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Irene Mayer Selznick – first producer of A Street Car Named Desire
As I watch the Tony Awards at home in Sydney, Australia on a rainy, stormy day – as always from a distance to those major events that my family was involved in – I am inspired to post this series of photos of my cousin Irene Mayer Selznick with her sister Edie. Edie and Irene […]
To Shirley Temple with “Appreciation and Affection”
In 1934 they knew they had the biggest and the tiniest star on their hands… At five years old she was making $1,250 a week. At first glance, this is a photo of a beloved child star being presented with a “Resolution of Appreciation and Affection” by my great-grandmother Ida Mayer Cummings on behalf of […]
Mitzi Joins the MGM Star Factory
Oh, that smile… My grandmother Mitzi is probably in her early 20s in this photo and appears to be signing in at MGM’s employee entrance. From the smile, and with a photo to document the occasion, she may very well be doing this for the first time. There’s naturally a fine line between nepotism and […]
