Published in Pasadena Magazine May 1998 The legend took shape in 1924. Noel Coward, sleek, young 23 year-old writer/ star of that influential, youth-oriented, strike-the-pose play, “The Vortex,” had himself photographed in his elaborate, scarlet bedroom, languidly smoking a cigarette, wearing a Chinese dressing gown and an imperious look. The caption read, ‘Noel the Fortunate.’ That picture of decadence, glamour and insouciance became Read More →
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