"She Done Him Wrong" starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen More and Gilbert Roland. Mae West plays Lady Lou, a saloon singer, who is mixed up with various no good men. One good man who hangs around may want to do more than to save her soul. Director: Lowell Sherman Gowns: Edith Head Studio: Paramount Pictures Year: 1933
"Glass Bottom Boat" starring Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Paul Lynde and Dom De Luise. Doris Day stars as the ghost writer to Rod Taylor, a dashing aerospace scientist who is in love with her. Things get complicated and hilarious when she is confused for a Russian Spy. Director: Frank Tashlin Gowns: Ray Aghayan Studio: MGM Year: 1966
"Pride and Prejudice" starring Greer Garson, Lawrence Olivier, Ann Rutherford, Mary Boland and Edmund Gwenn. The Bennet family consisting of five unmarried daughters see an answer to their financial prayers when two wealthy bachelors come to town. Heads butt and passions flare in this adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel. Director: Robert Z. Leonard Gowns: Adrian Mens Costumes: Gile Steele Studio: MGM Year: 1940...
"Blonde Crazy" starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Ray Milland and Guy Kibbee. Cagney stars as a good time grifting bellboy who teams up with the glamorous Blondell to take their show on the road. Director: Roy Del Ruth Costumes: Earl Luick Studio: Warner Bros. Year: 1931
Old Hollywood REALNESS - Join Kathleen Noll and Philip Estrada as they gab, gush and discuss the Paramount classic thriller "Vertigo" (1958) starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore. James Stewart stars as a detective suffering from acrophobia who is hired to follow the mysterious Kim Novak. Suicide leads to obsession which leads to layers of mystery. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Costumes by Edith Head.
"Meet Me In St. Louis" starring Judy Garland, Maraget O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake and Marjorie Main. Judy Garland stars as Esther Smith of the Smith Family. This film centers on a St. Louis family in the months leading up to the 1904 World's Fair. Director: Vincente Minelli Costumes: Irene Sharaff Studio: MGM Year: 1944
You Can Find The Film Here "Christmas in Connecticut" starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet and S.K. Sakall. Stanwyck stars as Elizabeth Lane, a city gal magazine columnist, who writes articles as the ultimate homemaker and mother. Things get complicated when the magazine owner strong arms her into hosting Christmas for a naval war hero at her 'farm.' Director: Peter Godfrey Costumes: Milo Anderson - Costumes & Edith Head - Stanwyck's Gowns Studio: Warner Bros. Year: 1...
It's our One Year Anniversary and we are joined by our Special Guest: Pete Menefee. Pete Menefee has had a long career as a costume designer of Movies, TV Specials, and Cabaret Shows. He started his career as a dancer in theater and movies and even danced as one of the Chimney Sweeps in "Mary Poppins." After discussing the film Pete stayed behind to discuss his history designing showgirls for Las Vegas.
It's our One Year Anniversary and we are joined by our Special Guest: Pete Menefee. Pete Menefee has had a long career as a costume designer of Movies, TV Specials, and Cabaret Shows. He started his career as a dancer in theater and movies and even danced as one of the Chimney Sweeps in "Mary Poppins." We were beyond excited to have him share his experience working on this classic film with us. "Mary Poppins" starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, and Glynis Johns. Andrews plays...
"Salomé" starring Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis and Rose Dione. Silent Screen Siren Nazimova stars as the step-daughter to the king who is holding Jokanaan (John the Baptist) prisoner. When her advances are rebuffed she demands his head on a platter. Director: Charles Bryant Costumes: Natacha Rambova Studio: Nazimova Productions Released: 1923 You can watch the full film on Youtube View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize...
You Can Find The Film Here "Arsenic and Old Lace" starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre. Cary Grant stars as a newlywed theater critic who discovers his devoted aunts that raised him are hiding a few bodies in the basement. Director: Frank Capra Costumes: Orry-Kelly Studio: Warner Bros. Released: 1944...
You Can Find The Film Here "I Married a Witch" starring Veronica Lake, Frederic March, Robery Benchley, Susan Hayward and Cecil Kellaway. Lake stars as a witch, who returns after 300 years to enact revenge on March, the descendant of the man who put her to death. Things get complicated when she accidentally drinks her own love potion. Director: Rene Clair Costumes: Edith Head Studio: Paramount Released: 1942...
You Can Find The Film Here "Virginia City" starring Erroll Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart. Erroll Flynn stars as an escaped Union Soldier working to thwart Randolph Scott's Confederate gold smuggling plan. Director: Michael Curtiz Costumes: Orry-Kelly Studio: Warner Bros. Released: 1940 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize...
You Can Find The Film Here "The Women" starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard and Joan Fontaine. Film based on the hit Broadway play about New York Society Women and their battles over their various husbands. Director: George Cukor Costumes: Adrian Studio: MGM Year: 1939 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize...
You Can Find The Film Here "Hit The Deck" starring Jane Powell, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin, Vic Damone and Russ Tamblyn. Three sailor friends have a musical adventure in San Fransisco. Finding love and hijinks comes easy for the trio. Director: Roy Rowland Costumes: Helen Rose Studio: MGM Year: 1955...
You Can Find The Film Here "The Pirate" starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper and special dance sequence by The Nicholas Brothers and songs by Cole Porter. Judy Garland stars as Manuela who pines for a life of adventure with Macoco, Mack the Black, a notorious pirate. When a traveling theater troupe rolls into town her prayers may be answered. Director: Vincente Minelli Costumes: Tom Keogh Studio: MGM Year: 1948 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Vi...
