by Jenny | 14 Jun, 2020 | Alan Ladd, Anna Neagle, Bebe Daniels, Jimmy Durante, Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, Lauren Bacall, Victor Mature
Coo what a spread! Remember when there was a time when you could eat this amount of food on one day because you had OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ABODE? As it has now been over 12 weeks since anyone except Mr Rathbone crossed my threshold, I find it hard to believe that this...
by Jenny | 3 Apr, 2010 | Joan Bennett
Well, the competition has closed and the winner has been announced. The answer to the question, “Which fruit did Gloria Swanson regularly keep in her handbag?” was AVOCADO. Quite a few of you guessed correctly, and everyone amused me greatly with their...
by Jenny | 21 Nov, 2009 | Joan Bennett
“With all of Constance’s juggling of dates over the years, I started out as the youngest, then became her twin and finally wound up as the oldest sister.” It’s a Bennett sisters bonanza this weekend. My very own Sister of the Shellac Veronica...
by Jenny | 4 Oct, 2009 | Joan Bennett
I have found the cigarette pen that Ruthie and I had so much fun posing with in her jeep, pretending to be smokers, and also the fabulous cowboy hat ashtray she gave me. So now I really feel my dressing table is complete. When I was walking through the park that is a...
by Jenny | 5 Aug, 2009 | Joan Bennett
“I don`t think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much.” The response to the call for test cooks has been enormous – how very, very exciting. I’m intrigued by the range of choices – are...
by Jenny | 17 May, 2009 | Joan Bennett
“I don`t think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much.” I’m feeling rather low this weekend after Sidney & I decided to call it a day. Very sad. Very sad indeed. I feel an extended period of...
by Jenny | 29 Oct, 2007 | Joan Bennett
“If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine.” Hmm. I presume Joan is talking about Vivien’s role in Gone With The Wind there. Intriguing. Can’t imagine Joan in that part. Well, bouncing up and down to the Kaiser...