Strictly entre nous: I’m not a fan of Jeanette MacDonald. I am a fan of opera, thank you very much indeed (I begged–and won–for my parents to take me to see Le Nozze di Figaro at the Los Angeles Opera at age 16) but I’d much rather listen to Irene Dunne’s falsetto’s than the fluttery … Continue reading San Francisco (1936) and The Art of Disaster
By 1961, the Hollywood Studio System had begun a slow rot from the inside out which would, by decade’s end, see to its total collapse thus ending the Golden Age of classical Hollywood. The Misfits, directed by John Huston and penned by Arthur Miller, is a fascinating relic from those years in flux that bewildered … Continue reading The Misfits and the End of an Era
The Jean Harlow Blogathon Day One! Today The Jean Harlow Blogathon kicks off and we are off to a roaring start! Thoughtful, imaginative and introspective—everyone is really putting out some beautiful work which just amps up the excitement of what’s in store for the rest of the week. Thanks to all the participants who have … Continue reading Blog it for Baby: Day One of the Jean Harlow Blogathon
The Kitty Packard Pictorial 