Tag: 1950
March 30, 2015 /

Well, I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it.

March 30, 2015 /

Harvey, a.k.a., the Pooka…white rabbit…six feet three and a half inches

Wilson: Who’s Harvey? Miss Kelly: A white rabbit, six feet tall. Wilson: Six feet? Elwood P. Dowd: Six feet three and a half inches. Now let’s stick to the facts.
March 30, 2015 /

Years ago, my mother used to say to me, she’d say “In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so so smart, or oh so pleasant.” Well, for years I was smart… I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.

December 2, 2014 /

Hollywood Blvd. Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree – 1950

 

August 30, 2014 /

The Fifties – Jane Russell

June 7, 2014 /

Hollywood Fashion – 1950

Or, the ladies who lunch at Perino’s: The Beverly Hills Hotel: And, the Ambassador Hotel:
April 14, 2014 /

I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whomever I’m with.

January 12, 2014 /

Jello shots – with Vickie Lester

What? You didn’t think I was serious? Jell-o, a nineteen-twenties aesthetic…and Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters, circa 1928, a naughty, scandalous flapper… Madcap youth! The 1950’s, a changing aesthetic, and Jell-o UNLEASHED: One of my favorite films of all time about the birth of talkies, Singin’ in the Rain,…

Read the postJello shots – with Vickie Lester
November 3, 2013 /

THE EASTERN BUILDING – deco in downtown Los Angeles – if you haven’t already, set your clock back an hour

Architect Claude Beelman: In 1950 actress Monica Lewis demonstrates “falling back” to Standard Time on the Eastern building clock tower.

October 11, 2013 /

SUNSET BLVD. – WILLIAM HOLDEN AND GLORIA SWANSON

Billy Wilder directs Gloria Swanson and William Holden: Drop by tomorrow for more Sunday Stories.