Movie Thursday: Best Movies to Rent at Christmas

                                                 

 Renee’s picks:

 Best movies to rent at Christmas are: “It’s A Wonderful Life” (1946 poster pictured above), “White Christmas” (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye), “Amahl and the Night Visitors” (1951), ”At First Sight” (pictured above starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino),  ”Paradise” (the  funniest Christmas comedy ever), “The REF” (second funniest), and…other best Christmas movies to rent are:  ”Home Alone” , “The Night They Saved Christmas”,  “Catch Me If You Can”, “Polar Express”, “Elf”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”  (Disney and Tim Burton) and ”Christmas Vacation” (Chevy and Christie) .

Best Movie Rental Clubs:

                                                        

                                      

Best Actress/Clothing Designer:

                      

Movie Star Karen Allen

pictured above: Karen Allen in “Indiana Jones” and Karen Allen in one of her own sweater creations which are sold at her own boutique, “Fiberarts”, located in Massachusettes and – they’re also sold online.

(“You look so  pretty in orange Karen”).

And…Did you know?

                                   

The black Givenchy dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” sold at auction for $800,000?   Below are Renee’s picks for….

Best Dressed in Movies:  Sharon Stone in “Basic Instinct”, Robert Redford in “The Great Gatsby”, Capucine in “Hotel”, Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl/Funny Lady”, Kevin Costner as Elliot Ness in “The Untouchables”, Meryl Streep in “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”, Audrey Hepburn in “Two For The road”,  Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard” , Jack Nicholson in “China town”,  Marilyn Monroe singing happy birthday to JFK (and in “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend”), Doris Day (in all of her movies), Grace Kelly in all of her movies (and in “To Catch A Thief”)  and  Cruella DeVille aka Glenn Close in “1001 Dalmations”

GLAMOROUS WEDNESAY: CAT WALKING

         

Quote About My Mother: “In the 1950′s and 1960′s my mother dressed like the women (the fashion models) in Harper’s Bazaar fashion magazine.  She owned (and wore) three mink coats (a mink stroller, a mink stole, and a real leopard skin coat with a real leopard skin hat to match).  She also owned (and wore) real crocodile heels with real crocodile handbag to match.  She also owned (and wore) real diamond jewelry and she owned (and wore) real pearls that came from Mikimoto of Japan.  (And…she smelled good because she wore real french perfume from Paris…”Je Reviens de Worth”….) — Renee Ashley Baker

Harper’s Bazaar is currently celebrating “140 Years of Style”.  (Did you know that the very first issue of Bazaar premiered in 1867 and cost 10 cents ?).

View above:  “1956 Harper’s Bazaar cover featuring the fabulous Audrey Hepburn”….