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WHO’S THAT NIBBLING ON MY ARM? EDITH HEAD – THE GOLDEN BED

November 7, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Okay, I’ll probably have to spend a couple of weeks in purgatory for this one — but, Cecil B. was… somewhat grandiose and cantankerous… especially with Edith Head. This is an early effort by Miss Head done while assisting costume designer, Travis Banton. The marshmallow dress from THE GOLDEN BED: (A valentine to you, Susan Claassen, star of A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD, and Paddy Calisto co-writer of the play and author of the biography, EDITH HEAD’S HOLLYWOOD)

Categories: Art, Culture, Design, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: "Edith Head's Hollywood", 1925, Adolph Zukor, based on the novel by Wallace Irwin, Cecil B. De Mille, Costume Designer, Edith Head, film archive Eastman House, Jesse Lasky, lobby card, Paddy Calistro, Paramount, screenplay by Jeanie MacPherson, silent film, Susan Claassen, THE GOLDEN BED, Travis Banton

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BEN-HUR

May 20, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Irving Thalberg produced… William Wyler was an Assistant Director and would later direct the 1959 version… Hollywood turned out as extras in togas and sat and cheered in the arena during the chariot race (Joan Crawford, Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford, Samuel Goldwyn, Coleen Moore, etc.)… Cowboys drove the chariots… Forty-two cameramen rolled… Classic!

Categories: Culture, Entertainment, History, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1925, BEN-HUR, chariot race, classic, cowboys, Fred Niblo, Hollywood, Irving Thalberg, MGM, Movie stars, Ramon Novarro, stunts, William Wyler

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