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featuring the crème de la crème of movie styleInge Greguschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323620113075447220noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2779657075535515558.post-75582944019766226672015-06-26T17:16:00.001-07:002017-03-28T02:52:21.167-07:00Garbo's Last Silents-1929<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The following is my contribution to the<strong> <u>CLASSIC MOVIE HISTORY PROJECT BLOGATHON</u></strong>, June 26-28, 2015, hosted by <u><strong>Movies, Silently</strong></u> and sponsored by<strong> <u>Flicker Alley</u></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the 1920s drew to an end, Greta Garbo had not yet agreed to do any talking pictures. She had, however, graduated from playing exotic temptresses who drew men into a web of despair and ruin--often destroying herself in the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In her three Silents of 1929, Garbo was upgraded to a sophisticated, liberated woman. Temptation may have been everywhere, but there was always the option of marrying (or returning to) a stable, loving and wealthy spouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps to compensate for the lack of talk--MGM spared no expense for these films. The musical scores are lilting, the gowns by Adrian are gorgeous, and the Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons is the stuff of Art Deco legend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>"You are like the orchids of your country--you have the same cold enchantment. In Java the orchids grow wild--and their perfume fills the air."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lovely Lillie Sterling (Greta Garbo) and her husband, John (Lewis Stone) set sail from San Francisco, bound for Java--in their most up to the minute travel costumes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lillie dresses for dinner the first evening, in a stunning backless white satin dress, with a huge corsage of (what else?) orchids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On deck, they meet the Javanese Prince de Gace (Nils Asther): charming, handsome and smitten with Mrs. Sterling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">De Gace makes no secret of his desire to compensate for John Sterling's neglect of his beautiful bride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Prince entertains the couple lavishly at his Javanese estate. Lillie decides, after watching exotic and erotic dancers, to pique her husband's interest, by dressing in one of their costumes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poor Lillie even gets stranded in a jungle cabin with the ever-amorous Prince. So far she has kept her virtue and fidelity to John intact. Will she succumb to de Gace's advances?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a tiger hunt, Lillie must fend off de Gace yet again. Only when he is hurt, does the poor girl catch a break.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below, the much photographed striped Adrian pajamas and robe to fit the Art Deco mansion Arden inhabits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Packy invites her to breakfast aboard his boat the "<em>All Alone</em>" before he sets sail for the South Seas the next morning. As they fall madly in love, Arden impetuously accepts his invitation to join him for a romantic shipboard tryst of indefinite length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having no clothes of her own on the idyllic seafaring voyage, Arden wears those of her lover, creating a chic menswear vogue, more than half a century before the "boyfriend" look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After months of passion, sun and surf, Packy informs Arden his Art is suffering and that their 'perfect love' should remain so, in memory. He reverses the course of the ship to return to San Francisco.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Arden delivers her final decision to Packy on board ship. The most important man in her life is neither himself nor Tom--but her son, whom she will never abandon--not even for true love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tom has decided to take drastic action to avoid scandal and a lifetime of misery. Arden foils his plan as they watch the "<em>All Alone</em>" set sail out of San Francisco harbor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><strong>The Kiss</strong></u>: Irene Guarry</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>"Half us women would shoot our husbands--if only we had the nerve."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Irene (Greta Garbo) is unhappily married to Charles Guarry (Anders Randolf), but in love with lawyer Andre Dubail (Conrad Nagel). As the film opens, they are having a clandestine meeting to discuss their future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With this slick, stylish melodrama the Silent films of both Greta Garbo and MGM studios ended. Urban legend has it that there was panic about the star's voice. Not true. Greta Garbo had a deep, throaty, and still slightly accented voice--but it's timbre was pleasant. Her days of playing <em>Arden Stuarts</em> and<em> Lillie</em> <em>Sterlings</em> were definitely done, but greater things lay ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greta was set to take on her first talkie: the lead role in Eugene O'Neill's hit play "<em>Anna Christie</em>" which had been both a Broadway smash hit and a silent film starring Blanche Sweet in 1923. Savvy businesswoman that Garbo was, she'd had it written into her contract before making "<em>The Kiss</em>".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The following is my contribution to the<strong> <u>CLASSIC MOVIE HISTORY PROJECT BLOGATHON</u></strong>, June 26-28, 2015, hosted by <u><strong>Movies, Silently</strong></u> and sponsored by<strong> <u>Flicker Alley</u></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the 1920s drew to an end, Greta Garbo had not yet agreed to do any talking pictures. She had, however, graduated from playing exotic temptresses who drew men into a web of despair and ruin--often destroying herself in the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In her three Silents of 1929, Garbo was upgraded to a sophisticated, liberated woman. Temptation may have been everywhere, but there was always the option of marrying (or returning to) a stable, loving and wealthy spouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>"You are like the orchids of your country--you have the same cold enchantment. In Java the orchids grow wild--and their perfume fills the air."