Comments for BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

In reply to Howard David Nourmand. I've sent you an email. What a treasure trove, thank you!

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Brilliant Site. If you ever want to post about the Hollywood Athletic Club let me know. My family owns it and I have full access to the property and the image archives.. https://www.thehollywooda...

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Good show, Vickie! All one can do. Highest death rate has been reported here. Shameful. Particularly shameful for the dimwits who still can't follow simple rules. On the brighter side... Joseph B...

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In reply to George Kaplan. Today the Los Angeles Times is reporting 3,00...

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I hope you get your vaccination as soon as possible, Ms V; I was just about to ask when you were likely to receive yours. March doesn't seem to bad, I wish you could get it sooner but with many m...

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In reply to George Kaplan. Definitely more stories to come, and I will s...

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Well done and thank you for taking the time to do this; a little beacon in the dark. I am sure you have more stories to tell, just as there is light to come! Sincerely yours, G.K.

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In reply to Chris Teasdale. Thank you, Chris! I am looking at the manusc...

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In reply to David. Thank you so very much! I hope you enjoy it. Last night I heard from one of my nieces that sh...

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Would love to see it published

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Congratulations on making it through! . I confess I haven’t started listening to the book, but have good intentions to get started very soon

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In reply to Vickie Lester. Haha! I know what you mean re: channeling Myrna Loy (we re-watched ...

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In reply to Silver Screenings. The last thing I made before this was a baby sweater, 28 years ...

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I've knitted only two things in my life: (1) a red, blue and white scarf that was far too long and wide enough to be a bedspread; and (2) a purple sweater that I accidentally threw in the washing...

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In reply to George Kaplan. Yes, the French Taunter would be sublime! At first I heard hints of M. Le Pew of ze Looney...

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In reply to William Kuhn. I looked at the passenger list for the journey from Le Havre to New York for November, 1937...

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On the Eleventh day of Christmas...! I think you should do a whole podcast in the outrageous French accent of the French Taunter (John Cleese) from Monty Python and the Holy Grail but that's just...

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What's not to love about getting on the Normandie?

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In reply to LA CONTESSA. You would love my sister in-law! Happy New Year! Here's looking forward to seeing you in 202...

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WONDERFUL COMMENT FROM SISTER IN LAW!!!!! I WILL GET TO PODCAST SOON NEXT WEEK!!!! PROMISE CROSS MY HEART!!!! HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! XXX

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In reply to Heather in Arles. And to you! How ...

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Happy Holidays, lovely.

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In reply to Silver Screenings. You too, I hope you are well and safe. The first doses of the vaccin...

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I'm thrilled that you've completed a second novel, and I am now downloading the podcast from Apple. I'm sorry I haven't been able to listen to any episodes before now, but I had a feeling that on...

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In reply to NotebookM by ...

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I hope you are having success with this. I've only been able to read bits and pieces, here and there, now and then, but I like the style and have been enjoying it, without really know where it's ...

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I love that! Altho' to be truthful I think the Pris from Blade Runner make-up sounds great! Maybe not so great for a wedding (unless the bride is a stripper!) to be sure. ;) Love some Eighties fa...

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In reply to George Kaplan. Thank you! You spotted it. Definitely 80s. And the wedding haircut was a remedy to so...

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In reply to Silver Screenings. Thank you! So wonderful to be standing side by side, especially in rough times li...

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Happy Anniversary to you, Happy Anniversary to you, HAP-PYYYYY AAAANNI-VEEERSSS-AAAARY TO YOU TWOOO, Happ- Oops! Wrong song of celebration... Ha! I hope that you and ze Mister had a lovely day co...

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Happy Anniversary and congrats on 33 years!

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In reply to David. Congratulations to you! There will be 36 episodes (maybe 37 if I decide to write an epilogue ...

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In reply to LA CONTESSA. Why thank you! I love Palm Springs — in the winter. That's the terrain I always assoc...

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In reply to PJR. Sending you love and hoping better times for all of us. I saw a picture of St. Christopher's Pl...

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In reply to NotebookM by Lanny Morgnanesi. It's a good time of year to be married. Wishing you many more happy a...

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Congratulations and Happy Anniversary! As of Monday I will be officially retired and near the top of my list is to listen to your new book

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GORGEOUS YOU TWO!!! Palm Springs has happy memories for me too!I had an AUNT who had a house there....... Met LIBERACE on an AIR CALIFORNIA flight headed that way....he drew me a picture with his...

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Happy Anniversary to two brilliant, rare human beings, with love

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Beautiful wedding photo. Major coincidence: I was married 33 years ago today. Have a happy anniversary. I’ve got to go deliver breakfast in bed.

