Category: Theater

December 21, 2012 /

SANTA’S ELVES AT HOLLYWOOD AND VINE

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December 18, 2012 /

IT’S WONDERFUL LIFE – COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA

Beloved the world over: On May 26, 1947, the FBI issued a memo stating “With regard to the picture “It’s a Wonderful Life”, [redacted] stated in substance that the film represented rather obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a ‘scrooge-type’ so that he would be the…

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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 7, 2012 /

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE – WARDROBE

Later today I’m posting information about a wonderful production, “A Conversation with Edith Head” that will be at the Pasadena Playhouse November 8th – December 1st… But, first I’d like  you to see some theatrical wardrobe design and construction from 1928 – just a few years after Edith Head started…

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November 7, 2012 /

THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE

The Pasadena Playhouse was designed by Elmer Grey (he designed the first incarnation of the Beverly Hills Hotel) and completed in 1924. It’s a lovely auditorium and many of Hollywood’s stars have walked the boards. Here’s what it looked like in 1924: And, here it is in the 1930s: Inside…

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October 24, 2012 /

JACK LEMMON – PUBLICITY STILL

I can’t get over these crazy saturated colors. Mr. Jack Lemmon: