Helpmann via The Royal Ballet School Collections, White Lodge Museum April 9, 1909 – Robert Helpmann: "The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops." Sir Robert Helpmann was an international ballet star and … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Talking Pictures Are Like Putting Lip Rouge on the Venus de Milo.” – Mary Pickford
The First Female Movie Mogul. Fashion Icon. The biggest star in showbiz. In 1919, Pickford, with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks, formed the independent film production company, United Artists. Through UA, Pickford was able to produce and perform in her own … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Fashion Icon, Vivienne Westwood
Photo from Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2018) via YouTube April 8, 1941– Vivienne Westwood: "I was very aggressive about punk in those days. It Was like a You're-With-Me-Or-Against-Me kind of Thing." Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood was a major force in bringing … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Billie Holiday
Holiday in 1947, photograph by William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress, public domain April 7, 1915 - Billie Holiday: "Sure, I've Been to Bed with Women… but I Was Always the Man." The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021), based on the book Chasing The Scream: The … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Ram Dass
Ram Dass, 1970, via YouTube April 6, 1931 - Ram Dass "Treat Everyone You Meet as if They are God in Drag." He was the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it with … [Read more...]
#FlashBack1981: 40 Years Ago Kim Carnes’ “Bette Davis Eyes” is Number One
Bette Davis was often filmed in close-up shots because the camera loved her distinctive eyes. Her eyes were a deep blue, yet they appeared to be brown in her black and white movies. Writer Graham Green wrote: "Even the most inconsiderable film … seemed … [Read more...]
#Breaking: Gregory Peck Was a Good Guy!
To Kill A Mockingbird via Wikimedia Commons I feel that a majority of Americans feel that Joseph Robinette Biden is a good person, a decent human, especially after that time a lying, cheating, adulterous, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, traitorous television reality show … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Ultimate Icon, Bette Davis
Photograph by George Hurrell, Biography via YouTube April 5, 1908– Ruth Elizabeth Davis: "Everybody has a heart. Except some people."Bette Davis as Margo Channing All About Eve (1950), is a devastating debunking of theatrical tropes and types. This … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I’m Shakin’ the Blues Away. Unhappy News Away.” – Ann Miller in “Easter Parade”
Easter Parade MGM via YouTube Easter Parade (1948) stars Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford and Ann Miller, featuring songs by Irving Berlin, including Easter Parade, Steppin' Out with My Baby, and We're A Couple Of Swells. It was the most financially successful film … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Anthony Perkins
Photo by by Allan Warren, via Wikimedia Commons April 4, 1932– Anthony Perkins: "Rock Hudson let his gay agent marry him off to his secretary because he didn't want people to get the right idea." Anthony Perkin's longtime friend, artist Don … [Read more...]
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