ArmandDuval

I really like your star choices. And, the backs are so well done. Have you done Garbo, Harlow, or Dietrich, yet? I would love to see more.

There is one particular scene that comes to mind. When MGM tried to make a musical with Jean Harlow, she had to sing and dance. The voice was dubbed after Jean sang a few opening bars, but the dancing was really noticable. When she goes back to the country club with her new husband, Fanchot Tone, she does a dance for everyone. She begins the dance, with some awkwardness, and then as the camera pans down her dress, as her dress swirls and swirls, it is more than noticable that the legs change, and she becomes Eleanor Powell!! Then, the camera pans back up her dress, with the same noticable effect, and there is JEAN!

Adrian for Harlow in _Dinner at Eight_: peignoir, http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/jeandinnerateight.jpg > negligee and bed jacket, http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/jeandinnerat8.jpg > and, the evening gown that was so tight she could not sit down. http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/29140_1_lg.jpg > http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/jean23.jpg >

And to add to metsfan, here is a Japanese magazine cover of _Sabrina_. http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/Christies20lot2099.jpg >

Hubert de Givenchy's design for Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany?s http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/ChristiesAuction.jpg > "An undated handout image supplied by Christie's auction house in London, showing US actress Audrey Hepburn?s iconic little black dress from the 1961 classic film Breakfast at Tiffany?s that was sold for a dazzling 410,000 pounds (811,390 dollars) at auction at Christie?s in London on Tuesday, 05 December 2006." http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo108/ArmandDuval/breakfast-at-tiffanys.jpg >

Anna May Wong

Cyd Charrise _Two Weeks in Another Town_ Pierre Balmain

This is the one by Edith Head visualfeast was talking about:

The costume designers of Hollywood were the FIRST couturiers of the modern world. They included Adrian, Banton, Orry-Kelly, Head, Plunkett, Irene, and Beaton. Cinematographers, Directors, and Actors have all had their day on these threads, but I have never seen the costume designers glorified. Here is their thread! Designers and stars in their gowns will count and repeats are fine. There are countless gowns and designers to toast! The cat walk has begun. Edith Head and Gloria Swanson Merle Oberon _The Scarlet Pimpernel_ John Armstrong and Oliver Messel ; Maureen O'Hara _Sinbad the Sailor_ Edward Stevenson Hedy Lamarr _Crossroads_ Adrian

La Dietrich! Conferring with the Master! Madame with MM. One for the boys with Rita!

One of the all time great films!

Gary Cooper was in _Morocco_ with *Marlene Dietrich*

Yvette Mimieux

It is an interesting site, johnbabe. It seems to be a site where you can be directly connected to Garbo merchandise. I didn't sign up yet because I am not sure I want to be bombarded with emails about sales. I think I prefer sites like garboforever.com where you can see all kinds of items, pictures, and stories about "The Divine One" without having to sign up. His site is more of a history than a sales connection, but I do appreciate the heads up.

Good job, Cinesage! But, I did not write that. I simply quoted the article from the website, which I provided as backup, correct or not, to give "credence" to my presentation of the information.

I did see _Gentlemen's Fate_ this week, and I thought he was VERY good.

Marilyn Monroe with Jayne Mansfield:

Here is the pic Mongo already posted: Here are two more of the Mansfield/Loren pics: And, Anna Nicole Smith and New York DJ Skye Nellor in 2002 in a parody:

Ethel Barrymore starred in _The Great Sinner_ with Ava Gardner.

Did you know? According to this source, along with many others, the house used in _The Sound of Music_ was where the fabulous beauty Hedy Lamarr lived. http://colintodhunter.blogspot.com/2008/06/hedy-lamarr-articles-in-indian-press-in.html "Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Keisler in Vienna on 9 November 1913 and died on 19 January 2000 in Florida, aged 86. She learned her acting skills by being a student of the famous theatre director Max Reinhert in Berlin. Her first of six marriages was to Friz Mandl, a much older man who dealt arms to the Nazis. Mandl actually attempted to buy all of the remaining copies of Ecstasy so no one would be able to see his wife naked. He never succeeded however. Incidentally, the mansion used in the 1965 film The Sound of Music was their home while they were married. After spectacularly fleeing from her controlling Nazi-sympathising husband in 1937, by reportedly drugging her maid, she ended up in London where she met MGM studio boss Louis B.Mayer who kickstarted her career in Hollywood."

Quentin Crisp

Ona Munson

Lizabeth Scott

Ava Gardner and Mickey Rooney Ava Gardner and Arte Shaw Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra