by Jenny | 3 May, 2019 | Buster Keaton, Clive Brook, Gary Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Marion Davies, Richard Barthelmess, Warren Baxter, Zasu Pitts
Oh, how I wish I were in San Francisco right now! They are having a super dooper silent film festival at the wonderful Castro Theatre with a truly wonderful line up of movies. The lovely Gary Mayer of Eat Drink Films got in touch recently to ask if I might have some...
by Jenny | 16 Apr, 2011 | Gary Cooper
Grr! As some of you know, cowboys are my weakness… I had to wear my cowgirl boots to work on Friday in an attempt to lasso some Texas Cowgirl Spirit. I had an “emotional gust” on Thursday, some might call it a TANTRUM. Where did all that fury...
by Jenny | 8 Mar, 2011 | Gary Cooper
It is pancake day and that means tomorrow is the beginning of Lent. This year I have decided to give up MEN for Lent. 40 days and 40 nights without men. Do you think I can do it? I think I can. To be honest, although it may seem from this blog as though I spend a...
by Jenny | 25 Oct, 2010 | Gary Cooper
Exhuasted but very happy after a trip to Bath for the wedding of the century 2. At the risk of breaking the hearts of classic Hollywood fans all around the world I have to announce that I was at the marriage of the lovely Matthew of Movietone News and the absolutely...
by Jenny | 24 Jun, 2010 | Gary Cooper
Well howdy doody there Coop! Nice cowboy stance you great big hunk you! The lovely Will up there in Doncaster made Coop’s Griddle Cakes the day after he tried out Veronica’s Spiced Beef and Peas. The result being that he felt that he was, “as big...
by Jenny | 24 Jan, 2010 | Gary Cooper
“To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don’t mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy.” Fortified by the last of...
by Jenny | 13 Sep, 2009 | Gary Cooper
“Dad was a true Westerner, and I take after him.” Dang the Montana Mule sure looks good in a cowboy hat! I am craving some of Coop’s Buttermilk Griddle Cakes this Sunday morning. I was DJing last night wearing long silk gloves and every time the...
by Jenny | 22 May, 2007 | Gary Cooper
“My wife said she’d help young people, … That’s what I’d do. Help young people, then buy a big motor home and get out of town.” Had a lovely time with the Panther this weekend, he was making me laugh a lot. Even when his car got towed away he...
by Jenny | 14 Mar, 2007 | Gary Cooper
“The general consensus seems to be that I don’t act at all.” What a joy to come downstairs after a long lie-in to find Ruth at the magi-mix preparing Gary Cooper’s Griddle Cakes in her cowgirl pyjamas. Not only that but also mixing up the dough...
