Tag: Old Hollywood

April 9, 2015 /

MID-CENTURY ROMANCE – THE HOME OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ

April 7, 2015 /

Zeppo Marx had a talent agency – he was the cute, not funny one – that always fell in love with the nice girl

March 20, 2015 /

John Barrymore and baby daughter Diana – a hauntingly beautiful portrait

March 18, 2015 /

Mirror, mirror on the wall who’s…? Miriam Hopkins

March 13, 2015 /

IT’S LOVE I’M AFTER

“It’s Love I’m After” – aren’t we all? (Note: Miss de Havilland will turn 99 on July 1st – Olivia de Havilland – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) Bette Davis and Leslie Howard on set with director, Archie Mayo: Leslie Howard originally envisioned either Gertrude Lawrence or Ina Claire, both noted…

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February 18, 2015 /

When Oscar went from gold to plaster – 1943

Readers inquired about the scaled down ceremony, I thought I’d supply the visual, and yes – these statuettes were plaster: From left to right, Van Heflin, Greer Garson, James Cagney, and Theresa Wright.

February 16, 2015 /

“I found that the best way to handle filmmakers was to hang medals all over them. If I got them cups and awards they’d kill themselves to produce what I wanted. That’s why the Academy Award was created.” Louis B. Mayer

This week a series of posts about the Academy Awards, but I thought we’d start at the inception, the organizing banquet at the Biltmore on May 11th, 1927.

February 7, 2015 /

Lloyd Wright – Art Deco – The Taggert House

January 24, 2015 /

Jean Arthur as Peter Pan

At the age of 49 in 1950 Jean Arthur starred on Broadway in the role of Peter Pan with Boris Karloff playing Captain Hook. In later life Miss Arthur taught at Vassar, one of her students was Meryl Streep. “I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to…

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January 24, 2015 /

1924, Peter Pan on film – James Wong Howe and Betty Bronson

In 1924 Betty Bronson was chosen to play Peter Pan on film by the author J.M. Barrie – other contenders for the role were Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. Here the elfin actress leaps to the window, directed by Herbert Brenon and photographed by James Wong Howe.