Tag Archives: Grace Kelly

By Robert J. Avrech | February 21, 2013

Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s: Rear Window, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Seven Samurai

Tweet We continue our survey of the twenty greatest movies of the 1950s. For a complete listing of the greatest movies of the 20, 30s and 40s, click here. 10. Rear Window, 1954 Photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (James Stewart) breaks his legs while photographing a car racing accident. Now, he is confined in his Greenwich [...]

Posted in Alfred Hitchcock, Great Movies, Greatest Movies of the 1950s, Hollywood, Movies | Also tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, Michael Kidd, Rear Window, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Seven Samurai, Stanley Donen | 27 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | March 30, 2012

Friday Fashion: Hollywood Hats for Passover

Tweet Passover is almost here. Cleaning, changing dishes, and buying Passover food takes up a huge amount of time and energy. Observant Jews also take the opportunity to purchase new clothing in honor of the holiday in which we celebrate our deliverance from Egyptian bondage. Orthodox women cover their heads in synagogue—a sign of modesty—thus [...]

Posted in Anita Page, Friday Fashion, Holidays, Hollywood, Hollywood Hats, Passover | Also tagged Bette Davis, Cecil Beaton, David Lean, Edward Stevenson, Fashions of 1934, House of Flying Daggers, Irene Dunne, Joy of Living, Kalloch, Leslie Howard, Mary Nolan, Miriam Hopkins, The Old Maid, Wendy Hiller, William Powell, Ziyi Zhang | 10 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | February 24, 2012

Friday Fashion: Bags, Spring 2012

Tweet In 1956 while pregnant with Caroline, Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco was photographed in New York City by Life Magazine carrying a black crocodile Hermes bag, which she used to cover her pregnancy. After this picture was published the bag became a fashion hit and was renamed the Kelly bag. A woman’s handbag is more [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion, Handbags | Also tagged 3.1 Phillip Lim, Balmain, Burak Uyan, Celine, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Hermes, Kelly Bag, Tory Burch, VBH, Victoria Beckham | 10 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | November 4, 2011

Friday Fashion: Hollywood Hats

Tweet There was a time when wearing a hat was de rigueur. Fine millinery was considered a sign of good taste, good breeding and good fashion. Hollywood actresses were rarely seen in public without hat, gloves and a designer outfit. Those were the days when Hollywood insisted on projecting style and glamour. Of course, with the [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion, Hollywood Hats | Also tagged Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Glamour, Hedda Hopper, Joan Bennett, Lilyan Tashman, Marlene Dietrich, Miriam Hopkins, Vivien Leigh | 14 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | July 13, 2011

Stupid American Jews Getting Not-so-Stupid, or: How American Jews Learned to Start Worrying About Obama

Tweet We know: it’s crazy paranoid to assume that a man who was mentored for over 20-years by a rabid Jew-hater just might have a few, um, issues, with Jews and Israel. But hey, Seraphic Secret did not go to an Ivy League college, nor did we attend graduate school where common sense is, North [...]

Posted in Israel, Politics, Zionism | Also tagged Cary Grant, Jewish Democrats, John Wayne, Karen, Obama | 18 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | July 8, 2011

Bag of Tricks

Tweet In Rear Window, 1954, Grace Kelly’s elegant Mark Cross bag emerges as something of a major character, a twin symbol of desire—Kelly cooly snaps opens the bag, unfurling a fetching neglige—and the domesticity Jimmy Stewart finds so intimidating. Women’s handbags are more than repositories of oh-so-necessary possessions but a reflection of a woman’s priorities [...]