Tag: photography
March 12, 2013 /

ON SET WITH CECIL B. DEMILLE

“You are here to please me. Nothing else on Earth matters.” Attributed to Cecil B. while addressing a movie crew.

March 10, 2013 /

DAVID NIVEN’S FIRST “REAL” MOVIE ROLE – STARRING CLAUDETTE COLBERT AND GARY COOPER

March 4, 2013 /

Disney Gambles on Box-Office Wizardry of ‘Oz’ – NYTimes.com

March 1, 2013 /

VICKIE LESTER ON A SHORT HIATUS

My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef   /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…

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February 28, 2013 /

GRACE KELLY – BY THE POOL – HIGH SOCIETY

February 28, 2013 /

KATHARINE HEPBURN – IN THE POOL – THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

February 28, 2013 /

SWIM, GIRL, SWIM – 1928 – GERTRUDE EDERLE AND BEBE DANIELS

This is Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. I believe she’s covered in grease as insulation against the cold water… Here she is cleaned up and coaching movie stars… “SWIM, GIRL, SWIM.” Record entries in the trans-Derwent swimming races and interest in the picture,…

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February 26, 2013 /

SALVADOR DALI STAYS AT A HOUSE DESIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND OWNED BY THE NOTORIOUS CARESSE CROSBY

February 22, 2013 /

IT HAD TO BE YOU…YOU…OR YOU

Player? Serial monogamist? Peter Pan? Lothario? Why label? Some people’s libido does not wane with the years. Let’s just say a charming actor confided to me over lunch he absolutely loves women. I’ll say. After dating a cavalcade of beauties, and entering his fifth decade, his ardor remains fierce. While…

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February 21, 2013 /

THE ROMANCE OF BLACK AND WHITE AT UNION STATION