October 2006
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December 2006
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Say hello to Marjorie Rambeau, a silent film actress who successfully made the transition to talkies.  Here she is (center) with Edward Ellis and Dorothy Jordan in Strictly Personal (1933).

Jane unleashed some new photos:

• Sophia Loren

• The Pride and the Passion (1957) - 3 pictures, including one with Frank Sinatra

• What a Woman! (1956) - 2 pictures

• a posed shot

• Virginia Mayo - 2 pictures

• Elvis Presley in Harum Scarum (1965)

• Frank Sinatra, et al. in Ocean's Eleven (1960)

• Stella Stevens - 2 pictures, including one with Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor (1963)

• Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of Raintree County

Nick and Jane also have four images of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.:

• His Majesty, The American (1919)

• The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - much better quality than the one I did for Dougie's main gallery

• The Three Musketeers (1921)

• a posed shot with wife Mary Pickford at their home, Pickfair

Nick's solo effort inaugurates a new series of photos from the golden age of movies.  Today we have Francis X. Bushman, Janet Gaynor, and Constance Talmadge.

Steve prepared a new desktop wallpaper of John Wayne and Gail Russell in Angel and the Badman.

Thanks very much to our guest contributors!

And here are a few film clips:

• William Lundigan rediscovering a grown up Cecilia Parker, who's returning from the big city, in The Courtship of Andy Hardy

• James Stewart leaving on a dangerous WWII mission in The Mortal Storm with lovey-dovey Margaret Sullavan, stoic-and-sturdy Maria Ouspenskaya (what a great character actress she was!), fraidy-cat Bonita Granville, and ski-buddy Frank Morgan

• John Wayne at his curmudgeonly best, barking orders in The Longest Day (also look for the irrepressible Red Buttons)

November 27, 2006

The Courtship of
Andy Hardy

The Mortal Storm

The Longest Day

Mark2 sent us a timely Thanksgiving shot of cutie pie Barbara Bates.

Vladimir forwarded two photos of Marilyn Monroe, including one from The Seven Year Itch with Tom Ewell.

Steve prepared five new desktop wallpapers:  Lucille Ball, Joan Blondell, Gloria Grahame, Jayne Mansfield, and Tyrone Power, Jr.

Hans emailed us a nice picture of Marilyn Monroe from The Asphalt Jungle.

Then Jane rumbled in with some new images:

• Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters in A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

• Dale Evans and Roy Rogers

• Audrey Hepburn

• Sophia Loren - we have a still from The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955) and a posed shot

• Mary Pickford and cast on the set of Rosita (1923)—director Ernst Lubitsch is to her left

• Jean Seberg - two pictures, including one from Saint Joan (1957)

And here's a picture of Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success (1957).

We appreciate these fine pictures from our guest contributors!

Finally, some film clips for your enjoyment:

• Judy Garland in Everybody Sing

• Charlton Heston rowing that dinghy in Ben-Hur

November 23, 2006

Arthur Lake makes his debut today in an original still from 1929's On With the Show.  In this scene, he's snuggling with Betty Compson onstage.

Vladimir sent us some great shots:

• Joan Crawford - an early photo

• Audrey Hepburn

Mark weighs in with two shots of Olga Baclanova (unforgettable as Cleopatra in Freaks).

Here are two more Wheeler & Woolsey shots from Justin.  We have portraits of the comics in their prime.

Nick and Jane sent in some Rita Hayworth scans, including one from Blood and Sand (1941) and four from Cover Girl (1944).

Thanks to our guest contributors for these great shots!

Finally, some film clips for your enjoyment:

• Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in Idiot's Delight

• Wheeler & Woolsey - 2 charming musical numbers (Whistle for Me Dear), with boop-de-boop buddy Dorothy Lee, from Half Shot at Sunrise (courtesy of Justin)

• Vitaphone Shorts:

• Believe it or Not (1148)

• Believe it or Not (1294)

• Soldiers in White

• Ted Husing's Sports Slants (1240)

November 19, 2006

Back in the saddle again.  Let's resume with a photo of an actor who was there when movies were young:  Henry B. Walthall.  He's shown in a still from his 1932 film, Central Park (thanks to Melynie for identifying the film for us).  Walthall's film career began in 1909, and included such highlights as The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Road to Mandalay (1926), London After Midnight (1927), and A Tale of Two Cities (1935).  Also check out this neat site that pays tribute to "The Little Colonel," as Walthall was known after his role in The Birth of a Nation.

Gunnar sent us images of:

• Lauren Bacall in Dark Passage

• Brigitte Bardot

• Gary Cooper

• Clark Gable (2 pictures)

• Rita Hayworth (4 pictures, including one with Fred Astaire in You'll Never Get Rich)

• Burt Lancaster in The Killers

• Elizabeth Taylor (5 pictures)

Justin has two more Wheeler and Woolsey pictures, from Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) and Hold 'Em Jail (1932).

Nick and Jane sent us two delectable Ziegfeld Girls, flown in by carrier pigeon:  Kay English and Catherine Moylan.

Carsten identified one of our Katharine Hepburn photos as being from her 1938 film Holiday.

Thanks to all of our guest contributors!

Enjoy some unique songs by soprano Gracie Fields.

We conclude with some film clips:

• Harry Langdon in Saturday Afternoon (1926)

• Our Gang comedies, some silents and some talkies—and featuring all your favorite Little Rascals!  [Note:  videos removed 12/3/2006]

• John Wayne in The Big Trail - he was just a few acting lessons away from greatness in this early sound western feature

• the final five chapters of Superman, starring Kirk Alyn and rambunctious Noel Neill

November 17, 2006

Jane beamed over some new scans.