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lovely Lillie Sterling (Greta Garbo) and her husband, John (Lewis Stone) set sail from San Francisco, bound for Java--in their most up to the minute travel costumes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lillie dresses for dinner the first evening, in a stunning backless white satin dress, with a huge corsage of (what else?) orchids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With this slick, stylish melodrama the Silent films of both Greta Garbo and MGM studios ended. Urban legend has it that there was panic about the star's voice. Not true. Greta Garbo had a deep, throaty, and still slightly accented voice--but it's timbre was pleasant. Her days of playing <em>Arden Stuarts</em> and<em> Lillie</em> <em>Sterlings</em> were definitely done, but greater things lay ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greta was set to take on her first talkie: the lead role in Eugene O'Neill's hit play "<em>Anna Christie</em>" which had been both a Broadway smash hit and a silent film starring Blanche Sweet in 1923. Savvy businesswoman that Garbo was, she'd had it written into her contract before making "<em>The Kiss</em>".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In<em> The Age of Adaline,</em> Oscar winning Costume designer, Angus Strathie, used both vintage and <em>haute couture </em> fashion to dress Blake Lively for her incredible journey through the Twentieth Century--and beyond.</span></div>
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<span large="" style="font-size: large;">The movie begins in 1972. A library archivist is assigned a box of film reels depicting the history of the San Francisco Bay area. One of these tells the story of Adaline Bowman, born in 1908.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1925, while walking with her mother, Adaline meets a young engineer who gallantly retrieves her hat, blown away by San Francisco Bay breezes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adaline and the dashing engineer are married in 1931 with all the elegance of a traditional ceremony.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One night, in the late 1930s, while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, Adaline's car plummets into the ocean during a freak snowstorm. Although she survives, the accident has bizarre consequences. Adaline stops aging and will remain 29 years old--seemingly forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Widowed, and with a young daughter, Adaline's life continues fairly normally through the World War II years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, shrewd investments in a fledgling company named <em>Xerox</em> will secure Adaline's financial future.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blake Lively as Adaline investing at the Bank c. 1940s</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the early 1950s, Adaline's never-aging face and body begin to draw attention from old friends.</span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adaline and her daughter, looking like sisters: 1950s</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When a routine traffic check by the police draws attention to the fact that she is forty-nine years old, Adaline begins to panic.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adaline in 1950s hair and makeup.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A year of personal research at a medical college library garners no explanation of--or solutions to--Adaline's condition.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mV1GTjQ_Lno/VX12T9G-FoI/AAAAAAAAEIg/HNeE0ud6TlA/s1600/age-Of-Adaline-2-Blake-Lively.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="450" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mV1GTjQ_Lno/VX12T9G-FoI/AAAAAAAAEIg/HNeE0ud6TlA/s640/age-Of-Adaline-2-Blake-Lively.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After being detained by FBI Agents and escaping from their custody, Adaline realizes she will be forced to run and change her identity regularly.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MsffYdI4iIA/VXbX8uIKjKI/AAAAAAAAEGg/bIY0ViXsD28/s1600/AgeofAdaline2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MsffYdI4iIA/VXbX8uIKjKI/AAAAAAAAEGg/bIY0ViXsD28/s640/AgeofAdaline2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stylish in her rain gear--Adaline has a close call with the Feds in the mid-1950s</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>PART THREE: "IN A LONELY PLACE"</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1963, Adaline meets a young medical student in Europe. They fall in love but she can neither commit to him nor explain the reason why.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pre 'mad mod' 1960s casual wear on both Adaline and William (Anthony Ingruber)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You guessed it! The library archivist is Adaline herself. What better job and place of employment in which to maintain a low profile?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pretty ombre striped turtleneck by Gucci</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Living in Chinatown has its perks: anonymity; crowds in which to lose oneself and skilled forgers to whip up those ever-changing Identity cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adaline is still close to her daughter (Ellen Burstyn), and tries to talk her out of moving into an Assisted Living facility. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ellen Burstyn and Blake Lively in Gucci</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This way, they can continue to spend more time together. (Please to ignore the cell phone--it's only the 1980s). </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xnxmo-dZZfc/VXbLetJFDdI/AAAAAAAAEEU/gU1cVfHDCSU/s1600/adalinesuit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xnxmo-dZZfc/VXbLetJFDdI/AAAAAAAAEEU/gU1cVfHDCSU/s640/adalinesuit.