Category: Relationships

November 25, 2014 /
November 19, 2014 /

Eva Schloss, a playmate of Anne Frank’s in Amsterdam whose mother later married Anne’s father, recalls an 11-year-old who hopscotched, shot marbles, gossiped and talked so much her friends nicknamed her “Miss Quack Quack.” Anne also had an intense interest in clothing, boys and Hollywood stars like Deanna Durbin… …In…

November 18, 2014 /
November 17, 2014 /

Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray LOST L.A. Modesty, simplicity and constancy were the themes in the actor’s traditional Brentwood home. October 01, 2011 Sam Watters . Fred MacMurray was a 26-year-old, square-jawed guy from Beaver Dam, Wis., when he became a Hollywood star, signing a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1934.…

November 16, 2014 /
November 16, 2014 /

Goofing around Gary Cooper dons a wig, can’t identify the gentleman on the left (a director?), on the right is Basil Rathbone. Happy Sunday! Hm. Let’s make this free association Sunday. This picture reminds me of my mother, and the wigs (they were called falls then – don’t know why)…

November 4, 2014 /

Barbara Stanwyck on the set of The Lady Gambles: A couple of years ago I bumped into a cinematographer friend in Vegas. He asked me if I’d ever gambled before and I said “no” and he said “perfect” and led me over to the craps table and handed me a…

November 3, 2014 /
November 3, 2014 /

A tour de force of production design by Hans Dreier. Pictured here is an unidentified artisan with a grouping of heavily featured set pieces – the ominous sculptures of “The Scarlet Empress”. The writer, director, producer, Josef von Sternberg had this to say about filmmaking: Shadow is mystery and light…