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1951 Hayworth with agent Charlie Feldman after divorce

RITA HAYWORTH – I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE

March 22, 2013 by Vickie Lester

I know, sometimes it’s hard to find solace in solitude — but you certainly wouldn’t have found it at Mocambo. Rita Hayworth and her agent Charlie Feldman after her divorce from the Aly Khan. At Ciro’s with Kirk Douglas… Where she said, “Please, boys, no more pictures”. It’s an uneasy relationship between star and camera, and it continues to this day.

Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: actor, actress, agent, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, camera, celebrities, Charlie Feldman, Ciro's, Classic Movies, divorce, history, journalists, Kirk Douglas, Los Angeles, Mocambo, Movie Star, night life, nightclubs, Old Hollywood, paparazzi, photographers, photography, PR, Rita Hayworth

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rita hayworth beverley hills hotel1951

SPLITSVILLE FOR RITA HAYWORTH AND THE ALY KHAN

March 22, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Rita Hayworth announcing her divorce from the Aly Khan at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1951. I think this image says it all concerning celebrity bust ups. Note the sterile neutral setting, the surround of journalists and photographers, the cornered actress — doing what’s required, but it must have felt like a perp walk… There you have it, divorce in the public eye is brutal no matter the circumstances. The same situation (a little less stage managed) a few years […]

Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Culture, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, law, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1947, 1951, Aly Khan, Beverly Hills Hotel, celebrities, contentious, custody, divorce, ego, journalists, litigation, media, Movie stars, Orson Wells, photographers, press corps, public, public opinion, Rita Hayworth

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His Girl Friday Rosiland Russell Cary Grant

JOURNALISTS – HOLLYWOOD STYLE

September 10, 2012 by Vickie Lester

“His Girl Friday” starring Rosiland Russell and Cary Grant: Hildy Johnson:  Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee: There ain’t going to be any interview and there ain’t going to be any story. And that certified check of yours is leaving with me in twenty minutes. I wouldn’t cover the burning of Rome for you if they were just lighting it up. If I ever lay my two eyes on you again, I’m gonna walk right up to you and hammer […]

Categories: Culture, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: Ben Hecht, Cary Grant, Charles Lederer, Charles MacArthur, comedy classic, director, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, Hollywood, Howard Hawks, journalists, Old Hollywood, Photograph, picture, Rosiland Russell, screenplay, screwball comedy, Star, Still

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