Tag: design

February 26, 2013 /

SALVADOR DALI STAYS AT A HOUSE DESIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND OWNED BY THE NOTORIOUS CARESSE CROSBY

February 22, 2013 /

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

As seen in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ROCKETEER and too many movies to list — the fabulous observatory designed by the architectural firm of John C. Austin and Frederic M. Ashley — completed 1935: . . . . . . Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the…

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February 21, 2013 /

THE INESTIMABLE: BILLY WILDER

That’s the director, lurking in the background, with his trademark owl framed spectacles. When I was a tyke my father took me to a retrospective screening at the DGA of SOME LIKE IT HOT – a then elderly Billy Wilder and Tony Curtis presided. The screening was packed and the…

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February 7, 2013 /

MARILYN MONROE – A SWEETHEART IN RED – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

PAULETTE GODDARD – PORTRAIT BY DIEGO RIVERA – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

GENE TIERNEY – A TECHNICOLOR GIFT – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

WHY LANA TURNER TURNED MEN’S HEADS – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

GENE KELLY LOVES LUCY – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

December 29, 2012 /

RAMBLING AROUND THE MOVIE COLONY

So, I’m into architecture – and I’m not picky as to period, as long as it’s authentic to its time. Okay, I lied, I am picky – but these seem to sing Palm Springs – and it’s a nice tune… Top Dog, aka, my Mister was very sweet and snapped…

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November 20, 2012 /

DINING IN STYLE IN THE 1940s

House & Garden 1942: