December 2006
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February 2007
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Here are Joan Bennett and Anthony Bushell in Disraeli (1929).

Nick and Jane have new scans of:

• Corinne Griffith - 3 pictures, including one from Lilies of the Field (1924)

• Bessie Love - 3 pictures of this popular silent star

• Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Celeste Holm, and John Garfield in Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Chris sent in a neat old shot of Theda Bara in The Soul of Buddha (1918).

Rikke forwarded six new Bette Davis photos (expertly cleaned by Jane), including:

• All About Eve (1950), with Gary Merrill

• The Little Foxes (1941)

• four posed shots

Vladimir has three images of Jane Russell relaxing.

Brian returns with two noteworthy portraits of Loretta Young.

Axel identified two of our Elvis Presley pictures as being from King Creole (1958).

Our guest contributors deserve a round of applause!

Here are some film clips:

• Jean Harlow - 2 clips from Suzy (1936):  the first one features Franchot Tone; the second one lets Cary Grant shine (also look for Andy Hardy's pop-to-be, Lewis Stone)

• Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), in a highly-charged scene with Paul Newman - also look for Big Daddy Burl Ives and Judith Anderson (as Ida)!

• three Vitaphone Shorts:  9 O'clock Folks (1931), The Declaration of Independence (1938), and Hot Sands (1931)

January 30, 2007

Check out our new scan of Ann Rutherford.  Thanks to MovieKat Steve for correcting our misidentification of Ann Miller.

Rikke sent over eight new pictures of  Errol Flynn, including two from Gentleman Jim (1942 - we also have a film clip), and one from Captain Blood (1935 - thanks to Sever for identifying this photo).

Jane has several interesting photos today:

• Louise Brooks - 11 pictures, including two from Beggars of Life (1928) and several by photographer Eugene Robert Richee

• Joan Collins - Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

• Hope Hampton

• Donald O'Connor - 5 pictures for Lisa, including one from Francis (1950), and shots with Boris Karloff and Buster Keaton

• Vera-Ellen - 3 pictures

Primo followed up with a nice scan of Humphrey Bogart and Elisha Cook, Jr. in The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Gunnar identified one of our Buster Keaton stills as being from Pest From the West (1939).

Thanks once again to all our guest contributors!

Let's end with a few film clips:

• Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932) - look for meanie Chester Morris and supportive Una Merkel

• Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory (1934) - also in the scene are C. Aubrey Smith and Adolphe Menjou

• John Wayne carousing with Lee Marvin in Donovan's Reef (1963) - also look for Jack Warden and Mike Mazurki

• two MGM Shorts:  More About Nostradamus (1941) and Musical Masterpieces (1946)  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

January 27, 2007

We have a new picture of scrumptious Linda Darnell.

MovieKat Steve has three new desktop wallpapers:  Bela Lugosi and Donald O'Connor (2 for Lisa)

Nick and Jane have some awesome offerings for us:

• Bing Crosby - 2 pictures from the classic Going My Way (1944), with Barry Fitzgerald, Gene Lockhart, and director Leo McCarey

• five images from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), featuring Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo, Teresa Wright, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Hoagy Carmichael, William Wyler, and Harold Russell (my favorite film from the 1940's)

Rikke continues her hot streak with five photos of Boris Karloff:

• Bride of Frankenstein -  2 pictures with Elsa Lanchester (thanks to Karl for one of these)

• The Mummy - 2 pictures, including one with Zita Johann.

• a posed shot

New guest contributor Primo sent us a gorgeous scan of Greta Garbo from Anna Karenina (1935).

We conclude with some film clips:

• Ava Gardner in The Killers (1946), with love struck boxer Burt Lancaster making goo-goo eyes at her

• Thelma Todd in Speak Easily (1932) in a finely-crafted comedy sequence with Buster Keaton—her charming tipsy character in this scene illustrates her acting career at its zenith, and underscores why she is still so loved by her fans (watch for her beautiful four-point landing on the bed at the end of the clip!)

• Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones (1933)

• four MGM Shorts:  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

• Film Antics (1954) and Ice Aces (1948), both with Pete Smith

• Don't Talk (1942), part of the Crime Does Not Pay series

• Music in Your Hair (1934), with comics Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher

January 25, 2007

Pete sent us a scan of one of the great silent screen beauties:  Dolores Costello.