You Can Find The Film Here "Captain Blood" starring Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone and Ross Alexander. Errol Flynn stars as Peter Blood, who during an attempted revolution in England in 1680, gets imprisoned and sent to the Caribbean to be sold as a slave. After an attack on the island, Blood leads a band of slaves to escape and becomes notorious pirates sacking English shipping vessels. Director: Michael Curtiz Costumes: Milo Anderson Studio: Warner Bros. Year: ...
You Can Find The Film Here "Follow the Fleet" starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Nelson and featuring bit parts played by Lucille Ball and Betty Grable. Fred Astaire stars as a sailor who returns to San Fran to look up his old dance partner Ginger Rogers. Lovers with mixed signals, putting on a show to save a boat and a monkey dressed up as a sailor make for a fun Irving Berlin musical romp. Director: Mark Sandrich Costumes: Bernard Newman (gowns) Studio: RKO Year: 193...
You Can Find The Film Here "Ship Ahoy" starring Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien. Featuring musical numbers by Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra. Powell stars as a dancing sensation that gets mixed up in a smuggling plot who falls in love with Skelton antics along the way. Director: Edward Buzzell Costumes: Kalloch (Robert Kalloch) Studio: MGM Year: 1942 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fulls...
You Can Find The Film Here "Anchors Aweigh" starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson and Dean Stockwell. On a four day shore leave two sailors look for love, babysit a wannabe junior sailor and teach Jerry the Mouse to tap dance. Director: George Sidney Costumes: Irene Studio: MGM Year: 1945 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize...
You Can Find The Film Here "On The Town" starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller and Betty Garrett. Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin star as three sailors who get twenty-four hours of shore leave and their misadventures lead to musical numbers, a high speed police chase and love. Turns out New York, New York IS a wonderful town. Director: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen Costumes: Helen Rose Studio: MGM Year: 1949 View fullsize View fullsize View fulls...
You Can Find The Film Here "This Gun For Hire" starring Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Laird Cregar and Robert Preston. Alan Ladd stars as Raven, a hit man for hire who gets double crossed by one of his clients. This get complicated when Veronica Lake get mixed up in his run from the law while working her own angle. Director: Frank Tuttle Costumes: Edith Head Studio: Paramount Released: 1942 You Can FInd Their 2nd Book Here Our guest for this episode is Renee Patrick, which is the pseudonym for marri...
You Can Find The Film Here "The Court Jester" starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone and Angela Lansbury. Danny Kaye stars in this medieval musical comedy about reclaiming a usurped throne in the name of a child king. Sword fights, hypnotism and technicolor costumes abound in this hilarious romp. Director: Melvin Frank & Norman Panama Costumes: Edith Head & Yvonne Wood Studio: Paramount Pictures Year: 1955 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize V...
You Can Find The Film Here "His Girl Friday" starring Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy and John Qualen. Rosalind Russell stars in this screwball comedy, as Hildy Johnson, ace reporter for The Morning Post. Cary Grant plays the paper's editor and her ex-husband, who cooks up a a scheme to lure her back to her job and keep her from marrying another man. Director: Howard Hawks Costumes: Kalloch (Robert Kalloch) Studio: Columbia Pictures Released: 1940 View fullsize View fullsize View ful...
You Can Find The Film Here "Gypsy" starring Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden and Ann Jillian. Natalie Wood stars as the legendary star of burlesque, Gypsy Rose Lee and Rosalind Russell portrays her overbearing stage mother, Rose Hovic. This musical, based on Gypsy's memoir, tracks the Hovic family, from their early days in vaudeville through to Gypsy's rise to fame as the world's most famous burlesque dancer. Director: Mervyn LeRoy Costumes: Orry-Kelly Studio: Warner Bros. Released: 1...
You Can Find The Film Here "Marie Antoinette" starring Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, Robert Morley, and John Barrymore. Norma Shearer plays the titular character in this biopic based on the 1932 biography of the ill fated queen. Shearer, as Antoinette, navigates double dealings in the royal court, an extra marital love affair and the impending French Revolution. As we all know, things don't end well for her. Director: W.S. Van Dyke Costumes: Adrian (Gowns) and Gile Steele (Menswear) Studio: MGM R...
You Can Find The Film Here "Gigi" starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Isabel Jeans and Eva Gabor. Leslie Caron plays Gigi, a young Parisian woman who is not impressed with the French traditions of love. When she is being groomed to be the mistress of the most elidgible bachelor in France love becomes an unexpected obstacle. Director: Vincente Minnelli Music and Lyrics by: Lerner and Loewe Costumes: Cecil Beaton Studio: MGM Released: 1958 View fullsize View ...
You Can Find The Film Here "The Prodigal" starring Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern and James Mitchell. Lana Turner stars in this 'biblical epic' inspired by the parable of the Prodigal Son. Turner as the high priestess of a pagan religion is pursued by Purdom who is swindled out of his family fortune while trying to buy her love. Director: Richard Thorpe Costumes: Herschel McCoy Studio: MGM Released: 1955 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsi...
You Can Find The Film Here "Laura" starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. Gene Tierney plays Laura Hunt, a ravishing beauty whose mentor molded her into a scion of the advertising world. Everyone seems to fall in love with Laura, including the detective investigating her murder. Director: Otto Preminger Costumes: Bonnie Cashin Studio: 20th Century Fox Released: 1944 View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize ...
You Can Find The Film Here "Footlight Parade" starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell. Cageny is Chester Kent, the movie house prologue impresario challenged to create three masterpieces to win a major account. The only thing standing in his way is romance, embezzlement, and espionage. This is an amazing precode musical complete with numbers staged by the prolific Busby Berkeley. Director: Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley Costumes: Milo Anderson Studio: Warner Bros. Yea...
