Famer
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Far too often I feel like Twyla when what really I want is to be Mikhail
Mikhail Baryshnikov & Twyla Tharp in a great portrait by Richard Avedon, 1975
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Far too often I feel like Twyla when what really I want is to be Mikhail
Happy birthday Mikhail Baryshnikov 🎂
📷 Eve Arnold, 1987
"I never gamble on cards or casinos or horses because my life is a constant gamble on stage. And I hate to lose, like anyone else."
📷 Eve Arnold, 1987
"I never gamble on cards or casinos or horses because my life is a constant gamble on stage. And I hate to lose, like anyone else."
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Happy birthday Mikhail Baryshnikov 🎂
📷 Eve Arnold, 1987
"I never gamble on cards or casinos or horses because my life is a constant gamble on stage. And I hate to lose, like anyone else."
📷 Eve Arnold, 1987
"I never gamble on cards or casinos or horses because my life is a constant gamble on stage. And I hate to lose, like anyone else."
Remembering Jerome Kern on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Landry, 1944
"Richard Rodgers said of all the great songs he did not write, the one he wished he had was 'All The Things You Are'. Arthur Schwartz went further, calling it 'the greatest song ever written'."
- Gerald Bordman
📷 Bob Landry, 1944
"Richard Rodgers said of all the great songs he did not write, the one he wished he had was 'All The Things You Are'. Arthur Schwartz went further, calling it 'the greatest song ever written'."
- Gerald Bordman
January 28, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Remembering Jerome Kern on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Landry, 1944
"Richard Rodgers said of all the great songs he did not write, the one he wished he had was 'All The Things You Are'. Arthur Schwartz went further, calling it 'the greatest song ever written'."
- Gerald Bordman
📷 Bob Landry, 1944
"Richard Rodgers said of all the great songs he did not write, the one he wished he had was 'All The Things You Are'. Arthur Schwartz went further, calling it 'the greatest song ever written'."
- Gerald Bordman
Remembering Lewis Carroll on his birthday 🎂
Self-portrait, June 2, 1857
Yet what are all such gaieties to me
Whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?
x2+7x+53
=11/3
Self-portrait, June 2, 1857
Yet what are all such gaieties to me
Whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?
x2+7x+53
=11/3
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Remembering Lewis Carroll on his birthday 🎂
Self-portrait, June 2, 1857
Yet what are all such gaieties to me
Whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?
x2+7x+53
=11/3
Self-portrait, June 2, 1857
Yet what are all such gaieties to me
Whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?
x2+7x+53
=11/3
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Remembering Donna Reed on her birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Landry, 1946
"The whole point about Alma [in From Here to Eternity] was she was a prostitute who didn't look like one. Try telling that to the studios. All the Oscar brought me was more bland Goody-Two-Shoes parts."
📷 Bob Landry, 1946
"The whole point about Alma [in From Here to Eternity] was she was a prostitute who didn't look like one. Try telling that to the studios. All the Oscar brought me was more bland Goody-Two-Shoes parts."
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Remembering Donna Reed on her birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Landry, 1946
"The whole point about Alma [in From Here to Eternity] was she was a prostitute who didn't look like one. Try telling that to the studios. All the Oscar brought me was more bland Goody-Two-Shoes parts."
📷 Bob Landry, 1946
"The whole point about Alma [in From Here to Eternity] was she was a prostitute who didn't look like one. Try telling that to the studios. All the Oscar brought me was more bland Goody-Two-Shoes parts."
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James Cromwell's father John was an important Hollywood director. Here he's coaching Leslie Howard on the Of Human Bondage set.
📷 Alexander Kahle, 1934
📷 Alexander Kahle, 1934
January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
James Cromwell's father John was an important Hollywood director. Here he's coaching Leslie Howard on the Of Human Bondage set.
📷 Alexander Kahle, 1934
📷 Alexander Kahle, 1934
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James Cromwell came from a solid show business family. His mother Kay Johnson was a fine actress. Here with Reginald Denny in Cecil B. DeMille's Madam Satan (1930)
January 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
James Cromwell came from a solid show business family. His mother Kay Johnson was a fine actress. Here with Reginald Denny in Cecil B. DeMille's Madam Satan (1930)
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James Cromwell was wonderful in Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential, 1997.
