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Venus in a Fur Bikini

February 19, 2023 by Lesley Truffle

Venus in a Fur Bikini    ‘My name is Raquel Welch. I am here for visual effects, and I have two of them.’   Raquel Welch came to fame after starring in One Million Years B.C. in 1966. She only had three lines in the film but her fur bikini – made from deer skin … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, Film, films, movies, Social Comment Tagged: Beyond the Cleavage, Gore Vidal, Hannie Caulder, Hollywood, Kansas City Bomber, Myra Breckinridge, One Million Years BC, Playboy, Raquel Welch, Woman of the Year

Babylon

January 30, 2023 by Lesley Truffle

  Babylon Babylon is a test of whether or not a film can be the sum of its gorgeous pieces. A great score, a talented ensemble, and expert cinematography—all are undeniable here. And yet there are narrative elements of Babylon that feel hollow from the very beginning …                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Brian Tallerico   Babylon clocks in at … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, art/theatre event, Film, films, Historical, movies, Social Comment Tagged: 1920's, 1930's, Babylon the movie, Brad Pitt, Damien Chazelle, Fellini, Fellini Satyricon, Hollywood, Hollywood Babylon, Jovoan Adepo, Kenneth Anger, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Li Jun Li, Manny Torres

The Black Eyed Blonde

November 16, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

  The Black Eyed Blonde   It seemed like a nice neighbourhood to have bad habits in. Raymond Chandler from The Big Sleep 1939.   I’ve been reading a Philip Marlowe detective novel that was not written by American author/screenwriter Raymond Chandler (1988-1959). I found the novel The Black Eyed Blonde engaging but somewhat disconcerting. … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, books, films, movies, writers & creatives Tagged: American movies, American writer, Benjamin Black, detective film noir, film noir, Hollywood, Humphrey Bogart, John Banville, Lauren Bacall, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Morlowe, Philip Marlowe, Playback, private detective, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, The Black Eyed Blonde, The Long Goodbye, USA

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

October 21, 2022 by Lesley Truffle
Audrey Hepburn photo from film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

  Breakfast at Tiffany’s   All his prayers in the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved. Other Voices by Truman Capote.   … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, books, Film, films, Historical, Social Comment Tagged: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Capote, Capote novel, Capote novella, Holly Golightly, Hollywood, Hollywood actress, Hollywood legend, Hollywood Movie, M, Truman Capote

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

January 27, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes   ‘I overheard Dorothy tell Major Falcon that she liked to become intoxicated once in a dirty while.’ Lorelei Lee from Anita Loos novella, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.   One of my favourite books is a hardcover 1926, tenth edition of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. So popular was Anita Loos’ novella that … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, artists, Film, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, movies, writers & creatives Tagged: America, American, Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hollywood, Hollywood Movies, Howard Hawks, Jane Russell, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Monroe, movies

Peel Me a Grape

March 24, 2019 by Lesley Truffle

Peel Me a Grape Hollywood legend Mae West liked her men distinctly masculine. Her taste veered towards wrestlers, boxers, prize fighters, gangsters and musclemen. At 61 she took up with Mr California, Paul Novak, who was thirty years younger. He was one of the musclemen in her stage show at the time and he remained … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, Fashion, Mavericks & Renegades, Social Comment, writers & creatives Tagged: Golden Era Movies, Hollywood, Lesley Truffle, Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Mary Jane West, Peel Me a Grape, Salvador Dali

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