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McKnittey Musings — hollywood

Hollywood Knitting - Bette Davis

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

The great Bette Davis crocheting. She was the first female president of the American Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. She was the highest paid woman in the United States in 1947 and 1949.

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Hollywood Knitting - Ingrid Bergman

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Love this photo of Ingrid Bergman and Alfred Hitchcock winding yarn on the set of the movie, "Notorious" in 1946. Notorious is famous as Hitchcock's first film that used sexual tension as a theme and is considered his arrival as a mature director.

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Hollywood Knitting - Carole Lombard

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

One of my absolute favorite actresses, Carole Lombard. She was the highest paid Hollywood star in the late 1930's. Her final film with Jack Benny and Robert Stack, "To Be or Not to Be", was in post-production when she died in an airplane crash while on a World War II War bond drive.

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Hollywood Knitting - Cary Grant

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Inspired by last week's discussion, I decided to post Cary Grant knitting in "Mr. Lucky." Filmed in 1943 with Laraine Day, Grant plays a gambler wooing a wealthy socialite during the early part of the U.S. involvement in WWII. My favorite line. . ."I dropped me purls!"

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Hollywood Knitting - Gale Sondergaard

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