Ladies And Gentlemen...

...Miss Bette Davis and her trained hands.

Making A Statement

Joan Crawford in I Saw What You Did (Universal, 1965)

Ethel Merman in The Art Of Love (Universal, 1965)

We're Not Having It

"Be gone, Hump Day! I cast thee out!"

Very Vera

Ms. Hruba Ralston is the quiet, shy type.

Miller And The Merm

When legends and their wigs collide.

When Redheads Rumble...

...Roddy referees.

Bronx Betty

LAUREN BACALL

September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014

Go On...

...Sparkle, Jackie, sparkle.

In Plain Sight

Adrian, with a mustache and a beard.

This Holiday Weekend...

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

Thank Heaven...

...the week is Dunne!

When In Rome...

...do as the Burtons do!

Happy Friday, darlings!

Miss Yvonne De Carlo

Munstrously smoldering.

The Bain Of Our Existence

Luminous Lana

Sparkle, Lana, sparkle.

Lollopalooza

 

 

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.

The Wearing Of The Green

Who did it best yesterday?

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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You Take The High Road...

"There is no feud. I have never had a feud with anyone. But if I ever considered having a feud, it would be with one of the stars of the film." -- Dorothy Lamour on being "replaced" in the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope film, Road to Hong Kong (1962), by Joan Collins