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“Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.” Alfred Hitchcock

June 2, 2016 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock on Cary Grant, behind the scenes on North by Northwest, Cary Grant, Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock on the set of North by Northwest, Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life, North by Northwest

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Case Study House No. 20 – Photographed by Julius Shulman – Home of Saul Bass

September 4, 2014 by Vickie Lester

I went to see this house in Altadena when it hit the market in the 1990s. Innovative materials in the fifties hadn’t stood the test of time, but the bones of the house, designed by Buff, Straub, and Hensman, were incredibly beautiful. The house was built for the graphic designer, Saul Bass of the amazing movie title sequences… .

Categories: Animation, Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Gardening, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Music, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Altadena, Animation, Architects, architecture, behind the scenes, Buff Straub Hensman, Case Study House 20, Classic Movies, comedy, design, director, film, graphic design, history, Hollywood, humor, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Julius Shulman, Los Angeles, movies, North by Northwest, photography, Saul Bass, title sequence

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“America is now obsessed by stars in an unhealthy way. They don’t actually deserve this kind of attention. They`re only actors – not scientists who are triumphing over cancer or doing some other wonderful thing.”

June 16, 2014 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Movies, Mystery, Palm Springs, Photography, Publishing, Relationships, Romance, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: "Hitchcock", #EveMarieSaint, acid words on fame, CaryGrant, Eve Marie Saint Quote, fame, gracious, MarlonBrando, North by Northwest

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STARS OF THE 1950s – EVA MARIE SAINT

June 15, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Early Television, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, New York, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: "the Helen Hayes of television", actor, actress, Alfred Hitchcock, behind the scenes, Beverly Hills, Cary Grant, celebrities, Classic Movies, director, early television, Eva Marie Saint, fashion, film, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Marlon Brando, Movie Star, North by Northwest, Old Hollywood, On The Waterfront, photography, Raintree County

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Night falls on the red roofs of California. Sweet dreams. . . . . . #historic #historichome, #historichouse #historicpreservation #oldhomelove #architecture #architecturelovers #exteriordesign #architecturaldetail #style #design #nightphotography #lightandshadow #nightsky #uplighting #nightscape #garden #curbappeal #losangeles #houseportrait #captivatinghouses #romantichome #californiadreaming #goodnight

What am I hiding? A spider bite! Do I hide much in the pages of my new Hollywood novel? Nothing you won’t have fun trying to figure out... “Late in the summer following my sophomore year, I was living in the Beverly Hills home of a blonde former figure skater. She had met Mr. Major Movie Star on a commercial promoting California cheese...arguably a metaphor for something.” There are more pages up on the blog today, link in the profile. . . . . . #portrait #author #authorlife #blackandwhitephotography #bookaddiction #bookstagram #bibliophile #booklover #behindthescenes #hollywood #moviemagic #lovereading #bookworm #bookish #lovereading #excerpt #amwriting #readers #lovetowrite #californiadreaming

See what’s unfurling on the blog, it might be a new #Hollywood novel... “Life never is a simple linear narrative; it’s too messy and senseless. On the other hand a memoir, no, make that a novel (a much less contentious prospect) is an attempt to resolve the random acts of a life and give them meaning — put them into some sort of context. Whether this reads as simply an insider chronicle of a life lived in Hollywood or another of those cautionary tales about the same, I’ll leave to you, gentle reader, my unknown confidant.” . . . . . #bookaddiction #bookstagram #bibliophile #author #booklover #mustread #petals #rose #behindthescenes #moviemagic #lovereading #bookworm #bookish #ilovereading #amwriting #readers

It’s a good night when @kfullermendez calls me from the east to herald a moonrise over the west. #goodnight #supermoon #sweetdreams @heybillkuhn @antiquegoddess

“These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationary store, and when almost everybody wore a hat. Here is the last of that generation of chain smokers who woke the world in the morning with their coughing, who used to get stoned at cocktail parties and perform obsolete dance steps like “the Cleveland Chicken,” sail for Europe on ships, who were truly nostalgic for love and happiness, and whose gods were as ancient as yours and mine, whoever you are.” . I picked up a sweet #volume of short stories in the new year, continuing my #love affair with fictional Manhattan. . . . . . #stories #manhattan #nyc #johncheever #bookbliss #bibliophile #exploretocreate #empirestatebuilding #architecture #streetscape #citylife #literature #author #writer #bookstagram #bookstoread #cityscape #skyscraper #bluesky #writerslife #thestoriesofjohncheever

Traveling SW I promised @heybillkuhn I’d take pictures... Over breakfast in the dining car I learned how to bet the horses. Sharing a meal with people I’ve never met is now one of my favorite things to do. . So relaxing watching the country roll by, thinking about what to make for Christmas dinner back home. #Pavlova? #ChocolateMousse? For recipes check out the link in the profile. . . . . . #trainstation #exploretocreate #artofvisuals #waiting #portrait #citylife #architecture #homewardbound #urban #dawn #interior #graphicdesign #art #lifeisbeautiful #journey #style #friends #everyonehasastory #itsinhiskissbyvickielester #amwriting another #hollywood #novel

Sometimes places look #enchanted — because they are. This town sends me. There’s a little free library in front of the police department, #design students everywhere you turn, early risers who stroll around the park, and #bookstores like @thebookladybookstore where you can browse and talk for hours — discovering #treasures. All that and I had a eureka moment working on my manuscript. Where am I @williee64 ? In #Savannah! Thank you @heybillkuhn for giving us a proper introduction 😘. . . . . . #bibliophile #books #amwriting #library #exploretocreate #historichome #federalarchitecture #architecture #december #hollywood #novel #author #southerncharm #style

It’s the #morning before #Thanksgiving in #Savannah and I found lady bountiful on my #walk to the market. It’s #bright and beautiful and last night on the #movie set they made it snow — glorious fluffy frosty stuff — which I can’t share pictures of, but I can share stories and a #recipe for a #delicious #dessert, link in the profile. . #goodmorning! . Am #onlocation with my #beloved #writing another #Hollywood #novel.

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