Tag: The Lady Eve

February 1, 2018 / Vickie Lester

Okay, I lied about last night. I didn’t watch “All the President’s Men”

I had a Preston Sturges film fest instead, and went to bed blissfully happy…movie magic…binge watching of the best kind 😉 . The Lady Eve… In which card shark Barbara Stanwyck tries to swindle bashful scientist (and heir to a fortune) Henry Fonda, and loses her heart. and The Palm…

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February 12, 2016 / Vickie Lester

“Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” Loretta Young

Look at that, Loretta Young in 1931, in a movie called “Too Young to Marry.” You have to indulge me today because it’s my birthday, and, love found me thirty-one years ago. Since it’s nearly Valentine’s day I thought I’d share a few memories of my and The Mister’s courtship.…

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December 22, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Isn’t it romantic? The Lady Eve…

July 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

BARBARA STANWYCK

March 20, 2013 / Vickie Lester

A LITTLE RETROSPECTIVE AND SOUR CREAM WAFFLES WITH WILLIAM DEMAREST

He started in Silents: And, was part of the comedic troupe of Preston Sturges: And, all references to heads of lettuce aside, one of the finest: A fabulous character actor and familiar to a particular generation as Uncle Charlie in “My Three Sons”… In 1939 the Motion Picture Mother’s Club…

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