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adaline in olive, charcoal and black Gucci ensemble</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 1990s pass quietly: studying Braille on the Library steps...</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KV-sBcyQDxY/VXbLtfIUdCI/AAAAAAAAEEc/7yA6w8V5xHY/s1600/adaline77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="588" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KV-sBcyQDxY/VXbLtfIUdCI/AAAAAAAAEEc/7yA6w8V5xHY/s640/adaline77.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kate Spade cardigan and Gucci printed dress</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">lunching with her daughter...</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6Vu8a2vTAY/VX_0pM9LlYI/AAAAAAAAEI8/aStnBQ7Pg8Q/s1600/age_of_adaline_vintage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="469" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6Vu8a2vTAY/VX_0pM9LlYI/AAAAAAAAEI8/aStnBQ7Pg8Q/s640/age_of_adaline_vintage.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gucci tweed suit accessorized with ear bobs and pretty flower brooch</span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-azWV9IOgfy0/VYFFk9R5UdI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/qBnVjyIqgf8/s1600/age-of-adalinepooch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-azWV9IOgfy0/VYFFk9R5UdI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/qBnVjyIqgf8/s640/age-of-adalinepooch.jpg" width="518" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and spending quality time with her pooch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>PART FOUR: "FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN..."</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flash forward to the present. It's New Years Eve and yet another birthday looms for Adaline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the evening's festivities she chooses a backless burgundy velvet gown with black sequined waistline detail. </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m8pzPXgNmzs/VXbO0V4FTGI/AAAAAAAAEEw/FJP7l0sMFrM/s1600/agewinedressnye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m8pzPXgNmzs/VXbO0V4FTGI/AAAAAAAAEEw/FJP7l0sMFrM/s640/agewinedressnye.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adaline arrives in a burgundy evening gown</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hmmm. Methinks we've seen this dress before. Back in the 1940s when the war ended. How it lasted so many decades is puzzling. Great looking gown, though.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAHt6JK3zQQ/VXbPJEBxUHI/AAAAAAAAEFA/N-J6kb9le14/s1600/age-of-Adaline-dress-and-Blake-Livelys-fashion-860x574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAHt6JK3zQQ/VXbPJEBxUHI/AAAAAAAAEFA/N-J6kb9le14/s640/age-of-Adaline-dress-and-Blake-Livelys-fashion-860x574.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Closer view of the NYE dress</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adaline sees a historic photo of herself and a couple of soldier boys, on the wall of the hotel--wearing the selfsame burgundy velvet number. Time to go home.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--_A8UGroum0/VXbPZ6pfVlI/AAAAAAAAEFI/1QWR1oTqAf8/s1600/ageofada%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--_A8UGroum0/VXbPZ6pfVlI/AAAAAAAAEFI/1QWR1oTqAf8/s640/ageofada%2B4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A truly great dress looks as good leaving as it does entering</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Adaline steps into the elevator to leave, a handsome young man joins her, just for the ride down. </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UMqcIYp13YI/VXbO-Z7-CBI/AAAAAAAAEE4/ui76Z9tO0I0/s1600/age-of-adaline-michiel-Huisman-blake-lively.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UMqcIYp13YI/VXbO-Z7-CBI/AAAAAAAAEE4/ui76Z9tO0I0/s640/age-of-adaline-michiel-Huisman-blake-lively.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) chats up our girl in the Art Deco elevator</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This great looking guy just won't take "No" for an answer. Why is life so difficult?</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xq7EBrLC0Bc/VXbPsVI8J3I/AAAAAAAAEFQ/_wa8UDKGo00/s1600/adaline-Bowman-Blake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xq7EBrLC0Bc/VXbPsVI8J3I/AAAAAAAAEFQ/_wa8UDKGo00/s640/adaline-Bowman-Blake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8_YWr_kFy9E/VXbP8jGzCtI/AAAAAAAAEFY/L3-J3uRSebU/s1600/adeline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8_YWr_kFy9E/VXbP8jGzCtI/AAAAAAAAEFY/L3-J3uRSebU/s640/adeline.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ah c'mon Adaline! This one has it all. Grab another Gucci out of that enormous closet and give him a chance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ellis Jones even tells really bad jokes. On the condition that if you laugh, you're promising to see him again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What will become of our <em>star-crossed</em> lovers? Ellis will take Adaline to meet his parents. She will discover that a long lost astronomer named a Comet after her. How do you follow an act like that? Hang in there, Ellis! It will be dicey, but you may stand a chance yet...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ah Adaline. We've come so far together, and, you look marvelous for 107!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since <em>film, fashion & frivolity</em> reveals no endings--see the movie. It's definitely worth a look. The makeup and hairdos for each decade are both accurate and spectacular; the Gucci gear elegant; and...there's a generation defying love story to top it all off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>A Most Violent Year</em> is a 2014 film set in New York City of 1981, recounting a critical period in the lives of Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) and his wife Anna (Jessica Chastain).