Month: December 2011

  • Dove Tales – Let’s Go!

    Dove Tales was the official organ of the Billie Dove Fan Club, an organization that had its roots in the late 1920s. Dedicated to one of Hollywood’s most ravishing movie stars of the 1920s, Billie Dove, the club remained in existence until the death of its long-time president, Lenore Heidorn Foote, in 1999. Lenore, or…

  • Holiday Greetings From Yesteryear — And Today!

    Before there were cell phones and instant messaging, before there was Twitter and Facebook, there was only the mailbox. It was through that little box that I kept in touch with friends who lived in other parts of the country and world. One of the best parts of the holiday season was going to the mailbox every…

  • Tears, laughter, and a little Tammy Wynette

    The last we talked, I was getting ready to jet off to New York City to tie the knot, to make it legal.  I did, and I am! At least in a handful of states in our great union. In my last post shortly before my trip, I envisioned myself in some of Hollywood’s most famous…

  • A soon-to-be groom checks out past Hollywood ceremonies

    With my nuptials less than a week away, I have been daydreaming about the famous wedding scenes from Hollywood’s silent era. There were some spectacular occasions, social events of the season that I imagine myself being part of. The first one that came to mind was not a real marriage at all, but a celluloid union between Laurel and Richard. Laurel…

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