Silent film star – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

July 30, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Edward Steichen shoots – Charles Chaplin

March 19, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Architectural treasures lost, Los Angeles…

Designed by Roy Seldon Price, Dias Dorados – residence of the father of the studio system, Thomas H. Ince. Torn down by developers in the 1940s: Designed by Johnson, Kaufman and Coate 1922 – Meyer House, Beverly Hills – I can’t find recent records, but if this one still exists…

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December 13, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Edward Steichen shoots – Gloria Swanson

October 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

He rules the season – the inestimable Lon Chaney

You know… I’m all into the architecture, this was the home of Lon Chaney, Sr. Lon Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930), born Leonidas Frank Chaney, was an American actor during the age of silent films. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors…

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October 10, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Gloria Swanson, the silent star she played in Sunset Blvd.

October 10, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Gloria Swanson, glamorous

October 10, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Silent film star, Gloria Swanson (with full nimbus)

October 6, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Sunday with silent film star, Theda Bara

October 6, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Sunday with silent film star, Constance Talmadge

November 8, 2012 / Vickie Lester

ALLA NAZIMOVA – STAR OF THE SILENT SCREEN – OWNER OF THE GARDEN OF ALLAH

Alla Nazimova was a silent screen star who lived large in Hollywood. One day in film class we were threading up the projector to screen Garbo’s CAMILLE – when what we saw was this: Fascinating screen vamp Nazimova beguiling Rudolph Valentino. When the roles dried up Nazimova turned her home,…

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