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“Butterfield 8” revisited

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The movie “Butterfield 8” was made and set in the sixties, with call girl Liz Taylor driving a T-Bird –just like mom! (Did someone from the movie studio spot my mom driving around the San Fernando Valley back then?)

Voice on the phone: “Is Margo there?”

Calling Butterfield 8

Oh! the novel upon which the movie was based took place during the great depression!

I have always been facinated by the 1930s. Things were so real then.
Go into the CCC until the war, then either into the Armed Forces or if physically unable, to work in a defense plant or ship yard.

Also, several movies in the seventies were based on events from the thirties:

“Paper Moon,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Day of the Locusts,” “Hard Times,” “Boxcar Bertha,” and my favorite “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?” Plus many more.

BUtterfield 8 by John O’Hara

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Lora Black wearing coins:

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from Wikipedia:

“Susan Sarandon

(born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking.

Sarandon has received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, for Atlantic City (1980), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), The Client (1994) and Dead Man Walking (1995), for which she finally won. On television, she has received five Emmy nominations, including for Bernard and Doris (2007) and You Don’t Know Jack (2010). Her other films include The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Pretty Baby (1978), The Hunger (1983), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Bull Durham (1988),

White Palace (1990) [another favorite of mine], Little Women (1994), Stepmom (1998), Igby Goes Down (2002), Enchanted (2007), The Lovely Bones (2009) and Arbitrage (2012).”

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Amazing amateur lovers:

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In the parking lot at the bank noticed a smartly dressd female about 25 years old, wearing flats with a short red skirt,

and driving a red Kia.

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Brie bobby socks:

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and more Shirley:

Donna Breed plus Laverne and Shirley

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From Wikipedia:

Donna Reed

(January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986) was an American film and television actress.

With appearances in over 40 films, Reed received the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lorene Burke in the war drama From Here to Eternity. She is also well known for her role as Mary Hatch in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). She worked extensively in television, notably as Donna Stone, an American middle class mother in the sitcom The Donna Reed Show

(1958–1966), in which she played a more prominent role than many other television mothers of the era and for which she received the 1963 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female.

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“Chanel Preston

and Riley Reid

did a stellar job of portraying Lavern & Shirley

respectively.”

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Gill Ellis Young – The woman behind the famous “Lady Sonia”

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Lisa Ann

Pornstars hit rankings:

World #1

North America #1

United States #1

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OH! Almost forgot Sally

from Mad–Men.

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Shirley with doll:

Stamps Approved!

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Addendum:

Obviously, California should be divided into two states:

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Also, I would suggest the city of Riverside for the capital of South California.

Wonder girl & Burlesque

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from Wikipedia:

Gracie Allen

(July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964), was an American comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns. For contributions to the television industry, Gracie Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard. She and George Burns are also both members of the Television Hall of Fame, having earned joint induction in 1988.

Gracie Allen was born in San Francisco, California.

She soon began performing Irish folk dances with her three sisters, who were billed as “The Four Colleens.” In 1909 Allen joined her sister, Bessie, as a vaudeville performer. At a performance in 1922 Allen met George Burns and the two formed a comedy act. The two were married on January 7, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Gracie Allen was born with heterochromia, giving her two different color eyes; one blue and one green.
Birth date mystery

Depending on the source, Gracie Allen is alleged to have been born on July 26 in 1895, 1896, 1902 or 1906. All public records held by the City and County of San Francisco were destroyed in the earthquake and great fire of April 1906.

Among Allen’s signature jokes was a dialogue in which Allen would claim that she was born in 1906, her foil would press her for proof or corroborating information; she would say that her birth certificate had been destroyed in the earthquake, her foil would point out that she was born in July but the earthquake was three months earlier in April, and Allen would simply smile and reply “Well, it was an awfully big earthquake.”

Recommended reading:

“Gracie: A Love Story” by George Burns

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Burlesque Queen Blaze Starr

with nylons rolled!

and brie

too.

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22 year old porn actress Rebecca Starr:

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Debbie the MILF ready for the promotion panel!

Debbie sez “You’ll have to answer for that!”
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Speaking of MAD MEN,

brie as Joan

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Not forgetting Debra Winger as Wonder Girl!

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Sarah Young as a MILF wearing pink tennis shoes:

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Lastly, brie wearing a Shirley dress:

Bobby-soxing in Film

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from Wikipedia:

Giulietta Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an Italian film and stage actress. She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively. Masina won the Best Actress award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival for the later film.

She was the wife and muse of the Italian film director Federico Fellini, in whom she found an artistic equal and collaborator. Owing to her intense performances of naïve characters dealing with cruel circumstances, Masina is often called the “female Chaplin”.

Brie interjects: When she grabbed her umbrella upon leaving the mansion in the movie “Nights of Cabiria,” I thought of Chaplin’s cane.

Wikipedia:

Nights of Cabiria

Nights of Cabiria (Italian: Le notti di Cabiria) is a 1957 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Giulietta Masina, François Périer, and Amedeo Nazzari. Based on a story by Fellini, the film is about a [bobby-soxing] prostitute

in Rome who searches for true love in vain.

Plot

A happy, laughing Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) is standing on a river bank with her current boyfriend and live-in lover, Giorgio (Franco Fabrizi). Suddenly he pushes her into the river and steals her purse which is full of money. She cannot swim and nearly drowns, but is rescued by a group of young boys and revived at the last possible moment by helpful ordinary people who live a little further down the river. In spite of just saving her life, she treats them with disdain and starts looking for Giorgio.

Cabiria returns to her small home, but Giorgio has disappeared. She is bitter, and when her best friend and neighbor, Wanda (Franca Marzi) tries to help her get over him, Cabiria shoos her away and remains disgruntled. She continues to ply her trade as a prostitute. One night, she is outside a fancy nightclub and witnesses a fight between famous movie star, Alberto Lazzari (Amedeo Nazzari), as he’s dumped by his girlfriend. The differences in appearance between the glamorous girlfriend in a mink coat and the disheveled and short Cabiria are stark. The jilted Lazzari takes the starstruck Cabiria to another club and then to his house, where Cabiria is astounded by the opulence of his house. As the two are finally becoming closer after a rather standoffish few hours, Lazzari’s girlfriend returns and Cabiria is shuffled off to the bathroom, unable to consummate with a movie star.

Cabiria goes to a magic show, and the magician (Aldo Silvani) drags her up on stage and hypnotizes her. As the audience laughs, she acts out her desires to be married and live a happy life. Furious at having been taken advantage of for the audience’s amusement, she leaves in a huff. Outside the theater, a man named Oscar (François Périer) is waiting outside to talk to her. He was in the audience and he says he agrees with her that it was not right for everyone to laugh, but believes that fate brought them together. They go for a drink, and at first she is cautious and suspicious, but after several meetings she falls passionately in love with him and they are to be married after only a few weeks. Cabiria is delighted and sells her home and takes out all her money from the bank. After they are married, she offers to give Oscar 700,000 lira cash, but he declines. However, during a walk in a wooded area, on a cliff overlooking a lake Oscar becomes distant and starts acting nervous. Cabiria realizes that just like her earlier lover, Oscar intends to push her over the cliff and steal her money. She throws her purse at his feet, sobbing in convulsions on the ground as he takes the money and abandons her.

She later picks herself up and stumbles out of the wood in tears. In the film’s famous last sequence, Cabiria walks the long road back to town when she is met by a group of young people riding scooters, playing music, and dancing. They happily form an impromptu parade around her until she begins to smile through her tears.

Brie again:
At the very end of the movie she smiles at the camera (at you!). This is even better than Paul Newman’s smirk at the end of the film “Hud!”

Also, I saw “Julliet of the Spirits” starring Giulietta Masina back during the analog days in a movie theatre. I thought the movie rather abstruse, but I do remember being impressd by the actress Giulietta Masina as Julliet!

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Norma

sez: “I’m going to throw you out!”

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Eva

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Nanette:

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Bobbi Starr as Velma:

Bobbi Starr goes extreme:

Brie as Velma:

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Cindy Mcdowel

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Jan B

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Brie from the video “Burlesque”

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and Brie as Patty

Surrealistic Writing

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An attempt at surrealistic writing:

I came upon the water from an unexpected direction, finding a poster of myself floating there. The poster looked something like a movie poster with both words and illustration. I pulled the poster out of the water and went into the nearby bathroom. After finishing my business, I left the poster there for others to gawk at, but later thought I would want the poster as a curiosity and a keepsake, but now it was gone. So, I returned quickly to the water hoping to find another poster, which I did, but a wave crashed over it as they were no doubt expecting me this time! I then went downtown and heard a horse galloping. Whereupon I looked and saw it was Zorro pasting a poster

of me on the wall of the building! I knew they were after me for the crime of enticement. Two of them grabbed me. it was their job to prepare me for the ordeal. Applying debilitating cream, then dressing me as a school girl wearing lacy bobby socks, loafers, plaid skirt, blouse, and with my hair in pigtails, I was now ready!

I knew there was no escape as the pederasts were gathering for the gang bang of me by the sodomites. I thought perhaps i should poop before the event. They swarmed me and were shoving their apendages into my orifices, one after the other, then I awoke.

Recommended reading: “Second Skin” Paperback by John Hawkes

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There is not much information available on Rebecca Starr.

Apparently, she

came to Los Angeles from South Africa, and worked in the porn industry for 3 years, then returned to South Africa with a pile of money, but I’m not completely sure.

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From “Chasin the 50’s:”

Tiffany Mynx petticoating.

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Chasey Lain bobby-soxing:

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Brie Bride

from the video.

