tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post9125857997898647462..comments2024-03-19T09:27:59.841-04:00Comments on D R E W • F R I E D M A N: Who the HELL is "Dining at Melvyn's"?Drew Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-11137662417816101272020-08-30T19:23:11.474-04:002020-08-30T19:23:11.474-04:00I just bought a signed print for $80 at auctionI just bought a signed print for $80 at auctionMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890264301394559681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-76886785199872240852018-01-02T19:51:15.064-05:002018-01-02T19:51:15.064-05:00I have a signed copy in nice frame. Perect conditi...I have a signed copy in nice frame. Perect condition. 350 of 400 with cert from gallery where my father bought it in 2002. Says it's a collotype? Says it has a value of $900 on the 02 cert. Anyone have an idea of value in 2018?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654081364151852517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-58440071391802399172017-01-07T21:41:47.258-05:002017-01-07T21:41:47.258-05:00Here's the official list as per Mel Haber. Car...Here's the official list as per Mel Haber. Caricatures are number from the upper left. The "generic blonde'' originally was to be Haber's girlfriend. But they parted way while the painting was under way, so Haber asked the artist to change her face to be that of a generic blonde. 1 Kirk Douglas<br />2 Charo (married to Xavier Cugat)<br />3 Xavier Cugat<br />4 Liza Minelli<br />5 Phyllis Diller<br />6 Ernest Borgnine<br />7 “Generic Blonde”<br />8 Mel Haber (owner of “Melvyn’s” & The Ingleside Inn)<br />9 Alan Mald (Mel Haber’s General Manager)<br />10 David Niven<br />11 Tony Bennett<br />12 Buddy Hackett<br />13 Liberace<br />14 Charles Bronson<br />15 Jerry Lewis<br />16 Richard Burton<br />17 Elizabeth Taylor<br />18 John Wayne<br />19 Hugh Hefner<br />20 Bette Davis<br />21 Danny Kaye<br />22 Jackie Gleason<br />23 Barbara Streisand<br />24 Sonny Bono<br />25 Cher<br />26 Sammy Davis, Jr.<br />27 Alfred Hitchcock<br />28 Bronco Nagurski (Famous football player. According to legend, <br /><br />Bronco was famous for getting drunk at Melvyn’s)<br />29 Frank Sinatra<br />30 Rex Harrison<br />31 Robert Mitchum<br />32 Red Skelton<br />33 Bob Hope<br />34 Peter Lorre<br />35 Lucille Ball<br />36 Danny Thomas<br />37 Groucho MarxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986356104591128969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-26933292719418821932016-09-04T13:22:30.266-04:002016-09-04T13:22:30.266-04:00Melvyn's is located inside of the Ingleside In...Melvyn's is located inside of the Ingleside Inn which are both owned by Mel Haber. The property was originally bui<br />lt in 1925. Turned into a hotel shortly thereafter. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were frequent guests of the Inn, so, that may very well be Clark in the photo. Perhaps his ghost was there that night!Melody Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994731123323946594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-81294607475123305162016-09-04T13:17:54.745-04:002016-09-04T13:17:54.745-04:00Melvyn's is located inside of the Ingleside In...Melvyn's is located inside of the Ingleside Inn which are both owned by Mel Haber. The property was originally bui<br />lt in 1925. Turned into a hotel shortly thereafter. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were frequent guests of the Inn, so, that may very well be Clark in the photo. Perhaps his ghost was there that night!Melody Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994731123323946594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-18283830043514978262015-02-14T13:15:02.465-05:002015-02-14T13:15:02.465-05:00Got this from an email from Melvyn Haber in 2004: ...Got this from an email from Melvyn Haber in 2004: IGNORE THE 3 PEOPLE IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, THEY ARE ME, MY MANAGER, AND MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986356104591128969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-33173106248756345032015-02-14T13:14:16.276-05:002015-02-14T13:14:16.276-05:00Got this in an email from Melvyn Haber in 2004: IG...Got this in an email from Melvyn Haber in 2004: IGNORE THE 3 PEOPLE IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, THEY ARE ME, MY MANAGER, AND MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986356104591128969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-66997536747964571362014-03-26T14:45:57.347-04:002014-03-26T14:45:57.347-04:00Dean Martin is definitely between Rex and Red on t...Dean Martin is definitely between Rex and Red on the lower left! That solidifies my impression that Jerryʻs between Phyllis and Danny. Also, I see the upper left guy as Kirk Douglas, then, Charro. This is hanging in the upstairs bedroom/loft of our Hollywood-themed vacation rental in Woodland Hills and Iʻve been naming the celebs all week! I agree with Eddie Fisher and thought Ann-Margaret was with him, then, Ernest Borgnine. Definitely Sammy Davis. Guess I gotʻem all, except Hugh Hefner (shame on me, an ex-Bunny!). Big thanx for the key!