Category: law

January 15, 2018 / Vickie Lester

Martin Luther King, “I have a dream.” When Hollywood attended the March on Washington (1963)

Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Speech – American Rhetoric.

August 14, 2017 / Vickie Lester

“Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, July 8, 1938

More than a year has passed since I wrote the post below, and if anything, things have only gotten worse. The Republican candidate is now president. The ideals my father fought for, and a generation of young people risked and lost their lives for, have been desecrated. A man with…

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September 21, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Reprise: From Whence Novels Do Come – Unvarnished Vickie Lester

Here I am, sitting on the couch, pondering this post — considering doing something on the photo that inspired my novel — self referential to a degree of great ickiness… Perhaps. I’ll see if I can make it palatable, or not. I like to TALK with people about the process,…

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July 23, 2015 / Vickie Lester

A bath that brought on the Hayes Code – no nipples on screen – no double beds: one of the most popular posts on Beguiling, I wonder why?

Colbert landed her famous role as a femme fatale in Cecil B. DeMille’s films where she wore fetishistic costumes which lose layer after layer of clothing. In the 1932 historical epic, The Sign of the Cross, she starred opposite Fredric March as the Roman empress Poppaea. For an instant, glimpses…

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July 4, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Amelia Elkins Elkins: A New Retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion

With wit, depth, and keen modern detail this updated retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion captivates… #greatread #summerread #icouldntputitdown

June 17, 2015 / Vickie Lester

20th century great, Raymond Chandler, author of…

The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, The Long Goodbye

June 17, 2015 / Vickie Lester

20th century greats: James M. Cain, author of…

The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity

April 15, 2015 / Vickie Lester

TAXES DUE TODAY

January 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

1924, Peter Pan on film – James Wong Howe and Betty Bronson

In 1924 Betty Bronson was chosen to play Peter Pan on film by the author J.M. Barrie – other contenders for the role were Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. Here the elfin actress leaps to the window, directed by Herbert Brenon and photographed by James Wong Howe.

January 22, 2015 / Vickie Lester