Erte' - Ziegfield Follies, Maybelline in the 1920's.

 "Through these portals pass the most beautiful girls in the world."

 The Ziegfeld Follies were famous for many beautiful chorus girls commonly known as Ziegfeld girls.  Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies, were based on the Folies Bergère of Paris....

Erte costumes and sets were featured in the

Ziegfeld Follies of 1923,

 Erté's theatrical innovations were countless, including "living curtains" (showgirls with plumes and pearls, festooned by embroidered trains.

The Ziegfeld girls paraded up and down flights of stairs semi-nude, as anything from birds to battleships. 

These beauties, of similar size, decked out in Erté designs, gained many young male admirers and they became objects of popular adoration.

 Ziegfeld Girls,  including Paulette Goddard,  Barbara Stanwyck and Louise Brooks became Maybelline models and were featured in future ads throughout the 1930's and 1940's. 

Though beautiful Phyllis Haver was rejected by Ziegfeld after auditioning in 1915, Tom Lyle immediately saw her appeal and featured her in several Maybelline ads during the 1920s.

 Tom Lyle Williams, Entrepreneur, King of Advertising, President of the Maybelline Co.



Flo Ziegfield, The Ziegfeld Follies,

 "Glorifying the American Girl."

             Erté - elegant fashion designs - art deco -


Erte, Flo Ziegfeld and TL Williams, were synonomous with fashion, style and glamour during the 1920's and  were instrumental in spotlighting  beauty, throughout the 1930's - But only Maybelline has remained a Global brand, into the  21st Century.

                                    Ziegfeld Follies Girls, 1907 -1931.

Happy 2012 from Sharrie Williams and The Maybelline Story

Happy New Year!!!!  I'm starting 2012 off with Erte's fabulous, 1920's Art Deco illustrations, and pictures of the most beautiful girls in the world!!!

I found this incredible Fresco painted in 1927, on a wall at the Hassayampa Inn, in down town Prescott, Arizona.  It captures the Erte, Art Deco era, just as women were coming out of their shell and making a statement, by wearing Maybelline for the first time. 

Between 1915–1937, Erte designed over 200 covers for Harper's Bazaar, and his illustrations appear in

 such publications, as Illustrated London News, Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal and Vogue.  Interesting fact, Lash-Brow-Ine and Maybelline, first appeared in these magzines at the same time.       

His delicate figures and sophisticated, glamorous designs are instantly recognisable, and his ideas and art still influence fashion into the 21st century. His costumes, programme designs, and sets were featured in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923.

Tom Lyle Williams also captured the spirit of Art Deco, in his exquisite, Lash-Brow-Ine, and Maybelline Ads in the 1920s. This one features Gloria Swanson,

the Queen of Silent Films, Art Deco Era.

Erte Clip, click on Video

Stay tuned this week, for more interesting, vintage Hollywood news.   Wishing all  my followers, from the 99 countries, who have checked into the Maybelline Blog, a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2012!!! 

Remembering New Years Eve, past!!!

       

Bill Williams, Gloria Rosan, Noel A. and Jean Williams, 1976.



Bill and Gloria Williams married New Years Eve, 1979, at Jean and Noel A. Williams, home
in Montecito California

Charity event together at the Coral Casino, in Santa Barbara, California, 1981.

Noel A., Jean, Gloria and Bill Williams on an Alaskan Cruise, in 1993 a few months before Noel A. passed away in 1994, from heart complications. 

The two couples had spent the last 18 years together living a quieter lifestyle after the wild 1970's.  Especially Bill Williams, after marrying Gloria.  She slowed him down and added years to his life. 

Bill and Jean Williams both died in 2006, and Gloria followed them in 2009.  They are greatly missed by their children and grandchildren today. 

Happy New Years Eve, 2011, Wishing all of you around the world a happy, healthy and prosperous 2012!!!

Monster Ball 1975, Lady Gaga quotes "They were born that way" Lady Gaga Joanne Tour Dates 2017; Concert Tickets

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Click on link for tickets to Lady Gaga concert from Main Event specials

Maybelline Heir, Bill Williams and his girlfriend, Earnie Quarantello, looking like a couple of monsters,



Maybelline Heir,  Noel A. Williams, with his wife Jean and a friend, at a Charity Monster Ball in 1975.

Lady GaGa presents THE MONSTER BALL TOUR, at Madison Square Garden.  singing Bad Romance.
Click on video.

           Lady Gaga - Born This Way


WRITTEN BY LADY GAGA. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: VINCENT HERBERT. DIRECTED BY NICK KNIGHT. CHOREOGRAP​HY BY LAURIE ANN GIBSON.


