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Category Archives: Women in Film & TV
Mad-Hatter Hedda Hopper
Day 360 of Colourisation Project – May 2 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Let’s face it, Hollywood would be bland without its gossip columnists. There have been many; Perez … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Film, Hollywood, Photography, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV, Women writers
Tagged Citizen Kane (1941), From Under My Hat, Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, Loredana Crupi, OpusLoredana, Perez Hilton, Sheilah Graham, The Whole Truth and Nothing But, Walter Winchell
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Carolyn Jones’ Crowning Glory
Day 356 of Colourisation Project – April 28 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. You may not immediately recognise today’s colourisation subject with her bob haircut. Texan born actress, Carolyn … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Hollywood, Television, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV
Tagged Batman, Carolyn Jones, House of Wax (1953) The War of the Worlds (1953), Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Roots (1977), The Addams Family, The Bachelor Party (1957), The Seven Year Itch (1955), The Tender Trap (1955), The Turning Point (1952), Wonder Woman
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Bette Davis – Larger Than Life
Day 333 of Colourisation Project – April 5 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Often referred to as The First Lady of the American Screen, she was placed second, behind … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Film, Hollywood, Photography, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV
Tagged All Above Eve and Dark Victory, Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Hollywood, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Little Foxes, Loredana Crupi, Now Voyager, Opus Loredana, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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The Ageless Gloria Swanson
Day 324 of Colourisation Project – March 27 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Though they may not know much about her, most people will surely remember her for her … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Film, Opus Loredana, Photography, Television, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV
Tagged Gloria Swanson, Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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Before Marilyn there was Marilyn
Day 317 of Colourisation Project – March 20 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. She was once compared to Marilyn Monroe to which she replied, “Hey, I’m the blonde with … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Film, Hollywood, Photography, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV
Tagged Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Champion (1949), Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, Hollywood, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Lemon Drop Kid, Loredana Crupi, Lost in a Harem (1944), Marilyn Maxwell, Marilyn Monroe, Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, Opus Loredana, OpusLoredana, Rock Hudson, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958), The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
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Jean Harlow – Archetype Sex Symbol
Day 300 of Colourisation Project – March 3 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Nicknamed the Blonde Bombshell and the Platinum Blonde, Jean Harlow, the archetype sex-symbol of the silver screen, … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Film, Hollywood, Photography, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV
Tagged Charles McGrew, Clark Gable, George Hurrell, Harold Rosson, Jean Harlow, Jeanette MacDonald, Libeled Lady (1936), Loredana Crupi, Louis B. Mayer, Nelson Eddy, Paul Bern, Reckless (1935), Saratoga, Spencer Tracy, William Powell
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