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September 24, 2015 /

Hollywood whimsy — Barkies Sandwich Shop

Hope the food was as creative as the signage…

June 28, 2015 /

There’s something about the night air and a cool old diner… 1949, Hollywood

 

March 23, 2014 /

Lupe Velez shot at Gary Cooper when he was boarding a train for Chicago, but here all is hugs and roses (1932)

Gary Cooper meets Lupe Velez at Central Station, Los Angeles, in 1932:

November 14, 2013 /

BARBARA STANWYCK ON ACTING

“Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure, it’s nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting – watch the eyes!” Barbara Stanwyck (Photographer: George Hurrell. For Frank Capra’s “Meet John Doe”. 1941)

November 3, 2013 /

THE EASTERN BUILDING – deco in downtown Los Angeles – if you haven’t already, set your clock back an hour

Architect Claude Beelman: In 1950 actress Monica Lewis demonstrates “falling back” to Standard Time on the Eastern building clock tower.

March 18, 2013 /

DOROTHY PARKER IN HOLLYWOOD

Dorothy Parker arriving with husband Alan Campbell in 1936 – looks like it was a bumpy flight: The pair were under contract to Paramount. She to write and he to write and act. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Robert Carson collaborated on the screenplay, “A Star is Born” (1937).

September 25, 2012 /

JOE E. BROWN MADE HONORARY KOP BY KEYSTONE ORIGINALS

Joe E. Brown celebrates his birthday with friends, George Gray, Chester Conklin, Pinto Colvig, and Billy Beltcher, in 1963:

August 27, 2012 /

KITCHEN DESIGN – 1935

Sorry angels, I have residential architecture on the brain – perhaps because I’m renovating my kitchen. The devil’s truly in the details. Quelle horreur! Don’t even get me started on counter depth refrigerators. I’ll put this in parlance any bride would understand; counter depth or built in refrigerators are the…

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August 20, 2012 /

PHYLLIS DILLER

Ms. Diller, a 37-year-old homemaker when she took up comedy, mined her domestic life for material, assuring audiences that she fed Fang and her kids garbage soup and buried her ironing in the backyard. She exuded an image that was part Wicked Witch of the West (a role she actually…

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