Category: Theater

January 3, 2013 /

SUNSET BLVD. NEW YEAR’S EVE – 1968 – DOUG LIMAN???

I thought I recognized one of my father’s friends in this picture from 1968. But, who did I spy in the right hand lower corner but director Doug Liman? Betcha you didn’t know he was a time traveler… One of his films in the pipeline, “Everest”, about George Mallory’s ascent…

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January 2, 2013 /

SOUNDSTAGES

1930s – Warner Bros. 1945 – Universal: 1951 – MGM:

January 2, 2013 /

THE UPLIFTERS – HARRY HALDEMAN, SPENCER TRACY, HAROLD LLOYD, L. FRANK BAUM,

January 1, 2013 /

WATCHING THE PARADE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY

1950:

January 1, 2013 /

ROSE PARADE FLOATS 1928 – 1938

1928 1934 1938

January 1, 2013 /

1930 TOURNAMENT OF ROSES

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January 1, 2013 /

HAPPY NEW YEAR

That was some party! Who are these guys?

December 27, 2012 /

I’D TELL YOU

But then, I’d have to kill you. Let’s talk about nondisclosure agreements and secrecy in movie production. The norm is to hand out numbered movie scripts to department heads with the name of the reader superimposed in grey over each page. Some particularly squirrelish folks print the script on red…

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December 25, 2012 /

SUNRISE OVER THE MOVIE COLONY

No worries, no responsibilities, no deadlines, no appointments, no meetings, no agenda, no obligations, and I think I can handle it for just about a week… Christmas week. How about you? Wishing you a New Year of civility, accomplishment, profound good humor, and love.

December 24, 2012 /

2012 – Holidays with a stack of books, a ham (I’m not referring to my husband), and a desert sojourn

Top dog and I are venturing out for a spell. At Midnight on Christmas Eve look for Santa and his reindeer flying above Wilshire Blvd. In the morning I’ll be cooking for twenty-one. Oh my! I wish you all a joyous-warm-wonderful holiday, Vickie