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Renee Patrick

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Author of the Lillian Frost & Edith Head mysteries. As seen on TCM and featured on NPR's summer reading list!

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Worn #onthisday in 1967 by Tony Curtis and Omar Sharif when they were named Best Dresed Actor and Best Dressed Foreign Actor by the Costume Designers Guild at the Renaissance Ball in Beverly Hills, CA. Edith Head (with ball chairman Anne Baxter) won the Adrian Award for costume design. #OTD 📷️ LAPL
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, after finally reading William Peter Blatty's THE EXORCIST and seeing the new doc on EXORCIST II, the power of Christ compelled me to watch the rest of the series. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-10...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. I ask what hath William Peter Blatty wrought, reading LEGION, rewatching EXORCIST III, and diving into the other sequels including the secret one. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-10...
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW NEWSLETTER COMING! Our latest podcast appearance, a new exhibit featuring Hollywood costume designers' work for flight attendants, and more! Subscribe and receive a free essay on the noir fashions of Edith Head! reneepatrickbooks.com
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Columbo: Just one more frame... @justonemoreframe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Columbo #S02E05 Requiem for a Falling Star 00:46:30
Columbo #S02E05 Requiem for a Falling Star 00:46:30
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW NEWSLETTER COMING! Our latest podcast appearance, a new exhibit featuring Hollywood costume designers' work for flight attendants, and more! Subscribe and receive a free essay on the noir fashions of Edith Head! reneepatrickbooks.com
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I also reveal a few secrets about A HELL OF A DRINK, the upcoming horror movie cocktail book Chris Elford and I wrote, in this podcast.
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
PODCAST ALERT! The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library has made audiobooks of the first two Lillian Frost/Edith Head mysteries with more in the works. On their podcast we discuss writing as a married couple, Hollywood history, and more. literarynotes.podbean.com/e/44-renee-p...
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44 | Renee Patrick | Design for Dying (Lillian Frost & Edith Head series) | Literary Notes
Renee Patrick visits our studio to discuss Design for Dying, the first book in their murder mystery series set in 1930s Hollywood. Library volunteer Kymmberly Myrick chats with them about the origins ...
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lovely Rachel Syme tribute to Bob Mackie in the New Yorker, focusing on the craftsmanship beneath the frivolity. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
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Bob Mackie, Who Dressed Carol Burnett and Cher Flamboyantly, Excelled at Old Hollywood Craftsmanship
Bob Mackie, who died on Monday, at 87, dressed Carol Burnett, Cher, and Elton John flamboyantly.
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RIP the legendary Bob Mackie, who worked as Edith Head's assistant before blazing a glorious trail all his own. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
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Bob Mackie, Designer Who Bedazzled Carol Burnett and Cher, Dies at 87 (Gift Article)
His sequined gowns and outrageous costumes threw clouds of glitter at American fashion for over half a century.
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, I go down the rabbit of THE EXORCIST by finally reading the book, watching a documentary about EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, and then braving the sequel itself. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-10...
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Janine @janinefrompgh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here's a little something from Eddie Muller about Stanwyck's relationship with the fabulous Edith Head. I love this movie! #cinejanes youtu.be/8pTJtYT47eY?...
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Eddie Muller's Intro to "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946) on TCM Noir Alley
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. In which I read William Peter Blatty's THE EXORCIST decades after everyone else, and the new documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL finally gets me to watch EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-10...
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The start of one of the great collaborations in movie history. www.vogue.com/article/the-...
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The Story Behind Edith Head’s Very First Collaboration With Alfred Hitchcock
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm back in NOIR CITY for the first time in a few years, with an article on journalists from the classic noir era who became screenwriters and in some cases directors.
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, a powerful new memoir forces to me confront my history (or lack thereof) with Led Zeppelin and my high school nemesis. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-99...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. Tom Junod's disquieting new memoir provokes both a musical reckoning and my own trip down memory lane. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-99...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Alfred Hitchcock, born August 13, 1899. In honor of the occasion: my @crimereads.bsky.social survey of the best Hitchcock films NOT directed by Alfred Hitchcock. crimereads.com/a-survey-of-...
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A Survey of Hitchcock Films Not Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Maybe we shouldn’t put so much stock in first impressions. The storied costume designer Edith Head initially met Alfred Hitchcock during preproduction of his film Notorious (1946). She had been loa…
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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
American actress and singer Rhonda Fleming, the "Queen of Technicolor," was born #OnThisDay in 1923. She wore this Edith Head designed green and black check woollen traveling suit as Laura Denbow in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Sold by Prop Store. #film #costume
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Producer Joseph E. Levine (September 9, 1905 – July 31, 1987), pictured with Carroll Baker and Edith Head during production of HARLOW (1965).
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, how being a regular in a bar and online changed my life for the better, with one concrete example. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-98...
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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
84: Script for Scandal @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social third Lillian Frost/Edith Head mystery is a humdinger where Frost’s love of movies is tested when Paramount green lights a crime drama linked to a bank robbery case tied to her LAPD boyfriend. Great atmosphere and storytelling. #booksky
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. On being a regular in a bar and online, and how the latter led me to the best New York novel I've read in years. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-98...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
One of my favorite writers. THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X is as close to perfect as a mystery novel gets. I also loved NEWCOMER. I was never disappointed by a Higashino book. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Keigo Higashino, Best-Selling Japanese Mystery Writer, Dies at 68 (Gift Article)
His works, which included “The Devotion of Suspect X,” were widely translated and adapted for the screen.
