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TCM Classic Movie Festival
For all of you fans of the silver screen that live in California, or who can make it there lickety-split, there is a fabulous festival that you must attend! Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is putting on the TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles, California from April 22nd to the 25th. There will be a series of old Hollywood film screenings, including films like Casablanca (starring Ingrid Bergman), Carmen Jones (starring Dorothy Dandridge and Pearl Bailey), Sunset Boulevard (starring Gloria Swanson and Nancy Olson), Pillow Talk (starring Doris Day), Cleopatra (starring Elizabeth Taylor), Some Like it Hot (starring Marilyn Monroe), The Graduate (starring Anne Bancroft) and many many more. What’s…
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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Leigh
“I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.” – Vivien Leigh “I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.” – Vivien Leigh “Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It’s much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.” – Vivien Leigh “I always know my lines.” – Vivien Leigh 2
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The Littler Boudoir: National Velvet
One evening about a month ago, my daughter asked if we could watch one of my “Boudoir” movies. At first, I didn’t know what she meant, but then I realized that she thinks of my old Hollywood films as “boudoir movies” (that I watch in my boudoir and blog about on My Little Boudoir). It melted my heart that she was actually interested in watching an “old” movie with me. Most kids don’t know how to appreciate such artistry. I responded excitedly with a “yes, I would LOVE to watch a boudoir movie with you!” I asked her to sift through my collection and choose the one she wanted to…
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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Moreno
“Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.” – Rita Moreno “They’ve had to overcome a great deal – not as much as I did – but it’s become OK to be Latino.” – Rita Moreno 0
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Vogue (…not the magazine)
As you may have noticed by listening to the My Little Boudoir Soundtrack, I love Madonna’s song Vogue (I also love the magazine). My favorite part of the song is when she names the silver screen movie stars. Here is a visual rendition for your viewing pleasure… Greta Garbo… …and (Marilyn) Monroe… …(Marlene) Dietrich… …and (Joe) DiMaggio… …Marlon Brando… …Jimmy Dean…on the cover of a magazine… …Grace Kelly… …Harlow, Jean (Jean Harlow)…picture of a beauty queen… …Gene Kelly… …Fred Astaire… …Ginger Rogers…dance on air… They had style, they had grace…Rita Hayworth, gave good face… …Lauren (Bacall)… …Katherine (Hepburn)… …Lana (Turner), too… …Bette Davis…we love you… Ladies with an attitude, fellas…
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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Welch
“Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.” -Raquel Welch “We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.” -Raquel Welch “I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn’t bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can’t buy love.” -Raquel Welch “I couldn’t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand?” -Raquel Welch (Don’t you just love those boudoir slippers? Click here to see more.) 1
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Hollywood History: William Travilla
While the subject of the monthly Hollywood History lesson on My Little Boudoir is typically an actress, this month the lesson will be much different (but not too far away from the roots of My Little Boudoir). Meet William Travilla. He is responsible for this… Born on Catalina Island, just off the California coast, William Travilla had a passion for art from a very young age. He attended the prestigious Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles, where he was advanced to adult classes at the age of eight. As a teenager, the burlesque clubs that he passed on his way to school began to pique his interest. Before long…
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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Olsson
“One of my nicknames is ‘Slugger,’ referring to the fact that even when I get knocked down, I get back up again.” – Ann-Margret Olsson “I was very flattered by the sex-kitten thing because I never thought of myself as that.” – Ann-Margret Olsson “The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn’t accept any other… I was a cartoon character. A joke.” – Ann-Margret Olsson 0
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Thinking Outside the Boudoir: Annie
For those of you just recently visiting My Little Boudoir, this post is part of a monthly series called Thinking Outside the Boudoir, where I share my fascination of homes from the movies. While some may not be practical for everyday life, or represent my overall ideal decor, I would love to spend some time in them, even just for a night. In some it is the decor that I fancy. In others it’s the architecture or floor plan. And in some I think it’s my fondness for the characters. The movie home that I want to share today is one of my childhood favorites, Annie. Growing up, my grandfather…
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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” – Pearl Bailey “Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.” – Pearl Bailey “I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.” – Pearl Bailey 0
