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SO ALIVE – A STORY BY VICKIE LESTER

March 15, 2013 by Vickie Lester

In 1996 Kier Bloomfield got his first sole screen credit as a writer. Granted it was on a low budget, a very low budget movie, that the producers guaranteed would be seen on oil refineries and tuna boats the world over. But, it was a credit and it was his. Toni Todd, the film legend, to whom he owed his fledgling career, had nothing to do with it; as a matter of fact she crinkled her nose at the whole […]

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AVA GARDNER

August 22, 2012 by Vickie Lester

From the marvelous short story, “A Toast to Ava Gardner”, by a friend of Miss Gardner’s, and author of, “I, Claudius”, Robert Graves: “Questioned about the monstrous legendary self which towers above her, Ava told us that she does everything possible to get out from under, though the publicity-boys and the Press are always trying to clamp it even more tightly on her shoulders. Also, that she has never outgrown her early Hard-Shell Baptist conditioning on that North Carolina tobacco […]

Categories: Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: "A Toast to Ava Gardner", actress, Ava Gardner, Baptist, behind the scenes, booze, cigarettes, clash, fame, film legend, Frank Sinatra, inside story, legendary beauty, marriage, mouth like a sailor, Movie stars, nominated for THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA, Old Hollywood, on set, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, outspoken, PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, photos, pictures, Robert Graves, romance, short story, sultry, swear

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1940 the westerner

WHOA, NELLY!

June 18, 2012 by Vickie Lester

From 1925 to 1928 William Wyler cranked out twenty-nine westerns – most of them were two reelers (24 minutes) in the Universal Mustang series. In later years he had this to say: “I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.”

Categories: Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, History, Movies, Uncategorized • Tags: 1940, beloved, devoted, film legend, Gary Cooper, good father, long career, multi-faceted, THE WESTERNER, William Wyler

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