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Above and below: Posters for the movie, showing Abel and Anna Morales at their early 1980s stylish best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Above and below: Anna wears Giorgio Armani's deep V-necked wrap dress with a cascading hemline, accessorized by a long, pearl-studded chain. Abel makes the male fashion of turtleneck sweater look downright smart and sexy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Above: David Oyelowo, wearing strictly-on-business dark charcoal, and Jessica Chastain chat. Anna's white Armani maxi-coat is so stunningly crafted you cannot take your eyes away when she sports it onscreen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This fascinating, noir-ish film is beautifully shot in subdued hues and on location in parts of the Big Apple that still resemble the 1980s--when walls and subways were covered by graffiti. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>A Most Violent Year</em> was released on DVD April 7, 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1930, at the height of Hollywood's Pre-Code era, Miriam Hopkins starred in her first film at Paramount studios. Resident costumer and one of the 20th Century's most creative designers, Travis Banton, dressed her in gowns of velvet, satin, sequins and lame. Whether she played the good girl or bad girl, Hopkins possessed an aura of upper class sophistication, making her a true Pre-Code paradox. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Wealthy Marion Lenox of the Long Island Lenoxes, falls for handsome Henry Morgan, an auto mechanic, much to the chagrin of her parents. Who could resist her--in these pale, shimmery satins?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">To add insult to injury, Marion's brother, Bertie, brings home a chorus girl--played by Carol Lombard, whose screen name was changed by an error in the credits to "Carole".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As Princess Anna, Miriam Hopkins is treated to a 'lingerie makeover' (how Pre-Code), courtesy of Claudette Colbert--all for the romantic attentions of the Lieutenant, played by Maurice Chevalier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In 2010, these four original camera negatives of Miriam Hopkins, by photographer Eugene Robert Richee for Paramount Pictures, were sold at auction for US $1200.00. They are dated 1931-2. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Miriam Hopkins, while not the quintessential Pre-Code starlet, added glamour and sophistication to the genre. As he had done earlier for Evelyn Brent, Travis Banton gowned Miriam to elegant perfection. Eugene Robert Richee iced the already yummy cake with his exquisite photographs. The result was a delicious, simultaneously nice <em>and </em>naughty treat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>The exquisitely beaded gown worn by Swedish newcomer, Greta Garbo, in her second American film role as "The Temptress", 1926. Costume design: Andre-ani and Max Ree.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">On the third day of Christmas, Hollywood gave to me:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>"IT", 1927. Clara Bow as the personification of writer Elinor Glyn's euphemism for sex appeal. Clara's collegial but amazingly classic skirt, sweater and beret by Travis Banton.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">On the fourth day of Christmas, Hollywood gave to me:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>MGM's first lady and superstar, Norma Shearer, all decked out in head to toe stylish 1920s sportswear. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Joan Crawford, in 1928s "Our Dancing Daughters", a movie so popular that it started a franchise. Joan's risqué beaded Charleston dress--seen here from every angle--by the great Adrian.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Jean Harlow circa 1930. The original platinum blonde wearing white satin as only she could...</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Carole Lombard's 1932 potboiler "No Man of Her Own" co-starring a future man of her own: Clark Gable. Lombard's bias cut gown by Travis Banton, featured a fur-trimmed wrap with cascading sash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>A costume more famous than its infamous, lawsuit-plagued and never released film. Joan Crawford wears Adrian's organdy ruffled confection. This dress from 1932s ultra-stylish "Letty Lynton" sold thousands of copies at the height of the Great Depression.</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Kay Francis literally sparkles in Orry-Kelly's gown of liquid silver for the steamy Pre-Code film, "Mandalay" 1934.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>1937s "Angel" is a fashion must-see. The wardrobe by Travis Banton for Marlene Dietrich IMHO, has never been equaled. Below, lace jabot and cuffs finish off a classic pant suit which could be worn today.</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>"Two-Faced Woman" 1941, was both Greta Garbo and Adrian's last MGM film. Constance Bennett, who played Garbo's rival in the movie, dazzled in this gown with amazing back detail.</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On November 24, 2014 TCM & Bonhams presented the CLASSIC MOVIE MEMORABILIA AUCTION. Among the treasures sold was the <em>Jean Louis</em> designed two-piece gown Rita Hayworth wears in the 1946 film classic, <em>Gilda</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Jean Louis' strapless creations for Hayworth get most of the attention, this outfit is unique, elaborate and stunning. The gown is ornately embroidered with gold patterned borders and flowers on white-- baring Rita's midriff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dress debuts when Gilda flees Buenos Aires for Montevideo to sing and dance in a Night Club. Below, the absolutely unforgettable <em>Amado Mio</em> number:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The above Poster says it all: There NEVER was a woman like Gilda. Crème de la Crème all the way!</span><br />
