“A star is a person with enormous audience acceptance who is aware of weakness and has genuine humility. A great star is rare.” – Rosalind Russell Film still for Trouble for Two (1936). Photographer: George Hurrell “I won’t rebel against weak roles; they’re a challenge. I will rebel against the same type of roles; […]
“I’m not the Red Riding Hood type. I don’t think any girl is so dumb that she can’t tell a wolf from her grandma.” – Yvonne De Carlo Source: Hedda Hopper (1950) Shades of kitschy horror to come! “I dance six hours a day, I sing two, and I dream a lot. It’s […]
“Your bankroll is your best friend, never forget that.” — Ida Lupino Source: George Johnstone (1934) Photo (1934) “I want a lot of money…not just for the sake of having the money, but so I can select my pictures, if I wish, and turn down others I don’t like. I hope to get enough […]
“People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can’t think why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been a monster-maker or a monster-destroyer, but never a monster. Actually, I’m a gentle fellow. Never harmed a fly. I love animals, and when I’m in the country I’m a keen […]
“I don’t want to get married. Why spoil a good friend by making a bad husband out of him?” – Dorothy Sebastian “I was invited to a party night with some of the girls from Scandals, and among them were Walter Wanger and Joe Schenck and Lord Beaverbrook (William Maxwell Aitken – British newspaper baron […]
“I love the sun, the moon, and trees, and heavy scented flowers. And beautiful friends about me. I hate intolerance and blundering stupidity. And those who are ridden in fear. I have had much laughter and much success. And many tears and dark sorrow. Now, gently, a philosophy has tempered all these things for me.” […]
“That Oomph thing snowballed – but it gave me a tiny foot in the door. When people asked me what it meant, I told them that it always reminded me of a fat man bending down to tie his shoelaces. The studio hated me saying that.” – Ann Sheridan, commenting on her Oomph Girl nickname. […]
An early view. An early view of a piano in the lobby. Another vintage view of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel’s original dining and ballroom, circa 1921. The Ambassador Hotel’s Parrot Porch was one of several less formal dancing and dining rooms located on the ground floor of the Ambassador Hotel […]
Brown Derby Black Bottom Pie recipe: Ingredients: 1 envelope (or 1 tablespoon) unflavored gelatine 3/4 cup sugar 1/8 t-spoon salt 1 egg yolk, slightly beaten 3/4 cup milk 4 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup icy cold evaporate milk, whipped 1 t-spoon vanilla 1 9-inch backed pie shell 1 cup heavy cream, whipped and sweetened Directions: […]
“Glamour is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement.” – Dorothy Lamour At the beach with Lloyd Nolan, Terry Walker, John Howard, Dororthy Lamour, and Larry “Buster” Crabbe. “I never lead white men astray improperly. Never wreck their […]