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BILL ROBINSON – STORMY WEATHER

January 30, 2013 by Vickie Lester

The father of an American film dance idiom – tap: Pictured behind the scenes at 20th Century Fox on “Stormy Weather” with Fats Waller.

Categories: Architecture, Art, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Music, Photography, Story, Theater, Truth & Rumors • Tags: 20th Century Fox, behind the scenes, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Classic Film, directed by Andrew Stone, Dorothy Dandridge, father of tap dancing, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham, Lena Horne, musical, Nicholas Brothers, Old Hollywood, Soundstage, Stormy Weather

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STARS WHO BECAME CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS – LENA HORNE AND KATHERINE DUNHAM

January 30, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Lena Horne (1917-2010) Katherine Dunham (1909-2006)

Categories: Art, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, law, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Music, Photography, Politics, Story, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 20th Century Fox, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Classic Film, directed by Andrew Stone, Dorothy Dandridge, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham, Lena Horne, musical, Nicholas Brothers, Old Hollywood, Stormy Weather

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1944 Lena Horne backstage at Sweet and Hot

LENA HORNE WAITS FOR DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

January 30, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Lena Horne waits backstage at the Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles where Dorothy Dandridge appeared in the musical “Sweet n’ Hot” (1944)

Categories: Architecture, Art, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 20th Century Fox, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Classic Film, directed by Andrew Stone, Dorothy Dandridge, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham, Lena Horne, musical, Nicholas Brothers, Old Hollywood, Stormy Weather

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LENA HORNE – STORMY WEATHER

January 30, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Miss Horne shared top billing with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, here they’re pictured with Cab Calloway, who conveniently played himself: The title song by Lena Horne, and the modern dance by Katherine Dunham’s dance troupe:

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Music, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 20th Century Fox, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Classic Film, directed by Andrew Stone, Dorothy Dandridge, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham, Lena Horne, musical, Nicholas Brothers, Old Hollywood, Stormy Weather

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STORMY WEATHER – 1943

January 30, 2013 by Vickie Lester

First, we’ll let the poster speak for itself:

Categories: Advertising, Art, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Music, Photography, Politics, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors • Tags: 20th Century Fox, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Classic Film, directed by Andrew Stone, Dorothy Dandridge, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham, Lena Horne, musical, Nicholas Brothers, Old Hollywood, Stormy Weather

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1938 Selznicks arrive Bermuda

YOU DON’T OWN ME – Chapter 12. BIGGER BRIGHTER

January 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not.  YOU DON’T OWN ME 12. BIGGER BRIGHTER Unlike Mr. Booker, Bob Brown was not a man who (he self proclaimed) “waded through god damn minutia” – especially the finer points of male versus female behavior. Bob Brown liked to set goals […]

Categories: Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Literature, Los Angeles, Marriage, Movies, Parenting, Photography, Relationships, Short Stories, Story, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 20th Century Fox, American Dream, bastards, beautiful widow, booty call, caustic, celebrity, change of life, climbing the ladder, Darryl Zanuck, David O. Selznick, exposed, fashion model, Fryman Canyon, girl friends, heiress, hostess, Irene Selznick, machine age, matchmaking, out of wedlock, pile of money, potty mouth, predator, scintillating, space age, support, the big picture, TV star, woody

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september 5 1902

CAKE

September 5, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Today is Darryl F. Zanuck’s birthday:

Categories: Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: 20th Century Fox, Beverly Hills, birthday, Boss, cake, celebrities, Chief, Darryl F. Zanuck, Darrylin Zanuck, executive commisary, Hollywood, Los Angeles, married to Virginia Zanuck, mogul, Movie stars, Old Hollywood, Photograph, picture, Richard D. Zanuck, starlets, studio dining room, studio head, studio machine, Studio System, Susan Zanuck, War effort

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1950 The Zanucks

RICHARD ZANUCK

July 13, 2012 by Vickie Lester

This is getting rather sad… Here is a young Richard Zanuck with his parents skiing in Sun Valley, 1950. Anyway you slice it, he had a fabulous run. RIP:

Categories: Culture, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, News, Uncategorized • Tags: 20th Century Fox, Film Dynasty, Richard Zanuck

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Fassbender Prometheus

BIRDS IN THEIR LITTLE NESTS AGREE…

June 9, 2012 by Vickie Lester

Ruffled feathers at the London premiere of PROMETHEUS? A little bird told me so – but I’m not at liberty to disclose. You decide via accounts direct from the screenwriters’ mouths… TIME talked to Damon Lindelof about rethinking Prometheus’ alien appeal, working with director Ridley Scott, and the fine art of allowing moviegoers to connect the dots – via http://boxmag.wordpress.com/: TIME: I’m trying to put myself in your shoes. This has to be incredibly stressful, to step into a franchise […]

Categories: Culture, Design, Entertainment, History, Movies, News, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 20th Century Fox, ALIEN, cowbell, credit, development hell, franchise, Hollywood, movies, non-disclosure, prequel, pressure, PROMETHEUS, Ridley Scott, screenwriter, tent pole

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