Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers. Ida Lupino Is it any wonder she turned to directing? In an era, I might add, when that was a nearly impossible career choice for a woman. Have times changed? Not much. The…
Tag: film noir
Myrna Loy grew up in Los Angeles and when she was a teenager she posed for this statue outside the old Venice High School. Around the same age she was taking dance lessons with the famed Natacha Rambova, wife of Valentino. Myrna said of her, She was absolutely beautiful, the…
Definition of film noir plural film noirs \-ˈnwär(z)\ or films noir or films noirs \-ˈnwär\ : a type of crime film featuring cynical malevolent characters in a sleazy setting and an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background music; also : a film of this type…
Miss Scott is now ninety-one. At the library she first caught my attention because she was talking quietly, distinctively, with the librarian. I didn’t recognize her the first time I saw her, it was only later that I made the connection between this gorgeously poised, very erudite, older woman and…
The idea that every portrait of a woman should be an ideal woman, meant to stand for all of womanhood, is an enemy of art — not to mention wickedly delicious Joan Crawford and Bette Davis movies. Art is meant to explore all the unattractive inner realities as well as…
Now, as you know, I was sans technology for a few days. Apparently, at one of those big metal telephone exchange boxes bolted to a street corner about two blocks from the house someone had flicked off a connection and we were sent back in time. No computer, no television,…
If you don’t already have Silver Screenings in your sights, you should, because, my angels it is just that good… Being a Femme Fatale is easy. Really – all you need are semi-presentable hair and wardrobe, along with an imperial ego. It’s when things start to slide off the…