Glamour of the Gods exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

Photography by Karl StrussGloria Swanson, 1919
Photography by Baron Adolph de MeyerMary Pickford, 1920
Photography by Nikolas MurrayClara Bow, 1925
Photography by George HurrellClark Gable and Joan Crawford, 1933
Photography by George HurrellJean Harlow, 1933
Photography by George HurrellMarlene Dietrich, 1937
Photography by Gene KornmanRita Hayworth, 1939
Photography by Robert CoburnRita

Is it possible to have it all?

I'm writing this blog from my bed.  I've always had a very healthy relationship with it.  I absolutely love my sleep and so does The Actor.

To accompany this post I'm using some pictures of people in some rather fabulous beds I've collected.  I've used a picture of someone reading the paper - I used to read tons of papers an magazines but I don't have time anymore.  I don't know how everyone

Friday quotes - Joan Crawford

Photography by George Hurrell
"If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody"
Joan Crawford(1905-1977)
I've long been a fan of Joan Crawford and she was a woman who took her career as a Hollywood star very seriously.  I loved her films and the amazing costumes, many of whom were designed by Adrian, which soon turned her into fashion icon.
Joan Crawford was born in in 1905, although the date can

Vintage Christmas pictures

Diana Dors, 1955


Leslie Caron, 1952

Photography © Underwood & UnderwoodMargaret O'Brien, 1943

Photograph © Bettman CollectionIda Lupino and Santa, 1942

Photograph © Bettman CollectionAudrey Hepburn, 1952

Photograph © Bettman CollectionGinger Rogers, 1950

Photograph © Bettman CollectionBoris Karloff and Ginger Rogers, 1932

Photograph © Bettman CollectionClaire Trevor, 1933

Photograph ©

Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and me

I love reading Chinese astrology books.  Don't worry I'm not going all Mystic Meg on you!  I became interested in Chinese astrology many years ago and have found it amazingly accurate when I've done readings for other people.

Born in January 1969 I just made it to being an Earth Monkey, if I was born a few weeks later I would have been a Rooster.  Chinese signs change with the Chinese New

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part forty five

Photography by Alfred Eisenstaedt
"Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number.But also what makes women ask for the name of your dressmaker"
Lilly Dache(1898-1989)



"I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual.  Beauty and feminity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured"
Marilyn Monroe(