Picture Perfect

Stepping in to Mauro’s Café on Melrose Avenue always feels like I am crossing the pond to Europe. With a room full of accents, arrogance and style, it is often the change of pace that my week needs. Last Thursday, I not only felt like I stepped in to another world, I felt like I fell back in time. It was a fall I was willing to take. Shirley MacLaine curated Murray Garrett’s Silent Auction to Benefit The Motion Picture & Television Fund.

In 1941, Murray Garrett started his photography career at 15 assisting Eileen Darby at the Graphic House in New York, a leading photography agency. By 20, he set up the west coast office and was the Bureau Chief. His pictures graced the pages of every major publication.

The 42 black and white photos were stunning! Murray was known for capturing the essence of Hollywood in a manner that was both efficient and unobtrusive. As I walked through the gallery I felt like a fly on the wall in the 50’s. The vibrancy in the pictures was palpable. I could almost smell the smoke in the room, hear the clink of the ice in the cocktail and feel the camaraderie and creativity amongst the actors, comedians and singers. Marilyn never looked more beautiful. Brando never looked sexier blowing on the ear of the kitty wrapped around his young neck and Lauren Bacall…what a woman!

What were most enjoyable were Shirley’s comments next to the pictures. The young pixie was captured in the pictures. The wiser, worldly, witty Shirley commented.

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