Let's Cause a Scene like Lovers do on Silver Screens

I have a few books found at markets and carboots of old movie stars from the 30s, 40s and 50s. My first was 'Inside Filmland' with the gorgeous Liz Taylor on the front, but my favourite picture is of stunning Ava Gardner. I then bought the 1932 Picture Show Annual, with many mentions of 'the new talkies' and smouldering femme fatales such as Greta and Marlene, adorned with risque tasseled dresses, ostrich feathers and sumptuous medieval style velvet gowns. And an odd and incredibly dull article about stars notepaper headings. The final two books are old account books with cuttings lovingly stuck onto the pages, rusty amber staples holding the precious pages together. The owner seemed to have an obsession with David Niven I then discovered the unstuck clipping tucked into the back pages, of a screen kiss, hidden like a private secret or wish. This book is my favourite. the time and effort. A personal project for their own satisfaction and enjoyment. That it has been held onto for all these years.

On why she called everyone "darling"- "Because all my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. Once I introduced a friend of mine as 'Martini'. Her name was actually 'Olive'." Tallulah Bankhead