From the DeForest Kelley Legacy Facebook group.
Kris Smith posted this photo with this caption: "There are very few pictures of him as a young boy. Their home burned down at one point and the photos were lost. Here's one his Baptist church took of him when he was about 16…"
Looks like the same outfit in his high school graduation yearbook, but he does look younger above (but maybe it's the angle?).
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New De Footage on the YouTubes, Y’all
I haven’t even watched it yet; just stopped crowing “f yes f yes” long enough to link here. Enjoy, everyone. 😄
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This critique of 1964 deep cut Where Love Has Gone asks of DeForest Kelley’s Sam Corwin: “…is he gay? Impotent? A satyr? Maybe it’s clearer in the book.” Well, you don’t have to read the book to answer one of those:
✔️He’s a hedonist
✔️He hangs with baddies
✔️He scampers around with panpipes a tobacco pipe
✔️It's implied he's not a real man (so maybe half man?)
✔️He’s preoccupied with sex (and endlessly tries to bang his equally promiscuous married friend with zero discretion)
That’s a satyr, folks. And while he’s only drinking in one scene, this randy fellow's natural habitat is a wine-soaked gallery opening so it’s safe to say that’s another box checked off. Most unusual for a satyr, however, is his apparent shape shifting ability as he majestically emerges from his cut-to-the-present chrysalis as an upstanding silver fox, ready to stir up all your daddy issues.
This painting is in various states of completion, but I stepped back and got hit with a Dogs Playing Poker vibe 😬 so I think it's time to call it quits. After all, it was only intended to be a 30-minute sketch but somehow turned into a nearly 3-month painting. At some point I realized working this hard on something inspired by an unpopular garbage movie probably wasn't the best use of time, but there was no turning back. Hopefully it finds its way to the small fraction of people who've seen this film. If you're wondering why there are two Sam Corwins, one explanation is that I painted two, couldn't choose between them, and forced both into the composition. But in keeping with WLHG’s trashy, sex-fueled melodrama, let’s instead imagine that after Valerie’s departure, Sam found comfort in the tufts of a wayward tribble (hey, "when you're dying of thirst, you drink from a mudhole"), unleashing a pestilence of bisexually asexually-reproducing, lusty tribble-goat-men upon poor, unsuspecting San Francisco. Could this be the 200-years-in-the-making backstory here? It's all coming full circle. I've never written fanfic, but I'm suddenly giving it some serious consideration...
BTW if anyone knows the location of “Dr. Sam’s old stand”, please send the address. I’m just, you know, looking to get a professional review of some, uh, artwork… Obviously.
Prints available
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De-aged Danny wandering the street of Gotham as a five year old:
Batfam: hello child are you alright?
Danny: Yup! :D
Batfam: where are your parents buddy?
Danny: don’t need em. Tried to kill me
Batfam: *concerned* how about you come with us for a little while?
Danny: no thank you mister Batman, I don’t trust adults
Batfam: oh no
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The Jokes of the Ghost:
While de-aged, Danny stumbles into the Joker's hideout. Nothing special; it's a Clown. Well, Danny can prank him! The spirits around him all told him what they wanted to do to this clown. But no death, they don't want his ghost near Gotham, but very far away.
So Danny was causing harm with playful ghostly antics that turned the Joker's plans into comedy. Danny played pranks on the poor Joker for already one month. The Joker can't even leave the room without getting a bowling ball in his balls or a stumple to fall on his face. The money he stole is gone, the food he eats is rotten, or worse, his car is frozen solid, or his weapons are fake guns.
Much to the amusement of Gotham.
Then, one day, an angry joker and the police see who gave him all the problems. It was a meta! Dressed in a Bat Onesie.
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Yeah Cuno Tell him about your stand, Cuno !
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Another de-aged Danny au, but he's with Dan & Ellie & Jazz as well.
Jason has like just arrived back to Gotham, caused chaos in the underbelly due to well, 8 heads in a duffle bag, and is just starting his takeover of Crime Alley. It's going good, great even!
And then he busts some sort of gang or smuggling ring run by people in white suits and there's... holy shit why do these four toddlers have Lazarus eyes?!
Is that a lab?! And Lazarus waters?!
Jason might be a bit mad but he's not an asshole, he's not going to just leave these kids here to the streets. He can't just take them to the Batclan either, and as much as he begrudgingly trusts Talia, he sure as fuck doesn't trust Ras. Who knows what he'd do to four... what are they, pit-kids?
Now he's juggling his whole revenge-thing, running a criminal empire, taking over Gotham's underbelly, and being a single dad. At least the goonion seems to be down for helping, seeing as he's making Crime Alley safer...?
....
Fuck he needs some proper sleep
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How 'Cinderella Boy' Crashed The Movies
JUST LOOK AT THESE PICTURES! There's only two, but DAMMN DE!
This is from the Atlanta Journal Magazine, 12 October 1947. This was part of a press tour where Paramount sent him back to Atlanta to promote "Fear in the Night" and "Variety Girl".
More articles coming in the next few days.
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The shoes!
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Good gravy, this Waterfront episode is a gold mine. From what I can piece together from his scenes, we have (1) beautiful baby!De being (2) a good bad guy who is adorable and sweet with his fiancée and (3) only stealing bc he’s a sweet, trusting himbo who fell in with the wrong crowd. 🥺
Truly A+ content, 10/10, will thirstwatch again.
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bro is FLABBERGASTED !!!!
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