RIP Alexander McQueen….
(The world is that much less interesting….)
a sad moment of glamour….
R.I.P. Jean Simmons
R.I.P. Mr. Willie Mitchell….
a moment of glamour… part of a series….
Celebrating 75 years of the initials B.B.!
RIP, Arthur Ferrante….
a moment of glamour - part of a series….
the arcane perfection of Barbara Steele….
R.I.P. - Mr. Les Paul.
What more can we say?
Words fail….
The glorious Gloria Grahame gets her due on the indispensable Turner Classic Movies this Thursday, August 13th. As part of the channel’s “Summer Under The Stars” series - which highlights the films of a particular movie star each day this month - TCM will screen 24 hours of films featuring the gorgeous Gloria. While we here at MR HQ are a tad stung that our personal favorite GG flick - the blackly sublime, film noir “Sudden Fear” - isn’t on the menu, there are more than enough masterpieces for the viewer to savor including Gloria’s Oscar winning turn in Vincent Minnelli’s “The Bad and The Beautiful”, Nicholas Ray’s “In A Lonely Place” and Fritz Lang’s “The Big Heat”. Watch and see why Gloria was the ultimate bad blonde - and why she inspired the song “Gloria Grahame” as featured on our new LP, Villainess. (And make sure to check out some of the other entries in the Summer Under The Stars series - it has been exquisitely curated, bypassing some more obvious screen icons in favor of some lessor known but no less deserving of attention actors like Dirk Bogarde, Ida Lupino, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman and Claire Bloom. Click the photo of the lady for more details.)
