By the late 1940s, the man who had been Hollywood’s top character actor – Olivier called him a genius – was losing his way, parodying himself in mediocre films. Then he returned to the stage as Brecht’s Galileo, led a company of young movie actors in staged readings of classics, and ultimately directed Henry Fonda in The Caine Mutiny on Broadway and Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter on celluloid.
Tag: 03.02.12
Who’s That Man Under Picasso’s Woman Ironing?
“For years conservators have known that beneath the surface lies the ghost of a figure – a three-quarter-length view of a man with a mustache – which Picasso had painted over. … Now a grant from the Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project will give the Guggenheim enough money to try to find out.”