Most Valuable Pets

Asta from "The Thin Man" Movies

Philo Vance's Dog in
"The Kennel Murder Case" (1933)

The dog from "The Spiral Staircase" (1946)

Daisy from "Meet John Doe" (1941)
[pictured in "Blondie" (1938)]

4 More of the Best Dressed Dresses

Leslie Caron in Charles Le Maire
in "Daddy Long Legs" (1955)

Deanna Durbin in Howard Greer 

in "Lady on a Train" (1945)

Leslie Caron in Charles Le Maire
in "Daddy Long Legs" (1955)

  

Debbie Reynolds in Michael Woulfe
in "Susan Slept Here" (1954)

#FridayShort 1944 16th Academy Awards Oscars Jennifer Jones Jack Warner Paul Lukas Charles Coburn Katina Paxinou

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday #SilentFilmEdition #AcademyAwardWinning Jeanie MacPherson

• Was one of the founding members of the Academy Awards
• An avid airplane pilot
• A college graduate from Chicago's Kenwood Institute 
• The youngest director in motion picture history at the age of 27 directing "The Tarantula" (1913)
• Had over 146 acting credits from 1908-1917
• Was a board member of the Palmer Photoplay Company
• Wrote 30 out of the 34 of Cecil B. DeMille's films 
• The highest paid employee in the scenario department 
• Was, according to McPherson, the only woman to have flown stunt flier Lieutenant Locklear's airplane

#ManCrushMonday #AcademyAwardWinner David Niven in "Spitfire!" (The First of the Few) (1942)

As a fictional character in a semi-autobiographical film, Royal Airforce Squadron Leader Geoffrey Crisp recounts his life and friendship to the Spitfire fighter aircraft creator R.J. Mitchell while on the aircraft during the Battle of Britain in 1940 to his fellow pilots. Mitchell is a mad genius who can't get anyone to see his vision, in love and married whereas hopeless romantic Crisp blunders around. The one real thing is their friendship together while attempting to get this aircraft made to defeat the incoming second world war.

#FashionSpotlight #AcademyAwardWinning Charles Le Maire

Charles Le Maire was born in Chicago April 22, 1897. As an actor and vaudevillian, Le Maire changed his career in 1921 as a costumer for many Broadway shows including Ziegfeld Follies. In 1943 he signed onto 20th Century Fox as both head of the wardrobe department and supervising costume designer. His best known (and Academy Award winning) designs include "All About Eve" (1951), "The Robe" (1953), and "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" (1955). In 1949, Le Maire broke his contract with Fox in favor of opening his own salon, although still working with his favorite actresses. He retired in 1962 to Santa Fe with his wife where Le Maire took up painting, then to Palm Springs until becoming a widower. Le Maire died in 1985 of heart failure. But his greatest contribution to the Academy Awards was in the campaigning of a best costume design category which finally made its appearance in 1949. 

All About Eve (1951)

Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)

#FridayShort 23rd Academy Awards Oscar winners 1951 Louis Mayer Helen Hayes and others

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday #AcademyAwardWinner Ginger Rogers

• One of the highest paid Americans in 1943, earning $355,000
• Built a modern dairy complex at her ranch in Southern Oregon
• Spoke at the 1973 Congressional Women's Luncheon at the White House
• Served as vice-chairwoman of The Hollywood for Dewey Committee
• Invested in blue chip stocks and land as well as an 1,100-acre ranch on Oregon's Rogue River
• At 18 performed 8 performances a week in the Broadway play "Top Speed" while also making films for Paramount at their New York studios in Astoria, Queens 
• Designed a lingerie line for JCPenny in the 1970s as well as being their consultant and spokeswoman
• Spoke at the 1975 American Bicentennial

#ManCrushMonday 7 Times When Charles Lederer Wrote the Sickest Burns

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

His Girl Friday (1940)

I Love You Again (1940)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

I Love You Again (1940)

Love Crazy (1941)

His Girl Friday (1940)