Tag: movies

April 11, 2013 /

PANTAGES – ART DECO – MAIN LOBBY

April 11, 2013 /

THE PANTAGES THEATRE OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1930 – ARCHITECT B. MARCUS PRITECA

March 13, 2013 /

1937 – EDWARD KAUFMAN HOUSE – DESIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA

March 13, 2013 /

1934 – BEARD HOUSE – GREGORY AIN AND RICHARD NEUTRA DESIGN

March 13, 2013 /

JOSEF VON STERNBERG BUILDS A HOUSE IN THE VALLEY

Designed by Richard J. Neutra and completed in 1935. It was called the bathtub house. The photo above is by Julius Shulman. The photo below is by Burton Burt.

March 1, 2013 /

VICKIE LESTER ON A SHORT HIATUS

My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef   /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…

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February 28, 2013 /

GRACE KELLY – BY THE POOL – HIGH SOCIETY

February 28, 2013 /

KATHARINE HEPBURN – IN THE POOL – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

February 22, 2013 /

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

As seen in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ROCKETEER and too many movies to list — the fabulous observatory designed by the architectural firm of John C. Austin and Frederic M. Ashley — completed 1935: . . . . . . Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the…

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January 26, 2013 /

“LIGHTHEARTED GRACE” – FRED ASTAIRE

We used to have National Geographic dating back to 1924, and LIFE magazine back to 1939, a magic portal to other times up two flights of stairs to the attic. Most of the magazines are gone, cleaned out in a massive Spring Cleaning. Now I wish I had realized what…

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