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A bath that brought on the Hayes Code – no nipples on screen – no double...
Colbert landed her famous role as a femme fatale in Cecil B. DeMille’s films where she wore fetishistic costumes which lose layer after layer of clothing. In the 1932 historical epic, The Sign of the...
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Gary Cooper in the bath, the Lubitsch touch…
It’s supposed to be Louis the XIV’s, a gift to Claudette Colbert in the comedy Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, and of course it breaks like an eggshell around lanky Mr. Cooper. Funny how differently men are...
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Claudette Colbert skis Sun Valley, and who’s that tall drink of water? Why,...
* Claudette Colbert (1948) Sun Valley – photographed by Earl Theisen. Getty Images * click on the red letters * Earl Theisen, my dad: Daughter finds negatives of Marilyn, more. *
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My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England...
Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers. Ida Lupino Is it any wonder she turned to directing? In an era, I might add, when that was a nearly...
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Okay, I lied about last night. I didn’t watch “All the President’s Men”
I had a Preston Sturges film fest instead, and went to bed blissfully happy…movie magic…binge watching of the best kind . The Lady Eve… In which card shark Barbara Stanwyck tries to swindle bashful...
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The Palm Beach Story
How does a young lady who hops aboard a train in New York City without her luggage and ticket end up serenaded by “The Ale and Quail” club? And, breakfast with a stranger dressed in a pajama top and...
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DAVID NIVEN’S FIRST “REAL” MOVIE ROLE – STARRING CLAUDETTE COLBERT AND GARY...
First of all, hats off to one of my favorite blogs: The Automat | In which the unqualified gentleman looks at art. And, thank you Mr. Whittington for reminding me about Mr. Niven’s wonderful...
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CLAUDETTE COLBERT AND THE MAGIC OF CINEMA – BY GEORGE KAPLAN
Claudette Colbert & The Magic of Cinema There are some actresses whose names you don’t hear much anymore. It’s something to do with the passing of time; some stars are well-remembered, others,...
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THE WORLD IN A LIBRARY – BY GEORGE KAPLAN
THE WORLD IN A LIBRARY Depending on what source you read, either printed books or e-readers are doomed. Traditional publishing is in chaos while technology is opening up new avenues for innovation...
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Measuring up – and wardrobe malfunctions
A little bird in the wardrobe department chirped this item in my ear –she was having a hard time getting actors under thirty to put on their underwear. Besides the obvious issues of hygiene what you...
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The man who set screwball comedy on its ear – Preston Sturges
The Seven Wonders of Preston Sturges In just four years, 1940–44, Preston Sturges wrote and directed seven classics reflecting the America he loved and laughed at–a fast-talking, unpredictable melting...
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Sh…I’m sleeping…watch this little bit of The Palm Beach Story and I’ll see...
My darlings, I first posted this the day after the Academy Awards in February, and I’m trotting it out again because; a) it’s possibly my favorite movie of all time, and b) I’m still working with my...
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