actress – Page 26 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

March 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

READERS ROCK – AND THESE ARE FOR YOU – THANKS FOR BEING EVER SO, V

March 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

AN INTERESTING EXCHANGE BETWEEN YOURS TRULY AND A DELIGHTFUL READER

Q: You’ve intrigued me with your comment on blogging, I wonder what you *thought* it’d be? A: Hm! Got a minute? No, seriously I’ll try to be succinct. Blogging is completely different than I expected. In a way it strikes me as belonging to another era, like a bunch of…

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March 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

THE FIRST TIME EDITH HEAD WORKED FOR CECIL B. – EDIBLE DRESSES

Edith Head worked on some 780 films either assisting or designing. I believe this silent film was one of the first – the ladies are part of some decadent jazz age tale and their dresses are bedecked with marshmallows! “The Golden Bed” (1925) This is in reply to: Bohemian rhapsody……

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March 10, 2013 / Vickie Lester

DAVID NIVEN’S FIRST “REAL” MOVIE ROLE – STARRING CLAUDETTE COLBERT AND GARY COOPER

First of all, hats off to one of my favorite blogs: The Automat | In which the unqualified gentleman looks at art. And, thank you Mr. Whittington for reminding me about Mr. Niven’s wonderful autobiography. Ernst Lubitsch… wanted me to start immediately at Paramount in a very good part in…

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March 4, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Disney Gambles on Box-Office Wizardry of ‘Oz’ – NYTimes.com

No movie studio would have the nerve to remake “The Wizard of Oz,” the beloved 1939 musical ranked by the Library of Congress as the most-watched film in history. But “Oz the Great and Powerful,” a Disney-produced prequel, is nearly as intrepid. The company is betting that a new twist…

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March 1, 2013 / Vickie Lester

VICKIE LESTER ON A SHORT HIATUS

My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…

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February 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

GRACE KELLY – BY THE POOL – HIGH SOCIETY

February 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

KATHARINE HEPBURN – IN THE POOL – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

February 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

SWIM, GIRL, SWIM – 1928 – GERTRUDE EDERLE AND BEBE DANIELS

This is Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. I believe she’s covered in grease as insulation against the cold water… Here she is cleaned up and coaching movie stars… “SWIM, GIRL, SWIM.” Record entries in the trans-Derwent swimming races and interest in the picture,…

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February 27, 2013 / Vickie Lester

CELEBRATING AT CIRO’S – 1952 – NANCY DAVIS, RONALD REAGAN, JEANNE AND DEAN MARTIN

February 23rd, 1952. Nancy Davis, and her soon to be husband, Ronald Reagan, at Ciro’s celebrating with Jeanne and Dean Martin. The menu: . .

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