Category Archives: Cinema
Old Hollywood stars at the swimming pool
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Elizabeth Taylor : Gene Tierney : Ava Gardner : Grace Kelly : Natalie Wood : Rita Hayworth :
The evil robot Maria of Metropolis
A vertiginous future
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Jean Després bracelet, Metropolis movie poster and Art Deco wallpaper (Mayfair). Jean Després (1899-1980) was a famous Art Deco jeweler. Metropolis (directed by Fritz Lang, 1927) is a movie depicting a dark future with a vertiginous architecture. The Metropolis is … Continue reading
A future made of concrete and metal
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Poster of the movie Metropolis (directed by Fritz Lang in 1927) and Jean Després’ brooch (silver and black onyx) and bracelet. The Art Deco movement influenced all the arts like jewelry and architecture. Jean Després (1889-1980) was a famous Art … Continue reading
When Hollywood stars enjoyed the snow !
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
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René Jules Lalique’s glass panels in the Orient Express (1927), interior of the Orient Express with Lalique floral design on Wood walls, Orient Express symbol and Ghost gown. The murder on the Orient Express is an Agatha Christie’s novel (1934). … Continue reading
Crooked House by Agatha Christie
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Photo of the Aristide’s house in the movie “Crooked House” (2017), red dress and photo of Agatha Christie. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directed in 2017 the movie adaptation of the Agatha Christie’s novel “Crooked house”. This English movie has a prestigious cast … Continue reading
Mr. Knightley in Emma
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Portrait of Jeremy Northam as George Knightley in the movie “Emma” directed by Douglas McGrath in 1997, illustration of the village of Highbury and illustration of the Hartfield house. The movie “Emma” is the adaptation of the Jane Austen’s novel … Continue reading
Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice
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Portrait of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the BBC serie “Pride and prejudice”, Regency cork print wallpaper in greys and metallic by Ronald Redding for York Wallcoverings, drawing of Pemberley house and gold frame of a miniature (1805). He … Continue reading