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Inge Greguschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323620113075447220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2779657075535515558.post-48692032239236885172014-11-17T15:55:00.000-08:002017-08-09T01:58:02.312-07:00The Art Deco Look of Evelyn Brent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">With her curly bobbed hair and perfect profile, petite Evelyn Brent was a stylish actress with serious star power during the 1920s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Brent was cast in Josef von Sternberg's 1927 silent classic <em>Underworld </em>costumed by Travis Banton, it was fashion magic. The 'Feathers McCoy' role established her as a tough but chic mobsters moll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the girlfriend of gangster "Bull Weed" (George Bancroft) Brent fluttered in an array of feathery hats, dresses and accessories. For Bull's trial, below, she had to tone it down somewhat, but still looked fabulous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Josef von Sternberg's<em> The Last Command</em> 1928, Evelyn played revolutionary Natalie Dabrova in the scenes which flash back to 1918 Russia. She was elegant, mysterious and dangerous. What more could a high-ranking Czarist Officer want?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emil Jannings' tour de force as the Grand Duke Sergius Alexander won him an Oscar. Evelyn Brent was again gowned by Travis Banton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Knowing full well that she and her cohort, (played by William Powell) are revolutionaries, Alexander nevertheless finds himself fascinated by Natalie, even giving her a priceless string of pearls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the now 'lost' silent film, <em>His Tiger Lady</em>, Adolphe Menjou plays a stage 'super' whose job it is to sit astride an elephant while wearing a Rajah's costume, in a Follies Revue. He falls in love with a beautiful Duchess, played by Evelyn Brent, whose fascination with the tigers in the Show, make her a regular patron.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In Josef von Sternberg's unfortunately 'lost' 1928 silent film, <em>The Drag Net</em>, George Bancroft (Two-Gun Nolan) is once again teamed up with Evelyn Brent (the Magpie). William Powell is along for the ride as bad guy, 'Dapper Frank Trent'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This movie, along with 1927s <em>Underworld </em>not only established Josef von Sternberg as a director of the silent cinema, but made him the master of a whole new genre: the gangster film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Interference</em>, 1928 was Paramount's first all talking picture, although it was simultaneously filmed in a silent version. William Powell, Clive Brook, Doris Kenyon and Evelyn Brent starred.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He turned Evelyn Brent from a pretty young actress into a drop-dead gorgeous, sophisticated fashion plate. Though she went on to make more movies, Brent never again attained the degree of <em>Crème de la</em> <em>Crème</em> glamour created just for her by Travis Banton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During the Golden Age of Hollywood, MGM costumer, Gilbert Adrian was one of THE greatest fashion innovators, famed for the legendary day and evening wear he designed for the Studio's A-list stars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Less flashy, but equally intricate and beautifully structured, were his softly tailored coats. Below, Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford model some seldom seen Adrian outerwear, just in time for the chilly season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ah, the classic trench coat! Worn by MGM's up and coming leading man, Robert Montgomery in the 1931 film "Private Lives". Robert was Norma Shearer's personal choice as co-star for the adaptation of Noel Coward's smash 1930 Broadway and London production. He wore it so well that <em>Vanity Fair</em> magazine featured this photo by Tony von Horn, one of the first female photographers at <em>Conde Nast</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Classy, classic Norma Shearer ruled the MGM lot in the early 1930s. The petite dynamo, who happened to be Mrs. Irving Thalberg, wore some snappy Adrian coats in movies such as <em>Private Lives</em>--adapted from Noel Coward's smash Broadway hit of 1930.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>A Woman of Affairs</em> 1928, was a stylish film par excellence. Greta Garbo was dressed in snappy, sporty looks, and, of course the famous "Green Hat", the title of the book from which the film was adapted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trench coat with plaid lapels from <em>A Woman of Affairs</em>--so chic, it could be worn today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the advent of the 1930s, styles changed. The dropped waists were gone and a softer, draped silhouette was in fashion. For the ultra-stylish 1931 <em>Inspiration</em>, Adrian designed the coat below for Greta Garbo: belted with oversize sleeves, buttoned cuffs and a shawl collar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adrian's belted ensemble for Garbo from the time of <em>Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise,</em>1931, reflects the newer look without sacrificing the tailoring she loved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adrian's muse, Joan Crawford, definitely got to wear the most interesting of his designs. The double-breasted, belted wool trench modeled by Joan below, was photographed by Ruth Harriet Louise in 1929.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1968 Canadian film maker Norman Jewison produced and directed a rare gem of a movie. He used revolutionary film editing techniques in the form of split-screen images, which had been introduced at Expo '67 in Montreal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These scenes gave Ms. Van Runkle a chance to garb Dunaway in still more fabulous suits. The designs are so smart and classic they still do not appear dated--forty-six years later. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vicki and Thomas are falling in love. In the stills below, they kiss atop Boston's famed, historic Beacon Hill. Faye's casual, long colour-blocked gown could be worn today. </span> </div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">In 1971, renowned Fashion Photographer Henry Clarke snapped these captivating, ethereal images of superstar, Audrey Hepburn for UK VOGUE.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">A different style for Audrey Hepburn, but, as always, she wore it as though she had invented it. Below, picking cherries...</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Topped by simple but chic headscarves, which had always looked charming on her, Audrey posed in Givenchy Boutique.