Brian has a photo of Esther Williams dancing with Van Johnson in Thrill of a Romance (1945)—check out the film clip too.

Gunnar sent in images of:

• Grace Kelly

• Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957)

• James Stewart

Next, some corrections and photo ID's for existing photos in our galleries:

• Ursula Andress - Anthony identified three photos as being from Casino Royale (1967)

• Donald O'Connor - we've identified two of the photos we added on January 18:  Bob recognized one as being from Are You With It? (1948), and we identified another one from Get Hep to Love (1942)

• Buster Keaton - Sever identified a photo as being from The Love Nest (1923), and we've added a film clip to go with it

• One of our Joan Bennett pictures is actually Kitty Carlisle in Here is My Heart (1934)—thanks to Max for catching this one!

MovieKat Steve prepared two new desktop wallpapers:  Brigitte Helm and Thelma Todd.

Thanks to our guest contributors for these great images and corrections!

Jane comes through with a spate of excellent scans:

• Theda Bara - 2 pictures from Salome (1918)

• Betty Bronson - 1 picture from Peter Pan (1924)

• Louise Brooks - 9 pictures taken in 1925, and one from A Social Celebrity (1926) with Hugh Huntley

• Donald O'Connor - 5 pictures, including one from The Merry Monahans (1944) with Peggy Ryan and Jack Oakie

• Ginger Rogers - 2 pictures, including Gold Diggers of 1933 and Shall We Dance (1937)

• Thelma Todd - 5 pictures, including two from Horse Feathers (1932), one each from Speak Easily (1932, with Buster Keaton),  Vamping Venus (1928), and Air Fright (1933, with Patsy Kelly - thanks to Bob for identifying this one)

Let's end with a few film clips:

• Lucille Ball keeping all the cats in line, in Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

• Ray Milland having a tough time in The Lost Weekend (1945)

• an MGM Short titled The Fall Guy, with the indefatigable Pete Smith  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

January 22, 2007

Phil sent us a new Film Noir Poster from The Sellout (1952).

Rikke has a bunch of new pictures for us:

• Kirk Douglas - 6 pictures, including 5 from Champion (1949) and a film clip

• Judy Garland

• Marilyn Monroe - 20 pictures

Jane also airmailed over some new scans:

• Theda Bara - stills from two of her 1917 films:  Cleopatra (4 pictures) and Madame Du Barry (1 picture)

• Alla Nazimova - 5 pictures, including:

• A Doll's House (1922) with Alan Hale, Sr.

• Camille (1921) - 2 pictures, one featuring Rudolph Valentino)

• 2 posed shots

• Donald O'Connor - 10 pictures (at Lisa's request), including:

• Francis Goes to West Point (1952)

• There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - 2 pictures with Marilyn Monroe

• 8 posed shots

• Thelma Todd - 5 pictures, including Crazy Feet (1929), Her Man (1930), and 3 posed shots

Steve prepared three new desktop wallpapers:  Greta Garbo, Brigitte Helm, and Audrey Hepburn

Thank you, guest contributors for these great images!

Enjoy these film clips:

• Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable in It Happened One Night (1934) - this is the famous hitchhiking scene

• three MGM Shorts titled American Spoken Here (1940), Copy (1929), and How to Vote (1936)  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

January 18, 2007

Here are Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946).

Gorgeous dancer Ann Miller makes a return appearance.  We also threw in a film clip of her performing a jaunty tap dance number "IT" from Deep in My Heart (1954).

Nick and Jane prepared some peachy new pictures:

• three stills from Casablanca (1942), featuring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson

• Louise Brooks - 5 pictures, including one from Now We're in the Air (1927), by photographer Eugene Robert Richee

• Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 2 pictures

Hans pointed out that three of our Ursula Andress pictures posted on January 14 are from her 1965 film, She.

Thanks once again to our guest contributors!

Here are some film clips:

• Barbara Stanwyck in Forbidden (1932) - we have three clips, including scenes with Adolphe Menjou and Ralph Bellamy

• three Vitaphone Shorts titled And She Learned About Dames (1934), For Your Convenience (1939), and Hollywood Newsreel (1934)

January 17, 2007

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