Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Modern Femmes Fatale: Part 178

Clarissa Leone
Deborah Ann Woll
Duffy
Emmanuelle Béart
Eva Green in Cracks (2009)
Helene Yorke
Lily Donaldson
Marina Sirtis
Meg Ryan
Virginia Madsen

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Adventures in Androgyny: Ossi Oswalda

Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
with Curt Goetz  in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
with Curt Goetz  in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
with Margarete Kupfer in Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Tracking with Closeups: Peg Entwistle

c.1932 (collection of Bruce Torrence)
Peg Entwistle is mostly remembered for having committed suicide 2 days after the release of her only film, Thirteen Women (1932), by leaping from the 50 foot Capital "H" of the Hollywood sign.

Friday, November 16, 2018

Out on the Town: Dorothy Lamour

with husband Herbie Kay at an event in Los Angeles, 1940
dining with Lt. Elliot Van Devanter Jr. at a party for war heroes hosted by movie actresses during WWII
with Betty Hutton at the Brown Derby

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Thursday, November 8, 2018

@Home with Joan Collins

Joan Collins relaxing at her parents flat in Regent's Park, 25th November 1958