Louise at fifteen just prior to heading to New York in the summer of 1922 to join the Denishawn Dance Company. “After getting off the train from Wichita, Kansas, I walked into Grand Central Station and fell in love with New York forever.”
"The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart."
~ Judy Garland
Pictured: Beautiful promo shot for Presenting Lily Mars (1943, directed by Norman Taurog)
She picks All About Eve, Now Voyager, 12 Angry Men AND The Philadelphia Story, plus she does a nifty George Sanders imitation. By rights Lisa Kudrow should be best friends with more than half of Old Movie Twitter.
Happy Pride and if you watch the graceful, elegant AGE OF INNOCENCE this evening, you can say thank you to the LGBTQ stars Alexis Smith, Miriam Margolyes, and iconic composer Elmer Bernstein for blazing a trail. #TCMParty