Tag: William Powell
November 26, 2020 /

Favorite search term for this website? Hollywood old smooch (!)

Listen my angels, it’s been a hell of a year. On this Thanksgiving I wish you happiness and peace and hope. And most of all — I wish you love.  
October 21, 2014 /

Dramatic lighting – oh yeah, tis the season – Carole Lombard

Three different films and a face that goes from transcendentally beautiful to very eerie, with a little movie magic…

August 21, 2014 /

Hollywood Kitchens

Kitchens – this one is from a Pasadena estate and was designed by Wallace Neff: A cheerful California kitchen from 1938: And here’s one you might recognize from “My Man Godfrey”:

March 23, 2014 /

At first, Gable found Lombard to be bawdier than he was willing to handle – No Man of Her Own (1932)

March 16, 2014 /

I went to a party last night, and while I haven’t developed gills or fins, I don’t feel quite myself.

January 3, 2014 /

TRAVILLA: COSTUME DESIGNER, HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE

I was looking at those wardrobe sketches in the previous post… And I think they look like the costumes in 1953’s “How to Marry a Millionaire.” . Premiere:

December 31, 2013 /

And I trust that you’ll excuse my dust when I step on the gas

December 31, 2013 /

To breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks with class

December 31, 2013 /

I’m steppin’ out, my dear

December 31, 2013 /

I’m dudein’ up my shirt front, puttin’ in the shirt studs, polishin’ my nails