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Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny, Children’s Benefit, Shrine Auditorium, 1953 - Ph. Phil Stern
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I love to wear black at home, guys.
Look at that hat!
Sheila Kilgore wearing a hat by John Frederics and dress by Pauline Trigere, photographed by Nina Leen, 1952
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Model Enid Boulting in a dress by Madame Grès, photographed by Henry Clarke for Vogue, 1955
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I hope you’re all having a wonderful Monday.
Dovima wearing a hat by Hattie Carnegie photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, 1954
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We’re now in the middle of 24 hours of Olivia de Havilland on TCM for Summer Under the Stars. There are so many superlatives I could shower on Olivia that I’m definitely going to have to write a whole essay on her eventually! But, for now, here’s my recreation of the July 1947 cover of Cine-Mundial magazine featuring Olivia.
One bit I will mention today is that Olivia’s legacy was not simply her fantastic screen work, but the precedent for labor rights she set on this day in 1943 when she sued Warner Bros. for release from her contract with them. Basically, studios had redefined what a seven-year contract meant so that they could further extend their control over artists. The result was the De Havilland Law, which makes it explicit that a seven-year contract represents seven calendar years. This precedent is still used today to protect the rights of performers.
I wasn’t able to gather much information about the photo featured on this cover, but it was apparently one of a series of publicity shots for the film To Each His Own(1946). Coincidentally, this happens to be the first film Olivia made after the ruling and the film for which she won her first Best Actress Academy Award!
What is Cosplay Under the Stars?
If you’re new here, every August, Turner Classic Movies celebrates Summer Under the Stars. Each day of the month, a different film star gets a full 24 hours of programming. In 2017, on a whim, I decided to put together closet cosplays of every woman featured that month. And so, Cosplay Under the Stars was born.
In honor of the glorious Dolores del Río’s Summer Under the Stars debut, I recreated this 1936 Earl Christy portrait of her for Modern Screen magazine. Dolores has become one of my favorite film actors over the past few years and I’m excited that there are a bunch of films that TCM is playing today that I haven’t seen yet! I’m most looking forward to The Trail of ’98 (1928) and The Devil’s Playground(1937).
Dolores was a major star not only from her work in Hollywood, but also as one of the foremost stars of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Sadly, TCM isn’t playing any of Dolores’ Mexican films today. (As someone who has done work in media rights management, I’m sure TCM has reasons that Mexican cinema is underrepresented in their programming.)
That said, spend some of today falling in love with Dolores and then seek out her Mexican films! There are still a lot of films of the Golden Age I haven’t seen, but I strongly recommend checking out La Otra (1946) (probably my favorite Dolores film), María Candelaria (1944), and Flor Silvestre(1943).
What is Cosplay Under the Stars?
If you’re new here, every August, Turner Classic Movies celebrates Summer Under the Stars. Each day of the month, a different film star gets a full 24 hours of programming. In 2017, on a whim, I decided to put together closet cosplays of every woman featured that month. And so, Cosplay Under the Stars was born.
