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1942 Merle Oberon by Horst in NY

PORTRAIT BY HORST – MERLE OBERON NY 1942

May 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Movies, New York, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, celebrities, Classic Movies, fashion photography, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Horst, Horst P Horst, lavish, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Movie Star, Myrna Loy, New York studio, Old Hollywood, photography, portrait, Vogue

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1942 Horst Myrna Loy New York

PORTRAIT BY HORST – MYRNA LOY NY 1942

May 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Movies, New York, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, celebrities, Classic Movies, fashion photography, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Horst, Horst P Horst, lavish, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, Movie Star, Myrna Loy, New York studio, Old Hollywood, photography, portrait, Vogue

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1942 Horst Marlene Dietrich New York

POTRAIT BY HORST – MARLENE DIETRICH NY 1942

May 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Movies, New York, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, celebrities, Classic Movies, fashion photography, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Horst, Horst P Horst, lavish, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, Movie Star, New York studio, Old Hollywood, photography, portrait, Vogue

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Annex - Dietrich, Marlene_NRFPT_48

SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM – MARLENE

April 21, 2013 by Vickie Lester

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Categories: Advertising, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Short Stories, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, art deco, behind the scenes, celebrities, cigarette, Classic Movies, design, fashion, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Marlene Dietrich, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, photography, smoke, smoke 'em if you got 'em

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1929 photo luckhaus studio lovell house neutra

INTERIOR LOVELL HOUSE – BUILT 1929 – DESIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA

March 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 1929, Altadena, Architect, architecture, art deco, bathtub house, Beard House, design, director, film, Gregory Ain, history, Hollywood, Housing Development, Josef Von Sternberg, Los Angeles, Lovell House, Marlene Dietrich, modern, movies, Old Hollywood, photography, residential design, Richard Neutra, San Fernando Valley, Uncategorized 1934

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1937 Neutra Edward Kaufman house

1937 – EDWARD KAUFMAN HOUSE – DESIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA

March 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 1934, 1937, Altadena, Architect, architecture, art deco, bathtub house, Beard House, design, director, Edward Kaufman House, film, Gregory Ain, history, Hollywood, Housing Development, Josef Von Sternberg, Los Angeles, Marlene Dietrich, modern, movies, Old Hollywood, photography, residential design, Richard Neutra, San Fernando Valley

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1934 Neutra Ain beard house altadena

1934 – BEARD HOUSE – GREGORY AIN AND RICHARD NEUTRA DESIGN

March 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 1934, Altadena, Architect, architecture, art deco, bathtub house, Beard House, design, director, film, Gregory Ain, history, Hollywood, Housing Development, Josef Von Sternberg, Los Angeles, Marlene Dietrich, modern, movies, Old Hollywood, photography, residential design, Richard Neutra, San Fernando Valley

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RN-VON-1

JOSEF VON STERNBERG BUILDS A HOUSE IN THE VALLEY

March 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Designed by Richard J. Neutra and completed in 1935. It was called the bathtub house. The photo above is by Julius Shulman. The photo below is by Burton Burt.

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: Architect, architecture, art deco, bathtub house, design, director, film, history, Hollywood, Housing Development, Josef Von Sternberg, Los Angeles, Marlene Dietrich, modern, movies, Old Hollywood, photography, residential design, Richard Neutra, San Fernando Valley, torn down

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1940 Briggs? and Marlene Dietrich

A STORY ABOUT MARLENE DIETRICH BY DAVID NIVEN

March 10, 2013 by Vickie Lester

As we know, Marlene Dietrich was very glam. According to Mr. Niven she was driven around Hollywood in a black Cadillac by a chauffeur named Briggs. This, my darlings, would be photographic evidence. Now, if you’ve been reading along you’ll know I took a short break from blogging to meet with my publishers… and, I got strep throat. Yeah, for the meeting and a big fat raspberry to becoming a walking petri dish. At any rate, it made me think […]

Categories: Uncategorized, Entertainment, Writing, Movies, History, Culture, Books, Design, Art, fashion, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography, Film, Humor, Travel, Theater, Story, Relationships, Friendship, Blogging, Truth & Rumors, Life • Tags: Hollywood, Marlene Dietrich, celebrities, actress, history, fashion, actor, book, Los Angeles, film, art deco, Old Hollywood, Classic Movies, behind the scenes, Movie Star, glamour, photography, humor, friendship, David Niven, chauffeur, Black Cadillac, flu, nuturing, soup, The Moon's a Balloon

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Marlene Dietrich in Mouton Coat and Cap

I WOULD HARDLY CALL HER A LAMB – MARLENE DIETRICH

January 29, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Here, poppets, is a photo of Miss Dietrich in a mouton coat and hat – just in case you were wondering what mouton was…

Categories: Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, celebrities, Classic Movies, fashion, fur, history, Hollywood, lamb, Marlene Dietrich, mouton, mouton coat, mouton hat, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, pelt, ship

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