Tag: filming on location

September 27, 2015 / Vickie Lester

“Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra is a woman of force and dignity, fired by a fierce ambition to conquer and rule the world.” New York Times (1963)

“The chili is so good. All gone now. Please send me ten quarts of your wonderful chili in dry ice to 448 Via Appia Pignatelli. – Love and kisses, Elizabeth Taylor.” That note was written to the owner of Chasen’s, a restaurant much beloved and long gone in Beverly Hills.…

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April 12, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Once upon a time Vickie Lester went to visit a movie location in Atlanta…

Here’s a true story, I was once in the parking garage, way underground, at the corporate headquarters of Coca-Cola in Atlanta and driving down, down, down, into a cavern tinted green with florescent light I passed a fleet of white forty foot long trucks with black lettering on them, and…

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June 1, 2013 / Vickie Lester

LOCATION SUCKS

Many moons ago Mr. Lester and I would go out to a cabin in the South West and read and relax… Why the flash to the past? A few little words — shooting on location. Sometimes it’s exciting and wonderful to travel, especially when you’re young. If you’re fortunate enough…

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