Cowboys, Indians, and the Old West, with the Maybelline family, in 1935.

Cowboy's visit an Indian Reservation, while traveling across the country in 1935.

 My grandparents, Evelyn and Preston Williams, dressed for their road trip, from Chicago to California.

 

 Cowboy Bill is finally going to see a real 

Indian Reservation.

 

Wow, after growing up in Chicago, Bill experienced what it was really like to live in a tent on the land.  (This picture was developed a year after their trip.)

 

 My dad and grandmother dressed for the part everyday, while sleeping in a tent.

 Nana, always a glamour girl, looked like a million bucks, even sitting on a dirty car.

Here she is posing as if she's going to be on the cover of Vogue Magazine.

Of Course my grandfather, did model for Lord and Taylor and knows all the right moves.

 Outside an old adobe building in either New Mexico, Colorado or Arizona.

Draped on the wheel of an old wagon, Evelyn Williams will go to any length for a good picture.

A little more relaxed with one of the women selling the turquoise jewelry she came home with.

You can't get more Old West than this.  I think this picture is actually reality-art.

Another amazing closeup, of life on a reservation in 1935.

Animal skins drying in the sun.  They were sold to travelers along with turquoise jewelry and hand woven baskets.  Nana loved it all and wore the jewelry her entire life.

A view of daily life on the Reservation, click the picture to get a bigger view.

If you have read The Maybelline Story, I'm sure you've enjoyed seeing these incredible pictures, that go along with the story.  If you haven't read my book, please purchase a signed copy of this most fascinating, stunning, piece of historical nostalgia. Books also available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon, and can be ordered from any bookstore around the world.

Stay tuned for Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Williams tomorrow and get ready next week for my over the top, depression era, deserts as I make them on AZTV, Arizona.

Prohibition - Hollywood - Cowboys!!!

As a Child, Preston Williams, craved the adventure and excitement he read about in Western, Dime Novels.  All he wanted, was to someday, be a real cowboy.

This picture of my grandfather, Preston Williams, was taken in 1922, during the Jazz age, of the Roaring 20's. Prohibition was in full force and Hollywood's heyday was just beginning.   

Preston was a born athlete, a boxer, swimmer and WW1 Vet, - perfect requirements for a stuntman in the movies.  His hero's were Tom Mix and Will Rogers who would eventually touch his life in the most unexpected way. 

Will Rogers 

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Tom Mix.

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                                                   Charlie Chase.
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Through comedian Charlie Chase, Preston did live out his dream, for a short time in Hollywood, but you'll have to read The Maybelline Story to see what happened. 

Buy a signed copy at www.maybellinestory.com.

Charley Chase in "APRIL FOOL" (1924) musical score by Ben Model. 

                  The Miracle Rider Trailer,Tom Mix ...

 
WESTERN COWBOY STAR - WILL ROGERS - BIOGRAPHY.  William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 -- August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentato​

Maybelline cousins love Roy Rogers in the 1950s.

 Maybelline Cousins in the 1950's - like their parents in the 1930's - loved to dress up like Cowboy's and Cowgirls.

Roy Rogers, and Dale Evans were the King and Queen, of  Saturday morning TV, from 1951 - 1957, and most every girl and boy had their own cowboy costume.

Here I am at my 6th Birthday, sitting on my dad, Bill Williams lap - a little amped on sugar it looks like - with my little sister Donna, sitting quietly on our grandfather, Andy Mac Donald's lap, while my grandmother Elna - who never wore eye makeup - smiles for the camera.  Notice the Lucite coffee table, sofa and Hawaiian drapes.  They came from the Villa Valentino, after it was destroyed, when the Hollywood freeway took it in 1951.

 Trigger rides again, as Roy and Dale give a big Cowboy shout out, in the Old West.  In 1954, all I wanted was a baby sister and brother, while  Donna on the other hand,  wanted a horse, just like Trigger.

Sharrie and Donna, Cowgirls to the core.

