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Karl prepared a glorious new Doctor Macro scan of Ann Harding in Her Private Affair (1929).  Shown (L to R) are an unknown actor, Ann Harding, and John Loder.  What a great period shot!  This was scanned from an original photo, and it had 76 years of accumulated scratches and goosh.  Karl did a beautiful job of fixing everything.

Jane sent along some new photos too:

• Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in Island in the Sun (3 pictures)

• Doris Day - 5 pictures, including one with Louis Jourdan from Julie (1956)

Thanks to our guest contributors for these fine images!

We end with some film clips:

• Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel in the splashy final number from Lovely to Look At

• Laurel and Hardy in The Fixer-Uppers (complete)  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

• A Vitaphone Short titled Maid for a Day

• The Andrews Sisters performing four of their signature musical numbers in Private Buckaroo (1942)—also, in the last clip, look for some perky jitterbugging by Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and the Jumping Jacks and Jills

August 30, 2006

Vitaphone
Short

The Andrews
Sisters

Jane provides more interesting scans today with:

• Doris Day - 2 pictures from I'll See You in My Dreams and 3 posed shots

• Angie Dickinson in Rio Bravo, with director Howard Hawks (3 pictures), with John Wayne and Ricky Nelson, and a solo shot

• James Stewart - 2 pictures

Bob identified our August 24th picture of Olympe Bradna as being from the 1936 film, Three Cheers for Love (but corrected on 8/7/2008 to the 1939 film The Night of Nights).

Thanks to our guest contributors for these fine images!

And check out these new film clips:

• John Wayne and Gail Russell in two clips from Angel and the Badman—in the first, they enjoy an outing together; in the second, he's being nursed back to health

• a Vitaphone Short titled Private Lessons

August 27, 2006

Vitaphone
Short

Nick, Jane and Frédéric sent in pictures of Louise Brooks and Marion Davies.

Karl has some spiffy new images:

• Debbie Reynolds

• Ginger Rogers - 2 pictures, including one from Swing Time [corrected to The Gay Divorcee on 11/8/2006]

• Norma Shearer - 2 pictures

• Ann Sheridan - 3 pictures, including two from Angels With Dirty Faces and Edge of Darkness

Enjoy these film clips:

• Carole Lombard being interviewed in The Princess Comes Across (1936) - what a lovely comedienne she was!

• an MGM Short titled Crazy House  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

• a Vitaphone Short titled The Emergency Case

August 26, 2006

The Princess
Comes Across

MGM Short

Vitaphone
Short

Enjoy this photo of Angela Lansbury and Hurd Hatfield from The Picture of Dorian Gray.  This is for Carsten.

Here's a nice early picture of Orson Welles, sent to us by Sever.

Karl sent us ten more Film Noir Posters:  Crime Wave, The FBI Story, Federal Man, The Line-Up, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, Rogue Cop, Shield for Murder, T-Men, They Made Me a Killer, and Touch of Evil.

Mark2 sidles in with a nice scan of 1930's and 40's French-born actress Olympe Bradna.

And Jane returns with more great images for us:

• Joan Collins

• Doris Day in scenes from television's The Doris Day Show (the last picture shows her with young McLean Stephenson of M.A.S.H. fame)

• James Stewart in The Stratton Story (plus a film clip), in Vertigo, and two posed shots

Nick and Jane have more great shots of John Wayne:

• The Quiet Man (3 pictures)

• Stagecoach, with Claire Trevor and John Carradine (2 pictures)

• four posed shots

Carsten identified two of our James Stewart photos from yesterday as being from Magic Town (with Jane Wyman) and the other as being from Born to Dance with Eleanor Powell.

Thanks to all of our guest contributors for their scans and technical assistance!

We end with three film clips:

• Charles Laughton in Island of Lost Souls

• a Vitaphone Short:  Six Hits and a Miss

• Angela Lansbury and Hurd Hatfield in The Picture of Dorian Gray—in this scene, weirdo Dorian plays the piano for Lansbury's character Sibyl.  Any similarity between his keyboard activities and the music that actually emanated from that piano was purely accidental...he looks like he's milking a cow.

August 24, 2006

The Stratton
Story

Paula sent us a pretty photo of Simone Simon from her 1938 film Josette.

Karl continues to impress with:

• Paulette Goddard

• Maureen O'Hara

• The United Artists honchos:  Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin

• Tyrone Power, Jr. and Maureen O'Hara in The Black Swan

• John Wayne and (yup!) Maureen O'Hara in Rio Grande

Enjoy these new delectables from Jane:

• Joey Bishop

• Doris Day in It's a Great Feeling (4 pictures)

• Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel in Lovely to Look At

• James Stewart (3 pictures)  [Can anyone identify the films these stills are from?]

Nick and Jane have more great shots of John Wayne in Hondo and Jet Pilot (4 pictures).  They also generously threw in a new Ann Sheridan photo.

Thanks again to our super guest contributors!

Here are two fun film clips:

• a trolley ride and then a romantic interlude with Hedy Lamarr in Comrade X (1940).  How did Clark Gable get so lucky?  Boy, I'd give anything for a trolley ride.  Also, watch for Felix Bressart early in the scene.

• Speaking of mass transit, how about Harold Lloyd in For Heaven's Sake (1926)?  We have the frantic bus ride at the end of the film, with everyone hanging on for dear life.

August 23, 2006

Back from a grueling bridge tournament, we have just a few choice items today.

Sylvie finished a new Doctor Macro scan of Lon Chaney, Jr. from the 1940 film Of Mice and Men.

Jane's provided two nice photos of James Stewart.

Here are two pictures of Carole Landis (one from I Wake Up Screaming, with Victor Mature and Betty Grable), and a domestic shot of Mary Pickford.  These are from Tim.

Nick and Jane prepared scans of John Wayne from Angel and the Badman (1947).  He's pictured with gorgeous Gail Russell.

Many thanks to our guest contributors!

We conclude with two film clips:

• Van Johnson and Lana Turner in Week-End at the Waldorf - in this scene, the two meet and a spark is kindled!

• A Vitaphone Short titled Studio Highlights

August 21, 2006

Vitaphone
Short

Enjoy this final picture of alluring Diana Dors—in color!

Jane wants us to multi-task.  So, besides continuing our James Stewart and Elizabeth Taylor series, we're inaugurating a large John Wayne collection, featuring many of his films—Nick collaborated on these with Jane:

• James Stewart - 3 pictures from It's a Wonderful World (1939), with Claudette Colbert

• Elizabeth Taylor - 8 posed shots, including one from Giant (1956) and one from The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)

• John Wayne - 5 pictures from Rio Grande (1950), with four of them featuring Maureen O'Hara

Paula submitted a quirky, but beautiful, picture of Laraine Day in Those Endearing Young Charms (1945).

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric keep up the frantic pace with more early 1920's scans by photographer James Abbe.  Today we have The Dolly Sisters and Rudolph Valentino (two pictures, including one with his wife, Natacha).

We appreciate our great guest contributors!

Let's end with two Hepburn film clips:

• Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady - in this scene, she makes her first foray into high society

• Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story, with James Stewart, Cary Grant and John Howard

Our next update will be on Monday August 21, 2006.

August 18, 2006

The Philadelphia
Story

Let's start with some new items from Jane:

• Joan Collins - five pictures

• the Jimmy Stewart hit parade continues with three images (two with Grace Kelly) from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

• Elizabeth Taylor - one photo from Giant (1956) and two posed shots

I love Clara Bow.  Check out this perky shot of her sent in by Chris.

Sylvie sent us desktop wallpapers of Gloria DeHaven and Audrey Hepburn, and Steve weighs in with new wallpapers of Spencer Tracy and Mae West.

We've also got three early 1920's pictures by photographer James Abbe, from Nick, Jane, and Frédéric:  Fanny Brice, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (shown with huggy-bear Mary Pickford), and Polish-born Gilda Gray.

And we discovered a surprise Ziegfeld Girl:  Adelaide Bell.  Her pictures were provided by her granddaughter.

Thanks to all our guest contributors!

Let's conclude with some film clips:

• a new gallery of full-length MGM Shorts, starting with 11 of the little charmers and featuring The Boy Friends and Pete Smith's Specialties  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

• Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in a bellicose getaway from The Defiant Ones—look for Theodore Bikel early on

August 17, 2006

Let's start with Va-Va-Voomette Diana Dors.

