Tag: 1950

October 11, 2013 /

SUNSET BLVD. – BILLY WILDER DIRECTS ICONS OF AN ERA

Billy Wilder directing Cecil B. De Mille and Gloria Swanson:

October 11, 2013 /

SUNSET BLVD. – DE MILLE’S MOVIE WITHIN A MOVIE

The set:

October 10, 2013 /

Gloria Swanson, the silent star she played in Sunset Blvd.

October 10, 2013 /

Gloria Swanson, glamorous

October 10, 2013 /

Silent film star, Gloria Swanson (with full nimbus)

May 5, 2013 /

RISE AND SHINE WITH PHOTOGRAPHER RALPH MORRIS – PERCOLATOR (1950)

December 20, 2012 /

2. HOLLYWOOD BLVD. LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE – 1950

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December 11, 2012 /

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ENTERTAINS AT CHRISTMAS IN 1950

This is a menu better left alone – unless you’re a mid-century reenactor – but I like the graphics, so there you go! If you’re curious about the recipes you can click on the photo and enlarge to see the quivering majesty of a Jellied Waldorf Salad on Ruby Cranberry…

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June 11, 2012 /

YOU WALKED OUT OF A DREAM

I’ll just tell you what I know. And, my darling chickadees – it’s all hearsay as the divine Ms. Monroe had already departed the Hollywood scene well before I was born. Below is a photograph of Marilyn in a movie titled, “The Dangerous Years” in 1947. Here is a picture…

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