“I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realize that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn’t realize how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn’t hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.”
—Joan Collins
Portrait of Maria Franzcisca Palffy, 1793
Sharing Cotton Candy, Paris, 1988
Poster for the Soviet Release of Buster Keaton’s “The General,” Moscow 1928
“Nora Charles of The Thin Man was different … Nora had a gorgeous sense of humor; she appreciated the distinctive grace of her husband’s wit. She laughed … at him and with him when he was funny. What’s more, she laughed at herself. Besides having tolerance, she was a good guy. She was courageous and interested in living and she enjoyed doing all the things she did. You understand she had a good time, always.”
—Myrna Loy
Forest Fire with Moonlight (1920)
Stripes and Shadows, Brooklyn, New York, 1988
“You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can’t see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that’s me.”
—Vivien Leigh
Esther before Ahasuerus, circa 1640 and circa 1660
Oil on canvas
101 × 140 cm (39.8 × 55.1 in)
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Ah. Myrna…indelibly linked to Nora Charles.
I’ll take Joan Collins at her word, but I have a hard time believing it. So much of her professional career (in the late 70’s to mid-80’s anyway) was based on her raw sexuality — everything from Dynasty to her Playboy spread seemed to be built on her physical beauty.
Love the Art Deco designs — the car, the watch, and that necklace!
The more I read about Audrey Hepburn, the more fascinating she becomes… interesting woman.
And, as always, your grandkids are adorable.
I have a copy of Audrey’s cookbook. Her son published it after her death,
Cute pictures of your grandchildren! On Joan Collins, I go back to something I learned from you years ago about Marilyn Monroe. That she thought she was ugly, and that one nostril was larger than the other. Now, darn it, every time I see a MM poster, I’m looking at her nostrils. I don’t notice anything different.
If we could only see ourselves as others see us. Joan looks a bit like Elizabeth Taylor, don’t you think?
That 1939 Lincoln – doesn’t look stock but tastefully modernized. Personally I think most customized cars detract from the factory, but Chip Foose does a great job I think…Wonder if that is one of his…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRaDHGjZqGo