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Hard, Fast and Beautiful is a 1951 American drama film directed by Ida Lupino and starring Claire Trevor. It is loosely based on the 1930 novel American Girl by sports-fiction author John R. Tunis, which was an unflattering and thinly veiled fictionalization of the life of the tennis star Helen Wills Moody.
- American Girl (novel), by John R. Tunis
- Norman A. Cook, Collier Young
Hard, Fast and Beautiful. Cecily Brown’s paintings literally drip with sex. Hard, Fast and Beautiful emits a simple sophistication: wispy charcoal and white gestures, reminiscent of life drawings or underpainting, contain a more carnal impression.
Synopsis. One day, while practicing tennis in her Santa Monica driveway, eighteen-year-old Florence Farley meets Gordon McKay, who works at a nearby country club. Attracted to the young man, Florence introduces Gordon to her mother Milly, a middle-class housewife, and Milly, realizing he comes from a socially prominent family, encourages his ...
- Ida Lupino, James Anderson
- Claire Trevor
Hard, Fast and Beautiful is a work that demonstrates Brown's transition away from the trademark grotesque images so distinctive of her early oeuvre. They have become abstracted to the point of near unrecognizability, taking on a conceptual quality as she has reconsidered how most effectively to represent the energy of sex.
- British
- London, England
May 15, 2008 · CECILY BROWN | HARD, FAST AND BEAUTIFUL. Auction Closed. June 30, 09:53 PM GMT. Estimate. 600,000 - 800,000 USD. Log in to view results.
Hard, Fast and Beautiful. Artist: Cecily Brown. 1. Cecily Brown’s paintings literally drip with sex. Hard, Fast and Beautiful emits a simple sophistication: wispy charcoal and white gestures, reminiscent of life drawings or underpainting, contain a more carnal impression.
Jan 12, 2016 · A sports star whose success brings little happiness. Sally Forrest plays Florence Farley, a young woman from a struggling middle class family. in Santa Monica, whose mother, Millie, played by...
- 5 min