PR – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

October 21, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane – Arsenic and Old Lace – Grant donated his salary to the war effort

July 3, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Pain in the patootie to work with, complains bitterly, demands outrageous perks, frightens children, and this is what PR can do…

After quitting Hollywood back in 2009 to focus on her family, Kelly Highflop, the rom-com queen, is back and better than ever with a new TV show, Don’t Push Granny Down the Stairs, and autobiographical film, The Nut Job. Speaking exclusively to us, Kelly explained the reasons behind her break…

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June 23, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Marlene Dietrich, “Mother Teresa with better legs,” (according to Billy Wilder) and me…

This is just my ever-so-subtle way of asking those who picked up my book yesterday to please (You don’t really want to see a grown woman beg do you? Apart from anything else it bags my nylons!) take a few minutes to leave a review at Amazon.com once you have…

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October 30, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Peter Lorre – Arsenic and Old Lace

October 30, 2013 / Vickie Lester

HALLOWEEN APPROACHES – ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Director Frank Capra looking absolutely jovial as a bound Cary Grant is carried across the set by props…

March 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

RITA HAYWORTH – I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE

I know, sometimes it’s hard to find solace in solitude — but you certainly wouldn’t have found it at Mocambo. Rita Hayworth and her agent Charlie Feldman after her divorce from the Aly Khan. At Ciro’s with Kirk Douglas… Where she said, “Please, boys, no more pictures”. It’s an uneasy…

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February 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

A MYSTIFYING PICTURE OF JOANNE WOODWARD AT THE 30th ACADEMY AWARDS

Here’s the dealio – these Oscars are heavy. At first glance there’s no way she can be toting the statuette around with that delicate gloved grip of hers, especially with a cigarette between her fingers. Look closely: That’s John Wayne, the presenter of the Oscar standing behind her, immediately after…

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February 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

JOANNE WOODWARD AND PAUL NEWMAN AT THE GOVERNORS BALL – 1958

Married just a couple of months before:

February 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

JOANNE WOODWARD WINS BEST ACTRESS – 1958

The moment – captured by LIFE magazine:

February 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON – FILTERED THROUGH MY TINY MIND

…They arrived at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at around eleven. The lobby was straight out of the fifties, walls and floor of stone, star burst chandeliers, and the ballroom, while it still maintained a sinuous two-tiered design like that of a cruise ship, was carpeted with some dreadful dark jewel…

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