EDITOR’S NOTE: Pier Angeli was flying to Palm Springs to join Vic Damone in the home he had picked out for them. Then suddenly the happiest story turned into tragedy. Crossing the mountain range just five minutes out of the Palm Springs Airport the plane struck...
Quick Change Artists Nimble Debbie Reynolds (of M-G-M’s “Affairs of Dobie Gillis”) kicks her heels in ideal weekend outfit, six-piecer by Ike Clark of Dallas, in fire-red and polka-dot sudsable rayon-linen. 8-18. Jacket, blouse, skirt, each under $8; shorts, tank top, hat, each under $6. Red Cross...
PART III The bride was on time. On January 14, 1954, at one o’clock, Marilyn Monroe, twenty-seven years old, married Joe DiMaggio, thirty-nine, in the San Francisco City Hall. The ceremony, which lasted all of three minutes, was performed by Municipal Court Judge Charles Peery. The Los...
He carries two pictures in his wallet—one is a showgirl, the other is a horse. Both of them were part of the wonderful years Ben Cooper will never forget....
MAKES 1 TRAY For the dough: ¾ cup + 2 tbsp (200 g) soft butter, 1¼ cups (150 g) powdered sugar, 3 eggs, 1 pinch of salt, zest from 1 organic lemon, pulp from 1 vanilla bean, 1 cup + 1 tbsp (¼ 1) cream, 2...
They’re living on borrowed money—but Judy isn’t worried. She’s won back her public, there’s a new baby to dream about and all’s right with the world....
MAKES 1 TRAY For the dough: 1 cup + 3 tbsp (150 g) flour, ¼ cup + 2½ tsp (60 g) sugar, 2 tsp (8 g) vanilla sugar, 1 egg, ¼ cup (60 g) butter For the couverture: 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp (100 g) butter, ½ cup (100...
One murky California midnight a twenty-six-foot sloop nosed out past the jagged rocks of San Pedro’s harbor and into a boiling sea. At the helm a rangy, square-cut sailor gripped the spokes and braced himself for what he was seeking—a scrap with the elements. Ground swells...
“I’d sooner die than imitate other people . . . That’s why we had to work so hard, because we didn’t imitate.” SOICHIRO HONDA, FOUNDER OF HONDA MOTOR COMPANY The 1970s was as turbulent for the car industry as it was for society and the world economy at...
Sure, the lady is Mrs. Tony Curtis—but that’s only half of it. She’s also Janet Leigh, separate and distinct—and it’s time people remembered it!...