There were two still photographers on the set: Merrick Morton & Peter Sorel
#stillonset
"Don't start doing the right thing, boyo. You haven't had the practice."
There were two still photographers on the set: Merrick Morton & Peter Sorel
#stillonset
"Don't start doing the right thing, boyo. You haven't had the practice."
January 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
James Cromwell was wonderful in Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential, 1997.
There were two still photographers on the set: Merrick Morton & Peter Sorel
#stillonset
"Don't start doing the right thing, boyo. You haven't had the practice."
There were two still photographers on the set: Merrick Morton & Peter Sorel
#stillonset
"Don't start doing the right thing, boyo. You haven't had the practice."
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Happy birthday James Cromwell 🎂
📷 Meredith Lee, 2015. The pig's name is Nadine.
When he was offered the part in Chris Noonan's Babe, a friend urged him to go:
"It's a free trip to Australia & if the film fails it's not your fault. It's the pig's film."
📷 Meredith Lee, 2015. The pig's name is Nadine.
When he was offered the part in Chris Noonan's Babe, a friend urged him to go:
"It's a free trip to Australia & if the film fails it's not your fault. It's the pig's film."
January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy birthday James Cromwell 🎂
📷 Meredith Lee, 2015. The pig's name is Nadine.
When he was offered the part in Chris Noonan's Babe, a friend urged him to go:
"It's a free trip to Australia & if the film fails it's not your fault. It's the pig's film."
📷 Meredith Lee, 2015. The pig's name is Nadine.
When he was offered the part in Chris Noonan's Babe, a friend urged him to go:
"It's a free trip to Australia & if the film fails it's not your fault. It's the pig's film."
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I forget who it was said "When the angels play for God, they play Bach. But when they play for themselves, they play Mozart."
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I forget who it was said "When the angels play for God, they play Bach. But when they play for themselves, they play Mozart."
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BOTD Ingrid Thulin!!
Essential Ingmar Bergman collaborator - Strawberries, Magician, Winter Light, +++
Other films incl The Damned (Visconti); Resnais masterpiece La Guerre Est Finie, +
More:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=143252
Thomson: www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Essential Ingmar Bergman collaborator - Strawberries, Magician, Winter Light, +++
Other films incl The Damned (Visconti); Resnais masterpiece La Guerre Est Finie, +
More:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=143252
Thomson: www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
January 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM
BOTD Ingrid Thulin!!
Essential Ingmar Bergman collaborator - Strawberries, Magician, Winter Light, +++
Other films incl The Damned (Visconti); Resnais masterpiece La Guerre Est Finie, +
More:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=143252
Thomson: www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Essential Ingmar Bergman collaborator - Strawberries, Magician, Winter Light, +++
Other films incl The Damned (Visconti); Resnais masterpiece La Guerre Est Finie, +
More:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=143252
Thomson: www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Celebrate the Ingrid Thulin Centennial 🎂💯
📷 Bob Gomel, 1962
"That expressive face is the unforgettable image of the anxiety that surrounds Ingmar Bergman’s world.”
- David Thomson
📷 Bob Gomel, 1962
"That expressive face is the unforgettable image of the anxiety that surrounds Ingmar Bergman’s world.”
- David Thomson
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Celebrate the Ingrid Thulin Centennial 🎂💯
📷 Bob Gomel, 1962
"That expressive face is the unforgettable image of the anxiety that surrounds Ingmar Bergman’s world.”
- David Thomson
📷 Bob Gomel, 1962
"That expressive face is the unforgettable image of the anxiety that surrounds Ingmar Bergman’s world.”
- David Thomson
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I love finding more pre-toupe pics
The young William Shatner in New York. A nice portrait by Sam Tata, from 1959.
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I love finding more pre-toupe pics
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When someone mentioned to Kapellmeister Schwanenberg, a friend of Salieri’s, the rumor that Mozart had been poisoned by the Italian, Salieri replied: “Non ha fatto nulla, per meritar tal onore. [He did nothing to merit such an honor.]”
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
📷 Phil Bray, 1984
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
📷 Phil Bray, 1984
January 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When someone mentioned to Kapellmeister Schwanenberg, a friend of Salieri’s, the rumor that Mozart had been poisoned by the Italian, Salieri replied: “Non ha fatto nulla, per meritar tal onore. [He did nothing to merit such an honor.]”
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
📷 Phil Bray, 1984
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
📷 Phil Bray, 1984
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For Mozart's birthday today:
Carlo Fiore's poster for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, 2016
Carlo Fiore's poster for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, 2016
January 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For Mozart's birthday today:
Carlo Fiore's poster for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, 2016
Carlo Fiore's poster for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, 2016
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For Mozart's birthday today, my favourite Brigid Brophy book.
Mozart the Dramatist: The Value of His Operas to Him, to His Age and to Us
"To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth century."
Mozart the Dramatist: The Value of His Operas to Him, to His Age and to Us
"To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth century."
January 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For Mozart's birthday today, my favourite Brigid Brophy book.
Mozart the Dramatist: The Value of His Operas to Him, to His Age and to Us
"To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth century."
Mozart the Dramatist: The Value of His Operas to Him, to His Age and to Us
"To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth century."
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"When I think of mankind's greatest benefactors, I feel that Mozart comes a close second to Jesus."
- Friedrich Gulda
He plays his arrangement of "In diesen heil'gen Hallen" from The Magic Flute. So beautiful!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUV...
- Friedrich Gulda
He plays his arrangement of "In diesen heil'gen Hallen" from The Magic Flute. So beautiful!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUV...
Friedrich Gulda play Mozart "In diesen heil'gen Hallen"
YouTube video by Musik Dokus Konzerte
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"When I think of mankind's greatest benefactors, I feel that Mozart comes a close second to Jesus."
- Friedrich Gulda
He plays his arrangement of "In diesen heil'gen Hallen" from The Magic Flute. So beautiful!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUV...
- Friedrich Gulda
He plays his arrangement of "In diesen heil'gen Hallen" from The Magic Flute. So beautiful!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUV...
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“You know that I live two leagues from Geneva: I never go out; & I was very ill when this phenomenon shone on the black horizon of Geneva. In short, he has left, to my great regret, without my having seen him.”
In 1766, Voltaire missed out on meeting the 10-year-old Mozart.
In 1766, Voltaire missed out on meeting the 10-year-old Mozart.
January 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“You know that I live two leagues from Geneva: I never go out; & I was very ill when this phenomenon shone on the black horizon of Geneva. In short, he has left, to my great regret, without my having seen him.”
In 1766, Voltaire missed out on meeting the 10-year-old Mozart.
In 1766, Voltaire missed out on meeting the 10-year-old Mozart.
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Frank Langella as Salieri & Dennis Boutsikaris as Mozart, in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
📷 Martha Swope, 1983
NYPL digital collection
I would have loved to see this.
📷 Martha Swope, 1983
NYPL digital collection
I would have loved to see this.
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Frank Langella as Salieri & Dennis Boutsikaris as Mozart, in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
📷 Martha Swope, 1983
NYPL digital collection
I would have loved to see this.
📷 Martha Swope, 1983
NYPL digital collection
I would have loved to see this.
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My favourite work by my favourite composer.
Ali McGraw’s character in Love Story talks about Mozart’s A major Piano Concerto, K.488, as she’s dying. I plan on doing the same.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL8x...
Ali McGraw’s character in Love Story talks about Mozart’s A major Piano Concerto, K.488, as she’s dying. I plan on doing the same.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL8x...
January 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My favourite work by my favourite composer.
Ali McGraw’s character in Love Story talks about Mozart’s A major Piano Concerto, K.488, as she’s dying. I plan on doing the same.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL8x...
Ali McGraw’s character in Love Story talks about Mozart’s A major Piano Concerto, K.488, as she’s dying. I plan on doing the same.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL8x...
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A great story from Andrew Lownie’s Traitor King. The Duke of Windsor was a real piece of work.
“Once, after sitting through a concert organised by Lady Cunard, he asked, ‘Did that Mozart chap write anything else?’”
“Once, after sitting through a concert organised by Lady Cunard, he asked, ‘Did that Mozart chap write anything else?’”
January 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A great story from Andrew Lownie’s Traitor King. The Duke of Windsor was a real piece of work.
“Once, after sitting through a concert organised by Lady Cunard, he asked, ‘Did that Mozart chap write anything else?’”
“Once, after sitting through a concert organised by Lady Cunard, he asked, ‘Did that Mozart chap write anything else?’”