Lament for a lost age

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After a lovely day with Mother yesterday - it was our turn to host, and she loved sitting in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers - today's a bit more laid-back. The weather doesn't exactly lend itself to pottering out there, despite the fact there are some plants that are obviously outgrowing their pots and need moving on; it's overcast and occasionally drizzly. More like autumn than "high summer".

Let us instead take a good old wallow in the lives of impossibly-glamorous people in exotic locations (well, Hollywood) again, shall we - courtesy of the ever-marvellous Soft Tempo Lounge:

Soft Tempo Lounge - Hollywood Lament

How many stars could you name? And how many are still with us?
[I know Dame Julie Andrews, Sir Michael Caine and Mlle Brigitte Bardot are, but...]

Perfect Sunday Music, nonetheless.

[Music: Stan Kenton - Daydreams In The Night]

You too could be a hero (or villain, or robot)!

Fancy owning C3PO's head, Indiana Jones' whip, Captain Marvel's shield or even Freddy Krueger's murderous glove?

If you had a million or so to spare, you could - as these, and much, much more will be going under the hammer next week!

Propstore's Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction 2023 takes place between 9th and 12th October - and it will be live-streamed, so you don't need to miss any of the action...

[I had a look through the catalogue, and couldn't find Chris Hemsworth's penis listed, more's the pity...]

Fayeness

The lovely Miss Alice Faye would have celebrated her 98th birthday today!

Let us celebrate the anniversary of that great Hollywood showgirl with a little number she happened to do back in the 60s with two other dearly departed troupers, Bing Crosby and Phil Harris - at The Hollywood Palace (where else?):

Alice Faye, Bing Crosby and Phil Harris at The Hollywood Palace

Alice Faye (5th May 1915 – 9th May 1998)

That dress, that dress...

"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful." - Marilyn Monroe

The white Travilla dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch sold for £2.8m at The Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Memorabilia Auction in Los Angeles.

Miss Reynolds, 79, was reportedly in tears as the auction closed.

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." - Marilyn Monroe

Read more on the BBC

Art vs nature

Once again we hit smack bang into the start of another working week - unwanted, too soon, too miserable...

So to cheer us up on this Tacky Music Monday I think I just have to revisit the Palace of Tackiness that is Night of 100 Stars!

Last time it was 1985; here, three years earlier, there are even more doyennes of kitsch still alive and living the dream - just check out Mary Martin's face to see a true triumph of art (or in her case dreadful surgery) over nature!

Night of 100 Stars - 1982

Have a good week, whatever!

Extravaganza

On Tacky Music Mondays, I generally favour something cheerful, glittery and glitzy, something involving cheesy dance routines and forced smiles, something outrageously big-haired and big-shouldered from the 80s, in fact anything and everything unashamedly camp...

Put them all together and what do you get? This!!!

Night of 100 Stars 1985 opening

How life should be...

Imagine owning Lana Turner’s petticoat!

Wow! Every queen's dream, as loads of Hollywood memorabilia comes up for auction in the US this Friday... And you can even bid for items on eBay!

The Profiles in History sale includes: a sequinned costume worn on stage by Liberace; various dinosaurs from Jurassic Park; costumes and props from Forbidden Planet, Star Trek (original and Next Generation), Star Wars, Batman, The Incredible Hulk, Superman, X Men and Spiderman; a pair of Vulcan ears; an original script from Rebel Without A Cause signed by Sal Mineo; an autographed postcard of Josephine Baker; Lana Turner's petticoat; a pair of tablets from The Ten Commandments; James Bond (and many other) film posters; the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones; an Alien; Austin Powers' shagadelic outfit; and a signed photo of Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz!



Whew! Now where's my chequebook?

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