Month: January 2013

January 17, 2013 /

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND ANNA PAVLOVA

Two performers who knew how to move:

January 17, 2013 /

CHARLIE CHAPLIN LOSES LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST – 1915

snopes.com: Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike Contest.

January 16, 2013 /

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY

Hide the TV. Behind a door, a screen, a tapestry, a painting…  

January 16, 2013 /

TV BUILT IN – PEACE BETWEEN THE SEXES

And, it pivots for convenient viewing at any angle…

January 16, 2013 /

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

Is where they put the television, media center, whatever you want to call it… I know couples who have fought about it for years. Intimately. They would be named – let’s just say Mr. and Mrs. Lester. Mr. lives by the motto “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, which…

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January 14, 2013 /

GOLDEN GLOBES HANGOVER

Darlings, I have a Golden Globes hangover – a couple of pix to tide you through a quiet day here in beguiling Hollywood. The best party in town… 1956: 1962:

January 13, 2013 /

DAVID O. SELZNICK

David O. Selznick at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater premiere of “A Farewell to Arms” starring his second wife, Jennifer Jones, and Rock Hudson. December, 1957. YOU DON’T OWN ME, Chapter 12. Bigger Brighter, up at 11 Pacific Time…

January 13, 2013 /

SELZNICK HOME AND OFFICE

The building was first owned by Ince, then Cecil B., then Selznick, then Desilu… Selznick must have liked the Colonial architectural style. Although, with those arches the home is more Regency or Georgian… David O. Selznick posing in his office in 1947 – at the time he was still married…

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January 13, 2013 /

IRENE MAYER SELZNICK

Her diary from her teen years includes comments on films she saw at MGM previews. These journal entries reveal Irene to have been perceptive and frank in her observations – even at 17. Her take on Romola (1924): “…L. Gish good as always but didn’t make the most of her…

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January 12, 2013 /

1931 – THESE WERE THE FASTEST HUMANS

Coached by Dean Cromwell of USC – who came up with the flying finish… Charley Paddock (center) and Frank Wykoff (far right) cross the finish line at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Paddock won gold in the 1920 Olympics, in 1924 (in the film “Chariots of Fire” as portrayed by Dennis…

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