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HE HAS A GOOD EYE – WHICH WORKS OUT NICELY SINCE HE DESIGNS MOVIES

May 24, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, Friendship, Gardening, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Weather • Tags: architecture, behind the scenes, CLEAN ME, design, film, foliage, garden, garden design, green, history, Hollywood, house mates, housekeeping, humor, imaginative, landscape, Los Angeles, lush, my temper, Old Hollywood, persnickety, photography, Production Designer

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IN MY BEST FRIEND’S GARDEN

May 24, 2013 by Vickie Lester

I think I might have mentioned I used to live with my husband and our best friend in a house in the Hollywood Hills. This is the story our best friend likes to tell about my simmering temper and persnickety housekeeping habits… Once upon a time we used to throw parties at the drop of a hat. We’d invite everyone we knew and everyone we were working with. We’d march up to the Beachwood Market and buy ten pounds of […]

Categories: Uncategorized, Entertainment, Movies, History, Culture, Architecture, Design, Art, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography, Film, Humor, Travel, Gardening, Theater, Story, Relationships, Friendship, Blogging, Truth & Rumors, Life, Memoir • Tags: Hollywood, history, design, Los Angeles, film, architecture, Production Designer, Old Hollywood, behind the scenes, landscape, garden, garden design, photography, humor, house mates, foliage, green, lush, imaginative, housekeeping, CLEAN ME, persnickety, my temper

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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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HOLLYWOOD STYLE – MARION DAVIES AND CHARLES CHAPLIN – 1930

May 23, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Prototypical comedian Charles Chaplin escorts Marion Davies to the premiere of her film, “The Floradora Girl” in 1930: This was Chaplin’s house on Summit Dr. I’d show you Marion Davies house, but it was just a chunky old Tudor.

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 1930, actor, actress, architecture, art deco, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, celebrities, Charlie Chaplin, Classic Movies, comedy, design, director, domestic mediterranean architecture, fashion, film, history, Hollywood, home, humor, Los Angeles, Marion Davies, Movie Star, Movie stars, movies, Old Hollywood, photography, premiere, Summit Dr., THE FLORADORA GIRL, William Hearst

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HOLLYWOOD STYLE – ELEANOR BOARDMAN AND KING VIDOR – 1929

May 23, 2013 by Vickie Lester

King Vidor escorts his wife, actress Eleanor Boardman, to the premiere of “Marianne” in 1929: This is the house architect Wallace Neff designed for them – it was completed in 1928: laniersmith What a beautiful couple! The house looks amazing. Is that an outdoor fireplace? Hope the house is still around I can just imagine what it looks like today with big trees. September 1, 2012 at 11:53 am (Edit) Reply Vickie Lester Oh, I try not to think too […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Short Stories, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, Architect, architecture, art deco, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, celebrities, Classic Movies, design, director, Eleanor Boardman, estate, fashion, film, history, Hollywood, King Vidor, Los Angeles, MARIANNE, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, photographs, photography, pictures, premiere, Tower Rd., Wallace Neff

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In Conversation | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors – NYTimes.com

May 22, 2013 by Vickie Lester

TURNER: Another thing I want to do, and I hope I do, is to pass on a kind of ethics, you know, a professional ethics: Don’t be late. Your job is to be physically able to do this, the role that you have taken on. Don’t keep people waiting. Treat people with respect. Whatever aspect of the work they’re doing, you, you know, an actor is the last person who gets to do their job. You need everybody else before […]

Categories: Uncategorized, Entertainment, Movies, History, Culture, News, Books, Design, Art, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography, Film, DIY, Literature, Theater, Story, Relationships, New York, Friendship, Blogging, Parenting, Truth & Rumors, Life, Education • Tags: Hollywood, celebrities, history, New York, on set, design, Los Angeles, film, New York Times, theater, behind the scenes, Movie Star, photography, Inspiration, literature, acting, education, painting, mentor, student, teaching, the arts, Bruce Weber, Kathleen Turner

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In Conversation | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors – NYTimes.com

May 22, 2013 by Vickie Lester

How did you approach working with your students? WEBER: I decided not to just take photographers. I wanted filmmakers, because I’m a filmmaker myself, but also painters or writers. It seemed like a lot of the people were also writers. And I learned so much about looking at things in the world through books, you know I grew up in a small town — TURNER: Oh, absolutely. via In Conversation | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors – […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, DIY, Education, Entertainment, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Movies, New York, News, Parenting, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: acting, behind the scenes, Bruce Weber, celebrities, design, education, film, history, Hollywood, Inspiration, Kathleen Turner, literature, Los Angeles, mentor, Movie Star, New York, New York Times, on set, painting, photography, student, teaching, the arts, theater

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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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BOGART AND BACALL AT HOME

May 19, 2013 by Vickie Lester

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Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Children, Culture, Design, Dogs, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Parenting, Pets, Photography, Relationships, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, architecture, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, celebrities, Classic Movies, design, fashion, film, history, Hollywood, home, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Los Angeles, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, photography

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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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