Tag: celebrities

September 25, 2014 /

Designed by John De Laurio for real estate developer Patrick M. Longan and completed in 1926: . . The history: Castillo del Lago: Bugsy Siegel’s Former House, and Madonna’s Too | Under the Hollywood Sign. The Pykta version: Photography and Website by Richard Horn – Negative Altitude Photography.

September 25, 2014 /

King Vidor escorts his wife, actress Eleanor Boardman, to the premiere of “Marianne” in 1929: This is the house architect Wallace Neff designed for them – it was completed in 1928: laniersmith What a beautiful couple! The house looks amazing. Is that an outdoor fireplace? Hope the house is still…

September 18, 2014 /
September 5, 2014 /

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.

August 5, 2014 /
August 4, 2014 /

Two New York thespians in town and starring opposite each other in an autumn release were spotted at Bristol Farms in West Hollywood by an ardent fan. At the time they asserted they were “just friends”.  A week later his wife arrived at the Hotel Bel-Air while the friendly star…

June 1, 2014 /

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”  Marilyn Monroe

June 1, 2014 /
May 28, 2014 /

  “It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.”  Marilyn Monroe

April 24, 2014 /

As we know, Marlene Dietrich was very glam. According to Mr. Niven she was driven around Hollywood in a black Cadillac by a chauffeur named Briggs. This, my darlings, would be photographic evidence. Now, if you’ve been reading along you’ll know I took a short break from blogging to meet…