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Happy Birthday, Marilyn

Lois Banner | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Old Hollywood, Hollywood Golden Days, Classic Hollywood, Remembering Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe Birthday, Hollywood, Celebrity News
Lois Banner

A deeply spiritual individual and a believer in astrology, Monroe considered her sign -- Gemini, identified with "the twins" -- to be an indicator of who she was: "I was born under the same sign as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Queen Victoria and Walt Whitman."

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The Ten Best Audrey Hepburn Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.10.2012

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John Farr

2012-05-10-Screenshot20120510at1.50.52PM.jpgLast Friday, iconic star Audrey Hepburn would have turned 83. Sixty years after she won an Academy Award, she still represents something important and aspirational to the young women today.

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Classic Hollywood Stars And Starlets In A Whole New Light

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Old Hollywood, Elizabeth Taylor, Liz Taylor, Fellini, Movies, Audrey Hepburn, Cinema, Marilyn Monroe, Francis Ford Coppola, Holly Golightley Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Godfather, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Lumas, Classic Movies, Slidepollajax, Arts News

The smoldering gaze, the flirtatious smirk, the incredible jewelry collection... who knows what gives a Hollywood starlet that magical razzle-dazzle. ...

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Clark Gable: King of Hollywood

John Farr | Posted 04.01.2012

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John Farr

As we kick off Oscar month tomorrow, we also honor the birthday of Clark Gable, who picked up a statuette at the seventh Academy Awards ceremony in 1935.

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What Would Fred Astaire Wear Today?

www.esquire.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Old Hollywood, Old Hollywood Style, Style, Classic Style, Suits, Classic Stars, Runway, Fred Astaire, Menswear, Fifty News

Fred Astaire could sing, he could dance, he could act — and he wore a top hat, tuxedo, and tails like nobody else on the Silver Screen. Since then, ...

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Kirk Douglas Turns 95!

John Farr | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Robert Mitchum, Walter Matthau, Charles Laughton, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Gena Rowlands, Stanley Kubrick, Academy Awards, Burt Lancaster, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Spartacus, Best Movies by Farr, Vincente Minnelli, Ava Gardner, Laurence Olivier, Lauren Bacall, Lana Turner, Michael Douglas, Old Hollywood, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News
John Farr

Should we call him "Spartacus"? Or "Champion"? Both names certainly fit the man. Kirk Douglas turns 95 tomorrow, and he is still very much with us.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor Still Big: It's The Pictures That Got Small

Leo C. Wolinsky | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Old Hollywood, Zsa Zsa Gabor Party, Sunset Boulevard, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elaine Corrigan, Robert Blake, Frederic Prinz Von Anhalt, Hollywood, Culture News
Leo C. Wolinsky

For those who think old Hollywood can't draw a crowd, Zsa Zsa Gabor would like to take issue with you. But it might not be the crowd you expect.

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Southwestern Law School Offers Tours of Bullocks Wilshire on July 30th

Mary Hall | Posted 09.04.2011

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Mary Hall

Some Los Angeles residents may remember the Art Deco splendor of the old Bullocks Wilshire store. Wealthy Los Angeles residents shopped there as well as movie stars.

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PHOTOS: The Most Famous Costume Designer Of All Time

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Old Hollywood, Let's Bring Back, Edith Head, Fashion History, Style, Lesley M. M. Blume, Icons of Style Series, Style History, Fashion, Costume-Designer-Guild-Awards, Personal Style, Slidefullscreen, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Ms. Head's snippets of advice and witticisms were as closely heeded as those attributed to Coco Chanel, and they remain relevant today: "You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it."

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What A Difference A Day Makes: An Interview With The Suddenly Superfamous Designer Jason Wu

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Old Hollywood, Michelle Obama, Charles James, Obama Inauguration, Sophia Loren, Norman Norell, Beauty, Fashion Week, Recession, Audrey Hepburn, Designer Jason Wu, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Jason Wu, Style, Inauguration, Michelle Obama Inauguration Dress, Carolina Herrera, Lesley M. M. Blume, Slideshow, Fashion, Anna Wintour, Michelle Obama Style, Oscar De La Renta, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Jason Wu talks about America's new first lady, his favorite Old Hollywood stars, and the item of clothing that no woman should go without.

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