Larry Carr

Kovert of Hollywood produced this shot of Larry Carr.

 

Kovert of Hollywood Day

It's Kovert of Hollywood day on the blog and we start with a serious looking Larry Carr.

 

Scottie Allan or Scottie Bowers?

This is labeled as Scottie Allan on several well curated websites,

but am I the only one who thinks he might be Scotty Bowers?

 

Gene Meyer

Gene Meyer (sometimes spelled Mayer) posed several times for Freddie Kovert

as well at a few other 1940s physique photographers.

 

Leonard Chambers

This is Leonard Chambers, a model whose life was taken in a very questionable 

LA area police operation in 1956.  Bob Mizer wrote a protest essay 

in Physique Pictorial, something almost unheard of at the time.

 

Don Silvas and Andrew Marke

I think Freddie Kovert was going for some Classical murder scene

in this shot of Don Silvas (standing) and Andrew Marke.

 

Wally Schillicutt

I'm not completely certain about the Kovert of Hollywood attribution 

of this photo of Wally Schillicutt, but at least one reputable source says so.

 

Tom Mathews

If you feel like you've seen this photo of Tom Mathews quite recently, it's because 

Freddie Kovert put him in exactly the same pose as Larry Carr in today's first picture.

 

David DeBorges

We get a lot of oil and some dramatic staging 

and geometry in this photo of David DeBorges.

 

Pat Parris

I'm running out of Pat Parris photos that I haven't posted before,

but I may have saved the best for last.  That smile is gorgeous.

 

Unknown

Today's last Kovert of Hollywood model is an unknown 

man who posed with a Classical column.

 

Kovert of Hollywood

This picture of an unknown by Kovert of Hollywood has a silver screen feel to it.

 

Kovert of Hollywood

The model is unknow for this Kovert of Hollywood photo from the 1940s.

 

Jack Conant

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Pat Parris

From what I've been able to gleen off the internet, Pat Parris was a returning World War II U.S. Navy man who agreed to pose nude for Kovert of Hollywood.  I've only been able to locate half a dozen photos of him, and that's really sad because he shows an amazing range of expressions in those six.  Because of that, he made my favorites list despite not being at all well known.

 

Meichel Brocke

Kovert of Hollywood produced this photo of Meichel Brocke.  I use the term "produced" 

because it's been fairly well established that a large portion of that studio's output 

was made by hired photographers under the direction of Freddie Kovert.

 

Don Silvas and Andrew Marke

Kovert of Hollywood produced this 1946 photo of heavily oiled Don Silvas and Andrew Marke.

The oiling was pretty much standard at the time and visible in many of todays photos.

 

Kovert

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Kovert of Hollywood

A reputable website attributes this photo to Kovert of Hollywood.  It looks like a page 

from a book or magazine, and the off center placement of the model seems quite odd.

 

Kovert of Hollywood Unknown

This Kovert photo of a well oiled model is somewhat unusual for two reasons.  

First, it's derriere shot, and second, it is against a light colored background.