ALFREDO'S PAELLA

"I'm past the stage in which noise is a stimulant" -- Mary Astor to Doro Merande on Alfred Hitchcock's TV show

"It was indeed an amazing room. The paper on the walls, the cretonne of the curtains and on the upholstered furniture were of the same ...

We're mad about classic ocean liners, especially great pictures of classic ocean liners. We're also mad about out-at-sea pictures th...

"I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons." -- Jan Sterling in ACE IN THE HOLE

No excuses, but in one afternoon we found ourselves watching Gig Young back to back, courting Joan Crawford in "Torch Song" and Ka...

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Beautiful Debra Paget, an inspired costume, a bad papier mache cobra and a little Fritz Lang magic.

Party time: Gloria Swanson and Diana Dors

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"Remember Lillian Roth, whose big voice made her a movie musical queen back in the late twenties and early thirties? She's back in ...

"I was shocked with the stunt Terry Moore pulled recently at Las Vegas in her night-club appearance. I have always thought of Terry as ...

CATHERINE DENEAUVE LUCILLE BALL LOUISE BROOKS LINDA DARNELL TIPPI HEDREN BETTE DAVIS JEANNE MOREAU BRIGITTE BARDOT

We never got over watching AUNTIE MAME in Spanish. We will investigate if IMITATION OF LIFE has language options too. We can't wait to h...

The Patti Andrews, from the Broadway Wigs collection, NYC

" In twenty-five years Mrs. Garstin never invited anyone to dine at her house because she liked him. She gave large dinner parties at r...

We have no problem imagining Gloria Swanson belting her closing line in Spanish: "Estoy lista para mi close-up, Señor DeMille!"

PATTI PAGE PATTY McCORMAK PATTI LUPONE PATTI AUSTIN PATTI LABELLE

"My feeling for [the theatre] hasn't changed. But my feeling is for the memories. I hate how casual it is now. I loved the specialn...

If we'd been Ginger Rogers we'd have been less concerned about the implications in this publicity shot with Doris Day for STORM WARN...

The stylish comedienne Ina Claire gets off some of the juiciest lines in NINOTCHKA, a movie loaded with juicy lines: "I know how you f...

A night out at El Morocco in 1936, as reported by LIFE magazine. Broadway was represented by personable Ina Claire, the only American actres...

We are remiss not to note the passing of Olga San Juan at 81 on January 3rd. Born in Brooklyn, she started early on radio and in the 1940s a...

"Acting is the last thing you did after everything was ready, and you did that for two minutes at a time. Then they glued those two...

HOLDEN CAULFIED'S MANHATTAN: AN INTERACTIVE JOURNEY

The silky dark version of the Matt Dennis/Earl Brent classic torch in a surprising saloon turn by Bruce Springteen. (A tip of the hat to C...

When Kaye Ballard signed on in 1967 to share top billing with Eve Arden in NBC's "The Mothers-In-Law", she claims she got the ...

Allegedly, this is a picture of Rock Hudson on his way to have a lobotomy. Universal Studios had deemed it a necessary last recourse, in vie...

For the first time, these two Hollywood legends on one CD. These recordings were made in 1957, when both women were at the top of their game...

Venus de Milo was noted for her charms, But strictly between us, You're cuter than Venus, And what's more you got arms. -- Love is ...

Innocence and an over supply of testosterone were at play way back, when we thought the Creature from the Black Lagoon was pretty hot fish. ...