A new month - a new theme..

In this February AND THEN THEY START TO SPARKLE’s theme is called Mirror Mirror – which means I will talk about beauty - and other looks.. 

~ Betty Compson and Grant Withers in THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL (1929) ~

Films are in first place a visual medium – they show us how beautiful people shall look. It definitively has an impact of our perception of beauty. And of course beauty is very often also a theme in films themselves. Beauty can be just wonderful – I for one like to look at all those beautiful girls in classic films – and when I was a child (and later a teenager) I wished to be later as pretty as Lana Turner or Ava Gardner etc. Well..

~ the gorgeous Lana Turner.. ~

But beauty can also be horrible: when people start to care only for their looks and e.g. starving themselves to get the “perfect” waistline or when people who do not fit into the recent idea of beauty are treat or even feel less loveable/valuable. Beauty always is just an idea.. – as they say: it lies in the eye of the beholder.  And that my friends will be the theme of this month at my blog. So please take a look at some looks..

~ My cover girl this month will be Miss Vera Steadman. ~

Thank you very much for listening!

Yours (very) well and truly

Irene

Have yourself a merry little (or great!?!) Christmas!!

 To all of you:

 A Merry Christmas!

~ Lana Turner ~

To all fans of horror films & musicals:

~ Boris Karloff & Ginger Rogers  ~

To all dog-lovers: 

~ Ava Gardner and a little pal ~

To all cat-ladies and -gentlemen 

(and my friend Kate - I'm afraid I don't know who's YOUR favourite, dear..):

~ Young Elizabeth Taylor - with an even younger friend.. ~

To Dawn: 

~ Gene Tierney - a little colour for you my noirandchickflicks - friend  ~

To Patti:

~ No sun picture - but: Bette Davis - always in the middle of attention.. ~

and to Michelle:

~ Bette Davis and a cat (!)..  Thank you for all Cat-Thursdays!! ~

To Monty:

~ Carole Lombard - with a Hungarian Christmas Wish ~

To our birthdaychildren:

 ~ It's Humphrey Bogart's birthday! Stephen Bogart and Lauren Bacall are celebrating with him.. ~

To all of you - no matter what age or species:

~ Shirley Temple and a wellbehaving little friend.. ~

And to me:

 ~ One of my favourite Christmas pictures: an actual snap shot of Marilyn Monroe at Milton Greene's house celebrating a no-publicity-Christmas with him and his family and friends.. ~

Thank you very much for listening!

And again: A Merry Christmas to you!!

Yours

Irene

And at last a really cute series of pictures - showing NOT me - but Diana Dors:

Start with a smile!

Another week and we're going to make the best of it - by starting with a smile!

So - let's have some fun - like Lana Turner and Turhan Bey obviously had!

Have a great week!!

Yours truly,

Irene