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PREMIERE OF GRAND HOTEL AT GRAUMAN’S CHINESE – 1932

May 23, 2013 by Vickie Lester

I remember seeing an item in the Hollywood Reporter a little while ago about the lack of skilled and seasoned producers in the industry. One of the anonymous sources cited a corporate culture at fault for eviscerating art and concentrating on profit. He/she bemoaned the emphasis on product, as if that were a new turn in the filmmaking game… Look for Louis B. Mayer and listen to what he has to say: – Jean Harlow with husband Paul Bern sign […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1932, Adrian, art deco, Baron, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, celebrities, cinemotographer, Classic Movies, Costume Deisgner, design, director, Director Edmund Goulding, Edward G. Robinson, fashion, film, Fred Niblo, Grand Hotel, Grauman's Chinese, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Greta Garbo, Hedda Hopper, history, Hollywood, humor, Jean Harlow, Jean Hersholt, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Los Angeles, Louis B. Meyer, MGM, Movie Star, movies, Old Hollywood, photography, premiere, Producer Irving Thalberg, Russian Ballerina, Wallace Beery, William H. Daniels

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I PUSHED THE SEND BUTTON – AND THE MANUSCRIPT IS TRAVELING THROUGH THE TUBES

May 20, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Here I am, lurking with my computer which doubles as a camera with (what my dad would have called) a saucer-eyed expression. Okay, cut me some slack, I have sent the book flying through the Interwebs. Thank you, my friends. When I hear news, you’ll hear news… NotebookM by Lanny Morgnanesi Best of luck with your book. Sorry I haven’t been following closely. Have you provided details as to what it is about? May 19, 2013 at 9:49 am (Edit) […]

Categories: Advertising, Architecture, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, DIY, Entertainment, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, New York, Parenting, Photography, Relationships, Story, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: "It's In His Kiss", actor, actress, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, book, book design, celebrities, Classic Movies, comedy, copy editing, design, director, film, history, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, humor, Los Angeles, manuscript, Movie Star, movies, mystery, novel, Old Hollywood, on set, photography, publishing, roman à clef, romance, Sunny Noir

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THE DATE – PART V – BY GEORGE KAPLAN

May 19, 2013 by Vickie Lester

THE DATE PART V: BECAUSE MY LOVE FOR YOU WOULD BREAK MY HEART IN TWO Who Am I? Who Will I Be Now? Rhodes Cardell or Will Makepeace? Those questions haunted him as the day of the date came closer and closer like the waters from an on-rushing river. A week and a half had seemed a more than enough time to make up his mind, to get a handle on his feelings, to calmly compose himself, but he soon […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Literature, London, Los Angeles, Movies, Music, Photography, Relationships, Short Stories, Story, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: asexual persona, be my baby, because my love for you would break my heart in two, behind the scenes, camp, celebrities, charm, consumation, conundrum, David Bowie, delicious decolletage, design, English, fashion, fashion photography, film, haddock, Herb Ritts, Hindenberg, history, Hollywood, humor, I'm dancing as fast as I can, identity, intimate, laws of attraction, Los Angeles, mask, men, nakedness, nudity, on set, persona, photographer, photography, riposte, romantic, self-esteem, sexuality, shy, story by George Kaplan, The Date, The Date by George Kaplan, The Thin White Duke, undress, veneer, witty, women

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YOURS TRULY STROLLING WITH THE MISTER WHEN SHE HAS JUST UNTIL MONDAY TO TURN IN HER BOOK TO THE EDITOR

May 18, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Advertising, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Relationships, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: "It's In His Kiss", author, behind the scenes, director, Editor, film, history, Hollywood, humor, Lazy Ox Canteen, Los Angeles, Muse, My Mister, novel, on set, photography, published

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ONE OF THE QUEENS OF PULP – JACKIE COLLINS 1987

May 18, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Literature, London, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: actress, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, celebrities, fashion, film, history, Hollywood, humor, interior design, Jackie Collins, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Public Library, Lucky, Photographer Tom Zimmerman, photography, Queen of Pulp, The Stud

