Portraits from the past
March 30th, 2009 at 02:52pm Will Pfeifer
Back in 1938, artist Henry Major provided the caricatures for a book called HOLLYWOOD that featured text by humorist Arthur “Bugs” Baer. There were only 800 copies printed, but thankfully one of them wound up in the hands of Rick Saunders, who shares them on his Henry Major-focused blog, The Gay Philosopher. Here are a few of my favorites…
Fred MacMurray (long before MY THREE SONS)
Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Do yourself a favor and check out the rest of them here. It’s amazing what a talented caricaturist can do with a few well-placed lines.
Special thanks to my pal (and fellow old movie fan) Wayne Harold for the link to this site.
Entry Filed under: Art, actors, Classic movies
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