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Brits on wiltshire boulevard: working holiday in the sun
But WWII was the beginning of the end of the British set in Hollywood. The age of the perfect gentleman had passed. The war created a new kind of Englishman, who now began to turn up in Hollywood, while the … Continue reading
waterloo sunset in hollywood
The golden era of the British in Hollywood in the 1930’s… …Then the Munich agreement was signed, and the crisis, for the time being, was over. The agreement, now historically damned as a symbol of appeasement, was nonetheless greeted with … Continue reading
whiff of evil
…Dorian Grey and his diabolical bargain that Oscar Wilde wrote in 1890. Instead of growing old, he keeps a portrait of himself which does his ageing for him, as well as showing off all the marks of his increasing depravity. … Continue reading
fifties: features of figments
Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? Pervasive influences are at work. We are not left to our own devices and nostalgic impulses do not flow as they will. They are not mirrored in their variety by the mass media, … Continue reading
the sinister and dreadful “yes”
Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Vincent Price (1911-1993)! Erudite and eloquent, possessing a singular elocution that could make a three letter word like “yes” seem sinister and dreadful, or drip with lofty sarcasm. Yet with … Continue reading
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