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Brie’s house in California:

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Brie as Shirley

Patty Duke on Shirley Temple

from Entertainment Weekly:

Patty Duke

ruled the 1960s, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at 16 for The Miracle Worker and later starring in her eponymous sitcom. Starting her career at just 7, Duke has unique insight into the life of a child star, and the specific challenges they face as they grow up in the public eye. Duke opened up about those struggles in her memoir, Call Me Anna, which showed how she overcame her own difficult obstacles.

With the sad news that perhaps the most famous child star of all time, Shirley Temple,

passed away Monday night, EW spoke with Duke to discuss Temple’s influence on her, her own on-set experiences, and why she thinks so many child stars struggle once they hit adulthood.

I don’t know a whole lot about Shirley Temple’s home life or background to get what we saw on film. Except, having been almost in her shoes I know that that little girl worked hours and hours and hours and I hope somebody treated her very kindly. Every mother wanted their daughter to be Shirley Temple. I had very straight hair and my mother used to drive me crazy curling my hair so that I could look like Shirley Temple. Didn’t work!

As a child, I idolized Shirley the movie star. My favorite Shirley Temple movies were the ones that had her incredible singing and dancing and dimples, but then she’d do a scene that was serious and I would be sobbing for days. The mold had been broken. There was only one Shirley Temple. But look, she’ll live on: When we go to a restaurant, my grandchildren order a Shirley Temple.

–As told by Patty Duke

Baby Bottles,Tennis, & Women’s Surplus Army Uniforms

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brie as Bettie Page.

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Rebecca Starr!

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When the new Zody’s store (sort of like a Kmart –by the way I still have my life time Gemco membership card, even though they went belly-up years ago) opened in Burbank, Smiley Burnett (one of Gene Autry’s sidekicks), and Linda Kaye

from “Petticoat Junction” were there. Burnett had a big roll of what looked liked tickets. He would tear off a “ticket” handing them to the people in line as an autograph. It didn’t even look like he signed them. It looked more like his signature was printed on them! After a few years, I threw mine away. Whereas, my uncle, who worked at Universal Studio, obtained a personally autographed photograph from Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was one of his prized possessions –really cool.

Substitute teacher was trying to make it as an actor.

He once took over the Enterprise, when Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty, the communications officer, the doctor, George Takai, and even the Russian guy beamed down to some planet.

Also, my mom was going with a gofer at the studios, who acquired a Star Trek script, which I tried to rip off from him, but before he left :”Hey! Where’s that script!?” Somehow I knew it would have value in the future.

Taking trigonometry during the “summer of love.” Dragged off to the “love-in” at Griffith Park –“At the Love-in!”

(Chocolate Watch Band)

Had the kool aid, but not the sugar cubes! The sugar cubes containing LSD will cause you to jump off a freeway overpass, according to badge 714! “Dum De Dum Dum.”

Speaking of tennis:

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Mom:

Me:

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Alexis Texas as Marilyn Monroe:

brie as Marilyn:

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Holly Mccall wearing a woman’s Army uniform (Holly’s or from the surplus store on Van Nuys Blvd.?)

brie as Holly Mccall!

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brie as Shirley:

Stream of Consciousness

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brie a cheerleader somewhere in Los Angeles county:

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Speaking of 1970s retro nurses:

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Attempt at stream of conscious writing:

Watching the old black & white Hoffman television, “Coast Federal Savings—Ninth and Hill.”

Les crane and the shotgun microphone!

Les: “I was a fighter pilot in Korea.”

Someone from the audience: “Which side were you on Les?”

Les (seriously): “You want to come up here and say that?”

Purchased used car salesman Cal Worthington’s book “My dog spot” –“Go see Cal!”

Jingle on the radio: “The more you shop at Owl Drug Stores

the more money you save.”

Also, emanating from the juke box at the aformentioned Owl drug store on Sepulveda in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles:
“Standing on the corner
watching all the girls go by” –The Four Lads

Tom Duggan and Joe Dolan–lively debate.

At the Panorama theatre Comander Cody Sky Marshall of the Universe in the last serial “King of the Rocketmen” transpires.

As a kid in the T-bird driving around Reseda on a rainy day with Bobby Darin on the radio –fingers snapping to “Mac the Knife” — snap snap!

On 8 millimeter film playing tether ball in the backyard of the house in Arleta.

Soupy Sales as a sleazy dude living in a shack with a radio, even though he was on television. Soupy had a girl friend named “Peaches,” who was himself in drag!

“I love to get a pie in the face.”

La Crescenta outside in the dark wearing girlie clothes during a warm Santa Anna wind –this is when Zorro rides! At any moment the headlights of a car coming up the driveway could have spot-lighted me, but didn’t.

On the black & white television Buster Crabbe as Tarzan with a half nude pre code Jane in a scene, which looked like it was filmed during a Santa Anna wind!

Assigned reading:
“Up the City of Angels”
by Liza Williams

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Kandi Barbour:

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Rebecca Starr!

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Swinger bobby-soxer:

a bobby-soxing wife:

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& brie as Shirley:

Stamps

New stamps approved!

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