David Prowse RIP

I had forgotten how sexy David Prowse had been as the monster in the Horror of Frankenstein (Sangster, 1970) but I first recall seeing him in a Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971) as Julian carrying Mr Alexander and Alex about. He was a titanic film presence. RIP.

Kurt Stefano in HOT SHEETS

 written & directed by Jeff Kincaid

All Worlds Video 1997

with Brent Cross & Sam Dixon

Kurt Stefano was a porn model for only a few years.  The word on him was that he was straight, and in some gay porn forums following his retirement from porn one could find various comments by a woman who said she was his girlfriend and that she gave him her permission to perform in these videos but that he was definitely otherwise straight.  I don't doubt it.  He almost always played the bottom in these videos and he often was not at all excited.  The reason I find him so memorable was his particular form of Italian beauty.  He had a beautifully muscled, narrow waisted, broad shouldered body, a relatively small cock with a short thin shaft and a huge head, and a face that was perfectly handsome.  The role he performed in this video was my favorite of his: a homophobic security guard whose secret queer longings are exposed under hypnosis.  I made some paintings based on the image of him stretched out on the bed bound by imaginary chains.  I still love looking at this guy from time to time and as recently as last night.

José Cital by the window

 

Yesterday and the day before I had another chance to capture José Cital's beauty with my brush and pencils.  

I first saw him a few years ago at an art opening where he performed.  He's a dancer and performance artist. 

I'm happy to have had so many opportunities of late to make drawings from him.

As the Clown drips

 

Gene Tierney as Victoria Charteris

Yesterday was the hundredth anniversary of Gene Tierney's day of birth. Sadly, she died a little over nineteen years ago. Many of her films spring immediately to mind, many of them delirious, by the likes of Preminger, Lubitsch, Stahl and Mankiewicz. Her greatest was one of her first, Sternberg's the Shanghai Gesture, playing Poppy, aka Victoria Charteris.

Gary R Wittig (DOB 11/20/65)

 Today is my brother's 55th birthday.  Here are five photos from a few years back.

Happy birthday Gary R Wittig.