Tag: cake

September 10, 2017 /

“Unless you were raised by ferrets in the Catskills, you’re going to know this is a problem.” Josh Marshall

November 25, 2014 /

Reprise: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Marlene Dietrich, and the Hollywood Canteen

September 5, 2014 /

Shirley Maclaine celebrates Maurice Chevalier’s birthday with Louis Jordan (1959)

What can I say? I’ll restrain myself and just remark that this was taken on the set of the movie, “Can Can” in 1959. The cake is in celebration of Maurice Chevalier’s seventy-first birthday.

December 31, 2012 /

BETTE AND BIRTHDAY CAKE – “THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.”

I am obsessed with cake… This has nothing to do with cake… But, I think it’s a lovely commentary on Bette’s career.

October 7, 2012 /

UNDER PRESSURE – CONTINUED

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not. “Okay. No baseball. What you’ve got to do is barge back…

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October 7, 2012 /

UNDER PRESSURE

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not. Bill Aagard, a first time film director, met Tessa Moynihan, a…

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September 25, 2012 /

PASADENA TURNS 50 IN 1936

This is, perhaps, the weirdest cake I’ve ever seen:

September 25, 2012 /

JOE E. BROWN MADE HONORARY KOP BY KEYSTONE ORIGINALS

Joe E. Brown celebrates his birthday with friends, George Gray, Chester Conklin, Pinto Colvig, and Billy Beltcher, in 1963:

September 5, 2012 /

CAKE

Today is Darryl F. Zanuck’s birthday: