Tag: 1936
October 14, 2013 /

1936 Bathing Beauties and Masks on Venice Beach

March 18, 2013 /

DOROTHY PARKER IN HOLLYWOOD

Dorothy Parker arriving with husband Alan Campbell in 1936 – looks like it was a bumpy flight: The pair were under contract to Paramount. She to write and he to write and act. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Robert Carson collaborated on the screenplay, “A Star is Born” (1937).

February 22, 2013 /

SWING TIME AND THE INESTIMABLE: HERMES PAN

Hermes Pan choreographed everything from “Swing Time” in 1936 to Elizabeth Taylor’s “Cleopatra” (including the spectacle – dancers, warriors, witch doctor’s, elephants, and zebras – that was Cleopatra’s procession into Rome). Pictured above with Ginger Rogers, he was a soft-spoken gregarious man who was loved by his dancers. Recently a…

Read the postSWING TIME AND THE INESTIMABLE: HERMES PAN
February 3, 2013 /

DO YOU THINK THESE WERE THE CHEERLEADERS FOR THE TROJANS?

Once upon a time… 1936:

January 17, 2013 /

MODERN TIMES – CHARLIE CHAPLIN

In which the tramp has a rough go – “Modern Times” (1936) –

December 10, 2012 /

HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS

1936 – the “Santa Claus Lane” parade down Hollywood Blvd., in front of Grauman’s Chinese:

September 25, 2012 /

PASADENA TURNS 50 IN 1936

This is, perhaps, the weirdest cake I’ve ever seen: