Category: Fiction

January 30, 2013 /

LENA HORNE WAITS FOR DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

Lena Horne waits backstage at the Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles where Dorothy Dandridge appeared in the musical “Sweet n’ Hot” (1944)

January 25, 2013 /

TO BE OR NOT TO BE – CAROLE LOMBARD

Lombard’s last film was in post when her plane went down – which explains the slightly elegiac tone of the ad.

January 23, 2013 /

GRACE KELLY – TO CATCH A THIEF – ON SET

“To Catch a Thief” (1955) Doesn’t it make you nervous to be in the same room with thousands of dollars worth of diamonds, and unable to touch them?

January 18, 2013 /

THE VILE HARPY – HAS A MIGRAINE

Go outside and play.

January 17, 2013 /

MODERN TIMES – CHARLIE CHAPLIN

In which the tramp has a rough go – “Modern Times” (1936) –

January 16, 2013 /

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY

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

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 12, 2013 /

EVERYONE IN THE POOL

Los Angeles College Swim Team winter practice at El Mirador in Palm Springs On the board at El Mirador.  The tower you see in the background was part of the resort hotel – now a hospital is on the site and they have reproduced that particularly beautiful feature.

January 10, 2013 /

JACKIE COOGAN

The actor whose exploitation brought about the Coogan Laws governing earnings, education, hours, and trusts set aside (California Child Actor’s Bill)… Long and short, Coogan was screwed over by his mother and step-father. His mother’s response, “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns…

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