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Quintessential 1971: Ruffled midi-skirt; slim tee and boots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />Inge Greguschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323620113075447220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2779657075535515558.post-34499140031188008222014-04-09T14:17:00.002-07:002015-05-05T04:45:49.998-07:00HOLLYWOOD HATS-PART ONE: Audrey!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Audrey Hepburn has captivated us with her beauty and style from <span style="font-family: inherit;">the day she first stepped onto the Broadway stage as <em>Gigi. </em>Colette, the author of the 1945 novel, had spotted her on the French Riviera set of <em>Monte Carlo Baby</em> and is rumored to have decided on her for the role then and there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Audrey's career would take a giant leap forward when she was cast as the rebelling Princess in 1953s <em><span style="color: yellow;"><u>Roman Holiday</u></span></em>. She charmed the entire world and won an Academy Award: an amazing achievement for a first-time starring role in a major film.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Costumer Edith Head also won an Oscar for the film, in which Hepburn underwent a makeover of style as well as personality. Her hair was cut in the fashionable "Italian cut": a short bob with bangs, and her bejeweled, regal gowns were abandoned for a snappy skirt and blouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In her next film <em><span style="color: yellow;"><u>Sabrina</u></span></em>-1954, Hepburn got yet another style upgrade. As a chauffeur's daughter, Sabrina Fairchild, who goes to Paris for Culinary School and returns transformed, she wore <em>Hubert de Givenchy</em> couture garments for the first time. To complete the Parisian look, her makeup and accessories were bold and dramatic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">On September 25, 1954 Audrey married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland. Her dress was Balmain couture with a circle of flowers in place of a veil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Audrey quickly became the darling of the fashion world as well as the print media. She was soon gracing magazine covers, layouts and feature stories the world over. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In the 1957 movie <em><span style="color: yellow;"><u>Funny Face</u></span></em>, Audrey played Jo Stockton, an idealistic philosopher whose bookstore is invaded by a high fashion photo shoot. Photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) and <em>Quality</em> Editor Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) choose Jo as the new face of their magazine. She is given (yet another) makeover and the three are off to Paris for a round of promotional Fashion shows and photo sessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Not sure if the fab photo below is a hat or just hair jewelry with a topknot. Let's call it a hat, so that it can be part of this post! Photographed inside Maxim's restaurant in Paris in 1957 by Richard Avedon.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">On July 17, 1960 Audrey's longtime dream came true. She and husband Mel Ferrer welcomed a baby boy, Sean Hepburn Ferrer into the world. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In <span style="color: yellow;"><u><em>Breakfast at Tiffany's</em></u></span>, 1961-Audrey was Holly Golightly, a wacky but sweet party girl with a stunning wardrobe, including a few amazing hats.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1963's <span style="color: yellow;"><u><em>Charade</em></u></span>, Audrey played Regina "Reggie" Lampert, a hapless widow pursued by some mercenary bad guys, but, as always--looking chic and with Cary Grant, a knight in shining armor (or is he?) to help her out. The action moves from a ski resort in the Swiss Alps to Paris, including a climactic chase through the <em>Metro</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) have emerged as winners of Panem's Hunger Games. The powers that be are not amused, however. There was to be only one survivor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">With chaperon Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) in tow, they are to embark on a 'Victory Tour' of the other Districts and Capital, posing convincingly as star crossed lovers to explain their breaking the rules to both survive the Hunger Games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It is Banks, as Effie, who wears the most eye-popping wardrobe. Pictured below, is a dress which appears to be made entirely of monarch butterflies. It was loaned by the Alexander McQueen company and actually made mostly of feathers. Butterfly decals were glued to her hair, face and body as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The airy flightiness of this look is a perfectly contrasting backdrop for one of the movie's most disturbing dramatic scenes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The sets in this film are beautifully done. The Districts are grim and impoverished while the Capital is grand and light-show bright.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When the tour of the Districts goes awry the group is dispatched to the Capital for a Gala celebration. On board the elegant futuristic train, Effie wears what designer Summerville calls the 'fan dress'. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fuchsia ruffles engulf the chaperon right down to her shoes. Silver bracelets, earrings and belt; lacy gloves; bright purple and electric blue wristbands--the look is over the top and dazzling. Even her hair is tinted pink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">At the Capital, Katniss and Peeta are presented as a couple. Here Josh Hutcherson as Peeta gets to wear some sleek ultra-modern suits.