• Lauren Bacall

• Lucille Ball (9 pictures)

• Hayley Mills (5 pictures, including one from Pollyanna with Richard Egan)

• Linda Stirling in the exciting 1946 serial The Crimson Ghost

Jane also identified one of our anonymous Ziegfeld Girls as Jeanette Hackett.

Thanks, Jane, for these great pictures...what a gal!

We finally identified the film that goes with one of our Alice White photo as Show Girl (1928).  Thanks to Robert for his expert assistance in solving this two-year-old mystery.

Let's end on a high note with some film clips:

• Lucille Ball in The Big Street—also look for Henry Fonda and a young Hans Conreid

• Gary Cooper in The Westerner, with Walter Brennan

• MGM Shorts titled The City of Little Men and Convention of the Century  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

Our next update will be on Friday November 17.

November 11, 2006

Introducing a new face today:  British singer and actress Gracie Fields.

Nick and Jane beamed over some new images.

• Cyd Charisse in Meet Me in Las Vegas and Silk Stockings, and two posed shots

• Ruth Chatterton, by photographer Eugene Robert Richee

Gunnar offers four beautiful photos of Clara Bow.

Karl sent us two more shots of The Three Stooges.  He also threw in two Gene Tierney scans, from Leave Her to Heaven and The Shanghai Gesture.

Thanks to our guest contributors for these images!

Tiffany corrected one of our pictures of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as being from The Gay Divorcee.

Enjoy these film clips:

• Kirk Douglas in Strangers When We Meet - two clips:  one with Walter Matthau and the other with Kim Novak

• John Wayne in 'Neath the Arizona Skies - in this scene, the injured (and about to be framed) cowpoke is rescued by lovely Sheila Terry

• Three new Charlie Chaplin shorts, and two current clips expanded to full length:

• A Day's Pleasure

• A Dog's Life (expanded)

• The Idle Class

• The Rounders

• Shoulder Arms (expanded)

November 8, 2006

Enjoy this photo of Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.  This one is for James.

Gunnar's winning streak continues:

• Sean Connery - three pictures, including one with Ursula Andress

• Clark Gable - lots and lots of scans for Sylvie:

• China Seas (with Jean Harlow)

• Idiot's Delight (with Norma Shearer)

• two posed shots with Carole Lombard

• three photos of him on the stage in 1929 and 1930

• six other posed shots

• Dorothy Lamour - four pictures, including one from The Hurricane (with Jon Hall), one from Road to Zanzibar, and two posed shots

Jane prepared seven great images of comedy duo Martin and Lewis.  We've also included some of their radio shows and a song by Dino!

Thanks to all our fine guest contributors!

We end with some film clips:

• Pier Angeli in Merry Andrew (monkeying around with Danny Kaye) and in Teresa (enjoying wedded bliss with John Ericson)

• Vitaphone Shorts titled The Ingenues (The Band Beautiful), The Sunday Round-up (with Dick Foran and Jane Wyman), and Vaudeville

• chapters 6 - 10 of the 1948 Superman serial, starring Kirk Alyn and feisty Noel Neill:
   

Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8	Chapter 9	Chapter 10
Superman in Danger!	Into the Electric Furnace!	Superman to the Rescue	Irresistible Force!	Between Two Fires

November 6, 2006

Vitaphone
Shorts

Superman

Here's a photo of the great Paul Robeson in the title role from The Emperor Jones, for Marvin.

Jane ferried over some interesting new shots:

• Lucille Ball in The Big Street, plus 8 posed shots

• Carole Lombard

• Sophia Loren in Heller in Pink Tights (2 pictures), Legend of the Lost, and Man of La Mancha

• Ginger Rogers (2 pictures)

Gunnar sent us a picture of Elizabeth Taylor.

Thanks to all our fine guest contributors!

We end with some film clips:

• James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shop Around the Corner - in this scene, Stewart realizes his workplace nemesis Sullavan is his secret lovey-dovey pen pal, but she's unaware of it

• RKO and Pathé Shorts (new gallery):

November 3, 2006

The Shop Around
the Corner

RKO and
Pathé Shorts

Pretty cowgirl Dale Evans bows in today.

Gunnar sent us some new images:

• Fred Astaire shown with his sister Adele, and a solo shot of him in mid-air

• Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Miracle Man and The Unholy Three (1930)

• Myrna Loy in an exotic setting—this must be from one of her films [Does anyone know which one?]

• Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter

• Elizabeth Taylor in Little Women (1949) and National Velvet

Nick and Jane offer scans of:

• Cyd Charisse (3 pictures)

• Rita Hayworth (3 pictures, including one from You'll Never Get Rich)

In a solo effort, Jane continues with three new Ginger Rogers photos.

We appreciate these beautiful photos from our guest contributors.

Here's a new song by Judy Garland:  The Joint is Really Jumping Down at Carnegie Hall, courtesy of NickZ.

Finally, enjoy these film clips:

• two snippets from Stagecoach, starring John Wayne in his breakout film - in the first clip, he's playing house with Claire Trevor; in the second one, the travelers rest and vote whether to continue the dangerous journey (also look for slippery John Carradine, bossy George Bancroft, befuddled Andy Devine, milquetoast Donald Meek, and anxious Louise Platt)

• two Vitaphone Shorts:  Changing of the Guard and The Grand Dame (with Patsy Kelly)

November 1, 2006

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