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Jane dispatched some new photos to us:

• Ann-Margret (3 pictures)

• Audrey Hepburn (5 pictures)

Nick, Jane and Frédéric have some new images of:

• Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock

• Kirk Douglas in Cast a Giant Shadow (with Angie Dickinson)

• Bette Davis in Jezebel (with Henry Fonda), and in The Little Foxes (2 pictures)—all by photographer George Hurrell

Mark has a scan of cutie-pie Nancy Carroll.

Enjoy these three new film clips:

• Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in Key Largo

• Two Vitaphone Shorts (both done in 1926):

• Violinist Mischa Elman playing Humoresque and Gavotte.

• Strings virtuoso Roy Smeck (you have to see this to believe it—how did he ever make the big time?)

July 15, 2006

Karl's has new snapshots of Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey (with William Powell), No Man of Her Own (with Clark Gable), Twentieth Century, and a posed shot.

Mark sent us pictures of Ruth Hussey and relatively unknown Valerie Fanning.

Jane has three scans of Ann-Margret, seven of Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, and one of Humphrey Bogart.

Mark2 prepared a scan of perky Grace Bradley, who was married to Hopalong Cassidy's William Boyd.

Sever identified another of our Deborah Kerr images as being from The King and I.

Thanks to our guest contributors!

We conclude with some new film clips:

• James Cagney in The Roaring Twenties—in this scene, which takes place in a speakeasy, he enjoys a glass of milk with Gladys George

• Carole Lombard in the fast-paced My Man Godfrey—look for William Powell, Mischa Auer, meany Gail Patrick, and Eugene Pallette

• Two Vitaphone Shorts (both done in 1926):

• Will Hays introducing the new Vitaphone system

• The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performing the Tannhauser Overture

July 13, 2006

Mark2 has a lovely photo of elegant Madeleine Carroll for us.

Karl's back in town with three pictures of Deborah Kerr, including An Affair to Remember, The King and I, and a posed shot.

Sever joined the Clint Eastwood bandwagon with two shots of his own from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Next, Jane sent us images of Clark Gable and Lauren Bacall.

More new desktop wallpapers from Steve:  June Allyson, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Hal Roach, and Gloria Swanson.

Thank you, guest contributors!

Finally, two new film clips:

• Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis

• A short starring Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, titled One Track Minds  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

July 12, 2006

Jane has more neato pictures for us today.  We've got five more Audrey Hepburns and three of Clint Eastwood to make your day.

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric follow up with scans of Marlene Dietrich (4 pictures), Katharine Hepburn, and Norma Shearer.

Next, Steve has desktop wallpapers of Louise Brooks, Joan Crawford (2), Greta Garbo, Mary Martin, and Rosalind Russell.

Mark sent in a shot of Sue England circa 1949.

Enjoy two new film clips:

• John Barrymore in 1926's Don Juan - in this clip, he's just dispatched the bad guy and gets thrown in the pokey by mean old Caesar Borgia (Warner Oland with silken locks!).  As our hero languishes in solitary confinement, he has to figure a way out of the dungeon...hmm, what about that rock over there?

• Errol Flynn in Santa Fe Trail (1940) - here, he and Ronald Reagan compete for Olivia de Havilland's affections before they ship out (okay, ride out) for hazardous duty.

We'll end with eight full-length radio programs of George Burns and Gracie Allen.

July 11, 2006

Burns and Allen
Radio Shows

Enjoy this new photo of Thomas Meighan from The City of Silent Men (1921).  Pictured (L to R) are Lois Wilson, Thomas Meighan, and George MacQuarrie.

Karl comes through with:

• two pictures of Rita Hayworth, including one from The Lady From Shanghai (1947)

• three pictures of Grace Kelly, including one from Rear Window with James Stewart

• a colorized version of our Abbott & Costello scan from Buck Privates

• two images of Susan Hayward, from I'll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live

• three shots of Katharine Hepburn, including stills from The Philadelphia Story and Woman of the Year

Roll 'em!  Here are two new film clips:

• Lillian Gish in Romola.  In this scene, she discovers that her father has died.  We're grateful to the folks at Grapevine Video for their permission to use this clip.

• A new, expanded clip of James Cagney hoofing it in Yankee Doodle Dandy

Finally, check out these two full-length radio programs:

• Ed Wynn in a Texaco Fire Chief program

• An episode of the Laurel and Hardy Show

July 10, 2006

Yankee
Doodle Dandy

Romola

Laurel & Hardy
Radio Show

Ed Wynn
Radio Show

Steve sent us four new desktop wallpapers:  Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, and Alan Ladd.

Sylvie also completed a new wallpaper—of Greta Garbo.

Enjoy these new scans from Karl:

• Jean Harlow, in Dinner at Eight, in Red Dust, and a posed shot

• Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), in Funny Face (1957), and a posed shot

Finally, we have two new film clips from The Wizard of Oz.  The first has Judy, The Scarecrow and The Tin Man off to see the Wizard, after a run-in with the wicked witch (Margaret Hamilton).  The second clip chronicles the group's first encounter with The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), preceded by the famous "Lions and Tigers and Bears" chant.

[Our next update will be on July 10.]

July 5, 2006

Karl has some new photos of:

• Ava Gardner in The Killers (with Burt Lancaster), plus three posed shots

• Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver, in Pride and Prejudice (with Laurence Olivier), and a posed shot

Alexis sent in a nice scan of Susan Hayward making the long walk in I Want to Live.

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric delivered some great new items:

• Gary Cooper, by photographer William Walling, Jr.

• Marlene Dietrich, by photographer George Hurrell

• Katharine Hepburn, by photographer Ernest Bachrach

Enjoy this film clip of Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia.

July 4, 2006

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric have four photos of Joan Crawford from Letty Lynton today, and one posed shot.

Next, Karl submitted pictures of:

• silent screen super-star Lillian Gish, including a still from Birth of a Nation

• Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis, in The Wizard of Oz, and a posed shot

We end with an extended film clip of Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil. 

July 3, 2006

Karl starts us off right with photos of Greta Garbo in Anna Christie, Flesh and the Devil, and a posed shot.

We end with some snappy film clips:

• Judy Holliday, William Holden, and (late in the scene) a splenetic Broderick Crawford.  In this snippet from Born Yesterday, Judy's bemoaning her new-found knowledge.

• a short starring Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts titled Show Business [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

• a full-length Vitaphone Short titled Believe it or Not (1282)

July 2, 2006

Paty sent us a nice scan of Leslie Caron.

We have some new scans by Nick, Jane, and Frédéric (photographers George Hurrell and Laszlo Willinger):

• Joan Crawford (2 pictures)

• Marlene Dietrich

• Rita Hayworth (2 pictures, including one from You'll Never Get Rich)

• Ann Sothern in Brother Orchid

Here are some film clips to finish up:

• We couldn't resist posting another clip of terpsichorean Louise Brooks in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em.  Her frantic dance number at a costume party appears near the end of the movie, and vividly personifies the Jazz Age.  Again, we wish to acknowledge the kind permission of the folks at Sunrise Silents.

• Another Thelma Todd short with ZaSu Pitts:  The Bargain of the Century  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

July 1, 2006

Love 'Em and
Leave 'Em

The Bargain
of the Century

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