Author of the Lillian Frost & Edith Head mysteries. As seen on TCM and featured on NPR's summer reading list!
In the fitting room with Edith
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Cue the early fireworks! DESIGN FOR DYING tops @Nancy_Pearl's summer reading list on @NPR's MORNING EDITION! npr.org/2017/06/29/534709986…
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Barbara at the 21st Academy Awards with Robert Taylor and Edith Head, March 24th, 1949. Barbara had been nominated for Best Actress for her role as Leona Stevenson in Sorry, Wrong Number. It was the last of four nominations she would receive. (1/10)
For #AcademyAwards weekend, a vintage (2017) piece about fashion, the Oscars, and what historically happened when they met. reneepatrickbooks.com/blog/a…
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Paul Newman with director Martin Ritt, costar Patricia Neal, and costume designer Edith Head on the set of HUD, 1963. The movie was filmed in and around Claude, Texas, with some of the outdoor scenes being filmed on the Goodnight Ranch. The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning three; Patricia Neal won Best Actress, Melvyn Douglas won Best Supporting Actor, and James Wong Howe the Academy Award for Best Black and White Cinematography.
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#noircityseattle starts Friday! Eddie Muller will present all festival screenings Feb 14-16. Vince and Rosemarie Keenan take over hosting duties February 17-20.
Festival schedule, tickets, and the all-access #noricity pass: bit.ly/3udpja8
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ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: the movies we're introducing at Noir City Seattle, in conversation with Kate Alice Marshall, PRESENCE, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT, and my new favorite Negroni. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
NEW NEWSLETTER COMING! Noir City Seattle returns, with us as cohosts! Academy Awards notes! And more! Subscribe and receive a free article on Edith Head's noir fashions! reneepatrickbooks.com/
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NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. It's February. I want to curl up and hide. So I'm not gonna do that. Notes on where I'll be in the next few weeks, mainly co-hosting Noir City Seattle, plus some new movies and a fine use of my favorite new coconut rum. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
An obituary for costume designer Phyllis Dalton with a portfolio of her work, including LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and THE PRINCESS BRIDE. nytimes.com/2025/01/31/movie…
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ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: a baffling Johnny Carson bio, an illuminating one about Dorothy Parker, a (literally) singular Brian Eno documentary, and a kickass Belgian thriller. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
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NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. I find a (tenuous) link between biographies of Johnny Carson and Dorothy Parker, watch a great documentary that you can't see (at least not the way I saw it), and catch up with a killer new crime film. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
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Grace Kelly with old friend, Edith Head, after Kelly became Princess Grace. The wee Prince of Monoco is in the foreground.
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Barbara Stanwyck photographed by Robert Coburn for Stella Dallas (1937). Cinegraf magazine, 1937.
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ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: Los Angeles skulduggery then (via Scott Phillips) and now (Nick Kolakowski), plus more stuff. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
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NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. Crime fiction set in the LA of yesteryear and right now, from Scott Phillips and Nick Kolakowski. Plus a fantastic stripped-down mezcal cocktail, and other stuff. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
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Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Café located at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway, has miraculously survived. Although, I read that the properties at the back of the building have not, including the house with the blue garage where Todd’s body was discovered inside her chocolate-colored Lincoln Phaeton convertible in 1935. Thelma's Cafe has always been a favored landmark. A rare example of a 1920s neighborhood commercial building in Pacific Palisades. It was one of a few remaining examples from this period. And now it really IS the last example.
The last photo shows fire destruction up on the hill
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Veronica Lake by A.L. “Whitey” Schafer for Saigon (1947). Gown by Edith Head.
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ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: I watched all three of Nicholas Hoult's year-end movies. Plus Alex Segura's ALTER EGO and a chilling article on how Netflix movies are warping Hollywood. Link in the pinned tweet.
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NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. What did I do over the holidays? Hung out with Nicholas Hoult, mostly. Plus Alex Segura's latest and how Netflix has pushed Hollywood to the brink of oblivion. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c…
