actor – Page 8 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

November 24, 2013 / Vickie Lester

The Garden of Allah novels during Hollywood’s golden years – by Martin Turnbull

These books are a pip! (click on the red letters to buy…) A perfect holiday gift for your favorite fan of old Hollywood. Excerpt below: The Garden of Allah novels during Hollywood’s golden years. The Garden on Sunset by Martin Turnbull GARDEN OF ALLAH HOTEL 8152 Sunset Boulevard Marcus set…

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November 24, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography — by James Zeruk, Jr.

James Zeruk, Jr. – an author with a time spanning affinity with an actress, once a mystery, now lovingly revealed: Peg Entwistle. “I spent seven years researching and writing Peg’s biography. I lived with her brother for several weeks. Milt’s daughter Lauretta loaned me many items from the archive and…

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November 20, 2013 / Vickie Lester

CYD CHARISSE ON DANCING WITH FRED ASTAIRE

“If I didn’t have a scratch it was Fred.” Cyd Charisse –

November 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Make-believe, love and regret, Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn

Olivia de Havilland, co-star in eight Flynn films: “He was a charming and magnetic man, but so tormented. I had a crush on him, and later I found he did for me. In fact, he proposed, but he was not divorced from Lili Damita so it was just as well…

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November 15, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Errol Flynn

November 15, 2013 / Vickie Lester

James Dean

November 15, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Gregory Peck

November 2, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Project Tokyo.

“Can I get a drag?” he asked. I gave him my smoke and watched him suck: high cheekbones, full lips, wide open eyes. He looked down at his phone and started playing a video. It was his Instagram. “WB11. Model, actor, but more a performer than anything,” he said. I…

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October 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Hallelujah, I have a cold…

Let me explain why this is a good thing. My beloved, pictured above on a movie set a few years ago, has recently returned from two dreary months on location. He was housed, along with some very big stars in a hotel that shared a parking lot with Walmart. The…

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October 13, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Dim Sum Sunday at the San Gabriel Mission and 1,000 posts

The Mister at the San Gabriel Mission: Visitors to the Mission: From whence the vineyards of California came: As for the 1000th post… It’s just a number, but what it represents is our friendship and dialogue, and for that, treasured readers, thank you.

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