Tag: Movie stars

January 5, 2014 /

Sometimes you find your soul mate. Sometimes a perfect companion. And sometimes… There was a second-generation actor who almost made it to the altar several times, but was hung up by his fascination with strippers.  Throughout his life he would make marked achievements and then crash, not only his cars,…

January 5, 2014 /

This handsome pooch just cost a major motion picture studio ten million dollars, and I’m referring to the creature with the fur. Let’s just say a certain person was slated to make a sea faring epic in the antipodes, Australia, to be precise, and due to quarantine laws their furry…

January 5, 2014 /

Is “true story” a contradiction in terms? Anyway, it’s come to my attention that the director on a BIG budget movie disappeared for four days. Phffft! Even his wife pled ignorance as to his whereabouts. His absence brought production to a halt and caused quite a stir and (not to…

November 18, 2013 /

Sugarplum! If your face launched a movie franchise you’d do it too, and by that I mean cosmetic surgery. Let’s do the math: multiple film episodes can take over a decade to make. Not many people launch their careers as early as the leads in the Hogwarts series. To age…

October 8, 2013 /

Two kids at the Academy Awards: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. judges the net – mixed doubles. “Big Bill” Tilden (standing far left), the first American Wimbledon champion, taught tennis to movie stars after he retired from competition. This photo was taken by Len Weissman and is dated 1940: Studio Portrait: Singing…

October 5, 2013 /

A little bird in the wardrobe department chirped this item in my ear –she was having a hard time getting actors under thirty to put on their underwear. Besides the obvious issues of hygiene what you wear under your costume affects how the garments look on top. Children, it isn’t…

August 28, 2013 /

From the marvelous short story, “A Toast to Ava Gardner”, by a friend of Miss Gardner’s, and author of, “I, Claudius”, Robert Graves: “Questioned about the monstrous legendary self which towers above her, Ava told us that she does everything possible to get out from under, though the publicity-boys and…

August 21, 2013 /

I have two standard replies when presented with a baffling statement. Etiquette and unruffled feathers are very high on my list of social virtues. The responses are “Wow!” and some variation of “Isn’t that true?” For instance, while visiting a friend’s set the other day I was greeted by an…

August 19, 2013 /
July 18, 2013 /

Miss Dietrich in a severely tailored suit- something she made chic for the fashionable woman. Seated next to her is the Earl of Warwick (Michael Brooke) and Cary Grant appears to be captivated by Phyllis Brooks. Okay, I’m not quite sure about this outfit… But, I’m guessing it’s something Miss…