Category: Humor

September 16, 2015 /

I had the same reaction to “Black Swan” as to “The Red Shoes”…and it involved an eye roll

September 16, 2015 /

Vickie Lester used to employ incantations as an analgesic…

I used to do meditation in college to quell some rip-roaring uncontrollable migraines (way before they invented the meds that work), my mantra, my sacred utterance, my numinous phrase (thank you Google)…hold on…was…Baryshnikov. For true. Just saying it STILL calms me down.

September 15, 2015 /

Ask me anything—within reason—and a post from long ago while I get some things sorted

September 11, 2015 /

Got a minute? Stories my mother told me…

  Pictured above is Shirley MacLaine in a film (of doubtful entertainment value) called My Geisha, released in 1962. The maternal one was very intrigued by all things Japanese in the early sixties. I have clippings from the paper of her doing esoteric floral arrangements—and I remember when I was…

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September 1, 2015 /

Constance Bennett’s Hollywood Style

Constance Bennett had a house at 280 N. Carolwood Drive. It was designed by architect J.E. Dolena and built in 1937, for $37,000 — and it had a palatial twenty rooms. Interior of the Bennett residence: – – – This is the bedroom featured above:
August 25, 2015 /

Portraits Befitting the Stars – by Heidi Gutman

Heidi Gutman is a New York based photographer who works in television and theater. She shoots on set and in her studio – and she photographs actors and people in all aspects of the arts. The photos shown here were done at Studio 336 – Heidi’s midtown photo studio. What…

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August 24, 2015 /

SCARLETT’S LITTLE SISTERS ARRIVE ON THE LOT – GONE WITH THE WIND – EVELYN KEYES AND ANN RUTHERFORD

August 24, 2015 /

I SENSE TENSION ON THE SET – VICTOR FLEMING TAKES OVER FROM GEORGE CUKOR – GONE WITH THE WIND

August 24, 2015 /

PREPARING TO KISS IN FRONT OF CAMERA – AREN’T WE COMFY? – GONE WITH THE WIND

August 21, 2015 /

Clark Gable reads between setups