comedienne – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

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: –

January 22, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Marion Davies – Paris Vogue – 1929

January 21, 2015 / Vickie Lester

The ultimate insider from another era – on Marion Davies and W.R. Hearst

The Villa Carlotta was a fun place to live… SOUTH OF BEACHWOOD CANYON | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD. Louella’s apartment was across from ours… Louella entertained a lot, and William Hearst and Marion Davies frequently attended her parties. I had never met Hearst but had seen him at the MGM studios when…

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November 15, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Married on Thanksgiving Day, 1927, Silent Star Louise Fazenda and Producer Hal B. Wallis

May 16, 2014 / Vickie Lester

King Vidor was a frequent guest at the castle, directed Marion Davies in three comedies, and said Hearst had a big lamblike face…

He wrote a marvelous book about his early days in Hollywood called, A Tree is a Tree, and while Marion was his friend, and at times Hearst was his boss, he tells some insightful anecdotes about the man: On my first trip to San Simeon, I entered the huge dining…

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May 16, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Here are some stills from a wonderful silent comedy about Hollywood directed by King Vidor, and starring Marion Davies

May 16, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Am I allowed to say I find Hearst Castle to be an oppressive nightmare?

Really, the main house takes the term “baronial” to new heights and there’s some truly odd stuff there pinched from all over Europe. It gives me the creeps. (I should say that the guest houses are bright and sunny and happily devoid of walls torn out of Norman churches, and…

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May 4, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Dinner at Eight — I wonder what Carlotta would have made of Google Glass?

Kitty: I was reading a book the other day. Carlotta: Reading a book? Kitty: Yes. It’s all about civilization or something. A nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy says that machinery is going to take the place of every profession? Carlotta: Oh, my dear, that’s…

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May 4, 2014 / Vickie Lester

“You can check the wings and halo at the desk.” Jean Harlow as Vantine in Red Dust

May 4, 2014 / Vickie Lester

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JEAN HARLOW ENJOYS A GAME OF BADMINTON

Marion Davies – Paris Vogue – 1929

The ultimate insider from another era – on Marion Davies and W.R. Hearst

Married on Thanksgiving Day, 1927, Silent Star Louise Fazenda and Producer Hal B. Wallis

King Vidor was a frequent guest at the castle, directed Marion Davies in three comedies, and said Hearst had a big lamblike face…

Here are some stills from a wonderful silent comedy about Hollywood directed by King Vidor, and starring Marion Davies

Am I allowed to say I find Hearst Castle to be an oppressive nightmare?

Dinner at Eight — I wonder what Carlotta would have made of Google Glass?

“You can check the wings and halo at the desk.” Jean Harlow as Vantine in Red Dust

Try doing this with a face full of Botox – and by the way, I’m done proofreading…