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THR on red-carpet beauty, what Head said, Zoe’s dough
The Hollywood Reporter’s recent style issue was packed with great stories. For instance, Meg Hemphill spotted four awards beauty trends that she predicts we’ll be seeing for months to come. They are:...
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Edith, Head of her class: A shrewd woman with a sharp eye and unprecedented...
Famed costume designer Edith Head knew that clothes should underscore an actor’s character, not upstage it. And she applied the same discipline to dealing with Hollywood’s elite, putting every ounce of...
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Greed at its glossiest in ‘The Strange Love of Martha Ivers’
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers/1946/Paramount/115 min. The effects, both corrosive and subtle, of deep-seated greed form the core of “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” made for Paramount by prestige...
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Retro restaurants> FNB dishes on dining: Russell’s in Pasadena
Might noir master James M. Cain have drawn inspiration from Russell’s? Russell’s 30 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 626-578-1404 Hours: Open 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 7 a.m.-10 p.m....
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Film noir fashionistas in the spotlight
Edith Head worked on film noir titles such as “Double Indemnity,” “Sunset Blvd.,” “Rear Window” and “Vertigo.” Happy birthday, Edith Head! She was born October 28, in San Bernardino, Calif. In her...
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Ahead of her time: An exceptional talent who made an art form of dressing the...
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly take a stroll in “To Catch a Thief” (1955, Alfred Hitchcock). “If it’s a Paramount film, I probably worked on it.” So said the legendary costume designer Edith Head (Oct. 28,...
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Ahead of her class: Remembering a legendary designer
Edith Head won eight Oscars. Edith Head was born today in 1897 in San Bernardino, Calif. Starting with scant experience and no design training, she nonetheless had a stellar career – at Paramount and...
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Film noir fashion lives on with contemporary style-setters
Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Veronica Lake, Lauren Bacall, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford. “I saw ‘Rear Window’ and I swear I felt my brain chemistry change,” says film and fashion educator Kimberly...
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‘This Gun for Hire’ opens Noir City: Hollywood Festival on Friday at the...
The Veronica Lake–Alan Ladd quintessential film noir “This Gun for Hire,” co-starring Laird Cregar, opens the Noir City: Hollywood Festival on Friday at the Egyptian Theatre. Directed by Frank Tuttle...
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The anti-Valentine: Happy birthday to the divine Miss N!
Vertigo/ 1958/Paramount Pictures /127 min. Kim Novak turns 85 today – wow! Kim Novak plays two parts, elegant Madeleine and brassy Judy. On a cold morning several years ago, my colleague Joe from the...
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