My cousin's, Chuck, (aka, BB1,) and Nancy, were the little Roy and Dale, of the family, and like us, they were crazy about Saturday morning television, on those tiny TV sets in the early 1950's.

  During the early 1950's, Maybelline began showing Before and After, commercials, on network stations and it was a really big deal for our family when one came on.

The Baby Boomers grew up with television commercials, and Maybelline was a household word.  Unlike my grandmother's, generation, making up your eyes was a natural part of becoming a teenager.

Click on the above video, to see a trailer from the Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboy's television show.

Click on the above video to watch an early black and white Maybelline commercial.

Read more about the fabulous 1950's when Maybelline commercials first appeared on network TV, 
in The Maybelline Story. 

Signed copy's available at www.maybellinestory.com.

- Watch for Sharrie on AZTV, making rich, fattening, gooey, comfort food deserts, from the Depression Era, Next week.

- Bill Williams Classic Clenet will be shown at the Santa Barbara Concours D' Elegance, Oct 28 -30.

- Sharrie will be doing a presentation in Laguna Beach, Nov 5, at Laguna Books, - 6:00pm.

Maybelline cousins worship Tom Mix, as little boys.

Maybelline cousins, Noel Allen Williams and William Preston Williams Jr. 

They may not have ended up on the back of a horse, but their love for beautiful automobiles, influenced by their uncle Tom Lyle Williams and Tom Mix, enriched their taste for elegance.

 The Cadillac Cowboy, pulled in $17,000 a week in the 1920's and was every little boys, Western Hero.

                             Tom Mix, 1937 Cord 812 Convertible. 

Mix was killed. In the fall of 1940, while speeding along a gravel road, between Tucson and Phoenix, when he came upon the site of a road crew. The Cord crashed through the barriers, swerved violently, plowed into the ditch, and rolled, killing 60-year old Mix. Today a monument marks the spot. 

 Tom Lyle Williams, with his 1940, convertible Packard, at the Villa Valentino.

Bill Williams with his first little car.  Christmas, 1926.

 

Noel Allen, standing outside his Daddy's garage, already a gentleman, automobile enthusiast.

 

 Bill Williams dressed like Tom Mix, with his new wheels, in 1930.

 Noel Allen Williams dressed like Tom Mix, with his famous white hat, 1930.

 Cowboy Noel, getting ready to shoot em up in the Old West with his cousin Bill, in 1930.

Bill standing on the running board of his uncle Noel's Buick, while his little cousin Noel Allen looks out the window, sad to leave, after a day of cowboy play!

Noel Allen's son Chuck, aka, BB1, inherits his fathers 1975 Rolls Royce, and restores it to its original glory.

 William Preston Williams lll, and Sharrie, in their father's 1977 Series 1, 13th edition, Clenet.   Five years after Bill's death, his favorite automobile is back, in its full glory.

See Bill's Clenet, Oct. 28 -30, at the Santa Barbara Concours D' Elegance and meet the family.

read more about Tom Mix and his incredible movie career, in The Maybelline Story.  Purchase a signed copy from me, at www.maybellinestory.com, on this website. 

Photo's of Misty Roe as Marilyn Monroe in Goodbye Norma Jean.

Norma Jean Baker, becomes Marilyn Monroe, in these scenes filmed at my father's estate in 1975.

 

 

 

Click on video, to see the final scenes from the 1976 film, Goodbye Norma Jean, filmed at my father's estate, Casa de Guillermo, in Palm Springs California.

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Watch for another cooking segment on. AZTZ, Morning Scramble, Oct 11.  I will be making two rich, fattening, comfort deserts, from the Ladies in The Maybelline Story, during the Depression Era, of the 1930's.   The show and the recipes will be posted on The Maybelline Blog. 


My father Bill Williams Clenet, # 13, will be shown at the Santa Barbara Concours D' Elegance Oct 28-30.  


If you are in Laguna Beach, Sat. Nov. 5th, at 6:00, I will be doing a presentation at  Laguna Beach Books.