When Hollywood Knew How to Party

7 Responses to When Hollywood Knew How to Party

1. Alex says:

   June 22, 2004 at 11:38 am

   Wow. Wow. Wow.

   I understand by today’s standards that people think Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, and Charlize Theron are beautiful….and they are, don’t get me wrong. But just take a gander at Bacall and Monroe. I’m sorry, but they make those women look like Larry, Moe, and Curly..

   And when the screen discovered Bogie, it was the beginning of the end of an era. Plain and simple.
2. red says:

   June 22, 2004 at 11:43 am

   Alex:

   I just love how Marilyn is leaning in, and yet look where Bogart is looking. And wouldn’t you, too, if someone were gazing at you the way Bacall is gazing at him?

   There’s another funny picture from the same night – of the 3 of them – and Bogart is very very very surreptitiously glancing down Monroe’s cleavage.

   I think this was at the opening of How to Marry a Millionaire.
3. Emily says:

   June 22, 2004 at 11:59 am

   Sheila — have you ever thumbed through Vanity Fair’s coffee table book on Hollywood? If you haven’t, DO IT. Hundreds of pages of pictures as classic as that one, spanning decades.
4. red says:

   June 22, 2004 at 12:01 pm

   Oh I’ve seen that book on display at Barnes & Noble … yum!!
5. Mr. Bingley says:

   June 22, 2004 at 1:21 pm

   and yuh know, you see a picture like that, and then you see one of today’s ‘stars’ dressed in baggy rags and a backwards baseball cap…
6. Mr. Lion says:

   June 22, 2004 at 3:09 pm

   Hey now, no dissing Halle Berry. She’s foxtacular in just about every measurable metric.

   That said, if I had to caption that photo, it would be along the lines of: Luckiest SOB Alive. (at the time)
7. red says:

   June 22, 2004 at 3:35 pm

   Foxtacular. I like that. I’m going to steal it, if you don’t mind.

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