“I pay as I go. My heart is slave to my head. Men are as pleasant and exciting to me as the lavish gowns I adore. I drink the sparkling cup of love because I know my heart will never betray me. I am TALLULAH the MODERN.” — Publicity poster for “Tarnished Lady” “For ten…
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Of Blackglama and William Desmond Taylor (no relation)
Out of extreme curiosity, can anyone tell me why hundreds of people all over Canada would have been looking for the Barbara Stanwyck Blackglama advertisement last Saturday? Update: An answer! From Anonymous in comments: A CBC radio show called the Age of Persuasion (an EXCELLENT show) mentioned that ad in a episode about Luxury Advertising.…
Alice, Gertrude, Cecil
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, 1935, as photographed by… …Cecil Beaton, 1937, courtesy Chateau Thombeau.
Santa Claus vs the Beauties
Santa with Beauties Phyllis Haver, Harriet Hammond, and Marie Prevost… but I could be wrong! joltenjoeswife identifies the third Beauty as Mary Thurman.
Santa Jack
My best boyfriend Jack having an off day. Please leave your puns about his beard at the door.
Frances Marion & Fred Thomson
Frances Marion and “The Wind” at Mythical Monkey Writes About the Movies “Even for Talkies, the Women Who Wrote Worked Silently” by Cari Beauchamp “Hollywood Pioneer Frances Marion: The Most Renowned Female Scriptwriter of the 20th Century” by P. Ryan Anthony.
Joan and Renee
Renee Adoree Joan CrawfordBoth portraits credited on various websites to Ruth Harriet Louise, circa 1928. I had to fight the urge to title this post “What The Hell Lead Up To This?”
Secret Life of Objects: Female & Footlight Parade
Back in April, I briefly blogged about Female (1933), and a kind commenter mentioned that the swimming pool at Alison’s ridiculously amazing home was the set used in Footlight Parade. The “By a Waterfall” set in Footlight Parade: A close-up of the set just in front of the fountain as it appeared in Female: They…
Booty Bumps Through the Ages
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
A Little Detective Work: The Only Thing (1925)
This picture has been making the rounds of Tumblr blogs, and it’s listed as “Lon Chaney, 1920s”. That’s not Lon Chaney; I think it’s a still from The Only Thing (1925), and here’s why: The first thing I do in these situations is look for the still code written in the corner of the photo,…