Monday, November 20, 2006

Renting From The Movies: A Star is Born (1954)






If Norman Maine had never tracked down Esther Blodgett (and Esther Blodgett had never been rebadged as Vicki Lester), I'm sure Esther/Judy would have done just fine for herself singing jingles on the radio and decorating up her furnished single apartment at the Oleander Arms. I hybridize my version of the story peppering Esther's apartment with interior design details from her more successful story world: white leather Barcelona chairs, zebra skin rugs and an indoor aviary. Esther maintains her weight by eating hearty sandwiches made for her by her elderly landlord, an Ann Miller look-alike.

3 comments:

Lesli Larson said...

By the Nineteen Seventies, I imagine Esther finally setting out on a modest night club career singing numbers gleaned from repeated screenings of *Grey Gardens* including *Tea for Two* and *You and the Night and the Music*.

li'l hateful said...

...But still with the indoor aviary.

devinemom said...

oh i hope to have a Barcelona by the time to visit again.... and i do believe Grey Gardens is in my queue it never hurts to watch it more than once.