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BEFORE E.L. JAMES – ELINOR GLYN, CREATOR OF THE “IT” GIRL AND SAUCY SEXUALITY IN THE MODERN NOVEL

May 18, 2013 by Vickie Lester

She pioneered risqué and sometimes erotic romantic fiction aimed at a female readership which was radical for its time, though her writing would not be considered scandalous by modern standards. She coined the use of It, which is repeatedly yet erroneously described as a euphemism for sexuality, or sex appeal. She wrote magazine articles for the Hearst press giving advice on how to keep your man and health and beauty tips. ‘The Elinor Glyn System of Writing’ (1922) gives insights […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, London, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: actress, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, celebrities, Clara Bow, director, Elinor Glyn, erotic, fashion, female readership, fiction, film, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Marion Davies, Movie Star, novelist, Old Hollywood, photography, romantic, screenwriter, sex appeal, The It Girl

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MUST HAVE FLOWERS – THE WEEKEND IS COMING – AND THE MANUSCRIPT IS TO BE SENT AWAY MONDAY

May 17, 2013 by Vickie Lester

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Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Parenting, Photography, Relationships, Story, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: architecture, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, bouquet, Classic Movies, design, film, flowers, history, Hollywood, humor, interior design, literature, Los Angeles, nature, Old Hollywood, on set, photography, plants, weather, writing

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JACK LEMMON REGARDING MARILYN MONROE – SOME LIKE IT HOT

May 17, 2013 by Vickie Lester

On Marilyn Monroe: Jack Lemmon — I liked her very much and I got along great with her. She had a lot of problems, she was basically an unhappy girl. She drove Billy and Tony crazy, she drove me a little crazy too but I didn’t let on and it didn’t bother me as much as it bothered them, and it was almost always the same thing: the lateness. She had a problem, God knows what it was. (She just […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Music, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: Hollywood, wardrobe, drugs, celebrities, actress, history, fashion, actor, Billy Wilder, on set, director, Los Angeles, Orry-Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, film, dancing, alcohol, Old Hollywood, Classic Movies, behind the scenes, Movie Star, Tony Curtis, SOME LIKE IT HOT, Jack Lemmon, Walter Mirisch, I.A.L. Diamond, Barbara Diamond, Taschen, edited by Alison Castle, interviews by Dan Auiler, make-up, dressing room, photography, humor

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BEACHWOOD CANYON

May 16, 2013 by Vickie Lester

1924, two ladies ride the steam shovel while Beachwood Canyon undergoes development: Now, when I used to hike with friends from back east I had a set route, across the canyon to Wolf’s Lair, then down the path behind it to Lake Hollywood and then out onto Mulholland’s dam where we would lean over the side to see the rank of sculpted bears heads peering out over Deep Dell. Often my guests would inquire as to the heady scent on […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Short Stories, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1924, architecture, Beachwood Canyon, behind the scenes, celebrities, dam, design, fashion, film, hills, history, Hollywood, Hollywoodland, humor, Lake Hollywood, lions, Los Angeles, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, perfume, photography, sage, steam shovel, Wolf's Lair

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LLOYD WRIGHT – ARCHITECT

May 16, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Three generations: This house was designed by Lloyd Wright for Louis Samuel, who went from meeting Ramon Novarro in dance class to becoming the star’s personal assistant and then manager. On finding Samuel was embezzling from him Novarro didn’t press charges, but did take possession of this beautiful home. The interior by Lloyd Wright: Ramon Novarro enjoying his new swimming pool: A beautiful house I used to walk by every time I had an out of town guest, as I […]

Categories: Uncategorized, Entertainment, Writing, Movies, History, Culture, Books, Architecture, Design, Art, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography, Film, Humor, Travel, Story, Relationships, Friendship, Blogging, Chicago, Truth & Rumors, Life, Memoir • Tags: architecture, Beachwood Canyon, behind the scenes, Bronson Canyon, design, film, Frank Lloyd Wright, furniture, history, Hollywood, humor, interior design, Lloyd Wright, Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Louis Samuel, Old Hollywood, photographs, pictures, Ramon Novarrow, swimming pool

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