divorce – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

May 4, 2016 / Vickie Lester

“I’ve given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can’t divorce a book.” Gloria Swanson

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 3, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Marlene Dietrich, Josef von Sternberg and the inside skinny on a Hollywood divorce

A screenwriter wrote this passage about her friend’s divorce at the age of 99. She was intimately acquainted with the ins and outs of Hollywood and waited until “all the bastards were dead” before she wrote her tell-all autobiography. She herself outlived them all, Frederica Sagor Maas, Scriptwriter From the…

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August 4, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Hanging on the telephone…

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…

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November 10, 2013 / Vickie Lester

A California Good Morning – with Paulette Goddard

August 2, 2013 / Vickie Lester

An actress who told her friend everything – a portrait of Riva von Sternberg from LACMA

August 2, 2013 / Vickie Lester

A SCREENWRITER WHO WAS THERE AT THE DAWN OF HOLLYWOOD – AND LIVED TO TELL ALL – ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS LATER – FREDERICA SAGOR MAAS

April 19, 2013 / Vickie Lester

IN A LONELY PLACE – OR – WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?

This was our first post on March 31st, 2012 – I re-posted it in June of the same year, and for some reason, and I know this speaks to a certain pettiness in my soul – I’m putting it up again. As my friend, the fabulous Heidi of NYC –…

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March 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

RITA HAYWORTH – I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE

I know, sometimes it’s hard to find solace in solitude — but you certainly wouldn’t have found it at Mocambo. Rita Hayworth and her agent Charlie Feldman after her divorce from the Aly Khan. At Ciro’s with Kirk Douglas… Where she said, “Please, boys, no more pictures”. It’s an uneasy…

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