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And to you! It's a brilliant day here, but the winds are going to start by afternoon. Happy to be home, just the two of us, an easy chicken in a pot for supper, and maybe a viewing of "Oh, Brothe...

https://vickielester.com/2020/11/26/favorite-search-term-for-this-website-hollywood-old-smooch/#comment-56059

Happy Thanksgiving

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In reply to https://vickielester.com/2020/11/13/episode-18-under-an-engineers-iron-guidance-the-silent-film-stars-aerie-was-remodeled-stripped-of-original-architectural-character-and-sold-for-enough-cabbage-to-deposit-engineer/#comment-56057

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2020/11/13/episode-18-under-an-engineers-iron-guidance-the-silent-film-stars-aerie-was-remodeled-stripped-of-original-architectural-character-and-sold-for-enough-cabbage-to-deposit-engineer/#comment-56056

By the way, is that photograph from the sequel to The Lion King? You know, the one with the interspecies romance for Simba which ends tragically when he gets peckish a few moments after that stil...

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"Blue skies, nothing but blue skies do I see..." Good to see the comments open to accompany your continuing saga! In the "real" world it is great to see us getting closer to a new dawn even if ce...

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I have googled Mr Bowers and Facebook-searched him from time to time, with no avail. I know he'd be thrilled to learn about my writing career. Maybe one of these days. Meanwhile, let me know what...

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In reply to Martin Turnbull. It's been so long I had to think for a minut...

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"She was bird-boned and regal." What a perfect description. My go-to teacher will always be my 5th grade teacher, Mr Bowers. He was the one who awoke the budding writer in me and to whom I would ...

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In reply to LA CONTESSA. I love that you remember everybody, and that Mrs...

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OH My FIRST GRADE TEACHER was MRS.WEBSTER.......she was old. BUT always laughing and full of JOY!SHE LOOKED OLD but NOW thinking back probably had to be in her 60's too! Then I had MRS. EDISON......

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In reply to Silver Screenings. I'm picturing a prison warden from a movie...

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I remember my high school principal, who was short and square-ish, and she wore A-line skirts with boxy blazers and practical low-heeled pumps. She looked like an old-style prison warden, and she...

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I think it might be the pandemic and how it's working its way through our minds, but people from my past seem to be very present right now. Did you know I can sing Jingle Bells in Latin? It's all...

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I remember my French teacher. Madame Snow. She dressed in the 1970s as if it were 1955. She also had the tight curls. She had endless energy and I don't remember a single down day in her classroo...

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Reblogged this on Eliza's Blog on Life and commented: History of ...

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In reply to FayA. Hello Fay, I have the happy fortune of being the present owner of the house Harriet Wilson's parents had built, which...

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Hi Vickie, I enjoy your site. I especially enjoyed your piece on "The Singing Strings." Do you happen to have an email address for Catherine Ames' nephew Larry who posted the YouTube video of one...

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In reply to Ella B. Hi Ella! I'm trying to remember the sourc...

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Hi! Are these pictures yours? I am making a student documentary about The Uplifters and would love to credit you for these pictures if I can! Best, Ella

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In reply to Daniel Godoy. Daniel, how very DEVOON of you! Whe...

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Vickielester! I'm a bit of fan of your site AND your incredible information about all those things that we love and that some others couldn't give a flip about!! You're DEVOON!! *when La Nazimova...

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In reply to Renata. Hello, Google Books maintains the Life Magazin...

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Where can I find the full article, please?

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In reply to Silver Screenings. Stay warm and well, soon it will be spring. xox

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I know this misses the point of your post, but your photo is lovely. We're having sub-zero temperatures here – even for us that is abnormal – so I'm gazing longingly at that foliage...

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In reply to Vickie Lester. Thanks much, Ms Vickie!

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In reply to Martin Turnbull. Of course you may! Trails and fire roads are closed now but if you can...

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That is one spectacular photo, lady! I imagine it's hardly ever as clear as that. May I re-post it on my Facebook page (with full credit, of course!)

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In reply to Katherine Fuller Mendez. I just took a picture of the lemon blossoms in front of the ho...

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I love my city and will not abound on her. I wish however, we could retreat to your oasis.

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In reply to William Kuhn. Snow! I just looked up your weather, chilly. Please stay warm in your lov...

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What a beautiful world you live in. Snow yesterday in Boston. All the buds struggling, waiting to come out, but having hope deferred.

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Anyway, I live in 90210, Any image you need from the area, I would gladly help.

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I'm afraid the Meyer Estate dos not exist anymore. I drove to the address I found on the internet, the number doesn't exist, and the houses in the area are regular middle class.

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very GRAND THANK GOD FOR GREAT PEOPLE

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The Fairbanks mansion, named not after the actor, but after the son of the namesake of Fairbanks, Alaska!

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Still there, still imposing at 865 Orlando Road in San Marino.

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In reply to Vickie Lester. The Ameita Galli-Curci home in Ranc...

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In reply to https://vickielester.com/2015/03/16/i-think-i-was-8-or-9-when-i-had-a-fcking-mad-thing-for-marilyn-monroe-i-used-to-leave-smarties-the-irish-equivalent-of-mms-under-my-pillow-with-a-little-note-saying-i-know-youre-dead/#comment-51681

Looking for the video of this. Not the retelling on Kimmel in 2017 but I think it was Jay Leno/TS 2006 maybe 2003. Watched clips but not finding it.

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In reply to Vickie Lester. Oh wait...I'm wrong about the pics ...

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In reply to Vickie Lester. Thanks for the information! That ho...

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Am reading Dreyer's English right now and it's every bit as fabulous as you said. Thanks for recommending!

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In reply to Ed. Hi Ed, this house is located at 201 Tilden Av...

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In reply to Vickie Lester. Hi Susannah, Do you happen to know ...

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IT's all TOO MUCH! I am DEVASTATED!

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LOS FELIX I never knew where that city was located! YOU had a good walk and thats what counted!!! XX

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well, OUCH!!!!! But what a gorgeous house!!!!

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The house, from what I remember, almost had the hilltop to itself — very impressive.

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In reply to Mary E. Hello, Mary! I can think o...

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In reply to Martin Turnbull. I used to tromp a...

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In reply to ksbeth. Definitely worth it, and i...

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This looks exactly what I would imagine Cecil's house to be. Beautiful lighting in the photo.

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Auto correct on Foot Glide anti bluster balm works great to prevent blisters.

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Give Foot Glide anti-spyware balm a try. It works like magic to prevent blisters.

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Now *THAT* is what I call suffering for the sake of your art.

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wow, but what a memory. hope your feet have recovered my now and think it was worth it to see it firsthand?

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In reply to Vickie Lester. That is a fabulous book ... so many things you...

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Um, I sent a reply and misspelt my moniker (I also just misspelt "misspelt" but we shall draw the veil discreet over that, as Hercule Poirot might say...)! It should be George *Kaplan* not "Kapka...

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One gust of wind and a marvelous photograph would have become a messy tragedy or have qualified Gwen for the first Darwin award! Gwone with the Wind (or Gwent with the Wind)... Less Sweet Charity...

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In reply to William Kuhn. Hello! I got the mister reading "Sermons and So...

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In reply to Silver Screenings. I was reading the book while waiting for m...

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I always think things are more beautiful when Vickie Lester is posting.

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The book looks wonderful. In fact, I'm already on Amazon, perusing it. As for the Oscar, it looks so natural beside you, I assumed you had won it.

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In reply to PJR. Home at last and the Californ...

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Inspirational, as usual - and I too was struck by the beautiful resemblance of mother and daughter.

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In reply to The Pink Agendist. I just found a ...

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I can see you in her features!Also, Jennifer Love-Hewitt :D

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In reply to Vickie Lester. Aw

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48491

In reply to LA CONTESSA. Mine too! Merci beauc...

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48490

In reply to Martin Turnbull. That is tradition...

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48489

In reply to ksbeth. My mom would make tiny mer...

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48488

MY FAVORITE!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU BACK??

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48480

Pavlova is a popular desert in Australia, where I'm originally from but for the holidays we usually go traditional with plum pudding. But rare is the Aussie who will turn down a slice of pav!

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48478

Wonderful kiss

https://vickielester.com/2018/12/12/a-holiday-kiss-from-grandmother-to-mother-to-daughter-to-you-our-recipe-for-pavlova/#comment-48476

In reply to John. Hi John, this is a guess, but ...

https://vickielester.com/2014/04/18/loretta-young-in-fur-pajamas-wait-sorry-loretta-young-dressed-as-the-easter-bunny/#comment-48457

do you know which book this photo is published in?

https://vickielester.com/2014/04/18/loretta-young-in-fur-pajamas-wait-sorry-loretta-young-dressed-as-the-easter-bunny/#comment-48456

In reply to Vickie Lester. Definitely—it’s been too long!

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48345

In reply to underthehollywoodsign. Save me a piece! xox

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48341

Great recipe—I can’t wait to make it!

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48339

In reply to Vickie Lester. Sounds good.

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48261

In reply to Gallivanta. I would send you links to personal accounts of the f...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48248

Good to hear you are on track with your fruitcake making. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and hoping that there will be help and hope for everyone affected by the fires. It is hard for me to ima...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48246

In reply to William Kuhn. A lot of things in this world remind of my mom the...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48239

In reply to Mytwosentences. I'm so glad, hoping you have a happy Thanksgivin...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48238

In reply to NotebookM by Lanny Morgnanesi. I bake when I'm stressed, you'd t...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48237

Love the picture of the author

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48233

Enjoyed this. Terrific Sunday read!

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48232

That's a great line from your novel, a story unto itself.

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/18/fruitcake-is-my-kryptonite-an-admission-from-a-friend/#comment-48231

In reply to Nicholas. I'm so glad you said that Nicholas. While I think you'...

https://vickielester.com/2014/11/03/the-scarlet-empress-marlene-dietrich-as-art-incarnate/#comment-48222

A film where the sets, props and scenery are pure ART. The actors are like accessories, compared to the beauty which surrounds them. Even the costumes with their exaggerated grandeur, make the ac...

https://vickielester.com/2014/11/03/the-scarlet-empress-marlene-dietrich-as-art-incarnate/#comment-48218

In reply to Mike May. Thank you, thank you and thanks to HossC! I bet the book was even saucier than ...

https://vickielester.com/2013/08/24/jean-harlow-reads-on-the-lot/#comment-48180

Jean is reading "Red-Headed Woman" by Katharine Brush, the film adaptation of which she starred in, in 1932. Mystery solved (5 years later!) by HossC for Noirish Los Angeles: http://forum.skyscra...

https://vickielester.com/2013/08/24/jean-harlow-reads-on-the-lot/#comment-48173

In reply to Vickie Lester. I've read that story so...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48108

In reply to Martin Turnbull. Katharine Hepburn tol...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48105

You crossed the country BY TRAIN?!!?? Look at you rocking it like it's 1941! That gets two big thumbs up from me!

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48096

In reply to Silver Screenings. I did! It was wonde...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48093

You went across the country by rail?! Awesome! That is a marvellous thing to do. Also: Loved your photos of New York. It's been too long since I've visited there.

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48084

In reply to LA CONTESSA. And now I am in the home ...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48067

In reply to NotebookM by Lanny Morgnanesi. I can't...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48066

In reply to Gallivanta. Restorative, and now I am ...

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48065

DONE AND MAILED! TAKES TWO STAMPS.........and if you forgot the stamps they deliver it ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!XX

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48063

Very nice. In the 70s I would ride the near-empty, always late trains out to Missouri. Hard to find anyone but nuns and soldiers.

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48062

Delicious! A trip to revive heart and hope, it would seem.

https://vickielester.com/2018/11/04/a-postcard-on-the-fly-on-the-rails-okay-wait-in-transit-thats-it-from-me-to-you/#comment-48059

In reply to Silver Screenings. Indeed, her mom was Catherine, Wright's daughter. Happy Halloween!

https://vickielester.com/2018/10/20/frank-lloyd-wright-in-hollywood/#comment-47942

In reply to K. Yes, and I haven't seen the new version but the name this time ar...

https://vickielester.com/2013/02/10/love-frances-dee-and-joel-mccrea-happy-valentines/#comment-47941

I'm not the only person to have noticed that "Vickie Lester" is the name that Judy Garland had thrust upon her as her stage name in "A Star is Born"....??

https://vickielester.com/2013/02/10/love-frances-dee-and-joel-mccrea-happy-valentines/#comment-47930

In reply to Martin Turnbull. That does make me feel better. Thank you.

https://vickielester.com/2018/10/20/frank-lloyd-wright-in-hollywood/#comment-47905

In reply to Silver Screenings. Hey Silver Screenings, if it makes you feel any better, I didn't kn...

https://vickielester.com/2018/10/20/frank-lloyd-wright-in-hollywood/#comment-47904

Anne Baxter was Frank Lloyd Wright's granddaughter?! Get out! I had NO idea! (And I call myself a classic movie blogger...sheesh.)

https://vickielester.com/2018/10/20/frank-lloyd-wright-in-hollywood/#comment-47902

In reply to Vickie Lester. I am sorry to hear about the migraine, my friend. I hope i...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47434

In reply to Vickie Lester. Gosh I hope so.

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47421

In reply to miraclecharlie. And who doesn't love a letter, electronic or otherwise? R...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47412

In reply to Gallivanta. Thank you! As for the rewrite I hope people will be energized...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47411

As you know, I, too, have deactivated Twitter and severely limited my exposure to other internet and web adventuring; started emailing (poor you) and writing actual hand-written, stamped and post...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47409

Congratulations on finishing the manuscript. I wish someone could rewrite the political script in the US since 2016!

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47395

In reply to William Kuhn. Am doing my best, it's 95º out and I've got the curtains c...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47388

In reply to Martin Turnbull. Not signing on every day to the world wide web makes a p...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47387

I'm at p 150 and enjoying. Going well. Relax.

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47385

Isn't it amazing to see how much you can get done if you take away all the distractions? I learned that lesson while bashing away at my work-in-progress while in vacation in Mexico with no intern...

https://vickielester.com/2018/09/08/strangers-on-the-internet-exchanging-glances/#comment-47384

Congrats! Finishing the first draft is like running a marathon, isn't it? No wonder you took a nap. It's the natural and sensible thing to do.

https://vickielester.com/2018/08/11/clifford-coffin-took-this-photograph-in-an-age-when-sitting-on-a-california-sand-dune-was-a-beneficial-or-at-least-benign-experience-stay-cool/#comment-47090

Happy for you on both accounts.

https://vickielester.com/2018/08/11/clifford-coffin-took-this-photograph-in-an-age-when-sitting-on-a-california-sand-dune-was-a-beneficial-or-at-least-benign-experience-stay-cool/#comment-47041

Naps are good for all manner of things, immediate past and near future

https://vickielester.com/2018/08/11/clifford-coffin-took-this-photograph-in-an-age-when-sitting-on-a-california-sand-dune-was-a-beneficial-or-at-least-benign-experience-stay-cool/#comment-47033

Best of luck with it.

https://vickielester.com/2018/08/11/clifford-coffin-took-this-photograph-in-an-age-when-sitting-on-a-california-sand-dune-was-a-beneficial-or-at-least-benign-experience-stay-cool/#comment-47030

In reply to nuwansenfilmsen. Hello! I did, and maybe because I was feverish it struck me that I'd rarely se...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/17/gregory-peck-archetype/#comment-46600

WOW!! You actually saw Gregory Peck????? I would've been starstruck.

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/17/gregory-peck-archetype/#comment-46553

In reply to Vickie Lester. My library doesn't have Memoirs of Madame de la Tour du Pin... will have ...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46354

In reply to Marcheline. My favorite French rose is called Maman Cochet... That said, I will find Les...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46311

In reply to Mo. Here's a link to more pictures of their home: https://vickielester.com/2016/08/06/c...

https://vickielester.com/2013/11/17/a-lttle-background-for-tuesday/#comment-46310

Really sophisticated power couple. Anymore pictures of their home?

https://vickielester.com/2013/11/17/a-lttle-background-for-tuesday/#comment-46251

"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" ("Dangerous Liaisons") by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - published by Penguin Classics, translated to English by P.W. Stone. One of my favorite escapes - I read it at lea...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46212

In reply to Martin Turnbull. Yes! How often do you get to read that someone's hangover-face is "char...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46150

I just finished a glorious book by one of my favorite authors, Beatrix Williams. It's called "The Secret Life of Violet Grant." It has a dual narrative from different times zones - 1960s New York...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46149

In reply to Vickie Lester. I keep threatening to re-read Murakami, but not reading enough to get the...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46146

In reply to David. Oops! I didn't catch Haruki Murakami when I first saw your comment. Just looked h...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46145

In reply to David. I read Chabon's "Wonder Boys" when it came out, and pretty much cackled my way th...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46144

In reply to Lois Bryan. "The Uninvited" looks perfect. "...The man who built a house like that in a ...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46143

In reply to Lois Bryan. I seem to remember seeing a Poldark series the *first* time it ran on Master...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46142

In reply to Silver Screenings. So far, June has been lovely! I follow Trav S.D. on some platform, an...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46141

I read Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue while we were in Guanajuato Mexico this spring. It was quite fun especially since I knew most of the locations from when I lived in Berkeley in the 80s....

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46135

btw ... yeah ... summer nights ... no ac ... hot hot upstairs bedroom under the eaves ... giant window fans whirring. Finally falling asleep around 2 or 3 when the house cooled down. I remember b...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46133

I'm into the Poldark series right now ... the Masterpiece episodes are following the books very nicely ... better than I've ever experienced. Usually I'm forehead smacking when I see what filmake...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46132

Am reading "No Applause – Just Throw Money: The Book that Made Vaudeville Famous" by Trav S.D. Fabulous and well-researched history of Vaudeville. It's keeping me absorbed, but it may not be wh...

https://vickielester.com/2018/06/05/dear-one-what-are-you-reading/#comment-46131

Healing tears, Lady Vickie.

https://vickielester.com/2018/05/28/memorial-day-most-of-what-he-did-in-the-war-was-classified/#comment-46047

In reply to George Kaplan. I was touched to read those letters, I could...

https://vickielester.com/2018/05/28/memorial-day-most-of-what-he-did-in-the-war-was-classified/#comment-46046

Touching and fascinating, you must be proud of him (and of your mother, too), just as he would be justifiably proud of a daughter so caring, sensitive, whimsical, charming, and an all-round beaut...

https://vickielester.com/2018/05/28/memorial-day-most-of-what-he-did-in-the-war-was-classified/#comment-46045

In reply to Vickie Lester. Yes. She got an offer from Coca Cola to go to Califor...

https://vickielester.com/2013/02/10/love-frances-dee-and-joel-mccrea-happy-valentines/#comment-45712

In reply to a tale of two long, ‘low’, gables – frame. Nicholas, thank you. A...

https://vickielester.com/2014/03/19/cary-grants-palm-springs-home-the-movie-colony/#comment-45688

into the larger singular gable form.  The second, Cary Grant’s Spanish Colonial Palm Springs residence of 1930, a shallow stuccoed gable punctured by deep-set windows and shaded by deep eaves...

https://vickielester.com/2014/03/19/cary-grants-palm-springs-home-the-movie-colony/#comment-45686

In reply to Michael D Jones. Delighted to hear that, and thank you so much for s...

https://vickielester.com/2013/02/10/love-frances-dee-and-joel-mccrea-happy-valentines/#comment-45676

Forgot to mention that my wonderful experience of knowing Mrs. Francis McCray Was in 2002 in Roswell New Mexico.

https://vickielester.com/2013/02/10/love-frances-dee-and-joel-mccrea-happy-valentines/#comment-45675

I had the privilege of assisting Mrs. Francis McCray at the age of, I believe 90 or maybe 91 as she was in our assisted living facility for rehab after falling at home. She was a bright and vibra...

https://vickielester.com/2013/02/10/love-frances-dee-and-joel-mccrea-happy-valentines/#comment-45674

In reply to William Kuhn. Good morning! I woke up early to tip-tap-type on the conclusion of th...

https://vickielester.com/2015/04/14/mr-mittens-adventures-in-hollywood/#comment-45668

I love reading the posts I missed the first time around. This knowledge is one of the reasons why your current novel is wonderful. Because you know all these things and lots of people (e.g. like ...

https://vickielester.com/2015/04/14/mr-mittens-adventures-in-hollywood/#comment-45667

In reply to justinhess. Hello Justin, thank you for the email. After I saw your comment I found out James Dolena was the architect for ...

https://vickielester.com/about/#comment-45573

Hello Vickie, My name us Justin Hess, and I'm one of JE Dolena's grandchildren. How do I get to your post about him? I just now discovered your site... Thank you for acknowledging my grandfather!

https://vickielester.com/about/#comment-45565

In reply to S...

