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22 March 2012

Parent organization, Pickford Foundation, de-funds Mary Pickford Institute

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An unfortunate internecine squabble has the Mary Pickford Foundation defunding an Institute that does much to promote the creative and philanthropic mission of the pioneering female filmmaker. [...]

22 March 2012

Faded Los Angeles beauty to get a facelift: Lasky-DeMille Barn

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We all reach the day when we need a beauty treatment. Luckily, Paramount Pictures is heeding the call of the old girl herself, the Lasky DeMille Barn. [...]

17 March 2012

A horse is a good clean animal, says Betty Grable

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Stylish, grown up, funny, dirty, great. That’s Jack Cole’s work with Betty Grable, this time in “Meet Me After the Show” (1951). [...]

10 February 2012

Anthony Slide presents Hollywood fanzine cover art @ Hollywood Heritage

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Concerns a slide show of magnificent cover art of the Hollywood fan magazines, from a presentation by author Anthony Slide, produced by Susan Slutsky. [...]

10 February 2012

Pauline Wagner’s fateful beach encounter with Marion Davies recalled in Santa Monica

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A fun dress-up party for adults. The January 8. 2012 birthday party for actress Marion Davies at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica. [...]

20 January 2012

Jack Cole rocks Rita Hayworth’s world in “Tonight and Every Night” (1945)

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Rita Hayworth doing her thing nicely enough until a monster dancer enters her realm — Jack Cole. [...]

15 January 2012

Marie Bryant put a bun in Betty Grable’s oven

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The jazz dancer, Marie Bryant, claims to have taught 20th Century Fox’s blonde bombshell, Betty Grable, how to shake her thing. The conduit was Jack Cole, for whom Bryant worked as a rehearsal assistant. [...]

11 January 2012

John Singer Sargent dresses Rita Hayworth for “Put the Blame on Mame”

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Iconic? You bet. As “Gilda,” Rita Hayworth is unbelievable in that black slit-up-to-the-thigh number. And who knew from whence the inspiration? [...]

26 December 2011

Next up for Meryl Streep: Maggie T. takes cooking lessons

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Enough, already, Hollywood, with the bio-pics. Make up some characters! [...]

25 December 2011

Jack Cole invites you to a ball

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Our Christmas gift to the world, a sparkling Jack Cole waltz sequence from “The Merry Widow” (MGM, 1952). [...]