Category: History

September 6, 2012 /

Rosiland Wyman says she was born a Democrat, she was the youngest person ever elected to the city council and she has served as a delegate in every convention since 1952. Go Roz! Here she is in 1960 displaying her wardrobe for the convention – the year Kennedy was elected.

September 6, 2012 /

Shirley Temple and Eddie Cantor cut President Roosevelt’s birthday cake: The President’s motorcade through downtown Los Angeles: The President addresses Los Angeles:

September 5, 2012 /

Ext. Romanoff’s: Int. Romanoff’s: The Zanuck’s celebrate Susan”s graduation from the Marlborough School with a dance at Romanoff’s. From left to right, Darryl, Susan, and Virginia Zanuck:

September 5, 2012 /

Today is Darryl F. Zanuck’s birthday:

September 4, 2012 /

Simply beautiful… .

August 31, 2012 /

A New Yorker in LA… Here we have Woody Allen in 1965 promoting kitten rescue by appointing Anna Marie San Martin to the divine rank of Miss Pussycat. Of course the release of his new movie, WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT was completely coincidental.

August 27, 2012 /

Sorry angels, I have residential architecture on the brain – perhaps because I’m renovating my kitchen. The devil’s truly in the details. Quelle horreur! Don’t even get me started on counter depth refrigerators. I’ll put this in parlance any bride would understand; counter depth or built in refrigerators are the…

August 25, 2012 /

1969 parade in New York City for astronauts; Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong:

August 22, 2012 /

Ever have one of those days? Well, I really can’t complain… Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor in MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, directed by John M. Stahl, based on the book by Lloyd C. Douglas. The 1954 Douglas Sirk version deserves a post of its own…