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On December 6, 1963, Judy Garland taped "The Christmas Show" to air a few weeks later as the holiday episode of her weekly CBS-TV variety show. She was joined by by both family (including Liza) and friends...like singer/songwriter Mel Tormé, writer (with Bob Wells ) of read more

This past weekend, I brought the West Coast Prep of GlamAmor downtown to the Cooper Building for the prestigious A Current Affair vintage show.  Over 25 of the finest vintage dealers from Los Angeles and beyond gathered to present their carefully curated collections to an adoring audience that read more

Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven by guest contributor doctor sabelotodo Author's Disclaimer Not until I started researching and reading did I realize the extent of the tremendous amount of heresay, recyled disinformation and vague references that exists in the written media about director Jo read more

Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven by guest contributor doctor sabelotodo Author's Disclaimer Not until I started researching and reading did I realize the extent of the tremendous amount of heresay, recyled disinformation and vague references that exists in the written media about director Jo read more

Angeleno magazine picked this weekend's A Current Affair as one of their top December events.  I'm thrilled to be bringing GlamAmor to the show and hope to see you there!  read more

Bringing together over 25 premier vintage retailers and private dealers from Los Angeles and beyond, A Current Affair will be an incredible opportunity to shop a select assortment of vintage apparel, jewelry, and accessories.  For those who love desi read more

Lucky Girl:  1980s navy and black checked swing dress, 1960s black leather purse, Nine West black leather peeptoe pumps, silver hoop earrings, silver bangle bracelet, silver Ray Ban Aviator sunglasses, 1960s navy wool coat (shown below) Over this Thanksgiving holiday, I couldn't help but read more

“The Bishop's Wife”: A True Holiday Classic Losing His Religion and His Wife Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) is consumed with the construction of a new cathedral. His wife, Julia (Loretta Young), feels she is losing her husband’s affection as he attempts to raise the read more

Bring Two Friends and Win a Prize Bring two friends who have never been to a "Meet Me at the Movies" event and win a free MMATM coffee mug. Your friends will be glad you invited them and you'll love the mug! Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten star in the Hitchcock classic, Shadow of a Doubt read more

Mark your calendars now!  This event truly does show the best of vintage clothing in Los Angeles, so you really can't miss it.  I attended A Current Affair for Fashion's Night Out and it was incredible.  I am just thrilled that GlamAmor has been invited to join the December read more

  John Lennon would be turning 70 right about now, a disconcerting thought for some baby-boomers, especially those who took to heart certain lyrics of the Who's "My Generation" - "hope I die before I get old." As fate would have it, John Lennon did die before he got old, he had just turned 40 w read more

  John Lennon would be turning 70 right about now, a disconcerting thought for some baby-boomers, especially those who took to heart certain lyrics of the Who's "My Generation" - "hope I die before I get old." As fate would have it, John Lennon did die before he got old, he had just turned 40 w read more

Bring Two New Friends to this week's "Meet Me at the Movies" and Win a Prize Bring two friends who have never been to a "Meet Me at the Movies" event and win a free MMATM coffee mug. Your friends will be glad you invited them and you'll love the mug! The Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance read more

Friday was Fashion's Night Out, a bi-coastal event spear-headed by Vogue's Anna Wintour to celebrate fashion and stimulate shopping at the start of New York's Fashion Week. Los Angeles was not to be outdone and the party was truly city-wide.  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the event read more

À bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) One day I've read somewhere that everything has been written, but not by me. Well, this review or essay will try to do what Godard did himself with À bout de souffle; everything has been done but not by him. I have to admit that the first time I watched read more

Take "A Letter to Three Wives" A  Letter to Three Wives (1949) is based on a novel by John Klempner. His novel was entitled A Letter to Five Wives. Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz thought the novel was too long and would be difficult to transfer to the screen. So, he shortened it t read more

25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) This film split critics on two sides, some loved it others hated it. I didn't knew what to think about it for a while aftger seing it. At first , I thought I would have liked it, but to me the message of the film was too dumb and too simple to me. I'm not a big fan of S read more

As summer starts to heat up, I love to wear the color coral more and more.  I find it's incredible with a tan (faux, of course).  Coral is such an energetic color, which makes it amazing either as the focus of your outfit or simply as an accent.  It also comes in such a range of read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #194 It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)As far as I am concerned, the best comedies ever written are the ones the 1930's offered to us. An excellent example of this is the Academy Award winner of 1934's for Best Director, Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Scree read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #284 Nuit et brouillard (Alain Resnais, 1955)The 32 minutes documentary on the jew's mass extermination by the troops of the Third Reich, directed by the French master Alain Resnais with the music of George Delerue is one of the most powerful films ever made.A simplistic narrati read more