Tragically Brilliant – Steve Pollock

Steve Bell’s ‘toons for The Guardian are always brilliant. But «in this one», he’s surpassed himself.

Screen

Latest Movies Watched:

2020

28-Mar-20 | 1917 (2019). Streaming | Sam Mendes (d) George MacKay (a).
28-Mar-20 | Letter to Three Wives (1949). TCM | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (d) Linda Darnell (a).
27-Mar-20 | Dinner at Eight (1932). TCM | George Cukor (d) Marie Dresser (a).
21-Mar-20 | Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1932). TCM | Louis Malle (d) Jeanne Moreau (a).
21-Mar-20 | Wait Until Dark (1932). TCM | Terence Young (d) Audrey Hepburn (a).
6-Jan-20 | Red Dust (1932). TCM | Victor Fleming (d) Jean Harlow (a).

2019

29-Dec-19 | Born Yesterday (1950). TCM | George Cukor (d) Judy Holliday (a).
27-Dec-19 | The Opposite Sex (1956). TCM | David Miller (d) June Allyson (a).
26-Dec-19 | Jojo Rabbit (2019). Cinema | Taika Waititi (d) Roman Griffin Davis (a).
25-Dec-19 | It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). NBC | Frank Capra (d) Jimmy Stewart (a).
25-Dec-19 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). DVD | Quentin Tarantino (d) Brad Pitt (a).
24-Dec-19 | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). TCM | Vincente Minnelli (d) Judy Garland (a).
24-Dec-19 | A Christmas Story (1983). TBS | Bob Clark (d) Peter Billingsley (a).
23-Dec-19 | In the Good Ol’ Summertime (1949). TCM | Robert Z. Leonard (d) Judy Garland (a).
23-Dec-19 | Shop Around the Corner (1940). TCM | Ernst Lubitsch (d) Margaret Sullavan (a).
12-Dec-19 | The Pink Panther (1963). TCM | Blake Edwards (d) Peter Sellers (a).
11-Dec-19 | The Philadelphia Story (1940). TCM | George Cukor (d) Katharine Hepburn (a).
9-Sep-19 | Berlin Express (1948). TCM | Jacques Tourneur (d) Robert Ryan (a).
7-Sep-19 | The Big Clock (1948). TCM | John Farrow (d) Ray Milland (a).
25-Aug-19 | The Yellow Rolls Royce (1964). TCM | Anthony Asquith (d) Shirley MacLaine (a).
25-Aug-19 | Sweet Charity (1968). TCM | Bob Fosse (d) Shirley MacLaine (a).
24-Aug-19 | Strait Jacket (1964). MeTV | William Castle (d) Joan Crawford (a).
13-Aug-19 | A Cry in the Night (1956). TCM | Frank Tuttle (d) Edmond O’Brien (a).
10-Aug-19 | The Ritz (1976). TCM | Richard Lester (d) Jack Weston (a).
28-Jul-19 | An American Tragedy (1931). TCM | Josef von Sternberg (d) Phillips Holmes (a).
27-Jul-19 | Thieves’ Highway (1959). TCM | Jules Dassin (d) Richard Conte (a).
14-Jul-19 | Desk Set (1957). | TCM | Walter Lang (d) Katharine Hepburn (a).
14-Jul-19 |Hot Millions (1968). TCM. | Eric Till (d) Peter Ustinov (a).
7-Jul-19 | Die Brucke (1959). DVD. | Bernhard Wicke (d) Michael Hinz (a).
2-Jul-19 | Ich war Neunzehn (1968). DVD. | Konrad Wolf (d) Jaecki Schwarz (a).
19-May-19 | Steel Magnolias (1989). Cinema. | Herbert Ross (d) Julia Roberts (a).
5-Apr-19 | Conquest (1937). TCM. | Clarence Brown (d) Greta Garbo (a).
27-Jan-19 | The Wizard of Oz (1939). Big Screen Classics, Opry Mills. | Victor Fleming (d) Judy Garland (a).

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Steve and Frank atop Independence Pass, Colorado. | Nov-01.

“Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at Auschwitz I, the main camp. | 18-April-00.

Photo of the Quadriga atop the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany. | 17-Apr-00.

Quadriga atop Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany. | 17-Apr-00.

Marquee of the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. | 2006.

Springtime at the Tower of London. | 15-Apr-00.

Marietta, GA, rail line, site of the 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. | 2009.

Photo of Notre Dame de Paris, France. | 8-Apr-00.

Springtime at Notre Dame de Paris, France. | 8-Apr-00.

Photo of a Gondola Loading Area and the Hotel Cavalletto Doge e Orsolo. Venice. 21-Apr-00.

Gondola Loading Area below the Hotel Cavalletto Doge e Orseolo. Venice. 21-Apr-00.

Photo of the Pride Flag waving over the Castro District. San Francisco | 2003.

Pride Flag waves over the Castro District. San Francisco | 2003.

Steve in front of Big Ben, London. | 14-Apr-00.

Photo of i-75 north out of Atlanta. | 2009.

I-75 north out of Atlanta at night. | 2009.

State Theater, Ann Arbor, MI. | 2006.

Fall Colors along I-24, southern Tennessee near Monteagle. | 2009.

Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany. | 16-Apr-00.

Unloading Platform at Auschwitz II/Birkenau. Oswiecim, Poland. 18-Apr-00.

Seattle’s Pike Place Market marquee. | 2008.

Guys of the Month

Sep. 20: Two United

Aug. 20: Tab Hunter

July 20: Monty Clift Beach 1

June 20: Monty Clift Beach 2

May 20: Sweet Hug

Apr. 20: Romance

Mar 20: Montgomery Clift Oh Baby

Feb. 20: Beautiful Hugs

Jan. 20: Guy Madison

Dec 19: Farley Granger

Nov. 19: Bed Hugs

Oct 19: Aussie Smiles

Sept19: Anonymous Goodness

August 19: Peter Krause in his Six Feet Under days.

July 19: He’s igniting all kinds of fireworks … in the pants of other guys coast to coast! He’s Mr. July, firecracker hot, having fun, and in need of a suntan.

June 19: In celebration of all things Stonewall (50 years on) and Judy Garland, here’s some eye candy that has nothing to do with rainbows or Over the Rainbows and high heel fights and who threw that first brick? Here’s adorable, very gay, very lucious Mr. June! | ECotM—June 2019

May 19: This is our hot dish for May 2019: Fuzzy boy with everything in all the right places.

April 19: Sleeping Beauty, about to be awakened to the glory of spring. | ECotM—March 2019.

March 19: He’s staring up at the giant orb in the sky. He hasn’t seen the sun around here in ages, so he’s surprised. I’m about to surprise him myself. Woof. | ECotM—March 2019.