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Thanksgiving pumpkin pie – from the kitchen of Fred MacMurray and June Haver

November 16, 2017 by Vickie Lester

After his beloved Lillian died Mr. MacMurray was fortunate to find June Haver, with whom he had a wonderful marriage and adopted two more children. I don’t know who did the cooking at home, but this pie is a traditional favorite with my family because it is a pumpkin chiffon, the perfect finale to kind of a gut busting meal – you know what I mean…

Categories: Blogging, Books, Cooking, Culture, Entertaining, Entertainment, Film, Friendship, Gastronomy, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Recipes, Relationships, Story, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, behind the scenes, coconut, cooking, Fred MacMurray, gingersnap crust, history, Hollywood, Hollywood Recipe, June Haver, Los Angeles, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, pumpkin chiffon pie, pumpkin pie, recipe, rum, Thanksgiving

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Jack Lemmon talks about Marilyn Monroe — Some Like it Hot

March 29, 2017 by Vickie Lester

On Marilyn Monroe: Jack Lemmon — I liked her very much and I got along great with her. She had a lot of problems, she was basically an unhappy girl. She drove Billy and Tony crazy, she drove me a little crazy too but I didn’t let on and it didn’t bother me as much as it bothered them, and it was almost always the same thing: the lateness. She had a problem, God knows what it was. (She just […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Music, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Writing • Tags: actor, actress, alcohol, Barbara Diamond, behind the scenes, Billy Wilder, celebrities, Classic Movies, dancing, director, dressing room, drugs, edited by Alison Castle, fashion, film, history, Hollywood, humor, I.A.L. Diamond, interviews by Dan Auiler, Jack Lemmon, Los Angeles, make-up, Marilyn Monroe, Movie Star, Old Hollywood, on set, Orry-Kelly, photography, SOME LIKE IT HOT, Taschen, Tony Curtis, Walter Mirisch, wardrobe

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“What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage.” Edith Head

October 28, 2016 by Vickie Lester

From left to right – Model, Orry Kelly, Bernard Newman, Travis Banton, Edith Head, Adrian, and Irene. With model showing evening gown, 1955: Edith at bat 1957: A fashion show from the “Think Pink” sequence at the premiere of “Funny Face” – model Ginni Adams with Edith Head: Dressing Debbie Reynolds for a benefit, 1960: Hosting a charity event at her home, Casa Ladera, 1967: With Tony Curtis, Anne Baxter and Omar Shariff, 1967: At the Costume Designers Ball with […]

Categories: Art, Baseball, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Writing • Tags: #fashionforthestars, #itsinhiskissbyvickielester, Academy Award, actor, actress, Adrian, arbiter of taste, behind the scenes, benefit, Bernard Newman, celebrities, charity, Classic Movies, Costume, Costume Designer, Edith Head, Edith Head birthday, Edith Head's birthday October 28, EdithHead, fashion, FUNNY FACE, head of department, history, Hollywood, Irene, Los Angeles, Models, Movie stars, Old Hollywood, on set, Orry-Kelly, photos, pictures, publicity stills, studio, tiny, Travis Banton, tyrant, wardrobe

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A little unsolicited advice on love… with Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn

July 1, 2016 by Vickie Lester

Even if you’re fighting with your beloved, the point is never to lose connection. Sometimes, even in heated debate, the Mr. and I find we’re still touching, and there’s not a damn thing make-believe about that. No matter what is said, it helps…

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1938, actor, actress, behind the scenes, Classic Movies, dame, design, director, Errol Flynn, fashion, fighting with your beloved, film, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, love, make believe, Michael Curtiz, Old Hollywood, Olivia de Havilland, photography, regret, romance, Tasmanian Devil, Technicolor, The Adventures of Robin Hood, touch, unsolicited advice

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Stars of the 1950s – Sophia Loren

January 26, 2016 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Cooking, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Movies, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, author, behind the scenes, Boy on a Dolphin, Carlo Ponti, Carlo Ponti charged with bigamy, Cary Grant, Classic Movies, cookbook, design, director, fashion, film, Frank Sinatra, George Cukor, Heller in Pink Tights, history, Hollywood, Houseboat, Los Angeles, married 1957, May December Romance, Movie Star, Naples, photography, Rome, Sophia Loren, The Pride and the Passion

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Rita Hayworth… So not anywhere near snow

December 15, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Advertising, Blogging, Christmas, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Story, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, behind the scenes, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, design, Earl Theisen, fashion, film, Gary Cooper, getty images, history, Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball ice skating, Norma Shearer, photography, publicity still, Rita Hayworth, Rocky Cooper, ski, skiing, sport, Sun Valley, winter

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Lucille Ball takes to the ice!

November 29, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Blogging, Choreography, Christmas, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Memoir, New York, Photography, Sports, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, behind the scenes, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, design, Earl Theisen, fashion, film, Gary Cooper, getty images, history, Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball ice skating, Norma Shearer, photography, Rocky Cooper, ski, skiing, sport, Sun Valley, winter

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Claudette Colbert skis Sun Valley, and who’s that tall drink of water? Why, it’s Gary Cooper

November 29, 2015 by Vickie Lester

* Claudette Colbert (1948) Sun Valley – photographed by Earl Theisen. Getty Images * click on the red letters * Earl Theisen, my dad: Daughter finds negatives of Marilyn, more. *

Categories: Blogging, Christmas, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Sports, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, actress, behind the scenes, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, design, Earl Theisen, fashion, film, Gary Cooper, getty images, history, Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman, Norma Shearer, photography, Rocky Cooper, ski, skiing, sport, Sun Valley, winter

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Edith Head, who was born Oct. 28th, 1897, was married to Wiard Ihnen – Production Designer

October 28, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Even Google got into the act today with Miss Edith’s birthday: They lived in a wonderful house called, Casa Ladera…

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors • Tags: Academy Award, actor, actress, Adrian, arbiter of taste, Art Director, behind the scenes, benefit, Bernard Newman, Blood on the Sun, Casa Ladera, celebrities, charity, Classic Movies, Costume, Costume Designer, Edith Head, Edith Head birthday, Edith Head's birthday October 28, fashion, FUNNY FACE, head of department, history, Hollywood, Irene, Jane Eyre, Los Angeles, Models, Movie stars, Old Hollywood, on set, Orry-Kelly, photos, pictures, Production Designer, publicity stills, studio, tiny, Travis Banton, tyrant, wardrobe, Wiard Ihnen, Wilson

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