Tag: Preston Sturges

• The Life of a Sex Zombie

  Veronica Lake was in my living room yesterday morning, poised and bored, with the lissome form of a young dancer and the dead eyes of.  . .well, the eyes of someone who’s seen Veronica Lake’s future. Which wouldn’t be a cheery vision. In the watchful coolness of this siren’s gaze, you’d be right to sense…

  Dana D. Burnell

  April 22, 2022

  Golden Age Hollywood, Sex Symbols

  Alan Ladd, Alcoholism, Clara Bow, Frederic March, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Preston Sturges, Veronica Lake

• I’m the One. . .

  . . .sidling shyly in the doorway, pausing to pretend to admire the decor.  When really I’m just vetting out the room, getting a handle on the dress code, the temperature, taking a measure of the ol’ joie-de-vivre.  In short, this is my first time here.  And I’m not sure what to say, other than that…

  Dana D. Burnell

  January 7, 2019

  Film & Storytelling

  Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder, Golden Age Hollywood, Hollywood, Joan Fontaine, Noir, Novelists, Preston Sturges, Self-Styled Siren