Handmade Paper Movie Star Dolls
I didn’t mean to abandon you like that! There were some server moves or upgrades or whatever due to the new beta Twolia Music & Stores, and a few of us Twolia bloggers had some scheduled posts lost...
View ArticleVeronica Lake: More Than Just That Hair… She Was The Girl With The Dirty Look
This 1942 publicity portrait of Veronica Lake belongs to a friend. On the back, the publicity department’s push of Veronica as the girl with the dirty look: DIRTY LOOK–DIRTY FACE HOLLYWOOD–Constance...
View ArticleJoan Crawford Makes Me Want To Sew
Every year I tell myself, “This is the year I learn how to sew — really sew.” You know, the kind of sewing where you, eventually, can look at a photo and reconstruct what you see. So far, I’ve just not...
View Article“Esther Williams: Beauty Brains — and Busy” 1949
Beautiful scans of a vintage magazine feature on Esther Williams from the November 21, 1949 issue of Quick magazine, sent to me by Deanna (of Kitsch Slapped and Kitschy Kitschy Coo). Click them to...
View ArticleElizabeth Taylor & Paul Newman Boo-Boo
I’m not just sharing this photo of Liz & Paul because it’s hot; can you spot the error on this vintage movie promotional photograph? (Clicking the links will allow you to self-check your knowledge...
View ArticleMarilyn Monroe Contest (And I Want To Win!)
To celebrate the launch of www.thisismarilyn.com, the first and only social network specifically designed for the devoted fans and collectors of Marilyn Monroe’s lifetime of work, the site will be...
View ArticleListen To Busby Berkeley?!
If this isn’t the strangest, most ironic record album… Hooray For Hollywood, The Golden-Age of the Hollywood Musical Companion Volume, “Musical Numbers Created And Directed By Busby Berkeley.” A Busby...
View ArticleRich In Stripes
When I spotted this vintage photograph of Irene Rich I thought two things — film & fashion. (What else?! lol) My first thought was the film thought — and the usual thought I have regarding Irene...
View ArticleI Got An Award, So It’s Here’s Linking To You, Kid Time!
Fuzzylizzie of Fuzzylizzie Vintage Clothing just gave me an award! I believe I’m now supposed to select Seven Exceptional Blogs & tell you Seven Things I Love… But what I think I’ll do (and I don’t...
View ArticleGetting A Bang Out Of Dorothy Sebastian
I must watch too many film noirs and assorted crime dramas, because I swore there was a gun in her hand! I bet many folks don’t even see Dorothy Sebastian‘s hand; they get lost in admiring her — and...
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