Didn’t we all have chores? Except mine weren’t professionally photographed… . .
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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…
Siddons dominated the female tragic roles on the English stage for over 30 years. Her stately performances in the most immediate of art forms articulated the eighteenth century’s ideal of the sublime, and her representations of the classical passions, in combination with her outwardly virtuous private life, won over audiences…
There’s a difference between talent and celebrity, a difference between earning recognition and exploiting the media… When Grace, creative director for Vogue was told about the filming of The September Issue, she had this to say: My reaction to this intrusive idea was naturally one of horror, because my feeling…
I have a friend who, whenever I used to do anything he found charming, would exclaim, “how Audrey of you!” My darlings, there can be only one. . At Ciro’s – Billy Wilder, Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, James Stewart:
He started in Silents: And, was part of the comedic troupe of Preston Sturges: And, all references to heads of lettuce aside, one of the finest: A fabulous character actor and familiar to a particular generation as Uncle Charlie in “My Three Sons”… In 1939 the Motion Picture Mother’s Club…
Okay, it was my intention when I started this blog never to be crass, or destructive, or part of the weird gawker aspect of a fame driven news cycle; and to that end I’ve tried to write pieces mostly on Hollywood history – which means I usually write about people…