Karl has a nice picture of Mary Pickford in her 1929 talkie film debut, Coquette.

Mark2 provided a new image of Mary Martin.  The original photo was quite damaged, with several large tears, surface film, and many other impairments.  It's such an interesting cheesecake photo of her, though, we thought we would post it anyway.

More James Stewart from Jane.  Here are three photos from his 1950 film Harvey.  She also sent us four each of Angie Dickinson and Elvis Presley (including an pugilistic pose from Kid Galahad).

Marcel sent in a crisp scan of fiery Katy Jurado.

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric have early pictures of Yvonne Printemps, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn.

Thanks to all our guest contributors!

A couple of film clips end it for us today:

• Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Barney Bigard performing in New Orleans (1947)—also look for pretty Dorothy Patrick in this scene.  [Does anyone have a good quality picture of Ms. Patrick that we can post?]

• Susan Hayward taking the long walk, in I Want to Live (1958)

August 15, 2006

I Want to Live

Here are some more early 1920's pictures by photographer James Abbe, sent in by Nick, Jane, and Frédéric:  Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson (2 images), Mae West, and Peggy Wood.

Jane prepared three scans of James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich in 1939's Destry Rides Again (also look for Brian Donlevy in the third one).  This is the start of a Stewart-a-thon!  Oh, that Jane...what a gal!

Here's a new picture of Louise Brooks, submitted by Gunnar.

Steve's got new desktop wallpapers of Billie Dove, Lena Horne, Myrna Loy, Ramon Novarro, and Mae West.

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Enjoy these songs by Billie Burke, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, and Mae West.

Finally, we have two film clips of Gloria Swanson in Sadie Thompson (1928).  In the first, she's disembarking the ship, to the delight of the soldiers waiting for her on the docks.  In the second, she has a confrontation with holier-than-thou Lionel Barrymore, who has the power to destroy her life.

August 14, 2006

Nose to nose
with the preacher

Sever starts us off right with a nice shot of Ramon Novarro in the chariot race from Ben-Hur:  A Tale of the Christ (1925).  He also threw in a photo of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly from To Catch a Thief.

Jane revisits with pictures of:

• Dorothy Dandridge (5)

• Lena Horne (3)

• The Marx Brothers - 4 pictures from The Big Store

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric enter the fray, with images by photographer James Abbe:

• Theda Bara

• Helen Hayes

• Hedda Hopper

• Harold Lloyd

We appreciate these fine contributions!

Check out these two film clips from Ben Hur:  A Tale of the Christ, featuring Francis X. Bushman and Ramon Novarro.  In the first, Messala (Bushman) and Judah Ben-Hur (Novarro) have an uncomfortable reunion.  Our second clip is the famous chariot race (complete).  Enjoy!

August 13, 2006

We begin with some new pictures from Karl:

• Gloria Swanson (with Lionel Barrymore) in Sadie Thompson

• W.C. Fields and Mae West in My Little Chickadee

• Mary Pickford

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric sidled on over with some more photos by James Abbe:

• Clara Bow around age 17—just at the start of her frenetic, but short-lived career

• British actress Fay Compton

• Colleen Moore

Jane continues a winning trend with images of :

• Marlon Brando

• Angie Dickinson (5 pictures)

• Lena Horne - from Broadway Rhythm (1944), Cabin the Sky (1943), and a posed shot

• Tuesday Weld

Mark2 sent us a pinup picture of perky Joan Crawford.

Thanks once again to all our guest contributors!

We conclude with two film clips:

• Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (with dapper William Powell)

• Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas!

August 12, 2006

The
Thin Man

Viva
Las Vegas!

Karl has some new pictures today:

• Marilyn Monroe

• Kim Novak

• Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine in Some Came Running

• Film Noir Posters - The Blue Gardenia, D.O.A., Dark Passage, Deadlier Than the Male, The Human Jungle, The Hunted, Johnny Eager, Private Hell, The Third Voice, T-Men, and Too Late for Tears

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric have been hard at work to bring us photos from the early 1920's, by James Abbe:

• Billie Burke

• Carole Lombard

• Alexander Woollcott

Jane has sent us some new scans by parcel post:

• Dorothy Dandridge - 2 pictures from Carmen Jones (1954) and 2 posed shots

• Lena Horne (5 pictures)

• Elizabeth Taylor (3 pictures)

Mark2 produced another sparkling picture—this time it's Shirley Ross.

