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Walter Clarence Thornton
Walter Clarence Thornton (April 3, 1903 – May 14, 1990) was an American model and modeling agent who founded the Walter Thornton Model Agency in 1930 and went on to worldwide fame with his World War II-era "Walter Thornton Pin-Up Girls." Thornton rose to success from being an unsheltered orphan and a bricklayer.Dale CarnegieFrom Editorial Page ''The Pittsburgh Press'', December 26, 1940 Thornton was twice a judge of the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, NJ (1933 and 1935). His company represented both male and female models, as well as a separate agency for child models. Many of his models achieved Hollywood fame and success. He retired from the agency in 1958 and spent the rest of his life in Ajijic, Mexico."Walter Thornton, Agent for Models ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Chidnoff
Irving may refer to: People *Irving (name), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * Irving, the main character's love interest in Cathy (comic strip) * Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the ''Tales of Symphonia'' video game Places Canada * Irving Nature Park, a park in Saint John, N.B. United States *Irving, California, former name of Irvington, California *Irving, Illinois *Irving, Iowa *Irving (Duluth), Minnesota *Irving, New York *Irving, Texas *Irving, Wisconsin, a town **Irving (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois * Irving Township, Montgomery County, Illinois * Irving Township, Michigan * Irving Township, Minnesota * Lake Irving, a lake in Minnesota Companies * Irving Group of Companies, Canadian conglomerate based in Saint John, New Brunswick, controlled by the Irving family, including: ** J. D. Irving, a conglomerate with holdings in forestry, pulp and paper, tissue, newsprint, building suppl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Edward Anderson
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc. People Surname * Alf Percy, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (other) * Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England * Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War *James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marine of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stock Photo
Stock photography is the supply of photographs which are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional macrostock photography, midstock photography, and microstock photography. Conventional stock agencies charge from several hundred to several thousand US dollars per image, while microstock photography may sell for around US$25 cents. Professional stock photographers traditionally place their images with one or more stock agencies on a contractual basis, while stock agencies may accept the high-quality photos of amateur photographers through online submission. Themes for stock photos are diverse, although Megan Garber of ''The Atlantic'' wrote in 2012 that "one of the more wacky/wondrous elements of stock photos is the manner in which, as a genre, they've developed a unifying editorial sensibility. To see a stock image is... to ''know'' you're seeing a stock image." Historically nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Fields
Irving Fields (born Yitzhak Schwartz; August 4, 1915 – August 20, 2016) was an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City. Some of his most noteworthy compositions include "Miami Beach Rhumba"; "Managua, Nicaragua"; and "Chantez, Chantez," covered by Dinah Shore in 1957. From November 1, 1954 to January 3, 1955, he and his orchestra appeared on the DuMont Television Network series ''The Ilona Massey Show'', hosted by Ilona Massey. Career Fields' most famous album is ''Bagels & Bongos'' (1959), recorded for Decca Records with his trio, which sold two million copies. The next year he released the sequel ''More Bagels & Bongos'', which was reissued on CD in 2009 by Roman Midnight Music under the direct creative advisement of 94-year-old Fields, the only reissue commissioned directly by Irving. Fields claimed to have recorded nearly 100 albums featuring trios, quartets, orchestras and solo. His most known work is the 1960s output that directly followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937 to audition for the role of Scarlett O'Hara. She secured a film contract and played several small supporting roles over the next few years. By the late 1940s, the quality of her film roles improved, and she achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performance as an alcoholic in ''Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman'' (1947). Hayward's success continued through the 1950s as she received nominations for '' My Foolish Heart'' (1949), '' With a Song in My Heart'' (1952), and ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' (1955), winning the Academy Award for her portrayal of death row inmate Barbara Graham in ''I Want to Live!'' (1958). For her perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1921 – January 31, 2015) was an American actress, singer and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, known for her "smoky voice" and being "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s". After understudying the role of Sabina in the original Broadway and Boston stage productions of ''The Skin of Our Teeth'', she emerged in such films as ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946), ''Dead Reckoning'' (1947), ''Desert Fury'' (1947), and ''Too Late for Tears'' (1949). Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but one. In addition to stage and radio, she appeared on television from the late 1940s to early 1970s. Early life Emma Matzo (Ema Macová in Slovak) was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania,Carole Langer (Soapbox & Praeses Productions, 1996; accessed May 23, 2014), ''Lizabeth Scott 1996 Interview Part 1 of 8'' the oldest of six children born to Mary PenyakJanice H. McElroy (Pennsylvania Division, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall (; born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures. She was known for her alluring, sultry presence and her distinctive, husky voice. Bacall was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Bacall began a career as a model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency before making her film debut at the age of 19 as the leading lady opposite her future husband Humphrey Bogart in ''To Have and Have Not'' (1944). She continued in the film noir genre with appearances alongside her new husband in ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''Dark Passage'' (1947), and ''Key Largo'' (1948), and she starred in the romantic comedies ''How to Marry a Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance ''Mogambo'' (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama '' The Country Girl'' (1954). Other notable works include the western '' High Noon'' (1952), the romantic comedy ''High Society'' (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: ''Dial M for Murder'' (1954), ''Rear Window'' (1954), and ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Chandler Christy
Howard Chandler Christy (January 10, 1872 – March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator. Famous for the "Christy Girl" – a colorful and illustrious successor to the "Gibson Girl" – Christy is also widely known for his iconic WWI military recruitment and Liberty loan posters, along with his 1940 masterpiece titled, ''Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States'', which is installed along the east stairwell of the United States Capitol. From the 1920s until the early 1950s, Christy was active as a portrait painter whose sitters included presidents, senators, industrialists, movies stars, and socialites. He painted Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. Other famous people he painted include William Randolph Hearst, the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), Eddie Rickenbacker, Benito Mussolini, Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi, Prince Umberto, and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Montgomery Flagg
James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist, comics artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1917 poster of Uncle Sam created for United States Army recruitment during World War I. Life and career Flagg was born on June 18, 1877 in Pelham, New York. He was enthusiastic about drawing from a young age, and had illustrations accepted by national magazines by the age of 12 years. By 14, he was a contributing artist for ''Life Magazine, Life'' magazine, and the following year was on the staff of another magazine, ''Judge magazine, Judge''. From 1894 through 1898, he attended the Art Students League of New York. He studied fine art in London and Paris from 1898 to 1900, after which he returned to the United States, where he produced countless illustrations for books, magazine covers, political and humorous cartoons, advertising, and sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur William Brown
Arthur William Brown (1881–1966) was a Canadian commercial artist, most known for his work as an illustrator for the '' Saturday Evening Post'', ''American Magazine'', and '' Redbook''. Education and works In the 1890s, he attended the Hamilton Art School and studied under John Sloan Gordon. At the age of 16, he was hired as a chalk plate artist for the ''Hamilton Spectator''. He later left Hamilton and attended the Art Students League in New York City, and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, Frank DuMond, and F.R. Gruger. He was later hired as an illustrator by the ''Saturday Evening Post'', where his works were featured prominently. Brown's works included illustrated stories of American authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Irvin Cobb, and Sinclair Lewis. He also illustrated posters for the World War I war effort as well as book cover illustrations. His work is held in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Imperial War Museums, the Museum of Modern A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saul Tepper
Saul Tepper (December 20, 1899 – January 1987) was an American illustrator and songwriter. Tepper studied under illustrator Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. Tepper began his career with Albert Dorne as a letterer for fashion catalogs but went on to do story illustrations for the most popular magazines of the day. Additionally, his illustrations appeared in advertising for major companies such as General Electric, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Mobil, and Texaco. In the 1950s, Tepper created television commercials while an art director for J. Walter Thompson. Later in life, he became a songwriter whose work was recorded by Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, and Harry James. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1980. See also *Albert Dorne *National Museum of American Illustration *Grand Central School of Art The Grand Central School of Art was an American art school in New York City, founded in 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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