Tag: history
August 23, 2015 /

BACHELORS’ HALL – RANDOLPH SCOTT AND CARY GRANT AT HOME IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS

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August 8, 2015 /

Auntie Mame – designed by Malcolm Bert, paging Mr. Adler…

August 8, 2015 /

Was that a castle?

I don’t know what it is with Hollywood Royalty, but purchasing a palace abroad is commonplace in certain circles. Ireland is a popular spot (John Huston, Roy Disney, etc.)  I don’t know if it has to do with availability or price, but there you have it. I heard a newly…

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July 23, 2015 /

Gary Cooper in the bath, the Lubitsch touch…

It’s supposed to be Louis the XIV’s, a gift to Claudette Colbert in the comedy Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, and of course it breaks like an eggshell around lanky Mr. Cooper. Funny how differently men are portrayed in the bath…

July 21, 2015 /

1948 COCKTAIL LOUNGE – DESIGNED BY JOHN C. AUSTIN (OF OBSERVATORY FAME)

July 20, 2015 /

Billy Dear, please dress me forever, I love you, Marilyn: William Travilla – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

“Billy Dear, please dress me forever. I love you, Marilyn.” Note from Marilyn Monroe to costume designer, William Travilla: On “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”: .

July 18, 2015 /

Little lamb, who made thee?

    I felt that some sort of scene was necessary in order to celebrate my first entrance into America, so I said “Little lamb, who made thee?” to a customs official. A fracas ensued far exceeding my wildest dreams, during which he delved down—with malice aforethought—to the bottom of…

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June 17, 2015 /

20th century great, Raymond Chandler, author of…

The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, The Long Goodbye
June 17, 2015 /

20th century greats, Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett, authors of…

Lillian: The Children’s Hour, The Little Foxes, Pentimento: A Book of Portraits Dashiell: The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, The Continental Op
June 17, 2015 /

20th century greats: James M. Cain, author of…

The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity