Yes, It's Monday, Darlings...

...Just suck it up!!!

La Cradock's segment begins at the 10:30 mark, and she begins sucking down winkles at 15:10. Not to be missed, darlings.

Miss Tallulah Bankhead...

Tallulah Bankhead makes a spectacular entrance at The Ritz in London, August 20, 1964.

...now appearing in Fall! Fall! My Darling!

Ageless Audrey

Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina (Paramount, 1954)

Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn in Love In The Afternoon (Allied Artists, 1957)

Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire in Funny Face (Paramount, 1957)

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade (Universal, 1963)

Audrey Hepburn and William Holden in Paris When It Sizzles (Paramount, 1964)

Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady (Warner Bros., 1964)

Among her many talents: teaching old dogs new tricks.

Very Vera

Ms. Hruba Ralston is the quiet, shy type.

When Redheads Rumble...

...Roddy referees.

The Way We Were

"The best-dressed women in the world are to be found on almost any street in America. Without the small fortune it takes to outfit a fashionable woman abroad, women across the U.S. can outdress all others because of a unique $8 billion ready-to-wear industry which puts no price barrier on style. How well the American woman does is illustrated by the photograph at right. Here are 12 new American designs whose prices range from $10.95 to $1,020..." December, 1956

 

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To this we say... What the hell happened, America?!?!

Ladies & Gentlemen, We Present...

...Kaye Ballard and Eve Arden as The Mothers-in-Law.

This Holiday Weekend...

...we hope you're the Toque of the town.

Doris Day...

In actuality: Doris Day with Tuula Mattila, winner of the "Doris For a Day" lookalike contest, which was part of the publicity for Doris' film Do Not Disturb (20th Century Fox, 1965). 

...and her sister, Doo-Dah.

Happy Easter!

We're sure you look bandbox smart, darlings!

The Bain Of Our Existence

A Most Suitable Occasion...

 

 

...to wish Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff a Happy 90th Birthday!

With Friends Like Jackie...

"I'm the only one in the book who doesn't take pills!" -- Judy Garland on being cast as "Helen Lawson" in the film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1966)

"I just read the most marvelous book. It's called Valley of the Moon." -- Bette Davis to Johnny Carson

"Karla! At fourteen, he had masturbated with her picture propped up in front of him. His friends had their school lockers filled with pinups of Doris Day...But with him it had always been Karla." -- Jacqueline Susann, writing in Once is Not Enough (1974)

 

"Ethel [Merman] and I have an old score to settle, but she might not realize it because she doesn't read books." -- Jacqueline Susann on modeling the "Helen Lawson" character in Valley of the Dolls on Merman



"Ethel Merman is a lady and a philanthropist compared to Joan [Crawford]. If I had known Joan when I was writing Valley of the Dolls, Helen Lawson would have been a monster." -- Jacqueline Susann

The Wearing Of The Green

Who did it best yesterday?

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?

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I Could Go On Planting My Own Tree

"Do you think Barbara Parkins can make me sing??? Do you think YOU can...Do you think Ted Casablanca can make me sing??? You can build a crappy mobile, SURE, but can you make me SING under it???"

Sing A Song

Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear.

Losers, Weepers

"Darling, couldn't you have waited until next year?" -- Gloria Swanson to Judy Holliday after losing the Oscar

The Clash

Barbra Streisand stands out at a Chanel fashion show by NOT wearing a suit by Coco.

Marlene Dietrich is not amused.