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Monday, March 29, 2010

Coincidences that cannot be overlooked.


Just today, Thom over at Chateau Thombeau gave me a cosmetological shout out. And a few hours earlier, while reading an adorable little article in the latest New Yorker (The Style Issue 3/29/10), Judith Thurman had a piece about wrinkles and couldn't help but mention my name.


















I'm not so lucky to have a weekend Melba package of my own....I'll have to make do with my Arden. And don't get me started about the Velva Cream. What was that poor woman thinking?

BACK STREET(1961)

"Sorry I can't wait, I'm going out to dinner" were the words Mrs. Paul Saxon uttered to her poor, beleaguered husband as she jumped into the '58 Desoto coupe, ultimately killing them both. The Saxon's were Chrysler people, Paul having had his own '58 Newport (I think) convertible. I just loved those Forward Look cars tooling around Paris. Similarly, I swooned during "Julie & Julia" when the Child's Buick station wagon was shown zooming up a Parisian rue. I thought someone might recognize the design on the gas and brake pedals as Chrysler items. I'm not sure how long that was standard with Mopars, but I imagine it went well into the 60s. And don't worry, I'm well aware that Rae would have nothing to do with any plebeian automobile, choosing to wend her way through Paris in a magnificent Mercedes.


Susan and MJ, your Tippi Hedrin guess was excellent! I bet Hitch did order a shot just like Vera's.















Sunday, March 28, 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Snatched from the Movies

No, I don't have a foot fetish, but I was entranced with my mother's high-heeled feet when she drove. Heck, when you're too small to see over the dashboard, your eyes can't help but go down. Might anyone have any idea whose foot this is, thereby knowing what movie it's from?

Typos and Grammatical Errors


Over at Post Apocalyptic Bohemian, a lovely birthday notice was posted for the ever wonderful Sarah Vaughan. If I had to choose one artist to spend all of eternity listening to, it would be Sassy. Seeing this posting prompted me to post this photo of Sarah's tombstone.....I'm sure you'll shake your head as I shook mine when I first saw this. Sarah was called Sassy, but to use that word in front of her name as an adjective, well, that's wrong. I'm the furthest thing from a grammarian, but that be a no-no. And don't get me started with DEVINE. For me, this is a horror, etched in stone.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Once again, here's the results....




Snapshot #1 below is Annabella, the French actress who married Tyrone Power in 1939. This was probably taken for "Bridal Suite" which was released May 26, 1939. Of course, I'm leery of this since the date on my snapshot is March 14, 1939. Upon further inspection, I find that Annabella, (who portrayed Luise Anzengruber) played opposite Robert Young (who portrayed Neil McGill). If you look closely at the monogram on Annabella's pajamas, I'm thinking I see an "N" an "M" and I think a smaller "C" under that "M". And from the looks of the snapshot, she's obviously wearing someone else's clothes, the sleeves are way too long. So, I guess post production at MGM could be veddy, veddy speedy. Born Suzanne Georgette Charentier, Annabella died of a heart attack in France, 1996. She was 89.





Yes, snapshot #2 was a cinch to guess. Imagine if all the photos had had this information? Connie was a staple on 60s television. Many knew her from "Another World" playing Ada Hobson. On this day, she was at MGM in "The Last Hunt" with Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger and Lloyd Nolan.






As far as I was concerned, #3 was easy too. My scan lopped off the date, June 29, 1946 and I find it completely useless. Everything Bogie did around then was for Warners, so why was MGM taking his photo? I'm stumped. Interesting shot of the wiry little bugger, eh?

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Friday, March 19, 2010

Happy Birthday Phyllis

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Oops, almost forgot....

And the last mystery results are......






Numero Uno mystery is Linda Christian who was, for a time, Mrs. Tyrone Power. She was also, for a time, married to this gentlemen, featured here inside mitten drinnen. Seems she & Ed (shown here) were offered the leads in "From Here To Eternity", but Linda wasn't in the mood to make the picture. Oh well.











Ronny Coleman was gussied up to play Hafiz in "Kismet" opposite Dietrich, who is not the other mystery in my snapshot.
































Number three is Jesse White, probably most famous as the long suffering Maytag repairman. My shot may be from "Harvey", (1950) where he played Wilson, sanitarium orderly, his first credited film role.

FROM THE VAULTS

Anyone remember this National Lampoon treasure? Yes, it was juvenile, yes it was racist, homophobic, totally un-PC, but back then, we laughed. Some of it still holds up....."Swillmart, Where Quality is a Slogan" "Swillcrest Farms" "Sammy Swill Swill-Pro Golf Clubs"......I think I laughed even harder once I moved to Toledo and realized that the city I was living in was a part of the joke.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Swillmart & Miz Lottie


Food Clown

And you know we never ever called Food Town Supermarket Food Town. It was always Food Clown.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Yes, it is a burden.



NY Times, Sunday, March 14, 2010

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Peggy, Clytie and Ethel: 1926


Grabbed this photo from a great site. I'm just a bit surprised by #2's name. It is what I think it is, right?

We're getting close to the dregs!

Here's three more who are they?