Tag: Beverly Hills

February 13, 2013 /

HOW HEF SAVED HOLLYWOOD

I’m very interested in the derivation of ideas and that takes me on some winding paths on which I invite you to join… I was scrounging around for images like these for… ah, tomorrow… you know, Valentine’s Day: When I stumbled across this on IMDb – Movies, TV and Celebrities:…

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February 6, 2013 /

ICON – DAVID BOWIE

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February 6, 2013 /

ICON – ELIZABETH TAYLOR

. Icon, practically asleep on set…

February 6, 2013 /

ONLY MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN

Here’s the historical context. That’s David Bowie, during a decade he reports to have forgotten, nabbed in Upstate New York on a coke charge. Talk about aplomb. He looks impossibly elegant under obviously trying circumstances. Contrast that with any mug shot you’ve seen recently of errant celebrities and then just…

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February 6, 2013 /

AN UNLIKELY PAIR – DAVID BOWIE AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Terry O’Neill Photography – from a session in 1975: . .

January 18, 2013 /

THE VILE HARPY – HAS A MIGRAINE

Go outside and play.

January 8, 2013 /

CONSTANCE BENNETT AS AUNTIE MAME

Auntie Mame Counts No Calories. –

December 14, 2012 /

MARION DAVIES HOUSE LIT UP FOR CHRISTMAS – 1937

I may have mentioned Marion’s domestic arrangements and a boxy, boring, Tudor… My friend at http://foxpudding.wordpress.com/ said I must be referring to Mr. Hearst. If you check out his posts you will find wit and a deep appreciation of fine arts. In the meantime here’s the house at Christmas:

December 14, 2012 /

1931 – IN BEVERLY HILLS EVEN CACTUS GOT LIT

Christmas in Beverly Hills, 1931:

November 18, 2012 /

ECLECTIC RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – LOS ANGELES

I had a friend who used to work in the 1980s for the Samuel Goldwyn Co. He lived in Beverly Hills in an apartment and he took the bus to work. He also liked to walk. Apparently that wasn’t fashionable at the time and on his excursions by foot he…

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