I had a friend who used to work in the 1980s for the Samuel Goldwyn Co. He lived in Beverly Hills in an apartment and he took the bus to work. He also liked to walk. Apparently that wasn’t fashionable at the time and on his excursions by foot he…
Category: Humor
These publicity stills are supposed to portray stars whose lives were anything but typical – as American as apple pie. Ann Sheridan: These are 18 to 24 pound birds and, no doubt, these gals did not do the cooking. Joan Crawford:
Robert McGinnis is the artist who created the iconic, saucy, and highly suggestive, Bond posters: – Images of scantily clad women so offended the movie exhibitors in Ireland they yanked the art and overprinted the ladies – sticking them in crudely rendered high necked dresses. Now imagine these gals in…
Okay, I’ll probably have to spend a couple of weeks in purgatory for this one — but, Cecil B. was… somewhat grandiose and cantankerous… especially with Edith Head. This is an early effort by Miss Head done while assisting costume designer, Travis Banton. The marshmallow dress from THE GOLDEN BED:…
You know, I think I’ve mentioned this guy before (why, look at that – I did: http://vickielester.com/2012/06/21/a-pretty-girl-is-like-a-melody/ ), but Busby Berkeley numbers ride the line between freaky, and fabulous. In rehearsal: – –
A real gun moll: If you’ve been following this blog you’ll know I have some pretty close ties to Hollywood and I bet you can guess which way I’m going to vote. Both my parents were active in the Civil Rights Movement and they both appeared in public and in…