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988), airing as part of TCM's Summer of Darkness at 10:30 PM PT, is the movie that turned me into a noir fanatic. I wrote about it for Eddie Muller's Noir City magazine. #TCMParty www.filmnoirfoundation.org/noircitymag/...
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Angela Lansbury with Edith Head on set of THE COURT JESTER (1955), directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, vintage and vintage-style mysteries from around the globe, a summer drink that will use up any basil you have lying around, and a weird digression into the Luc Besson movie THE BIG BLUE. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-97...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. You want impossible crimes? I got 'em. Plus a drink suitable for the summer heat. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-97...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A number of years ago, we walked into the Zig Zag Café for the first time and it changed my life. And real regulars celebrate their anniversaries.
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Edith Head design for giving a lift to a cool, quiet guy on the run. Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in The Blue Dahlia (1946).
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Bicentennial Minutes produced by CBS in 1976 are being revived fifty years later, including the one featuring Edith Head. Hers, naturally, is about clothes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg4z...
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Edith Head and Judith Crist celebrate America's bicentennial
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Ben Model @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The new Blu-ray edition of the restored Edward Everett Horton silent comedies ”streets” next week! It’s pre-orderable now at 37% off at DeepDiscount.com, and is also at Critics’ Choice and Movies Unlimited. (The Amz listing for this will appear at some point.) www.deepdiscount.com/edward-evere...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
One last time, because it went up over the weekend: at Cocktails & Crime, the show biz lessons of landing my high school commencement speaker and how they're still playing out decades later. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-96...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: The first time I flew close to the white-hot flame of show business. Featuring cameos by John Cusack and Patrick Wilson. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-96...
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 13/06/2026
I'm always shocked by how many people haven't seen this delightful valentine to film noir. It's a gem! Martin and Reiner together onscreen! Rachel Ward hot! Edith Head's last credit!
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. The story of how I lined up my high school commencement speaker is the closest I'll come to delivering a commencement address. Don't boo me. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-96...
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
At the moment, ALL FIVE of the Lillian Frost and Edith Head mysteries are available on the Kindle for $2.99 OR LESS! If you wanted to get started on or catch up with their exploits in Golden Age Hollywood, now's the time! www.amazon.com/stores/Renee...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Frank Morgan, born June 1, 1890. Time for your annual reminder that the original Wizard of Oz's family fortune came from importing and distributing Angostura bitters. Cheers, Frank.
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, QUEEN KELLY rises from the ashes (again), sexed-up Aussie neo-noir, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD leads me to a Pulitzer Prize winner. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-95...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME: At SIFF, a legendary Hollywood failure and the most oversexed movie I've ever seen, plus I accidentally read a Pulitzer Prize winner. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-95...
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The 3rd Eye Review @psychicrevue.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ironic Iconic pop culture cookbook by The Souther California Wives of Arthur Andersen (pre-Enron) accountants, included a featured Oct.22,1981 Beverly Hills luncheon, featuring Edith Head fashions (a few days before she died). There's a brief bio & sketch of Edith in this 255-pg cookbook. #1980s
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
10 years ago today: not one but two DESIGN FOR DYING cocktails at Stookey's Club Moderne in San Francisco. I don't think @vpkeenan.bsky.social was ever happier.
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
So much fun seeing Rosie Perez on #NoirAlley introducing THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946) alongside Eddie Muller. It takes us back to when we were lucky enough to introduce the movie with Eddie in 2017 and talked about Edith Head's long collaboration with Barbara Stanwyck. #TCMParty
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On Orson Welles' birthday, here's my @crimereads.bsky.social article on what was going to be Welles' first movie: an adaptation of a thriller costarring Lucille Ball about a rich fascist taking over the United States. crimereads.com/orson-welles...
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Orson Welles, Lucille Ball, and The Greatest Thriller That Never Was
“Conspiracies are melodramatic, my dear, especially when they’re made by rich people with too much money and time on their hands.”—The Smiler with the Knife, Nicholas Blake * Orson Welles arrived i…
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Orson Welles, born on May 6, 1915. Here's Irving Penn's 1946 'symbolist' portrait of Welles, found in THE FORTIES IN VOGUE. Welles appears a character in the Lillian Frost & Edith Head mysteries THE SHARPEST NEEDLE and IDLE GOSSIP.
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Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Memories of Patricia Field's store and thoughts on how to win actresses over in fittings in this interview with Molly Rogers, costume designer on THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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She Dressed “The Devil Wears Prada” ’s Miranda Priestly and Came Back for Seconds
The veteran costume designer Molly Rogers has dressed fictional fashion icons for decades. For her latest project, she returned to the world of “The Devil Wears Prada.”
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Happy 92nd birthday Shirley MacLaine, seen here with Edith Head in 1959. Discovered in A HELL OF A DRINK research: William Peter Blatty based Chris McNeil in THE EXORCIST on MacLaine, who was his neighbor, and she wanted to play the role in the movie.
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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Award-winning American actress Shirley MacLaine was born #OnThisDay in 1934. She wore this Edith Head designed yellow abstract "painted" dress as Louisa May Foster in the 1964 film, What a Way to Go. Collection of Greg Schreiner. #film #costume #dress
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, I learn that "Paying attention is the gateway drug to giving a shit." Plus recent movies and some other stuff. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-94...
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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. Jane Leavy's prescription to fix baseball could fix society. Plus new Petzold and Soderbergh movies and a decade of writing under a pseudonym. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-94...
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