Babies, I’m feeling lazy. So this is my mute appreciation of a man from the past who shaped the present, design-wise. For further research contact the University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Center. Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) was a visionary stage designer, director, producer, theater architect, industrial designer, producer…
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Rosalind Russell wrote an autobiography called, “Life is a Banquet”. It used to sit on my grandmother’s bookshelf and I remember picking it up when I was around twelve and sitting down one afternoon and becoming completely engrossed. The book, like the author; is candid, genteel, and witty. Buy it,…
The iconic Grauman’s Chinese Theater, designed by Raymond A. Kennedy of the architectural firm also responsible for the Egyptian, Meyer and Holler. Douglas Fairbanks was a part owner: Along with Sid Grauman, Mary Pickford, and Howard Schenck: Jean Klossner, also know as “Mr. Footprint” came up with the concrete formula…
Carmen De Lavallade and Wesley (Hello, Wesley!) Fata dance (wow, do they dance!) to the Soul Bossa Nova, composed and performed by Quincy Jones. *** A darling friend, who is Lost in Arles, tells us the most glorious things about Mr. Fata, and what we glean is that he is…
One of the things I found most intriguing about this insightful and touching portrait of a golden girl’s fatal plunge into depression, was Hope Anderson’s account of filming the reenactment of Peg Entwistle’s last walk from from her home on Beachwood Canyon, up to the Hollywood sign. From finding a…