Everything Old Is New Again

Some things never change.

T.G.I.F.

Theda

 

Gail

Isa

Frances


Start the weekend with a smolder, darlings.

All Of Me

"They come to see only parts of Ekberg, but all of Tucker!" -- Sophie Tucker on attracting more visitors to the Paramount lot than Anita Ekberg 

Joan Says:

"Bless you, darlings! Saturday night is all right for dancing!"

Lily of the Valley

On what would have been her 115th birthday, we salute the charming Lily Pons (who seems to be doing her very best Josephine Baker impersonation below). You can read a previous post about the lovely Lily here, in which she was revealed to be that week's Mystery Guest. Enjoy, darlings!

LILY PONS

April 12, 1898 - February 13, 1976

Skirts Ahoy

Simply Robed

It Girls

"Joan Crawford called me up the other day and I didn't know her. She had one of those trick English accents and a Lady Vere-de-Vere voice...Joan's gone a long way from the Charleston contests and you can bet your life she's got what she wants..." - Clara Bow

Fine Feathered Friends

"To me, Joan Crawford’s screen portrayals are all one: a series of transparencies through which she projects her daydream –- herself –- a wonderful abused kid. On the screen, every ladylike effort is stretched by the memory of self-abasement; the salt of every tear is the salt of self-pity." - Louise Brooks

It's Our Birthday!

And, yes, we do intend to rock out with our cock out.

Her Cloak is Trimmed in Monkey Fur

To lend a dash of drama.

Happy Monday!

Remember, darlings: life is a song worth singing!

They Walk Among Us

Size Matters

Who's Counting?

"Katharine Hepburn may have had four Oscars, but Walter Brennan had three. The woman's a purseful of mannerisms and gaudy affectation...She doesn't act. She emotes." - Estelle Winwood

A Glamorous Life

In a grand, glamorous tradition...

Cristobal Balenciaga

Baron Nicholas "Niki" de Gunzberg

Gore Vidal

Hubert de Givenchy

Van Day Truex

Michael Greer

Roy Halston

We present, back by popular demand, Merle Bassett: The New York Years.