Legends Boxsets

I was in HMV the other day and noticed in amongst the huge number of US tv boxsets on sale there were a few nice suprises:

Cary Grant

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=240321


Greta Garbo set

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=240553

Judy Garland

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=240662


excellent prices and some great titles in each set!

Im too poor unfortunately but I would by the Cary Grant one I think :)

Madeline Caroll

First of the Hitchcock blondes in 39 Steps.

I love this story and I love Madeline Caroll, she was incredibly beautiful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lUmG0_CzPWQ&feature=related

I watched silent movie 'It' (1927) today starring Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno and William Austin

Bow plays a savvy shop girl who falls in love with her new boss and uses her charm to try and win his heart.

Elinor Glyn the author the genius behind the story wrote:

It: "self-confidence and indifference as to whether you are pleasing of not"

'It' used to describe sex appeal brought about the term 'It girl' of which Clara Bow was made the first. It's easy to see why Clara was Chosen just look at this adorable still form the film


Here is another film still


I loved all the clothes, even her shopgirl uniform! I like her headscarf when she is on the boat, her cloche hat with grapes and her t-bar shoes.

Worth watching for: the scene where Clara cuts up her uniform, the jokes on the worded screens and Clara Bow herself!

Meet me in St Louis

Finally saw this film yesterday. I LOVE the Wizard of Oz (if you hadn't noticed) but I am not a very big Judy Garland fan, so I was keen to see Meet in St Louis as it is meant to be Judy Garland's other great role.

I enjoyed the film, I loved the songs. I had heard the 'Trolley song' before but never knew where it came from! 'Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas' is beautiful as well, I've always liked that song.
The quirky characters and close family relationship was fun to watch and was acted well. The 2 youngest sisters were hilarious, so mischeivious!
Judy Garland is pretty awesome too, her character (Esther) is silly in a girlish way about boys and marriage, but she is fun and clever and would do anything for her family.

The costumes, I thought for the most part they were hideous! But I am not a huge fan of Victorian fashion, and a lot of the colours they used were probably not accurate, just fun for a musical.
I thought the best costumes were for the Christmas ball scene.

I am sure you have all already seen it, but if not it is worth watching for the: cute storyline, great songs, Agnes and Tootie and the scene around the dinner table.

I have had 3 new followers in a week!
Thank you :)


I found this incredible makeup tutorial today, inspired by Marlene Dietrich.
I can't wait to give it a go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0N0iyuYVNI

Bank Holiday

So this morining I got up early, ready to get a lot of things done, only to remember its a bank holiday so,
Job 1. go to the bank: impossible.
Job 2. get prints sorted for final printing: printers is closed, also impossible!
Job 3. Re-write artist statment and email to tutors: can still be done.

So tomorrow will be a busy day!

Instead of curling back up in bed I decided to make the most of this lovely Bank holiday, so I baked a cake. (before 10.30 in the morning!)

I call this the Jackson Pollock Traybake.

I just use a standard fairy cake recipe but put it in a baking dish instead of seperate cake cases.

I used melted milk chocolate for the topping and just flicked it at the cake! fun :P
If I had a fully stocked cupboard I normally use both milk and white chocolate to create a marble effect, you can also do this with the cake mixture, spliting it before adding to the tray and adding coco powder to one lot of cake mixture then swirling and layering the different coloured cake in the tin.


So after I have had another go at my artist statment, I am going to curl up with a good classic film.

I found this awesome channel on youtube, where someone lovely has been posting classic films.

http://www.youtube.com/user/classicscreengems


enjoy! :)
check it out!

Carole Lombard

I love Carole Lombard even more than Marlene Dietrich!




Unfortunatley they only do a few of her films on dvd. They need to release a boxset like they have with Dietrich, Doris Day, Marilyn and Audrey Hepburn.

If Jennifer Aniston can have one, Carole Lombard deserves one!

Imagine a bumper boxset of Gable and Lombard and all their films! it would be awesome!

Leading ladies

Been away a while i know!
I bought this book from Turner Classic Movies collection on amazon. I t is amazing! 50 of the best actresses of the studio era. Each actress gets a full page portrait with biography and then a double page of filmography complete with filmstills or movie posters as well as fun facts and style notes! What more could a girl ask for?!

I love the Carole Lombard page because she is one of my favourite actresses. Other wonderful ladies mentioned are Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe (obviously) and Clara Bow, Louise Brookes, Natalie Wood, Gene Tierney, Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren, Vivien Leigh and Elizabeth Taylor. (photographs from amazon.co.uk)



They also have a leading Males and Hollywood couples book in the series, and thats what i will get next! :D

tra for now! x