Tag: Old Hollywood
October 24, 2015 /

“Hollywood is just too marvelous. One feels the footprints of all the immortals are here, but has a terrible feeling that they are in sand and won’t last when civilization comes this way.” James Whale

Production Design: Charles D. Hall, Direction: James Whale

October 22, 2015 /

Veronica Lake – I Married a Witch – Mr. Lester, you are forbidden to comment

September 24, 2015 /

Hollywood whimsy — Barkies Sandwich Shop

Hope the food was as creative as the signage…

September 24, 2015 /

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 17, 2015 /

Vickie Lester is stepping back and looking at the big picture

I have been contemplating, and not my navel, for the past couple days and have been absent from my post. Soon (ish) I’ll be back chattering and responding to your comments which I apologize for neglecting. I might have something profound to say about social networking — but probably not…

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September 17, 2015 /

“Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.” Katharine Hepburn

September 11, 2015 /

Fever dreams and fiction, my film world…and the fridge

September 1, 2015 /

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:
September 1, 2015 /

Constance Bennett – military honors and a honey of a fifth marriage

August 29, 2015 /

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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