The Post-Celluloid Tristesse Of Raquel Welch
February, 1977
The Post-Celluloid Tristesse of Raquel WelchIt is the day before the Academy Awards. There is a small crowd of people standing in a light rain outside the stage-door entrance to the Music Center, in downtown Los Angeles. The rain has been falling all day, and now, at dusk, the city seems to be vanishing in a B-movie mist.Across the street from the theater, an old man is sitting on a bench in front of the county courthouse. His hat is tipped forward on his head in the suggestion of an earlier day...