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118988830799910677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-27863737054010102652014-03-26T14:44:34.613-04:002014-03-26T14:44:34.613-04:00Dean Martin is definitely between Rex and Red on t...Dean Martin is definitely between Rex and Red on the lower left! That solidifies my impression that Jerryʻs between Phyllis and Danny. Also, I see the upper left guy as Kirk Douglas, then, Charro. This is hanging in the upstairs bedroom/loft of our Hollywood-themed vacation rental in Woodland Hills and Iʻve been naming the celebs all week! I agree with Eddie Fisher and thought Ann-Margaret was with him, then, Ernest Borgnine. Definitely Sammy Davis. Guess I gotʻem all, except Hugh Hefner (shame on me, an ex-Bunny!). Big thanx for the key!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118988830799910677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-71140955622856808582012-12-09T08:18:46.193-05:002012-12-09T08:18:46.193-05:00I agree it doesn't look at all like Sammy, but...I agree it doesn't look at all like Sammy, but most likely is supposed to be. The guy on the upper leaft continues to be a mystery.Drew Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-38480288596039366602012-12-09T06:54:28.505-05:002012-12-09T06:54:28.505-05:00I don't think that's supposed to be Sammy ...I don't think that's supposed to be Sammy Davis Jr; it looks more like Perez Prado. His John Carradine (?) looks like a cross between John Barrymore and Lawrence Harvey. And the Bronson caricature looks like the "What If They Mated" bastard lovechild of Charles Laughton and Danny Trejo! <br /><br />But I really don't want to pick on it. Can we at least agree that Cugie drew pretty good for a bandleader? I have an LP cover that he painted of some Spanish kids, in a kind of cartoony, Mary Blair/"Small World" style. It's actually kind of appealing.mike fontanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-51073261695757222962012-12-07T17:35:57.045-05:002012-12-07T17:35:57.045-05:00Oy Vey!
Oy Vey!<br />Drew Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-35119226117179162672012-12-07T17:24:01.114-05:002012-12-07T17:24:01.114-05:00Drew! This is the piece I just saw, signed by Cug...Drew! This is the piece I just saw, signed by Cugat, at the Santa Monica Swap Meet! If I'd known you were gonna discuss it, I would have bought the thing! Now it's tripled in value.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824952643226128647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-52357347862212127652012-12-07T11:59:39.778-05:002012-12-07T11:59:39.778-05:00I think you might be right!?I think you might be right!?Drew Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-55062928801311806052012-12-07T11:54:17.908-05:002012-12-07T11:54:17.908-05:00Feel free to call me an idiot, but I think the mys...Feel free to call me an idiot, but I think the mystery man with ascot might be Jerry Lewis. Shiny black hair, lower lip, indication of high cheek bone, and ascot all say Jerry to me. Plus he has a house in Palm Springs. Remember this would be the more mature Jerry, not the skinny kid from 1955.the Publishershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950200280716771068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-20805991852369492132012-12-06T18:33:10.394-05:002012-12-06T18:33:10.394-05:00Hi Drew. I'm thinking Paul Robeson to Liberace...Hi Drew. I'm thinking Paul Robeson to Liberace's right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468669322892216505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-24352071979534866952012-12-06T18:26:06.541-05:002012-12-06T18:26:06.541-05:00I really want to say that it looks like Charles Br...I really want to say that it looks like Charles Bronson and Gable next to Liberace, but I can't see either fitting in with that crowd. Especially in '67 (Gable was dead and Bronson was pretty obscure.)Kevin Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379304161115014717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-19994769312171624552012-12-06T18:13:59.098-05:002012-12-06T18:13:59.098-05:00I'm pretty sure the second one is Charo, not A...I'm pretty sure the second one is Charo, not Abbe Lane.For the row 2 unknowns how about Charles Bronson and censlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534242746424789147noreply@blogger.com