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Jennifer Lawrence wears a stunning black gown, sheer from the hips down. The gown is brocaded heavily with 'bird' detail right up to the feathery shoulders. This reflects the <em>Mockingjay </em>theme of the film, the <em>Mockingjay</em> being the symbol of silent revolt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Handsome Sam Claflin as Finnick, shocks Katniss in a semi-sheer loincloth of metallic gold, topped only by a bright blue necklace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As Crème de la Crème always advises: if you haven't already--see the movie. As of March 7, 2014 it was available on DVD and Blu-Ray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Late in 2014, the first part of <em>Mockingjay </em>will be released in theatres. Suzanne Collins third book will be made into two films. The more suspense, special effects, and--of course, Fabulous Futuristic Fashions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Joan Crawford was one of the best-dressed film actresses of all time. She was muse to great photographers like George Hurrell as well as to brilliant MGM designer, Adrian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Joan, like many other glamorous stars of the 1930s and 1940s inspired Paper Dolls, one of <em>film, fashion & frivolity</em>'s favourite things:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">In 1930, Greta Garbo absolutely dazzled in her second MGM talking picture, <em>Romance</em>. Exquisitely photographed by William Daniels and directed by the Oscar-nominated Clarence Brown it is truly a Christmas gift worthy of being under any tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A stunning period piece, <em>Romance </em>tells of Opera Diva Rita Cavallini, who, during the Christmas season, faces a personal crisis. She is falling in love with an earnest young clergyman Tom Armstrong (Gavin Gordon), who does not approve of her lifestyle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Madame Cavallini has led the life of a free spirited artist, including a long standing affair with millionaire Cornelius Van Tuyl (Lewis Stone).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As always, Garbo shone in the gowns and furs by Adrian. Eugene Joseff designed the jewels, including what might be the longest string of pearls in existence. George Hurrell, one of the masters of glamour photography, did many of the stills. Garbo's incandescent beauty was enhanced with hair and makeup by George Westmore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sensing that he has lost Cavallini, Van Tuyl exits gracefully on New Years Eve, to allow the lovers to be together. The rest is cinematic history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is Greta Garbo's movie all the way. Once you get past the concept of the husky-voiced Garbo as an operatic soprano, it is a wonderful experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Garbo's warm, witty and touching performance garnered her a well deserved 1930 Academy Award nomination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So, treat yourself to a little <em>Romance</em> this holiday season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>film, fashion & frivolity</em>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Law student Armand Duval (Rudolph Valentino) met Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gautier, (Alla Nazimova) and was instantly attracted to her. At her post Opera party, he was horrified by the hangers-on with whom she surrounded herself, as well as by the serious illness she attempted to conceal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Marguerite's consumption (tuberculosis), exacerbated by her party lifestyle, was slowly killing her. Armand, now totally in love, begged Marguerite to quit Paris, saying he would care for her. Touched by this sincere and caring young man and falling in love herself, Marguerite banished the partygoers from her apartment and had some time alone with Armand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Armand, having convinced Marguerite to leave Paris and live in the country, visits, giving her a book, <em>Manon Lescaut</em>, which she treasures, although the story gives her a foreboding of doom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Marguerite's health has improved she is enjoying this new life with Armand. He reads <em>Manon Lescaut</em> to her under the flowering Spring orchard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Manon Lescaut</em> is a love story that mirrors their own romance. Armand inscribes the volume for Marguerite, proclaiming his love, and it becomes her most prized possession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Colorized frame of Marguerite and Armand</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A visit from Armand's father (William Orlamond) brings the bliss to a grinding halt. Citing the honor of the Duval family, he tells Marguerite she must let Armand go--permanently.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Devastated, Marguerite pens a note on the Count de Varville's (Arthur Hoyt) calling card, to leave for Armand and returns to Paris and her former life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Marguerite, back with de Varville as her "protector", resumes Parisian nightlife. The Lady of the Camellias is back.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">No longer any need to sell off her possessions, Marguerite resumes a life of luxury, fine clothes and parties.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Believing that Marguerite no longer loves him and that their love was just a dalliance for her, Armand hits the Paris scene with a bang. At a trendy new Casino, he takes up with courtesan <em>du moment</em>, Olympe (Consuelo Flowerton). His friend Gaston Rieux (Rex Cherryman), knowing that he is acting out of hurt and pain, keeps a watchful eye on Armand.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Inevitably, one night Marguerite arrives at the Casino with de Varville. Gentlemanly Gaston, who is now engaged to Nichette (Patsy Ruth Miller), greets the lady in what might have been an awkward moment.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">At the gaming table, de Varville mocks Armand--saying that he has 'beginner's luck'. In spite of this, Armand breaks the bank, while Olympe fawns.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The tenderness fades when Marguerite recalls her promise to Armand's father. She lies to Armand, telling him that she loves the Count de Varville.