Tag: 1932
August 1, 2014 /

Summer in Los Angeles—with movies stars, swimmers, gangsters, and Liberace…

July 10, 2014 /

FDR Campaigns at the Hollywood Bowl – 1932

March 23, 2014 /

Lupe Velez shot at Gary Cooper when he was boarding a train for Chicago, but here all is hugs and roses (1932)

Gary Cooper meets Lupe Velez at Central Station, Los Angeles, in 1932:

March 23, 2014 /

At first, Gable found Lombard to be bawdier than he was willing to handle – No Man of Her Own (1932)

October 25, 2013 /

Art Deco glamour – Norma Shearer

May 23, 2013 /

PREMIERE OF GRAND HOTEL AT GRAUMAN’S CHINESE – 1932

I remember seeing an item in the Hollywood Reporter a little while ago about the lack of skilled and seasoned producers in the industry. One of the anonymous sources cited a corporate culture at fault for eviscerating art and concentrating on profit. He/she bemoaned the emphasis on product, as if…

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January 8, 2013 /

CONSTANCE BENNETT COOKS?

I seriously doubt it… but here’s a pretty recipe with her name on it.

December 6, 2012 /

DISNEY MEETS OSCAR IN 1932

A lot’s been written, positive and negative, on the man and the company – I’m not going to add to that stew – I’ll just say before there was a multinational fully diversified corporation – there was a young man with talent and ambition and organizational aptitude.

October 19, 2012 /

WORKING WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD – GRAND HOTEL

Okay my darlings, I too am sitting at a device that conveys words into world, drinking a cup of coffee… But I would say the element I lack in my yoga pants and husband’s T-shirt is glamour (and a Marcel Wave).

August 9, 2012 /

CHILL

Hey, kittens! When it climbs into the hundreds we get to talk about the weather. It never snows here, except in 1932, and the big storm of 1949. New Yorkers might call it sweater weather when the thermometer plunges, but… Right now it’s positively toasty so take a gander at…

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