Tag: actress

January 24, 2015 /

Jean Arthur as Peter Pan

At the age of 49 in 1950 Jean Arthur starred on Broadway in the role of Peter Pan with Boris Karloff playing Captain Hook. In later life Miss Arthur taught at Vassar, one of her students was Meryl Streep. “I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to…

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January 24, 2015 /

1924, Peter Pan on film – James Wong Howe and Betty Bronson

In 1924 Betty Bronson was chosen to play Peter Pan on film by the author J.M. Barrie – other contenders for the role were Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. Here the elfin actress leaps to the window, directed by Herbert Brenon and photographed by James Wong Howe.

January 24, 2015 /

1928 — Eva Le Gallienne as Peter Pan

She played Peter Pan on Broadway in 1928… As head of the Civic Repertory Theatre, she is known to have rejected the admission of Bette Davis, whose attitude she described as “insincere” and “frivolous”. via Eva Le Gallienne – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

January 22, 2015 /

Marion Davies – Paris Vogue – 1929

December 4, 2014 /

Reprise: Rita Hayworth relaxing at home with 2 camera men, 5 electricians, 6 grips, makeup, hair, and wardrobe for a candid Christmas photo

December 4, 2014 /

Reprise: Mary Martin decorates an eye popping Christmas tree

November 26, 2014 /

Everybody knows who’s sleeping with whom in Hollywood…

November 17, 2014 /

FRED MACMURRAY and LILLIAN LAMONT and their COLONIAL REVIVAL HOME

Mr. Un-Modern Fred MacMurray LOST L.A. Modesty, simplicity and constancy were the themes in the actor’s traditional Brentwood home. October 01, 2011 Sam Watters . Fred MacMurray was a 26-year-old, square-jawed guy from Beaver Dam, Wis., when he became a Hollywood star, signing a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1934.…

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November 3, 2014 /

Marlene Dietrich, Josef von Sternberg and the inside skinny on a Hollywood divorce

October 22, 2014 /

This time last year I was deep into the novel, working with my line editor in London…