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*Be sure to read PART ONE of my blog re this wonderful film. Also, check out my blog post on Natacha Rambova, who did all the Costumes and Art Direction. Rudolph Valentino and Nazimova give amazing performances. See the DVD, for the full effect, if you can! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1921, actress Alla Nazimova teamed with designer Natacha Rambova to film a modern dress version of <em>'La Dame aux camelias'</em> by Alexandre Dumas <em>fils</em>. Nazimova had been a smash hit on Broadway, starring in Ibsen's <em>A Doll's House</em> and <em>Hedda Gabler</em>--even having a theatre named after her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Alla had met Rambova when Natacha took her sketches to the Metro Studio for the planned film, <em>Aphrodite</em>. When </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Aphrodite</em> was shelved due to censorship fears,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Alla Nazimova needed a hit movie--badly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The two talented women went to work on a new project: a modern dress version of <em>"La Dame aux camelias"</em>. Natacha would be responsible for the sets and costumes. Nazimova would play Marguerite and a handsome young actor named Rudolph Valentino would play the key role of Armand Duval.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Marguerite Gautier is a Parisian courtesan whose life of parties, nightlife and suitors is often interrupted by bouts of consumption (tuberculosis) from which she is suffering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">While researching a post on the 1921 film "Camille", I was struck by the brains, creativity and beauty of the costume and set designer, Natacha Rambova.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The exotic bohemian look of Natacha Rambova</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Natacha was born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy in Salt Lake City on January 19, 1897. At a young age, her mother packed her off to boarding school in England after she married Edgar de Wolfe, brother of famed interior designer and society maven, Elsie de Wolfe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">While in Europe, 'Wink' as she was nicknamed, developed a passion for the ballet. Her heroes were Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina and Vaslav Nijinsky. She met and fell in love with a lesser player in the Ballets Russes, Theodore Koslov who would impact her life for years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Koslov was a handsome ladies' man. He manipulated the young female dancers and wannabe dancers like men on a chessboard. Winifred, at the age of 17, changed her name to Natacha Rambova, took up ballet and became Koslov's lover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">They returned to the United States where Koslov named his dance troupe The Russian Imperial Ballet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Natacha was tall for the dance: 5'8", but had amazing skills in pantomime not to mention her genius in costume and set design. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A rare photo of Rambova with her hair down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Natacha's mother had expected her to take up her position in society when she returned to America. Rambova held firm; she was a dancer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Rambova's relationship, both personal and professional, continued with Koslov. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">He took advantage of the amazing creative force this young woman had, allowing her to design costumes and sets and, even dancing with her while taking all the credit and garnering the glory for himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Natacha was a stunning beauty. She kept her auburn hair long, parted in the middle, wrapped and tied with turbans and headbands. Koslov had instructed her to always wear flat shoes because of her height. She favoured artsy, flowing dresses which gave her a distinctly bohemian air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">When the movies lured the Russian Imperial Ballet to Hollywood, Natacha went along. Koslov's troupe would never have had the professionalism without her creative input, including her dancing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Koslov found a friend and fan in Cecil B. De Mille, who gave him small roles in some of his early films. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Rambova continued to create fabulous sets and costumes. There is no doubt that Koslov took full credit for these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Natacha's unconventional hair styles seldom wavered far from braided or knotted "do's", with headbands, scarves and turbans to accentuate her beautiful hair. Below, an assortment of hair jewelry as well as some dazzling ear bobs adorn her perfect features:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Natacha Rambova's bohemian, arty style made her stand out in a crowd, and often misunderstood. She wore flat shoes and walked with her toes pointing outward. Future husband, Rudolph Valentino, joking referred to her as 'Anna Pavlova'. But Natacha wore (regular) clothes well; she was not covering flaws in her figure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">The first stop was Grand Cayman Island. Below, drying off in the sun after the Dolphin Encounter. To emulate a wetsuit and protect my skin from the sun, I wore leggings and a black tee, with my swimsuit underneath. I had packed SPF 60, but was taking no chances with my pale skin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">I ditched the SPF 60, bought some 15 and 30 and ceased and desisted the "wetsuit" look. The attitude adjustment was almost complete: just add sun and surf...</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Aboard the <em>Catamaya</em> catamaran, I added some fun earrings:</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">My favourite new suit was a reversible <em>Nike</em> with very low cut back and sides as well as crossed straps in back. Below the watermelon pink (they call it <em>siren red</em>), reversible to a black and white abstract print.</span></div>
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