Tag: Pasadena
November 15, 2020 /

Episode 20. Jane was steaming out a gown that was draping, gathered, a form fitting sheath with a train and veil that looked like it had been stored pristinely, waiting for this day, since the 1930s. “Madeleine Vionnet,” Jane explained, “she did this for my grandmother.”

Chapter 18 begins with a quote from Bette Davis: I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year. On a Saturday following the first week of shooting, I woke, and for…

Read the postEpisode 20. Jane was steaming out a gown that was draping, gathered, a form fitting sheath with a train and veil that looked like it had been stored pristinely, waiting for this day, since the 1930s. “Madeleine Vionnet,” Jane explained, “she did this for my grandmother.”
August 23, 2015 /

JEAN HARLOW ENJOYS A GAME OF BADMINTON

I think this must have been a charity event at the Huntington Hartford Hotel in Pasadena: –

April 24, 2015 /

Lost Pasadena – a street of stately homes razed for apartments after WW2

April 12, 2015 /

The beauty of science – Caltech wind tunnel – 1930-ish

April 12, 2015 /

It wasn’t all about the movies in California…early aircraft prototype at Caltech

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.

November 28, 2014 /

It has a lot to do with the weather, but decorating for the holidays in Los Angeles has always struck me as a little freaky – 1929

September 25, 2014 /

Albert Einstein’s house in Pasadena

August 21, 2014 /

Hollywood Kitchens

Kitchens – this one is from a Pasadena estate and was designed by Wallace Neff: A cheerful California kitchen from 1938: And here’s one you might recognize from “My Man Godfrey”:
January 15, 2014 /

I can get away from this shack with its cheap furniture…