Glamour of the Gods exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

Photography by Karl StrussGloria Swanson, 1919
Photography by Baron Adolph de MeyerMary Pickford, 1920
Photography by Nikolas MurrayClara Bow, 1925
Photography by George HurrellClark Gable and Joan Crawford, 1933
Photography by George HurrellJean Harlow, 1933
Photography by George HurrellMarlene Dietrich, 1937
Photography by Gene KornmanRita Hayworth, 1939
Photography by Robert CoburnRita

I finally give up smoking after thirty years

Tallulah Bankhead
I've smoked since I was twelve.  Obviously I didn't smoke that much back then but smoking has been a big part of my life.  I've never tried to give up before and amazingly I'm finding it much less difficult than I thought I would.
I went to the dentist on Friday afternoon.  I have receded gums on my bottom teeth and need some work done.  The dentist told me he would sort them

Friday quotes - Marlene Dietrich

"I dress for the image.Not for myself, not for the public,not for fashion, not for men"
Marlene Dietrich(1901-1992)
Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich was born in Germany in 1901.  During the 1920's she acted in silent films in Berlin before her role in The Blue Angel brought her international fame and a Hollywood contract with Paramount.  Marketed as Germany's answer to Greta Garbo she became

Fabulous headdresses

Anita Ekberg

Carole Lombard

Carmen Miranda - my friend has a brilliant framed photo of her kicking her leg up, she clearly didn't bother wearing knickers

Marlene Dietrich - I adore her clothes

Louise Brooks hiding her classic bob
Josephine Baker
Doutzen Kroes in Victoria's Secret

Lily Cole in Christian Lacroix

Seventies Cher
Photography by Mark SeligerThe gorgeous Gisele

Cher

Greta

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part forty four

Photography by Richard Avedon
"Nobody ever falls in love with you when you look great.  It's a rule.The real ones fall in love with you when you are you"
Anjelica Huston(b. 1951)



Photography by Edward Steichen
"The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in himthan he is in a woman with beautiful legs"
Marlene Dietrich(1901-1992)




"Plain women know more about men than

I love headdresses

Alice Dellal in Pam Hogg



Sophie Willing in Pam Hogg


Headdress by Rebecca Raa



Stephen Jones for Christian Dior



Marlene Dietrich



Carole Lombard



Carole Lombard



Hedy Lamarr
I love all these headdresses.  I can't walk past a fabulous hat or headdress without trying it on.  I would wear any of these. 
I once went to a party dressed a  showgirl.  I loved my outfit particularly the

Is Carole Lombard in love at last?

That was the title of an article that appeared in Liberty magazine in 1936. That was the year the world discovered what most of Hollywood already knew: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were in love.

Lombard and Gable 
The article is an interesting look back in time when the lives of Hollywood's rich and famous were followed and covered by the press as if they were royalty. The titillating, if overly long subtitle, "An Intimate Look at Hollywood's Newest Romance and--Most Discussed Question--Has the Screen's Blonde Venus Captured Clark Gable?" sets the reader up for a juicy read and it doesn't disappoint.

Most photographed movie star
Filled with plenty of 1930s name-dropping to satisfy die-hard movie fans, the article includes some insights into Lombard's previous high-profile romances, including her short marriage to William Powell. It also includes the fact that Gable was still married, although separated from wife Rhea. One interesting fact: Lombard, by 1936, had had her picture taken more than 200,000 times, putting her in such rarefied company with Marlene Dietrich and Claudette Colbert.

For the complete Liberty article, click here.