Dedications: My four late friends Rory, Stan, Bryan, Jeff - shine on you crazy diamonds, they would have blogged too. Then theres Garry from Brisbane, Franco in Milan, Mike now in S.F. / my '60s-'80s gang: Ned & Joseph in Ireland; in England: Frank, Des, Guy, Clive, Joe & Joe, Ian, Ivan, Nick, David, Les, Stewart, the 3 Michaels / Catriona, Sally, Monica, Jean, Ella, Anne, Candie / and now: Daryl in N.Y., Jerry, John, Colin, Martin and Donal.
Showing posts with label Carole Lombard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carole Lombard. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Bolero, 1934

An exquisite treat from 1934: Carole Lombard and George Raft in BOLERO. I knew Raft had been a dancer (like Clifton Webb) but had not seen him dance before. Lombard is as divine as ever ... 

This is the story of an egotistical nightclub dance performer named Raoul, his determination to succeed at all costs, and the only woman in his life that truly matters to him, a dancing partner named Helen. (The highlight of the film is a dance performed atop a circular stage to a truncated version of Ravel's "Bolero."). Co-direted by Wesley Ruggles and an uncredited Mitchell Leisen, Lombard and Raft were doubled in the more difficult steps by Veloz & Yolanda.

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Glamour (3): Some stunning '30s portraits + 2 '60s.



Carole Lombard, 1935 / Garbo, 1929 / Loretta Young, 1931 / Erroll Flynn, 1935 / Gary Cooper, 1931 / Marlene Dietrich, 1934 - and Susan Hayward, 1961 / Romy Schneider, 1963.