A flying visit – A Shakespearean story arc… | Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo
The afternoon was drawing to a close and the chill of early spring was settling over Stratford-upon-Avon as we made our way back towards the car. There were still many … Continue reading
She was absolutely beautiful, the most beautiful woman I had ever seen… | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD
Myrna Loy grew up in Los Angeles and when she was a teenager she posed for this statue outside the old Venice High School. Around the same age, she was … Continue reading
JEANNE MOREAU (1928-2017) – Beauty Bellezza Beauté
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MERYL STREEP – Beauty Bellezza Beauté
Meryl Streep (b. 1949). Source: MERYL STREEP – Beauty Bellezza Beauté
Quote • BETTE DAVIS
Photo post by @toobeguiling. “Until you’re known in my profession as a monster, you’re not a star.” Bette Davis Source: “Until you’re known in my profession as a monster, you’re not … Continue reading
On this day: the premiere of Haddon Hall | In Times Gone By…
Haddon Hall, a light opera by Arthur Sullivan and Sydney Grundy, premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London on the 24th of September, 1892. The production was based on a 16th-century … Continue reading
Snapshot: Hollywood Theatre
Post 3 in the Snapshot Series – Occasionally in my travels I come across a theater that I can’t find a lot of information on, or that I only have a … Continue reading
Black and White Portraits from Cannes Festival 2016 | Seroword
Using black and white to capture Cannes 2016 of actors, directors and other filmmaking elites, Desailly finds the perfect light and poses to give 2016 a ‘Golden Age’ feel. Source: … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Fred Astaire! For I’ll be there. Puttin’ down my top hat. Mussin’ up my white tie. Dancin’ in my tails…
I just put my feet in the air and move them around. Fred Astaire Source: Happy Birthday Fred Astaire! For I’ll be there. Puttin’ down my top hat. Mussin’ up … Continue reading
“A gift of laughter…” Rafael Sabatini #WQWWC | Daily Echo
Rafael Sabatini is not the best known of writers these days, though he left his mark on both literature and cinema. He was born in 1875 in Jesi, Italy to … Continue reading
On this day… Scottish Opera Singer Mary Gordon
World-renowned Scottish opera singer Mary Garden poses in costume as Méĺisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Méĺisande. 4th April,1908. Source: On this day…
Lya de Putti, Hungarian film actress, 1897-1931 | kinneretstern
Photo post. Source: Lya de Putti, Hungarian film actress, 1897-1931 | kinneretstern
The short, sad story of actress Clara Bloodgood | MCNY Blog: New York Stories
On the evening of December 5, 1907, respected actress and society woman Clara Bloodgood fatally shot herself in a Baltimore hotel room. She was in town to star as the … Continue reading
Houdini at famous Wizard’s grave | kinneretstern
Source: Houdini at famous Wizard’s grave | kinneretstern Houdini at the grave of John Henry Anderson, Wizard of the North, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1914. Houdini traveled there because of his love of … Continue reading
Sergej Eisenstein by Margaret Bourke-White | kinneretstern
Source: Sergej Eisenstein by Margaret Bourke-White | kinneretstern Russian film director Sergej Eisenstein being shaved on the terrace of Bourke-White’s studio in the Chrysler Building, NYC, 1932. There is something surrealistic … Continue reading
On this day: the death of Carole Lombard | In Times Gone By…
Carole Lombard, one of the 1930s most significant film actresses, was killed in a plane crash in Nevada, USA on the 16th of January, 1942. She was thirty-three at the … Continue reading
On this day: Ballet in 1937
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Danish ballerina Hélène Kirsova in Petrouchka at the Theatre Royal. Australia, 11th January 1937. Kirsova created Australia’s first professional ballet company. Source
Vickie Lester’s Book at Bedtime « LAST POST
Audio serialization of Vickie Lester’s It’s In His Kiss on BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD – read by Pippa Rathborne Source: Vickie Lester’s Book at Bedtime « LAST POST
“Either the camera will dance, or I will.” Fred Astaire | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD
“Either the camera will dance, or I will.” Fred Astaire | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD.
Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre in Augusta, Maine opened in 1913 and was designed by architect Harry S. Coombs, who was known for designing many local libraries. In 1926 the theater was … Continue reading
Sylvia Sidney by Edward Steichen (1931)
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Sylvia Sidney by Edward Steichen, 1931 Gelatin silver print Bequest of Edward Steichen by direction of Joanna T. Steichen and George Eastman House, 1982.365 ©…
On this day: Ballerina Pierina Legnani in 1891
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Italian ballerina Pierina Legnani photographed in London on the 15th of September, 1891, fifteen days before her twenty-eighth birthday. Legnani was born and…
On this day: The Great Theatre Royal Fire | In Times Gone By…
Originally posted on In Times Gone By…. On the 5th of September 1887, the Theatre Royal in Exeter, England burnt down, killing 186 people. It was not the first time the … Continue reading
Favorite direction, ever, “Good. Do it again, and this time make it something resembling human behavior.” David Fincher. Fabulous! Happy birthday!
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Cymbeline; what’s a love story without some scandal? | MCNY Blog: New York Stories
Originally posted on MCNY Blog: New York Stories. It was January 25, 1897, the opening night of William Shakespeare’s romance Cymbeline, based on the legend of an early Celtic British king, … Continue reading
On this day: Dame Adeline Genée in 1916
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Danish/British ballerina Dame Adeline Genée photographed on the 20th of June, 1916. Source
Napoleon Sarony: Celebrity Photographer
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Sarony, Walt Whitman, ca. 1878, Museum of the City of New York, 39.477.10 Before paparazzi and the celebrity media we all…
On this day: John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed | In Times Gone By…
On the 26th of April, 1865, [actor] John Wilkes Booth was cornered and shot dead in Port Royal, Virginia. Twelve days earlier he had assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln in … Continue reading
“A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes – but a movie actor waits.” Mary Astor
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Vandamm Studio
Originally posted on MCNY Blog: New York Stories:
27 years. Over 2,000 Broadway productions. Countless negatives of every conceivable actor who graced the New York stage. Saying that the Vandamm…
Rogues & Vagabonds 