Maybelline's, "Little Prince".

There once was a Little Prince, named Richard Lyle Williams, who came into this world unexpectedly, but who's presence brought untold joy to everyone he touched in his lifetime..... 

Painted by Maria Pace Wynter.

Quote from ‘The Little Prince’:  “A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born."  by author of The Little Prince,  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Little Dick Williams parents, Noel J. and Frances Williams were quite surprised when Frances announced she was expecting at 42 years of age.  They were happy of course when their angel arrived and gave him everything a little Prince might expect in his lifetime.



Dick with his cousins, June and Marilyn Haines.



He was so adorable, that all his little girl cousins fawned over him and soon he realized he'd been born with a gift for charming the ladies.  Dick's parents were painfully aware of how special their boy was, and though strict by nature, were incapable of saying no to anything his heart desired.  When Dick discovered his love for wheels, (like most of the boy's in the Williams family,) he received a real motorcycle for his 16th Birthday, and our - James Dean - with movie star good looks was born. 

At 17, Dick was known for his Peter Lawford, charisma, style and cocky wit and was used to getting what ever he wanted, when he wanted it..... But, our Little Prince met his match when he fell in love with the most popular girl in school.  Beautiful, talented, feisty Ann Flynn. 

So like all storybook Romances go, Our Prince and Princess, Dick and Ann Williams, were married in 1955 and lived happily ever after. But that's another story!!!!

So in Dick Williams case, he was surely born with it, and yes, it was Maybelline!!!!

Stay tuned all this week for more fairytale romances, from The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It...

Maybelline's "Sleeping Beauty.".

A Romantic day dream, is transformed into a magical reality, with Maybelline. 

Every little wallflower, dreams of becoming a Princess someday, according to this 1945 Maybelline ad.

Annette, Noel A. and Helen Williams, 1929.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Helen, who dreamed of being a Princess, waiting for her handsome Prince Charming to come along and  sweep her away on his white horse.  

Ten years later, sweet Helen - no longer a portrait of a wall flower - evolved into a Princess, with the most beautiful, Maybelline Eyes. 

 "Maybe she was born with it - Maybe it's Maybelline,"  certainly applied to Helen Williams, who, not only was born into the Maybelline family - (her parents being Noel J. and Frances Williams,) but was as beautiful as any Star in a Maybelline ad. 

So Helen, lived the storybook dream - married her childhood sweetheart, George, aka, "Cook," Huber, had seven children and lived happily ever after.  Here they are at Helen's brother, Noel A. and Jean Williams Wedding, with their son, John, in 1949.

Cook and Helen (Williams,) Huber, looking like Royalty, in a Romantic Novel, at Helen's baby brother, Dick and Ann (Flynn) Williams Wedding, in 1955. 

Stay tuned for Maybelline Romance week, as storybook weddings within the family unfold.

"Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally - satisfying and optimistic ending."

Congratulations NCIS and my cousin, Brian Dietzen for your 200th episode.

I'm very proud to say that Brian Dietzen, "Jimmy Palmer," on NCIS, is Mabel Williams-Hewes and her husband Chet Hewes, great grandson, and one of my cousins. 

Brian Dietzen, David McCallum, Pauley Perrette, Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, and Michael Weatherly attend CBS' "NCIS" celebration of their 200th episode on January 3, 2012 in Valencia, California.Mark Davis/Getty Images -

If you have followed my blog, you know who Mabel and Chet are.  If not, here's what you've missed.

Tom Lyle Williams, sister Mabel, (Maybelline's namesake,) married Chet Hewes and had

 three children.Shirley, Tommy and Joyce. 

Tommy grew up, married Mary Lee, had Trudy..... Trudy grew up, married Keith Dietsen and had Brian.....

Brian was such a cute kid, Hollywood took a glance, and.....

cast him as Jimmy Palmer, on NCIS.  However, "When Brian auditioned for the part, he was almost turned down because the casting director said he was too good looking.  Brian convinced them he could play nerdy.  Maybe that's why he wears those goofy glasses."  (story from Brian's aunt, Linda Hughes.)

NCIS just celebrated it's 200th episode.

