#vickielesterbook1 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

When I was a youngster we didn’t spend much time there. My mother spoke of it disdainfully saying, “It’s fine if you’re a Republican or play golf,” neither the party or the sport interested her. I did, however, have an aunt and uncle who had retired young and decided to…

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My Fiction Reading During National Poetry Month

Interview: Vickie Lester and Why “It’s in His Kiss”

Reprise: I have a Pavlovian response, and when I’m feeling peaked I have to go to Palm Springs

Judy Garland, Frances Gumm, Vickie Lester, Esther Blodgett – we go by many names in Hollywood, click on the picture

Behind the scenes in Hollywood, and an excerpt from It’s in His Kiss

Bogie and Bacall — “Stardom isn’t a profession; it’s an accident.”

Believe it or not, he swore a mean blue streak but, he also was one of the smartest humans I’ll ever know, and the best father – click on the picture

And while Dad was definitely of another era, he had some very modern ideas – click on the picture

Dad didn’t have a pencil mustache but, he did blow smoke rings and wear a fedora – click on the picture

You would have to remember that sex is often a curative for many things in Hollywood…Click on the picture of Marlene and you can read all about it.