Frank Capell

Who is Frank Capell? Frank Capell is not a household name yet he has created one of the biggest household rumors to date. He nearly single handily created the rumor that will not die. This is the person who officially started the Kennedy murder rumors. But who is Frank Capell? Frank Capell was an extreme […]

Lena Pepitone

LENA PEPITONE. MAID AND CONFIDANT? Lena Pepitone is commonly known as Marilyn’s ex-maid, dress maker, and confidant. She was born in Naples in 1925 (not 1928 as stated on the back of her book), married Joe Pepitone in 1950, then became a chambermaid for Marilyn in October of 1957. Since this article was originally published, we […]

Jeanne Carmen

A B-LIST BOMBSHELL DROPPING BOMBSHELLS Jeanne Carmen was born in Paragould, Arkansas on August 4, 1930 (or so she says, I can’t find anything about her before the late 1940’s). She went on to be a chorus girl in “Burlesque” with Bert Lahr and a trick golfer with Jack Redmond. She found her way to […]

GUEST POST: Elena Parker on Blondes

Today is my first guest post and it comes from a dear friend, Elena Parker. Ms. Parker is respected in the Old Hollywood community for her tireless work for Gene Tierney as well as her expertise in all things Old Hollywood. I’ll be the first to bow to someone who is more knowledgeable than me […]

Announcement and Updates!

I am pleased to announce that my book, Puffblicity: An Appreciation of Jayne Mansfield will be out soon! If you haven’t already seen it, I have a Facebook page that can be found by clicking here. For those who have followed me for a long time, or know me personally, you know that Jayne has […]