A Dahl's House

Yesterday, we dreamt that we paid a visit to Arlene Dahl's charming apartment, circa 1976, in the company of gossip columnist Shirley Eder. In the dream, we are waiting in the apartment (which we dream to be done all in white and Chinese yellow, to best set off Dahl's flaming red tresses) for Arlene to come home; when Arlene finally makes her entrance, Shirley is on the phone, "acting on a tip," so Arlene lavishes her attention on us. We and Arlene mutually exclaim over how gorgeous the other looks, and then giggle as we both admit that everyone always tells us the same thing. "Well, darling," we tell Arlene, "we have three things in common: good genes, good taste, and upkeep." Arlene nods sagely.

Hollywood Hills

 

 

At home with Mamie Van Doren.

Fancy Passes

 

 

"I like to think of Charlie Conerly's marvelous passes, and that he made them first at you!" -- Arlene Francis to Perian Conerly, wife of the New York Giants quarterback, on Mrs. Conerly's What's My Line? appearance

The Debate Rages On

Do you prefer Saxon on the beach...

...or doing it Moondoggie style?

The Wearing Of The Green

Who did it best yesterday?

St. Patrick

Lee Patrick in The Walls Came Tumbling Down (Columbia, 1946)

Lee Patrick and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros., 1941)

Lee Patrick and Bette Davis in Now, Voyager (Warner Bros., 1942)

Lee Patrick, Ann Blyth and Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (Warner Bros., 1945)

Willard Waterman, Rosalind Russell and Lee Patrick in Auntie Mame (Warner Bros., 1958)

Lee Patrick in Singin' Spurs (Columbia, 1948)



The real Saint Patrick, darlings.

We Coaxed The Blues Right Outta The Horn

Flashback Friday:
We came, we saw, we conquered, and absolutely nothing was the same, darlings.

Plain Jayne

 

 

Stars...they're just like US!

Royal Rocks

According to our beloved friend, Lango Aurelian, "Her Majesty's brooch is one of the original pieces of the Cambridge Emerald Parure (removed from the Duchess of Teck's stomacher in 1897)."

Now, show of hands, darlings:

 

How many of you were actually squinting at the screen, searching for an entirely different sort of flash of jewels?

Visit LANGO AURELIAN

It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House

The Gang's All Here

with Mae West

 

with Gina Lollobrigida and Carol Channing

 

with Marilyn Monroe

 

with Gloria Swanson and Tallulah Bankhead

 

with Joan Crawford

 

with George Nader

Everyone wanted a piece of the Rock.

Flashback Friday

Your humble blogger, before and after.

Let's Make Love

 

 

Happy Hump Day!

 

 

 

Michael Billington of "U.F.O." hopes that it's extraordinarily extraterrestrial.

Maybe Tuesday...

 

...will be my good news day.

Punch and Judy

After watching the train wreck that was last night's Oscars telecast, and the shoddy way they treated Kim Novak, Liza Minnelli and Dame Angela Lansbury, all we can say is thank goodness that The Punchy Players are around to keep the legends alive, kicking, tapping, hoarding and cashiering! Bless you, Jeff and Chris!

 

That's Right...

...we're forcing Monday into submission.

The Element Of Surprise

All but lost in these post-Grindr times.

May The Weekend...

...measure up to your expectations.

SSUWAT Wishes You...

...a Texas-sized fabulous Friday, darlings!