Robbie
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Melbourne , Australia |
| Introduction | ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR/ARCHIVIST/COLLECTOR INTERESTS: Art, Photography, Modernism, Pop Culture, Pop Art, German Expressionism, Weimar era, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Symbolism, Art Deco, Mid Century Design, Modernist Architecture, Graphic Design, Illustration, Fashion, Mod Era, Op Art, Big Eyed Art, Kitsch, Film, Classic Hollywood, FILM NOIR, French New Wave and European cinema, ITALIAN HORROR movies, vintage German ross/iris actor/actress postcards. Tinted Deco Romance postcards, Circus, Sideshow art, Coney Island,1939 and 1964 Worlds Fairs New York, Silent film Stars,Flappers and Vamps, Pin-Up, freaks, clowns, Burlesque, Americana, classic toys, classic tv, Jazz, celebrity, Comic Art, |
| Favorite movies | *****Favourite Movies RETURN OF THE CAT PEOPLE, PANDORA'S BOX, DIARY OF A LOST GIRL, PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, DRIVE, PARIS AT MIDNIGHT, HUGO, INCEPTION, Great Expectations (2011 BBC) Les Amours Imaginaires (Heartbeats), Les Chansons D'Amour, THE DREAMERS, PLEIN SOLEIL Alain Delon, L'ECLISSE with alain Delon, L'Avventura with Monica Vitti, ORPHEUS with Jean Marais, PLAYTIME : Jaques Tati, Who is Polly Maggoo?, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Max Reinhardt, The Naked Kiss: Samm Fuller, The DEVIL IS A WOMAN: Marlene Dietrich, Blonde Venus, FEMALE ON THE BEACH, Queen Bee, Mildred Pierce, Valley of the Dolls, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Myra Breckinridge, Barbarella, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Johnny Guitar, Belle De Jour, Joy House, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Witches(Le Streghe), Spirits of the Dead, Girl on a Motorcycle, Danger Diabolik, The Tenth Victim, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Pillow Talk, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rosemary's Baby, The Birds, Rear Window, Bell Book & Candle, The Gangs All Here, Sweet Charity |
| Favorite music | JAZZ: Peggy Lee, Julie London, Shirley Horne, Anita O'Day, Louis Prima & Keely Smith, Stan Getz, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Juliet Greco, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughn, Chet Baker, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, LaVern Baker, SIXTIES: Francoise Hardy, Esther Phillips, The Supremes, The Ronettes, Mama's and the Papa's, Peter Paul & Mary, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, Sandie Shaw, BOSSA NOVA. Astrud Gilbert, Brasil '66, SEVENTIES: Kraftwerk, Devo, Donna Summer, THe Three Degrees, DISCO, Village People, Andrea True Connection, The Bee Gees, Barry White, Baccara, Saint Tropez, Silver Convention, Fox, Amanda Lear, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Kate Bush, EIGHTIES: Blondie, Grace Jones, David Bowie, Visage, Art of Noise, Spandau Ballet, The Cure, Blancmange, Duran Duran, Style Council, Ska, Madness, Fun Boy Three, The Specials, Yello, Berlin. Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Art of Noise, PEOPLE **** Andy Warhol, Diana Vreeland, Marlene Dietrich, Dali, Truman Capote, Alain Delon, Jean Cocteau, Noel Coward, JFKennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Joe Dallesandro, Edie Sedgwick, Louise Brooks, Josephine Baker, Charles Addams, Joan Crawford, Douglas Sirk, Ramon Novarro, Brigitte Helm, Tallulah Bankhead, Pola Negri, Valentino, Alla Nazimova, Buster Crabbe, Vampira, Nijinsky, Thierry Mugler, Edith Head, Coco Chanel, Margaret Keane, Tretchikoff, Bettie Page, Tura Satana, Elvis Presley, James Dean, |
| Favorite books | 'My Way of Life' Joan Crawford (my favorite book) , 'Valley of the Dolls' Jacqueline Susanne, 'Auntie Mame' Patrick Dennis, 'GIANT' Edna Ferber, 'BONJOUR TRISTESSE' Francoise Sagan, 'Mildred Pierce' James. M. Cain, 'The Best of Everything' Rona Jaffe, 'When you are engulfed in flames' David Sedaris, 'Party of the Century' Truman Capote's Black & White Ball Deborah Davis, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Truman Capote, 'In Cold Blood' Truman Capote', 'Alice in Wonderland' Lewis Carroll, 'The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, 'Peyton Place' Grace Metalious, 'The Raven' Edgar Allen Poe, 'The man who invented Rock Hudson: THE PRETTY BOYS & DIRTY DEALS OF HENRY WILLSON' by Robert Hofler.'BETTE & JOAN: The Divine Feud' Shaun Considine, 'Mommie Dearest' Christina Crawford, 'Mother Goddam' Bette Davis, 'Marlene Dietrich's ABC' Marlene Dietrich, 'Marlene Dietrich Photographs & Memories' various. THE WARHOL DIARIES' Andy Warhol, 'Famous for 15 Minutes' Ulta Violet, 'A Lowlife in High Heels' Holly Woodlawn, 'THE ORTON DIARIES' John Lahr, 'THE DRESS DOCTOR' Edith hEad, 'THE WIT OF NOEL COWARD' Noel Coward, 'PHYLLIS DILLER'S MARRIAGE MANUAL Phyllis Diller, 'Edie an American Biography' Jean Stein, 'Little Joe Superstar' Michael Ferguson, 'MY FIRST 2,000 MEN' Liz Renay, 'DALI & ME' Amanda Lear. 'GYPSY' Gypsy Rose Lee, 'GYPSY & ME' Erik Preminger, 'SHARON TATE & THE MANSON MURDERS' Greg King, 'BURLESQUE & THE ART OF THE TEASE' Dita Von Teese, 'My Story' Ann-Margret, ''. 'The Life & Times of Edith Head' David Chierichetti, 'Diana Vreeland' Eleanor Dwight, 'ALLURE' Diana Vreeland, 'Interview with the Vampire' Anne Rice, 'Hollywood Gays' Boze Hadleigh, 'My Story' Rock Hudson' 'Tab Hunter Confidential' Tab Hunter, 'ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME. CHELSEA.' Chelsea Handler. |