The great costume designers of Hollywood’s Golden Years brought an incredible amount of artistry to the screen. The creations of Adrian, Travis Banton, Helen Rose, Howard Greer, Edith Head, Irene, Orry-Kelly and many others were the epitome of style and enthralled moviegoers over many generations.
One of these great designers, Adrian, is featured in this photograph. […]

Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Pat Turner
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Louella Parsons, one of the real-life gossip columnists who features in my Hollywood novel Gossip Column, is pictured here on the left at a celebrity function. She appears to be eavesdropping on the two stars to the right of the photograph, Barbara Stanwyck and Natalie Wood. Louella, together with her great adversary, Hedda Hopper, held enormous […]

Posted on March 31st, 2007 by Pat Turner
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