Los Angeles – Page 4 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

September 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Rise and shine at the Coffee Cup Cafe in Hollywood – 1920

The best I can come up with for this architectural style is: whimsical. This is the Coffee Cup Cafe.

September 21, 2015 / Vickie Lester

THE NE PLUS ULTRA – RICHARD NEUTRA’S DESIGN IN THE DESERT – PHOTOGRAPHED BY JULIUS SHULMAN

September 15, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Ask me anything—within reason—and a post from long ago while I get some things sorted

For instance, have you ever had a cosmetic procedure? Yes, I have had three radio wave facials that are supposed to stimulate collagen generation and tighten the skin. You also will notice I do that middle-aged thing of hiding my incipient jowls with my hand, so it works…up to a…

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September 1, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Constance Bennett’s Hollywood Style

Constance Bennett had a house at 280 N. Carolwood Drive. It was designed by architect J.E. Dolena and built in 1937, for $37,000 — and it had a palatial twenty rooms. Interior of the Bennett residence: – – – This is the bedroom featured above:

August 29, 2015 / Vickie Lester

The most erotic kiss in film history – Notorious

The great erotic moment in “Vertigo” is the one where the man kisses the woman of his fantasy, while the room whirls around him. There is a parallel scene in “Notorious,” and it was famous at the time as “the longest kiss in the history of the movies.” It was…

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August 25, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Vickie Lester gets homesick for Hollywood, and then again…

It was inevitable. I miss the light. The bold, constant, dazzling light. I understand now to the core of my being why Cecil B. and my ancestors made the move, and why there’s no place like it to make movies — anywhere you turn, all you have to do is…

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August 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Tag: Los Angeles

Rise and shine at the Coffee Cup Cafe in Hollywood – 1920

THE NE PLUS ULTRA – RICHARD NEUTRA’S DESIGN IN THE DESERT – PHOTOGRAPHED BY JULIUS SHULMAN

Ask me anything—within reason—and a post from long ago while I get some things sorted

Constance Bennett’s Hollywood Style

The most erotic kiss in film history – Notorious

Vickie Lester gets homesick for Hollywood, and then again…

SCARLETT’S LITTLE SISTERS ARRIVE ON THE LOT – GONE WITH THE WIND – EVELYN KEYES AND ANN RUTHERFORD

I SENSE TENSION ON THE SET – VICTOR FLEMING TAKES OVER FROM GEORGE CUKOR – GONE WITH THE WIND

CARTHAY CIRCLE THEATRE – WHERE GONE WITH THE WIND AND FANTASIA PREMIERED

PREPARING TO KISS IN FRONT OF CAMERA – AREN’T WE COMFY? – GONE WITH THE WIND