I’m a bit late, but yesterday was the 35th anniversary of her death. She was a singular lady, that one.
Gloria Swanson in Don’t Change Your Husband (1919).Gloria Swanson…
Gloria Swanson in Don’t Change Your Husband (1919).Photos
Gloria Swanson in Don’t Change Your Husband (1919).Happy Birthday, Doris Day!
Ohio’s own Doris Day is 96 years young today!*
Portrait of Doris Day (Aquarium, NYC) circa 1946, by William Gottlieb.
*And a happy birthday to my lovely aunts Lauree and Linda, who share a birthday with Doris.
Happy Belated Birthday, Ms. Lupino!
As a teenager, I was obsessed with the Ida Lupino films, The Light That Failed (1939) and Moontide (1942). The former had the bonus of Ronald Colman, the latter of Jean Gabin. Ida was magnificent in both.
Ida Lupino in The Light That Failed (1939)
Ida Lupino enriched cinema with some of the most nuanced performances of the 1940s, only to outdo herself as a pioneering director and writer. She deserves that rarest of titles: One of a Kind.
Happy Birthday, Lovely Audrey!
The talented and lovely Audrey Hepburn was born on 4 May 1929.
My very favourite Audrey-based book is Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: A Son Remembers by Sean Hepburn Ferrer.
Goodbye, Patty Duke!
Sigh. She’s a hard one to say goodbye to…a brilliant actress and human being. More later.
Patty Duke (1946-2016):
Patty Duke,1975
Happy Birthday, Glorious Gloria!
Gloria Swanson in ‘Don’t Change Your Husband’ (1919)
Happy Birthday, Buster!
Buster Keaton, one of my favourite creative geniuses, was born on 4 October 1895. I made a little slideshow in honor of his 120th birthday. Enjoy!
Font and Frock 