The Maybelline Story

The Gatsby lifestyle during the 1970s.

By Sharrie Williams · Written January 2012 · 1 min read

 “Can’t repeat the past?… Why of course you can!” 


 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.





The Gatsby lifestyle during the 1970s.



Noel A. Williams, sitting in his brother Dicks, Excalibur. This picture was taken at Dick and Ann’s estate in Boca Raton, Florida in the late 1970s.







The Gatsby lifestyle during the 1970s.



Noel A.Williams, during the shooting of, Goodbye Norma Jean, in 1975. Picture was taken at his cousin Bill Williams estate, Casa de Guillermo, in Palm Springs California.







The Gatsby lifestyle during the 1970s.

Noel A. and Jean Williams, in their 1975 Rolls, with Mickey Mouse in the back seat.




The Gatsby lifestyle during the 1970s.



Noel A. with his Rolls Royce, a gift to himself for his 50th Birthday.



For the Williams boys, a longing to relive the golden years of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, played out, by creating individual identities, that included luxury automobiles, beautiful estates and the freedom to do what ever they dammed well pleased, during the 1970s.

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