The striptease superstar’s new lingerie range sparks musings on fashion, celebrity and the inherent emptiness of much of the neo-burlesque scene.
Tag: Hollywood
Jayne Mansfield Turns On Blackpool
Hollywood’s greatest sex symbol puts some va-va-voom into the British seaside resort’s illuminations in 1959.
Happy New Year From Glamorous Hollywood
New Year’s greetings from the stars and pin-up girls of vintage Hollywood.
Have Yourself A Reprobate Christmas
A collection of our greatest festive articles and galleries.
Hollyweird! Movie Stars At Halloween
The golden age of spooky seasonal Hollywood publicity shoots.
Home Cinema International Corporation – The CIC Video Catalogue
It’s time for another vintage VHS (and Betamax) video catalogue from the early days of home video, this time from mega-conglomerate CIC.
A Glamour Girl Valentine
The classic era of the Hollywood publicity machine’s efforts to make Valentine’s Day as glamorous as it could be.
If Looks Could Kill: Miss Hollywood, Sophia Loren And Jayne Mansfield
Sophia Loren was not the only woman to be upstaged by the extraordinary Mansfield body in 1957.
Trailer Trash
The release of the trailer for the revival of an exhausted franchise is not a major cultural event.
Kill The Cat – The Awful Influence Of The World’s Worst Writing Guide
The terrible writer who is directly responsible for every major movie being formulaic rubbish.
Screenwriting Contests Are BS
The dubious rewards that come from screenwriting competitions and the ‘expert’ readers employed to examine your work.
A Strange Kind Of Lust
You can’t have sex symbols with the ‘sex’ – and once the Hollywood legends have died, that brings up all sorts of questions that people prefer not to think about.