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/28/this-is-a-purely-fanciful-tale-a-little-nightmare-produced-by-the-unaccustomed-high-living-of-a-brief-visit-to-hollywood/#comment-45357

In reply to l...

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/28/this-is-a-purely-fanciful-tale-a-little-nightmare-produced-by-the-unaccustomed-high-living-of-a-brief-visit-to-hollywood/#comment-45356

Thanks for this terrific reading list! Many of these I've not (yet) read, but I'm placing a few of these on hold at the library right away.

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/28/this-is-a-purely-fanciful-tale-a-little-nightmare-produced-by-the-unaccustomed-high-living-of-a-brief-visit-to-hollywood/#comment-45329

Well, since you asked, my answer from a few years ago.

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/28/this-is-a-purely-fanciful-tale-a-little-nightmare-produced-by-the-unaccustomed-high-living-of-a-brief-visit-to-hollywood/#comment-45222

what a deeply glorious photograph of them both.

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/26/art-may-spill-over-from-creating-a-world-of-language-into-the-dangerous-and-forbidden-task-of-trying-to-create-a-human-being/#comment-44824

In reply to Nath @ BEAUTYCALYPSE. Oui! ...

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/04/tell-me-dont-you-think-theres-difference-between-calling-someone-a-dragon-lady-or-a-bitch/#comment-44806

In reply to Silver Screenings. She is an...

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/04/tell-me-dont-you-think-theres-difference-between-calling-someone-a-dragon-lady-or-a-bitch/#comment-44805

A fascinating read. In other news: in the second and third photograph there is some likeness to Julia Roberts, non?

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/04/tell-me-dont-you-think-theres-difference-between-calling-someone-a-dragon-lady-or-a-bitch/#comment-44799

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. Olivia is right when she says she's in a position to fight against this when younger actresses cannot. I admire her courage to stand against the Ho...

https://vickielester.com/2018/03/04/tell-me-dont-you-think-theres-difference-between-calling-someone-a-dragon-lady-or-a-bitch/#comment-44790

I love that question, about love and attention being the same thing. Profound, really

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/26/art-may-spill-over-from-creating-a-world-of-language-into-the-dangerous-and-forbidden-task-of-trying-to-create-a-human-being/#comment-44776

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2018/02/26/art-may-spill-over-from-creating-a-world-of-language-into-the-dangerous-and-forbidden-task-of-trying-to-create-a-human-being/#comment-44721

Not seen Lady Bird yet, it's on my list now though :-)

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/26/art-may-spill-over-from-creating-a-world-of-language-into-the-dangerous-and-forbidden-task-of-trying-to-create-a-human-being/#comment-44717

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2018/02/26/art-may-spill-over-from-creating-a-world-of-language-into-the-dangerous-and-forbidden-task-of-trying-to-create-a-human-being/#comment-44710

The last line of the script, about loving and paying attention, made me cry.

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/26/art-may-spill-over-from-creating-a-world-of-language-into-the-dangerous-and-forbidden-task-of-trying-to-create-a-human-being/#comment-44709

"Well Joannie...that all changed after Mommie Dearest..." Now there are drag queens who do nothing but "Joan Crawford"...my favorites are the ones who do Joan circa Mildred Pierce.

https://vickielester.com/2017/03/10/nobody-can-imitate-me-you-can-always-see-impersonations-of-katharine-hepburn-and-marilyn-monroe-but-not-me-because-ive-always-drawn-on-myself-only-joan-crawford/#comment-44644

"Well Joannie...that all changed after Mommie Dearest..." Now there are drag queens who do nothing but "Joan Crawford"...my favorites are the ones who do Joan circa Mildred Pierce.

https://vickielester.com/2017/03/10/nobody-can-imitate-me-you-can-always-see-impersonations-of-katharine-hepburn-and-marilyn-monroe-but-not-me-because-ive-always-drawn-on-myself-only-joan-crawford/#comment-44643

In reply to William KuhnW

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44447

In reply to Vickie Lester

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44429

In reply to Vickie Lester

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44427

In reply to First Night Des...

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In reply to Silver Screenin...

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In reply to First Night Des...

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In reply to William KuhnW

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44423

In reply to First Night Des...

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44422

In reply to Silver Screenin...

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44421

He has the best voice + accent.

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44419

I hummed and hawed about supporting Haslam's book yesterday, funnily enough. I'm on Unbound's mailing list and have supported a couple with tiddly amounts but stopped short of Haslam though I'm p...

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44418

Nicky Haslam knew Diana Vreeland well. He was full of wonderful stories when I talked to him. Many I couldn't use. One was about going to a party in a NYC hotel. He showed up in the corridor. Che...

https://vickielester.com/2018/02/02/our-office-lunches-consisted-of-peanut-butter-and-jello-sandwiches-served-with-slugs-of-vodka-nicky-haslam/#comment-44417

A perfect way to spend any evening.

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/31/okay-i-lied-about-last-night-i-didnt-watch-all-the-presidents-men/#comment-44407

In reply to Joe Doakes. The scam he ran was astonishing....

https://vickielester.com/2016/06/23/i-was-born-at-the-age-of-twelve-on-a-metro-goldwyn-mayer-lot-judy-garland/#comment-44368

In reply to K.A. Colorado. Thank you! To know the people and stories behind the imag...

https://vickielester.com/2017/09/12/the-olviver-house-architect-rudolph-schindler/#comment-44359

Hi Vickie, I became a great friend of W.E. Oliver's wife Stephanie while in college in the early 60's and visited the house frequently. It was a great experience and left lasting impressions for ...

https://vickielester.com/2017/09/12/the-olviver-house-architect-rudolph-schindler/#comment-44358

Judy was swindled of her earnings, which lead her to her decline, by her then agent David Begelman. No good bastard forged Cliff Robertson's name on checks at Columbia Pictures. He ended up borro...

https://vickielester.com/2016/06/23/i-was-born-at-the-age-of-twelve-on-a-metro-goldwyn-mayer-lot-judy-garland/#comment-44336

When I was a glamorous little boy in retched Fontana...the boy who lived in the pink house on Orchid Street. I lived for summer time when in the flattening heat of the Santa Ana winds I would cur...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44331

In reply to Firs...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44321

In reply to Vick...

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In reply to Firs...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44318

In reply to Vick...

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In reply to Firs...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44316

In reply to Firs...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44315

In reply to Vick...

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In reply to Vick...

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In reply to Vick...

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In reply to Firs...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44310

In reply to Silv...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44309

Ida Lupino is one of my heroines - with such a 'born in a trunk' history, I was never not going to fall in love with her. However, I wanted to be Rosalind Russell when I grew up! Then I grew up, ...

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In reply to Vick...

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In reply to LA C...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44301

FASCINATING she was able to DO THAT!

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/23/my-agent-had-told-me-that-he-was-going-to-make-me-the-janet-gaynor-of-england-i-was-going-to-play-all-the-sweet-roles/#comment-44300

I loved this post Sis! xoxo

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-hollywood-attends-the-march-on-washington-1963/#comment-44290

In reply to Vickie Lester. Despite his later in life shift I alw...

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-hollywood-attends-the-march-on-washington-1963/#comment-44289

I shared on fb today that I substituted in an elementary classroom last Friday. I mentioned to the students about no school on Monday(today) and most of them forgot that Monday was MLK Jr Day. So...

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https://vickielester.com/2012/08/09/winter-once-upon-a-time-2/#comment-44230

In reply to Vickie Lester. LOL

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/01/i-didnt-say-it-was-good-i-said-it-was-meatloaf-three-versions-joan-crawfords-jack-bennys-and-mine/#comment-44178

In reply to Silver Screenings. Y...

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In reply to Gallivanta. Only if ...

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Thanks for the tip re: pan of water at bottom of the oven. And thanks for these 3 delicious recipes, plus Jack Benny's Sponge Cake for dessert!

https://vickielester.com/2018/01/01/i-didnt-say-it-was-good-i-said-it-was-meatloaf-three-versions-joan-crawfords-jack-bennys-and-mine/#comment-44170

Do stars still give out 'meat' recipes?

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The Shop Around the Corner…at Christmas

https://vickielester.com/2016/12/25/the-shop-around-the-corner-christmas/#comment-44158

“You have to live a life to understand it. Tourists just pass through.” Prince, Resquies…

https://vickielester.com/2016/04/21/you-have-to-live-a-life-to-understand-it-tourists-just-pass-through-prince-resquiesat-in-pace/#comment-44157

California is burning…

https://vickielester.com/2015/09/12/california-is-burning/#comment-44156

Brilliant post!!! ;)

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/29/on-writing-a-hollywood-novel-finding-yourself-tap-dancing-on-a-minefield-you-werent-aware-was-there-or-when-fun-fiction-meets-an-uglier-reality/#comment-44149

What a dilemma for you. I am glad you decided not to withdraw your book. From a purely personal point of view, if you had withdrawn It's in his Kiss, I would have had to take down one of my favou...

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i say forge ahead with it, your intentions and story were all meant for good - we don't always know the full story behind the story until someone comes out with it

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In reply to Vickie Lester. I...

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/23/i-will-honour-christmas-in-my-heart-and-try-to-keep-it-all-the-year-flipping-pancakes-for-you-my-dear/#comment-44142

And to you! I'm thinking of posting a dessert of Ms. Stanwyck's, something with coconut macaroons, strawberries, and rum. As if I didn't have enough sugar over the holidays ;-). xox!

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In reply to pdlyons. Thank y...

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In reply to Gallivanta. It's...

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In reply to Martin Turnbull....

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In reply to ksbeth. Pancakes...

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In reply to https://vickielester.com/2014/03/29/gloria-swansons-spanish-colonial-in-beverly-hills-very-pretty-like-the-actress-i-read-from-my-novel-at-8-and-remember-im-not-an-actress/#comment-44130

I love that gif of Barbara Stanwyck flipping flapjacks – the look on her face is priceless. Also, I have tried Gary Cooper's mother's pancake recipe and those things are DEE-lish! Happy Holiday...

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Reblogged this on Pdlyons...

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I believe this home's original owner was razor blade magnate, King Gillette.

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May your Christmas be as delicious as your pancakes and then some. :)

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Nice to see a photo of the famous hubs! Happiest of holiday seasons to you, m'dear!

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sounds wonderful -

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In reply to Silver Screenings. Christmas breakfast is one of my favorite meals o...

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/19/madame-is-the-greatest-chef-patissier-of-them-all/#comment-44069

In reply to PJR. And if there's a penfriend of the ages it would be you. Merry H...

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/19/madame-is-the-greatest-chef-patissier-of-them-all/#comment-44068

Yum! I'll be right over. P.S. Happy Holidays!

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/19/madame-is-the-greatest-chef-patissier-of-them-all/#comment-44066

If there's a blog for the gods, this is it - a sensory banquet made of words and pictures. So clever xx

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/19/madame-is-the-greatest-chef-patissier-of-them-all/#comment-44054

In reply to Mart...

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/11/dont-fck-with-me-fellas-this-cowgirl-has-been-to-the-rodeo-before-joan-crawford-without-doubt-knew-how-to-flame-broil/#comment-44041

12-15 minutes for a rare steak? I think not! Everything was cooked to a fare-thee-well in those days; I won't even get into the fact that she gives instructions for a rock-hard well-done steak.

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/11/dont-fck-with-me-fellas-this-cowgirl-has-been-to-the-rodeo-before-joan-crawford-without-doubt-knew-how-to-flame-broil/#comment-44040

She loves steak?! Me too! I didn't think it was possible to love her more. (I'm serious!)

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/11/dont-fck-with-me-fellas-this-cowgirl-has-been-to-the-rodeo-before-joan-crawford-without-doubt-knew-how-to-flame-broil/#comment-44016

I would have the steak just for the sake of trying the sauce. I am no longer much of a meat eater.

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/11/dont-fck-with-me-fellas-this-cowgirl-has-been-to-the-rodeo-before-joan-crawford-without-doubt-knew-how-to-flame-broil/#comment-43985

Hold the phones! Joan Crawford was only 5' 4"??? She comes across as such a towering figure that I never pictured her that shot! #newsflash

https://vickielester.com/2017/12/11/dont-fck-with-me-fellas-this-cowgirl-has-been-to-the-rodeo-before-joan-crawford-without-doubt-knew-how-to-flame-broil/#comment-43975

In reply to LA C...

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MY FIRST ENCOUNTER with HER was BABY JANE!!!!!!! I LOVED THAT MOVIE......... HER RECIPE with the PALM OF THE HAND!!!!!HYSTERICAL! I MUST TRY THAT..........and should meat REST!?? NO WAY WILL THE ...

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In reply to Vickie Lester. They are beautiful. "Love" the Lady in Red...

https://vickielester.com/2015/03/22/a-cozy-stay-at-home-sunday-with-the-mister-and-vickie-lester/#comment-43890

In reply to Annie G. Ryder. Hello, Annie! Yes the oils are back, just...

https://vickielester.com/2015/03/22/a-cozy-stay-at-home-sunday-with-the-mister-and-vickie-lester/#comment-43862

Beautiful oils. I hope that you consider returning them to the walls; they are charming.

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In reply to Lee Whelchel. Thanks, Lee. I did not know that!

https://vickielester.com/2013/07/18/trend-setter-marlene-dietrich/#comment-43671

I've never seen the vest but part of her USO act was "Mindreading" act where she'd pretend to read a soldier's mind. At some point she would say "Oh, I can't talk about that." Supposedly she was ...

https://vickielester.com/2013/07/18/trend-setter-marlene-dietrich/#comment-43662

I have just to chip in that when I read that scene it read as totally true. And this was weeks before the whole Weinstein thing began.

https://vickielester.com/2017/10/13/i-get-interviewed-in-evocative-black-and-white-by-william-kuhn-author-of-reading-jackie-and-more/#comment-43563

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43531

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43526

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43525

What Gallivanta said!

https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43522

Please wear the cloak to hand out candy! Or please just wear it. :)

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In reply to https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43511

Say what you will about vampires, they may be bloodsucking fiends but at least they have *style*! Well, not those sparkly p****s in Twilight obviously. Remember Frank Langella's cape in John Badh...

https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43509

In reply to https://vickielester.com/2017/10/27/it-was-her-love-of-life-that-carried-her-through-everything-the-middle-of-the-road-was-never-for-her-it-bored-her-she-wanted-the-pinnacle-of-excitement-liza-minnelli/#comment-43508

First of all. I love the Liza Minelli quote. It emboldens me to get out of the middle of the road myself. Second, this is more evidence of Beguiling Hollywood standing on the same lei line as me....

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In reply to Vickie Lester

https://vickielester.com/2017/10/15/but-i-like-the-animals-better-than-the-best-people-said-the-doctor-doctor-dolittle-created-by-hugh-lofting/#comment-43363