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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:
Nick and Jane have more great shots of
John Wayne:
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:
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The Stratton
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Island of
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Vitaphone
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The Picture
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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:
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:
Our next update will be on Monday August 21,
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My Fair Lady |
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Let's start with some new items from Jane:
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:
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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.
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Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in a bellicose getaway from
The Defiant Ones—look for Theodore Bikel early on
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MGM Shorts |
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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:
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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?]
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Susan Hayward taking the long walk, in
I Want to Live (1958)
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New Orleans |
I Want to Live |
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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.
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Billie Burke |
Cab Calloway |
Lena Horne |
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Mae West |
Disembarking |
Nose to nose
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Karl has some new pictures today:
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Marilyn Monroe
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Kim Novak
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Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine in
Some Came Running
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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:
Jane has sent us some new scans by parcel post:
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:
A couple of last minute notes:
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Evelyn
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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:
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:
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August 6, 2006 |
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L. Armstrong Recordings |
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Pay Day |
Vitaphone
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