1932 Publicity Photo, public domain Joan Crawford (190? - 1977): "I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love." She was known for playing determined working-girls in most of her films, portraying women who had a rough start in life, but eventually … [Read more...]
Queer Quote: “I Should Have Known You’d Know Where to Find the Booze and The Boys!” – Joan Crawford (The Character, Not the Woman)
"I learned it from you, Mom."Christina Crawford, the character, not the person It has been 42 years since Frank Perry's cult classic Mommie Dearest was released and rocked Hollywood and audiences alike. The film is an adaptation of Christina Crawford's 1978 memoir about her … [Read more...]
#FlashBack: 1929, The First Academy Awards
Photograph via Wikimedia Commons The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood on May 16, 1929. Only 270 guest were invited and no there was no television broadcast, the only time in Academy Awards history that the ceremony wasn't broadcast in some way; even a year … [Read more...]
#OscarFlashBack: WoW Writer, Stephen Rutledge, Goes To The Academy Awards
On a spring day in 1974, I was visiting at a friend’s house in Beverly Hills whose parents were famous musicians. I was a big fan of their work and I was acting cool and collected, holding back from gushing, when their neighbors dropped by to talk about what to wear to the … [Read more...]
Oscars Weekend: Celebrating Hollywood’s Nearly Forgotten Filmmaker, Gregory La Cava
He was nominated twice for a Best Director Academy Award, yet when considering the great directors of Hollywood's Golden Era, you think of William Wellman, Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, John Ford, or George Cukor, yet of all the filmmakers from that age, few deserve remembering more … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I Always Have Coffee Without Sugar, You know. Just Cream” – Director, Vincente Minnelli
Screen Shot via YouTube The life of Vincente Minnelli (1903 -1986), the director of classic MGM musicals such as Meet Me In St. Louis (1944), Gigi (1958), and An American In Paris (1951) was as peculiar as the surreal dream ballets that became his … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Remembering Ultimate Gay Icon, Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky: "The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues." She came into my focus when my mother sat me down … [Read more...]
The Many Mysteries of Golden Age Movie Star, Merle Oberon
Photo from Stage magazine, 1937, public domain Merle Oberon: “Without security, it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful.” She was born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson probably in Bombay 113 years ago this very day. It seems improbable, but yes, our lives … [Read more...]
Remembering Movie Star, Kim Novak on Her 90th Birthday!
1962 publicity photo, public domain Kim Novak: "I walked away from Hollywood partially because I didn't stand up to the bullies. I caved in to the pressure instead of fighting for what I felt was right…and I didn't have the courage to prove myself to my peers through my … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I Started Off Wanting 1 Husband & 7 Children, But It Ended Up the Other Way Around” –Lana Turner
On set of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), public domain At the conclusion of the opening episode of the second season of Mad Men (2007 - 2015), the show's protagonist, Don Draper, buys a book of poetry after being told by a hipster in a Greenwich … [Read more...]
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