


Greta Garbo looking relaxed and happy and far, far away from Hollywood. Photographed by Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton in Deep Focus : The New Yorker
The Hepburn most associated with Cecil Beaton is Audrey, whose “purity and integrity,” whose “enormous understanding, tact and . . . willingness to learn” he hymned throughout “Cecil Beaton’s ‘Fair… Read more Cecil Beaton in Deep Focus : The New Yorker →

Kim Novak, Liza Minnelli, and June Squibb at the Oscars: How Hollywood treats aging actresses.
Look, babies. Nothing to be frightened of. This is how we grow old gracefully. I give you Gladys Cooper. From bombshell of the teens to Henry Higgins’s mother in “My… Read more Kim Novak, Liza Minnelli, and June Squibb at the Oscars: How Hollywood treats aging actresses. →