• Fashion Friday #6: The Woman In Fashion

    In 1949, Doris Langley Moore published The Woman In Fashion. This book featured clothing and accessories from Moore’s private collection covering the years 1800 to 1927. Moore gathered several famous ladies (actresses, ballerinas, society ladies, editors and opera singers) to model her…

  • Fashion Friday #5: A Yank At Oxford

    In 1938, Vivien Leigh co-starred in A Yank At Oxford with Robert Taylor and Maureen O’Sullivan. Vivien, as the second female lead, played the very flirtatious wife of the local (and older than her) book-seller at Oxford. As Elsa Craddock,…

  • Fashion Friday #4: Shakespeare’s 400th Birthday

    To mark William Shakespeare’s 400th birthday in 1964, Vivien Leigh and her good friend, Robert Helpmann, attended an outdoor celebration for the Bard. The party took place on an overcast day at the partially finished Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.…

  • Fashion Friday #3, On the Golf Course

    Today’s Fashion Friday outfit comes from the 1937 comedy, A Storm In A Teacup.  If you haven’t seen A Storm In A Teacup, here’s a very brief synopsis for you: The movie stars Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Sara Allgood, Cecil Parker…

  • Fashion Friday #1

    In 1958, Vivien Leigh attended a charity event for the Boys and Girls Exhibition. At the National Spastics Society’s stand, Vivien recruited youngsters for The Whistlers, a new club for children with Cerebral Palsy. The club’s motto was “whistle for…

  • Kenneth More on the Well Endowed Actress

    British actor, Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield’s latest movie costar, said Sunday that bust size, rather than measure of talent, has become the gauge for an actress’ success at the box office. More said Miss Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren…

  • Happy 75th Anniversary, Waterloo Bridge!

    This weekend marks the 75th Anniversary of Waterloo Bridge, which premiered on May 16th, 1940. Waterloo Bridge is a beautifully filmed, romantic melodrama, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. The movie was based on the stage play…

  • Gone With the Wind Auction Highlights

    In case you haven’t heard, Scarlett’s Shantytown dress sold at auction for $137,000 this past weekend. The price isn’t too surprising if you factor in the starting price of $60,000, along with the auction house fee and the fact that…

  • Broadway’s Billboard Signs

    Part One“Good Signs on Broadway Soon Junked”November, 1946by Saul Pett Outside they were carving up 30 feet of Jane Russell and loading it into a truck. Inside, grey-haired, practical minded Jacob Starr observed, “In my business, you can’t be sentimental.…