Category: Photography

December 3, 2012 /

SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM CYD CHARISSE

Tis the season to be jolly!

December 2, 2012 /

Behind the scenes on a movie set – 1926

On set: I know the cameraman is about the age of my great-grandfather, but what a cutie!

November 29, 2012 /

MY FRIEND ANDY WROTE A BOOK – ALL ABOUT LIFE IN LA

November 28, 2012 /

FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD – THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

[Tom Ewell’s] most successful and arguably most identifiable role came in 1952 when he began the Broadway production of The Seven Year Itch. With Vanessa Brown as “The Girl”, the show ran for almost three years, and Ewell played the part more than 900 times, as he said when he…

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November 27, 2012 /

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe on set: Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe in action: .

November 26, 2012 /

DIRECTOR OF GILDA CLASHES WITH HARRY COHN IN COURT

I remember when my dad, who was also rather colorful in his language, was categorized by his cardiologist as a “type A personality.” It used to come with the territory. But, this guy was in a league all his own… HERALD EXAMINER – Defense witness yesterday in court battle of…

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November 26, 2012 /

LINDSAY LOHAN in LIZ AND DICK

“Ow! What was that? A synapse?” Lindsay Lohan in “Liz and Dick”:    

November 25, 2012 /

THANK YOU MR. DE MILLE

From whence much interesting information flows:

November 22, 2012 /

THANKSGIVING AT THE HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN

Service men during WWII enjoying a Thanksgiving meal at the Hollywood Canteen (thanks largely to the efforts of Bette Davis and John Garfield – somewhere in heaven y’all should take a bow) –

November 21, 2012 /

THAT SCREWY, BALLYHOOEY HOLLYWOOD – OLD SETTLERS PARADE 1927

Producer Al Christie (he produced hundreds and hundreds of comedy shorts) and bathing beauties salute old Hollywood. . Songwriters: WHITING, RICHARD / MERCER, JOHNNY . Hooray for Hollywood That screwy, ballyhooey Hollywood . Where any office boy or young mechanic Can be a panic, with just a goodlooking pan Where…

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