Humphrey Bogart – Page 2 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

March 1, 2014 / Vickie Lester

A Star Is Born, directed by George Cukor, designed by Gene Allen

March 1, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Hollywood turns out for the premiere of — A Star Is Born (September, 1954)

November 26, 2013 / Vickie Lester

The American Menu: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

The American Menu: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. This Blogger (click on the red letters above) is FASCINATING. And, Clifton Webb knew how to throw one hell of a party. Wait until you read the guest list…

November 24, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography — by James Zeruk, Jr.

James Zeruk, Jr. – an author with a time spanning affinity with an actress, once a mystery, now lovingly revealed: Peg Entwistle. “I spent seven years researching and writing Peg’s biography. I lived with her brother for several weeks. Milt’s daughter Lauretta loaned me many items from the archive and…

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June 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

THE 26th ACADEMY AWARDS – AUDREY WINS BEST ACTRESS – 1954

The second time the awards were televised Audrey Hepburn won Best Actress for her performance in “Roman Holiday” – Donald O’Connor is at the podium in Los Angeles, and Audrey is presented with the award by Jean Hersholt in New York – where she was working on “Sabrina” (location work was…

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May 27, 2013 / Vickie Lester

HOLLYWOOD AND THE WAR EFFORT – PHOTOGRAPHED BY JACK WOODS

Sergeant Joe Lewis visits the set of “Action in the North Atlantic”. From left to right Humphrey Bogart, Joe Lewis, Raymond Massey, Lloyd Bacon.

May 7, 2013 / Vickie Lester

BOGART AND BACALL’S WEDDING

A friend asked me in the comments (http://skepperson.com/) if there were any similarities between the chapters of the novel I was posting and the real story of Bogart and Bacall. She asking if a story element, “sympathy as an aphrodisiac”, came into play with Bacall’s feeling for Bogart. I thought…

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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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November 8, 2012 / Vickie Lester

ALLA NAZIMOVA – STAR OF THE SILENT SCREEN – OWNER OF THE GARDEN OF ALLAH

Alla Nazimova was a silent screen star who lived large in Hollywood. One day in film class we were threading up the projector to screen Garbo’s CAMILLE – when what we saw was this: Fascinating screen vamp Nazimova beguiling Rudolph Valentino. When the roles dried up Nazimova turned her home,…

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October 25, 2012 / Vickie Lester

BULLETS OR BALLOTS – GANGSTER FILM

Starring Edward G. Robinson: – – Edward G. Robinson, from what I heard was a very cool guy. He was highly educated, spoke seven languages, and was respected and loved by his community. “To last you need to be real.” Edward G. Robinson He also had an extensive art collection…

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