 

Chuck the Movie-guy talks to Brian Dietzen who plays Jimmy Palmer on NCIS at the William S. Paley 

Paleyfest TV Festival.

Brian, here's to another 200 episodes on NCIS...

And top it all off, Mark Harmon's mother, Elyse Knox was a Maybelline Model...  Small world!!

So now you know what you missed!!!!

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The Vintage Maybelline Docu-Blog.

Chelsea Clinton. Maybe I was born this way, Maybe it's Maybelline.

Maybelline ad, from 1943 featured a young College girl, gearing up for a promising career.

Wholesome and smart, with sparkling Maybelline eyes, this girl  has what it takes to succeed, in what ever arena she chooses.  I can't help be reminded of a young Chelsea Clinton.

Chelsea Clinton with her parents, Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bill Clinton, at her graduation.

Chelsea Clinton had everything it takes to follow in her parents footsteps.

A young Chelsea with her father, President Bill Clinton.

Chelsea Clinton makes broadcast debut on NBC’s ‘Rock Center,’   This is exactly the type of girl, Maybelline was appealing to in 1943.

Chelsea, Hillary and Bill Clinton Rock to Lady Gaga singing. "I WAS BORN THIS WAY."

Maybelline side note:  Hillary Clinton represented Maybelline in the suit against Noxwell.

Also, Tom Lyle Williams Jr'. wife, Marquerite Neel Williams was instrumental in restoring the reception rooms at the State Department where Madame Secretary of State greets foreign Dignitaries.   (Story's from Mabel's grandaughter, Linda Hughes.)

Lisa Kudrow's new show Web Therapy, Maybe she's born with it, Maybe it's Maybelline.

Maybelline in the 1940's appealed to every woman because it made a difference!!!

Cute before Maybelline.  Adorable with a touch of glamour after.  No wonder Maybelline was an accessory in every girls purse in the 1940's and still is today almost 75 years later.

Lisa Kudrow from the TV show, FRIENDS.

Excuse me, but does the model in the  Maybelline ad, resemble Lisa Kudrow

Click and check out Lisa Kudrow's new show
Web Therepy!!  http://www.lstudio.com/web-therapy/

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It's okay, to be just pretty, with Maybelline...

It wasn't always over the top glamour, with Maybelline.  This sweet and naturally pretty model really said it all.  Adorable with Maybelline. 

Like Maybelline's slogan, Quality yet Sensibly Priced, most women, just wanted to be pretty, with maybe, a touch of glamour. 

Maybelline's first, "Big-Screen" sex symbol, Jean Harlow.

Pioneer of the Hollywood Studio System and Star System,  Jean Harlow, a product of that System, comes alive Thomas Ince, book about her life.

Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937, by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira (Angel City Press).  Harlow in Hollywood is the story of how a town and an industry created her, a story that's never been told before.  Buy in on Amazon

Jean Harlow, known as the “Blonde Bombshell,” was the earliest and most popular of the sex symbols–the 1930s incarnation of Marilyn Monroe.

Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer, by Brian Taves (University Press of Kentucky).

  Want to know how, when and were, the Hollywood Studio System, and Star System began?  It all started with Thomas Ince.  Buy it on Amazon.


The Maybelline Story is available on kindle, at Amazon,  and on the Nook at Barnes and Noble.   Buy it today.

More new books out about Old Hollywood and it's Stars.

John Huston: Courage and Art, by Jeffrey Meyers (Crown Archetype)


Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood, by Emily W. Leider (University of California Press)


Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, by Brian Kellow (Viking)


Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director, by Marilyn Ann Moss (University Press of Kentucky)


The Rise and Fall of Lou-Tellegen, by David W. Menefee (Menefee Publishing)


Spencer Tracy: A Biography, by James Curtis (Knopf)


Syd Chaplin: A Biography, by Lisa K. Stein (McFarland)

Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story, by David W. Menefee (BearManor Media)


Also just out, and so new there hasn't been time to review it is Francis X. Bushman: In His Own Words

 Tom Lyle Williams can also make claim to being a part of The Hollywood Star System, helping create Stars out of Starletts, by promoting them in his Maybelline ads.

Tom Lyle Williams,

Read his story in THE MAYBELLINE STORY AND THE SPIRITED FAMILY DYNASTY BEHIND IT.

