Phantomlady

Last week’s tour of Miami’s MDC Freedom Tower with the University of Navarra students was moving and powerful. If you haven’t had a chance to visit since the reopening last fall, I highly recommend.

More snapshots from the Paramount lot. Trailblazing director Dorothy Arzner is receiving prominent placement in the studio’s history. See this display in the archive. Did you know, that at Frances Ford Coppola’s request, the dressing room building was renamed after Dorothy Arzner in 2018 to honor her legacy? Coppola credits Arzner as being instrumental to his career, both inspiring his filmmaking and keeping him fed while he was at UCLA film school (she would place lunch for him underneath his seat every day).

Photo 4, by Alex J. Berliner.

The Prospect Hotel, inspired by vintage Hollywood, is a hidden gem in LA. For this, my first visit, I was assigned the Vivian Leigh room. Next time, Mae West, Bogart, Gardner? It’s anybody’s guess.
Located just up the block from and .