Merry Christmas!

Nothing says happy holidays except a cheerful photo of Laurel & Hardy selling Xmas Trees in July.

Merry Christmas to all, and see you in 2009!

Camilla Belle

Birth Name

Camilla Belle Routh 

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m) 

Trade Mark

Her dark, defined eyebrows

Trivia

Her mother is Brazilian, her father is American.

Speaks fluent English and Portuguese.

Likes Brazilian food: feijoada (typical plate made with pork and beans), pão-de-queijo (typical bread made with cheese) and brigadeiro (sweet made with chocolate).

Daughter of Cristina Routh.

She was named after actress Renata Sorrah's character, Camila, in the Brazilian soap opera "Cavalo de Aço" (1973).

Likes to watch Brazilian soap operas with her grandmother Deborah and used to visit her mother's family in São Paulo.

People call her by middle name Belle

Attended Marlborough School, an elite all girls school in Los Angeles.

Friends with actors Justin Chatwin and Jamie Bell, whom she met on the set of The Chumscrubber (2005).

She is an aspiring classical pianist.

She has also been involved in various charities and is an international spokesperson for "Kids With A Cause", created to provide a helping hand to children suffering from poverty, hunger, lack of education, neglect or abuse.

Went to St Paul's Catholic Elementary School which is located in West Los Angeles, California

An only child.

Silents Onward

From the silent era onward through the 1950's, as I watch them, I'll cover them here.

I can be an imperious snob about films and, alternatively, very indulgent about the worst dreck to hit the silver sheet since The Great Train Robbery of 1903. One suspects that what will follow will be a grand mix of the two.

It is no secret amongst my friends that I love movies, in particular, old classic movies. Not that I need another hobby, I don't, really I do not. What I do need is another outlet with regard to my views on classic and old, but not so classic films. Hence, Strictly Vintage Hollywood.

In addition to old films, I adore the psuedo-classic architecture shown in films. This also includes real life architecture ranging from classic and grand movie palaces (sadly so few survive) and the grand palaces that dot Hollywood and Brentwood where the stars lived and played. I plan on highlighting some of that here. It's a rich era, fascinating and fun.

It may be a solitary adventure, but movies are always fun to share with friends.

I initially thought to begin with Cecil B. De Mille's 1934 delicious pre-code Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert and that hunk of catnip to the pre-code fans, Warren William? I got distracted, of course, Warren William as Julius Caesar is shown above and is a preview of coming attractions.

Emmanuelle Vaugier

Blake Lively

Carmen Electra with bikini

Paris Hilton with bikini

Jessica Alba Bikini Shots

Kate Beckinsale