Rita Hayworth, Maybelline's sexiest model, ever.

During the filming of GILDA, Rita Hayworth appeared in this Maybelline ad.  She was such a big hit that her dress, her glove, her pose became an icon

She was the leading lady to the world's leading men - She danced with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly - acted with Tracy, Grant, Cagney and Cooper - she was married to Orson Welles and Aly Khan.

 Rita Hayworth was America's favorite pin-up girl - she was the folly, grandeur, romance and beauty of Hollywood in it's prime - when it dazzled not only America, but the entire world. She was the incomparable Rita Hayworth.

Rita Hayworth: Portrait of a Love Godess - by John Kobal - 1983 Biography of America's Fave Pin-Up Girl.

4 used copies available on Amazon.

Rita Hayworth, magazine covers, with Frank Sinatra singing "I've Got You Under My Skin."

Two days left to bid on Hedy Lamarr, vintage makeup bag.  Ebay

ANITA LOUISE ADLER, Maybelline's Scarlett O'Hara.

Anita Louise, may not have won the part of Scarlett O'Hara, but she was most assuredly, one of Maybelline's most stunning models in 1938.

Maybelline ad, featuring Anita Louise, who  stared in opulent costume dramas such as Madame DuBarry (1934), A Midsummer’s Night Dream (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), and Marie Antionette (1938). She was selected to do a screen test for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind in 1938, but of course, the role went to Vivien Leigh.

Anita Louise was described as one of cinema's most fashionable and stylish women.  She and her husband Buddy Adler, were known for their parties, attended by Hollywood's elite.  

Gorgeous Anita Louise with her striking husband, Buddy Adler on their Wedding Day, 1940.

At the time Anita was cast for the role of the loving and caring mother Nell McLaughlin in My Friend Flicka, she had been married to Buddy Adler—a top executive with 20th Century-Fox.

From Here to Eternity winners: director Fred Zinnemann, supporting actress Donna Reed, producer Buddy Adler and screenwriter Daniel Taradash.

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Paulette Goddard, playing the Hollywood game.

One of Tom Lyle Williams, favorite Maybelline Models, in the late 1930's and early 1940's.... Paulette Goddard, was a Woman of Mystery. 

This Maybelline ad, featuring Paulette Goddard was in popular Movie Magazines, while filming

"The Women," in 1939. Trailer for "The Women."

Did you know that, Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Susan Hayward, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard, Bette Davis and Lana Turner all auditioned for the part of Scarlett O'Hara.  Of Course it was Vivian Leigh, who got the part in Gone With the Wind and will always be remembered as the ideal Scarlett.

Paulette - The Adventurous Life of Paulette Goddard.
click on Amazon.

This book, tells the truth about the Paulette/Chaplin marriage. The real reason she didn't get the part in Gone with the Wind. The feud with director Cecil B. DeMille becomes clear. The famous under the table moment at Ciro's with a Director all nicely covered with help from the FBI files.

Gone With The Wind Tests. Auditions and screen tests for Gone With The Wind Appearing : Tallulah Bankhead, Susan Hayward, Margaret Tallichet, Frances Dee, Mary Ray, Lana Turner, Paulette Goddard.

Nobody worked the Hollywood Star System better than Paulette Goddard and won.  Check out her book and while you're at it check out the little Lamarr/Maybelline bags.

Hedy Lamarr, mini-make-up bag is now available

Vintage Hedy Lamarr - 1940 Maybelline ad, is now available on a collectible, mini-make-up-bag.  Love Old Hollywood?  You will love this glamorous conversation piece.  

Hedy Lamarr is by far, the most popular post on my blog, so to celebrate the worldwide interest, in one of the most beautiful Stars in Hollywood, I have designed this mini-make-up bag/jewelery case.  There is a limited supply so please click on 

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Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World [Hardcover]   Richard Rhodes (Author)

Buy it on Amazon today.
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Timeless, Maybelline Lady in Red.

Maybelline's Beautiful Lady in Red, 1938.

Please check out this fantastic review of The Maybelline Story on Glamorologist, click below. 
http://theglamourologist.blogspot.com/2012/01/maybelline-story-sharrie-williams.html