Steve has four new desktop wallpapers:  Margaret Hamilton, Rita Hayworth, Dick Powell, and Ginger Rogers.

Enjoy these two film clips:

• Myrna Loy in 1934's Evelyn Prentice, with Una Merkel

• a Vitaphone Short:  Africa Speaks--English, starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

A couple of last minute notes:

• the Gloria Swanson picture we posted on August 4, 2006 is from Sadie Thompson.  Thanks to Jane, Anna, and Marcelo for identifying it.

• we posted a photo of Myrna Loy (we thought) on January 2, 2005.  It's actually Joan Bennett.  Our thanks to Paula, who caught the mislabeled Myrna Loy.

August 9, 2006

Vitaphone
Short

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric wow us with some classic silent screen stars today.  The photographer, James Abbe, took these in the early- to mid-1920s:  Ina Claire, Betty Compson, and Ann Harding.

Chris is on the ball again with a photo of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Barney Bigard from the 1947 film New Orleans.  We also threw in some vintage Armstrong recordings.

Sever emerges with a nice image of Laurence Olivier in Hamlet.

Jane's solo output today includes:

• Dorothy Dandridge (4 pictures)

• Gina Lollobrigida (4 pictures), bringing our Gina-thon to an end

• Sean Connery - we're still shaken that Jane stirred long enough to finish these two nice pictures of him!

Steve sent us some more great desktop wallpapers:  Irene Dunne, Vivien Leigh (2), Adolphe Menjou, Marilyn Monroe, Mabel Normand, Mary Pickford.

Enjoy these two film clips:

• Charlie Chaplin in Pay Day (complete)

• a Vitaphone Short:  Forty Boys and a Song

August 6, 2006

L. Armstrong Recordings

Vitaphone
Short

Here's a posed shot of Lon Chaney, Jr.  This Doctor Macro scan was prepared by Sylvie.

Jane has new photos of:

• Elizabeth Taylor - five pictures, including one from Cleopatra (1963)

• Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past (3 pictures)

• Gina Lollobrigida (8 pictures)

Steve sent us three new desktop wallpapers:  Audrey Hepburn, Charles Laughton, and Vivien Leigh.

Chris submitted an interesting photo of Francis X. Bushman in 1925's Ben Hur.

Mark lobbed us a picture of Nancy Carroll in The Shopworn Angel, from 1928.

Karl dispatched images of ingénue Barbara Stanwyck and Gloria Swanson [does anyone know the movie the Swanson shot is from?].

Thanks to our guest contributors!

We are also unveiling a new gallery today, courtesy of Karl:  Film Noir Posters.  Enjoy these beautiful art pieces, with many more to come!

Finally, take a gander at these two film clips:

• Henry Fonda and a great ensemble cast in 12 Angry Men

• a Vitaphone Short:  Movie Album Featurettes

August 4, 2006

Here are two pictures of voluptuous 1950's actress Diana Dors.  These are the first in a series of four scans.

Sever sent us a nice image of Luise Rainer.

Jane has some new photos today too:

• Marlon Brando

• Yul Brynner—a philatelist!

• Gina Lollobrigida - seven pictures, including one from Solomon and Sheba

• Joanne Woodward and hubby Paul Newman

Tim sent us some nice scans of:

• Dooley Wilson, Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca

• Boris Karloff in Frankenstein (the famous lake scene with little Marilyn Harris)

• Mae West

Check out these two new wallpapers from Steve:  Irene Dunne and Clark Gable.

We appreciate all these fine pictures provided by our guest contributors!

Let's conclude with some film clips:

• Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in Dancing Lady (also look for Franchot Tone)

• two clips of Clara Bow in IT—the first is an expanded version of our current clip, and the second is a charming—and poignant—scene of her and Antonio Moreno in his office

Our next update will be on August 4, 2006.

August 1, 2006

Clara on
a Date

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