Larry Carr Day

I recently was looking for "new" frontal nudes of Larry Carr, and I found only one, but I also found this publicity still on the movie database site IMDb.com.  Mr. Carr actually had some success in the movies in the period of 1949-1960, playing mostly bit parts and walk-ons.  He did, however, manage to make a decent living before moving to Brazil where he wrote and starred in a number of movies, mostly playing good looking Americans.  He returned to Hollywood in the mid-70s and got work once again in bit parts, often appearing as a nameless detective in a suit and fedora hat.  He also wrote two successful books on the femme fatales of the movies.  Anyway, today is Larry Carr day.

 

Kovert II

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Kovert III

Here we see Larry Carr with Tom Mathews (sometimes spelled Matthews) in a Kovert photo.

These two worked together for both Freddie Kovert and AMG, always looking great.

 

Denny Denfield

This semi-nude is by Denny Denfield.  I have a single frontal nude of Larry Carr by Mr. Denfield,

and I can't imagine him only making one of such an outstanding model.  I have not,

however, been able to find any more.  Anyone have any?

 

Kovert IV

Kovert item number four shows Larry Carr in a pose that a classmate of mine used 

in junior high school to recite poetry.  Of course, my classmate didn't 

look anywhere near that good, in or out of his clothes.

 

AMG II

The location for this AMG photo is often mistaken for the mansion where the classic film Sunset Boulevard was shot.  While it does look like it, the actual owner was a psychic who

traded the use of the place to physique photographers for free pictures.

 

Kovert V

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AMG III

Our closing shot of Larry Carr is another AMG product.  James IV at Men From Back Then once commented that nobody could fill a posing strap like Larry.  I miss James' posts every day.

 

Larry Carr

Kovert of Hollywood produced this shot of Larry Carr.

 

Larry

Larry Carr was known to have modeled for AMG, Denny Denfield, and Kovert of Hollywood,

but I can't find an attribution for this and about three other photos.

 

Larry

Here we have an uncharacteristically demure shot of Larry Carr that went up for auction 

recently.  I might be related to Larry.  We have the same surname and he looks a lot like one 

of my paternal cousins, although he may have used a pseudonym.  I need to research that.

Disclosure:  I clumsily removed a watermark from this photo.

 

Larry

Finishing Kovert Day with Larry Carr, a popular post-war model 

who also worked for Denny Denfield and Bob Mizer of AMG.

 

Larry Carr Day, Part 1 - Nudes

After some recent posts keyed to particular photographers, Larry Carr's name landed 

on a list of requests for dedicated model series.  I'm more than happy to oblige.  He modeled 

for AMG, Kovert, and Denny Denfield in the period of about 1948-1952.  We start with a 

typical Denfield outdoor scene involving rocks and a handsome man.

 

His hair was perfect

Larry Carr's wavy hair is nicely shown in this photo that is generally unattributed, but suspected by some to have been by Kovert.  You'll see more on that subject in a later post, but I'm pretty much of the opinion that Kovert did all of Larry's frontal nudes except for the one by Denfield in this series.

 

Larry and Tom

Larry Carr and Tom Mathews look good together in this Kovert photo, but they seem to be looking right past each other.  I don't know why, but a lot of 1940's duo shots are like that.

 

Now attributed

Most of the frontal nudes of Larry Carr in my collection have been authenticated as by Kovert of Hollywood, but this one initially had no attribution.  While researching this series, I realized that the velvet seat cover and hardwood flooring appear in at least two Fred Kovert photos of other models in a group of original prints that fetched a stunning price at auction.  So I'm giving the nod to Fred.

 

Larry Carr Day, Part 2 - Posing Straps

Larry Carr looks like a character from a sword and sandals movie in this unattributed photo.

That looks like an oversized birdbath he's standing on, but it does the job.

 

Larry and Dale

This is the first of two AMG photos of Larry Carr and Dale Curry together in today's series.

The otherwise idyllic scene seems odd as it looks like Larry is about to dump Dale in the water.

If you have other theories about the scenario, please tell us in the comments.

 

Interesting AMG

I sometimes focus on the odd bits in vintage photos.  In this handsome shot of Larry Carr by Bob Mizer of AMG, he is seated on a 1950-ish round double decked end or coffee table.  (My great grandmother had one like it.)  His feet are resting on the ball of each foot with the heels off the floor.  I think Mizer may have posed him that way to keep his legs more parallel to the floor.  That would be practical if Larry weren't wearing a posing strap, as that the position would keep the crotch covered, so it must have been for some aesthetic reason.  Either way, it's a great picture.

 

Carr and Curry

Not that you could tell, but that's Dale Curry underneath Larry Carr in this AMG photo.