7 min - Feb 27, 2011


Truth is, it seemed like my family were The Munsters!!! Especially when we'd all pile into my dad's 1970 Limo, with its big flashing fins, and park in the drive-in under a full moon.  I actually remember my dad howling like the wolfman. He was the funniest guy I ever knew.  He and his cousin Noel A. were true comedians when they got together.  I miss all the monsters, now that they're gone.

Read more about the Williams family monsters in my book, The Maybelline Story.  Its a fright night in parts!!! 

Also I haven't forgotten the Hedy Lamarr make-up bags.  They will be here soon.

Maybe the Williams were born that way,
or
Maybe its Maybelline!!    





Playboy Club, 1975

Playboy Club in the ABC entertainment center, Los Angeles.  Ernie Quarantello,  Noel A. Williams, Bunny Suzanne, Mrs. Frank Kearney, Jean Williams, Judge Frank Kearney, and Bill Williams.

For my father's generation, going to the Playboy Club, in the 1970's, and seeing the sexy Bunny's tail, was a big kick.  Not so much for my generation.

Bill's daughters, Donna, Sharrie and Billee Williams at Casa de Guillermo, 1976.

Though I actually wanted to be a Playboy Bunny in the late 1960's.  By 1975 I was married to a young Attorney and only interested in climbing the ladder of success.

It's all in my book, The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.    

MISTY ROWE STARRING IN GOODBYE NORMA JEAN 1976

Misty Rowe as Marilyn Monroe

filmed at my father Bill Williams home in 1975, at Casa de Guillermo, Palm Springs California.

My father, Bill Williams with Misty Rowe, Ernie Quarantello, and his cousin Noel A. Williams.  Taken during the filming of Goodbye Norma Jean, at Bill's Palm Springs estate, Casa de Guillermo. 

Lot's more history on the filming of the movie in 1975 in earlier posts.  Several classic 1940 cars were brought in, to portray the era. 

Scroll down for never before seen, private family pictures, taken while shooting the film.

Look under my archives and Labels for more posts I've done on the film Goodbye Norma Jean. 

More Maybelline family, Christmas past, from the 60's and 70's.

Christmas past, with Noel J. and Frances Williams, branch of the Maybelline family.

Cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, with Jimmy, Nancy, Chuck and and their father, Noel A. Williams, Christmas 1961.

Noel A. Williams Christmas, 1967.

BB1, Chuck Williams, Christmas, 1967.



Chuck and his mother, Jean Williams, Christmas, 1970.

Some of my Maybelline cousins.  Top row, Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, Christine Williams-Huber, Nancy Williams, Chuck Williams, James Williams-Huber, Julee Williams-Huber, Jimmy Williams.  Christmas, Montecito,  California, 1970.

Nancy and Chuck Williams with cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, 1970.

Cousin Chuck and I will be bringing you more classic cars from the Maybelline family in January.  Some from his personal collection, as well as Tom Lyle Williams, 1940 Packard convertible, finally located, after 60 years.  Stay tuned for Fun Fun Fun in 2012!!!

Merry Christmas from Sharrie Williams

Here are some of my favorite vintage pictures from Christmas past. 

Sharrie and Donna Williams, 1949

Sharrie and Donna, 1952,



Tom Lyle with Billee Williams, Christmas, 1959.



Donna, Sharrie and Billee Williams, 1959.



Bill Williams with Tom Lyle Williams, 1959.




Tom Lyle and Bill Williams, with Billee in the background, 1959



Tom Lyle with googley eye glasses, 1959.



Preston Williams, 1960


To be continued tomorrow.



Hope all of you are having a wonderful Christmas Day!!!!!

More vintage Maybelline Christmas pictures.

            Christmas past continued!!!

Christmas 1965, Evelyn Williams, Nana, my dad, Bill, me, and Unk Ile,
 (TL Williams.)



Unk Ile and Nana, 1966.

Sharrie, Bill, Unk Ile, Billee, my mother, Pauline, Donna and Nana, Christmas, 1967.

Bill, Vince Aiken, Charlie Lewis as Santa, my mother, Pauline and Billee, 1967.

Debby Angel, Preston as Santa, and Billee, 1968.

 Christmas, 1969, Lido Isle, Newport Beach, California.

Nana at my dad's home in Palm Springs, California, 1973.

My Baby Georgia, with Santa, 1978.

Stay tuned tomorrow for some vintage Christmas pictures, from my Cousin, Chuck Williams, aka, Beach Boy 1, family album.

Chuck and I will be going to the Barrett Jackson Classic Car Auction, between Jan 15 - 22.  We will also be bringing you pictures and video's, of Tom Lyle's, 1940 Packard convertible, which has been located after 60 years, in Orange County California.  Needless to say, we are over-the-top, excited to see the car and know you will be too!!!