Category: Sports

June 12, 2013 /

THE INESTIMABLE – AUDREY HEPBURN

I have a friend who, whenever I used to do anything he found charming, would exclaim, “how Audrey of you!” My darlings, there can be only one. . At Ciro’s – Billy Wilder, Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, James Stewart:

May 28, 2013 /

JEAN HARLOW AT HOME

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May 27, 2013 /

HOLLYWOOD AND THE WAR EFFORT – PHOTOGRAPHED BY JACK WOODS

Sergeant Joe Lewis visits the set of “Action in the North Atlantic”. From left to right Humphrey Bogart, Joe Lewis, Raymond Massey, Lloyd Bacon.

February 28, 2013 /

GRACE KELLY – BY THE POOL – HIGH SOCIETY

February 28, 2013 /

KATHARINE HEPBURN – IN THE POOL – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

February 28, 2013 /

SWIM, GIRL, SWIM – 1928 – GERTRUDE EDERLE AND BEBE DANIELS

This is Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. I believe she’s covered in grease as insulation against the cold water… Here she is cleaned up and coaching movie stars… “SWIM, GIRL, SWIM.” Record entries in the trans-Derwent swimming races and interest in the picture,…

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February 14, 2013 /

“MONKEY BUSINESS”

February 4, 2013 /

I DON’T HAVE THE FOOTBALL GENE

Am I allowed to say the high point of the Super Bowl, so far, has been a goat yelling at a man for more Doritos?

February 3, 2013 /

ZERO GRAVITY FOOTBALL – 1948

Wow… They really were the greatest generation.

February 3, 2013 /

DO YOU THINK THESE WERE THE CHEERLEADERS FOR THE TROJANS?

Once upon a time… 1936: