celebrities – Page 2 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

August 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

SCARLETT’S LITTLE SISTERS ARRIVE ON THE LOT – GONE WITH THE WIND – EVELYN KEYES AND ANN RUTHERFORD

August 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

I SENSE TENSION ON THE SET – VICTOR FLEMING TAKES OVER FROM GEORGE CUKOR – GONE WITH THE WIND

August 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

PREPARING TO KISS IN FRONT OF CAMERA – AREN’T WE COMFY? – GONE WITH THE WIND

August 23, 2015 / Vickie Lester

BOGART AND BACALL AT HOME

August 23, 2015 / Vickie Lester

JEAN HARLOW ENJOYS A GAME OF BADMINTON

I think this must have been a charity event at the Huntington Hartford Hotel in Pasadena: –

August 23, 2015 / Vickie Lester

BACHELORS’ HALL – RANDOLPH SCOTT AND CARY GRANT AT HOME IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS

. .

May 25, 2015 / Vickie Lester

In memory of one of my makers…

Babies, that’s Pop, sometime in the late 1940s early 1950s. You know, I’ve mentioned him and my uncle a couple of times on the weblog: Once upon a time (when I was oh so much younger) I cracked wise to my pop – something about Hollywood being a cesspool, or…

Read the post

May 25, 2015 / Vickie Lester

In memory of — The Inestimable Paul Newman — who was also a decorated WW2 soldier

Here’s the deal, I only saw Mr. Newman on film sets and in elevators. He was about the same age as my dad, quite a bit younger than my uncle – so, as a kid I just categorized him as “old.” My dad, well, I don’t suppose there was a…

Read the post

April 9, 2015 / Vickie Lester

MID-CENTURY ROMANCE – THE HOME OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ

In 1954, Ball and Arnaz moved their family into the informal ranch home Williams designed for them. The house, on a lot Desi reputedly won in a poker game, was located near the 17th fairway of the Thunderbird Country Club and was the first residence completed in the club’s development.…

Read the post

March 20, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Tag: celebrities

SCARLETT’S LITTLE SISTERS ARRIVE ON THE LOT – GONE WITH THE WIND – EVELYN KEYES AND ANN RUTHERFORD

I SENSE TENSION ON THE SET – VICTOR FLEMING TAKES OVER FROM GEORGE CUKOR – GONE WITH THE WIND

PREPARING TO KISS IN FRONT OF CAMERA – AREN’T WE COMFY? – GONE WITH THE WIND

BOGART AND BACALL AT HOME

JEAN HARLOW ENJOYS A GAME OF BADMINTON

BACHELORS’ HALL – RANDOLPH SCOTT AND CARY GRANT AT HOME IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS

In memory of one of my makers…

In memory of — The Inestimable Paul Newman — who was also a decorated WW2 soldier

MID-CENTURY ROMANCE – THE HOME OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ

John Barrymore and baby daughter Diana – a hauntingly beautiful portrait