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“I wanted my stardom without the usual trimmings.” Veronica Lake 1922-1973

November 14, 2018 by Vickie Lester

“I’ve reached a point in my life where it’s the little things that matter. I’m no longer interested in doing what’s expected of me. I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I’m happier with that… I was never psychologically meant to be a picture star. I never took it seriously. I couldn’t “live” being a”‘movie star” and […]

Categories: Art, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: #amwriting another novel about Hollywood, based on the novel by Thorne Smith, femme fatale, film noir, hollywood rebel, I MARRIED A WITCH, rebel, Rene Clair, Veronica Lake

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Veronica Lake – I Married a Witch – Mr. Lester, you are forbidden to comment

October 22, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Halloween, History, Hollywood, Humor, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Marriage, Memoir, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors • Tags: #itsinhiskissbyvickielester, actress, Anne Southern, autumn, autumn palette, Classic Movies, design, fall, fashion, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Lucille Ball, novel, Old Hollywood, photographer Laszlo Willinger, photography, Rene Clair, studio photography, studio portrait, The Passionate Witch, Thorne Smith, Veronica Lake

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“I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.” Veronica Lake

October 22, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Entertainment, Fiction, Film, Halloween, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography • Tags: based on the novel by Thorne Smith, directed by Rene Claire, Frederic March, I MARRIED A WITCH, Veronica Lake

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Veronica Lake as Peter Pan

January 24, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Veronica Lake took Peter Pan on the road in 1950, starring in productions across the country, “If I had stayed in Hollywood I would have ended up like Alan Ladd and Gail Russell – dead and buried by now. That rat race killed them and I knew it would kill me, so I had to get out. I was never psychologically meant to be a picture star. I never took it seriously. I couldn’t ‘live’ being a ‘movie star’ and […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Choreography, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fiction, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Photography, Relationships, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, Alan Ladd, behind the scenes, Boris Karloff, Broadway, camp, celebrities, Classic Movies, ctor, disliked Frederic March, fame, film, Gail Russell, history, Hollywood, I was never psychologically meant to be a picture star, J.M. Barrie, Movie Star, Peter Pan, Veronica Lake

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A bewitching portrait of Veronica Lake, by George Hurrell

October 12, 2014 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Theater, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: George Hurrell, master of starlight, Veronica Lake

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Lucille Ball photographed by Laszlo Willinger

October 20, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Halloween, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, Anne Southern, autumn, autumn palette, Classic Movies, design, fall, fashion, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Lucille Ball, Old Hollywood, photographer Laszlo Willinger, photography, studio photography, studio portrait, Veronica Lake

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Ann Sothern photographed by Laszlo Willinger

October 20, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Halloween, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, Anne Southern, autumn, autumn palette, Classic Movies, design, fall, fashion, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Lucille Ball, Old Hollywood, photographer Laszlo Willinger, photography, studio photography, studio portrait, Veronica Lake

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Studio Photographer – Laszlo Willinger

October 20, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Halloween, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, Anne Southern, autumn, autumn palette, Classic Movies, design, fall, fashion, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Lucille Ball, Old Hollywood, photographer Laszlo Willinger, photography, studio photography, studio portrait, Veronica Lake

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Veronica Lake photographed by Laszlo Willinger

October 20, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Halloween, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: actress, autumn, autumn palette, Classic Movies, design, fall, fashion, film, glamour photography, history, Hollywood, Old Hollywood, photographer Laszlo Willinger, photography, studio photography, studio portrait, Veronica Lake

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