December 5, 2015 /

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Elizabeth Taylor

The fifties, when a certain young miss turned into queen bee – and deservedly so…

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11 Comments

  1. laniersmith
    October 14, 2012

    Now you are in my field of expertise with Elizabeth.
    Remind me to tell you the story of the night I shared a single bed with Elizabeth and Richard in a tiny compartment on a train from Mexicali to Guadalajara…or have I told you that one already?

    • Vickie Lester
      October 14, 2012

      What??? No you haven’t! Hey, I have officially started to prod you about your memoirs 😉 Starting… now.

      • Vickie Lester
        October 15, 2012

        Thank you, John. I have. Coffee beckons and then I really have to write some more posts. Be good, sir. V

    • pinkagendist
      December 5, 2015

      Well, she and I share(d) the same disease, distichiasis 😛

      • Vickie Lester
        December 8, 2015

        Hey, delightful double-lashed one! I’m sorry I missed this comment, been a little scattered lately but I will get it together and write you an email soon. xox, V

  3. Patti Kuche
    August 5, 2013

    What a woman, and what a life!

    • Vickie Lester
      August 5, 2013

      You, of the magic camera, would know the answer to this… What kind of film stock was that???

      • Patti Kuche
        August 5, 2013

        Vickie, is this a trick question? Let me go and rub my magic camera (!) and see if I can come up with the answer! 🙂

  4. Vickie Lester
    August 5, 2013

    Real question, I wondered if film stock of the fifties had different color saturation?

    • Heather in Arles
      August 6, 2013

      It could have, V. But also in the developping techniques too. So that explains why her eyes are blue here!

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