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John has a new photo of Paulette Goddard in The Torch (1950).

We also received some beautiful scans from TL:  Bette Davis,  Alice Faye, Rita Hayworth, and Ruth Hussey.

Nick prepared some scintillating images:

• Colleen Moore - 5 pictures of the popular silent screen star

• sultry Elena Verdugo in The Lost Tribe (1949)

Here are some photos from Jane:

• Tallulah Bankhead - an early shot

• Sean Connery in Dr. No (1963) and The Longest Day (1962)

• Debbie Reynolds in How the West Was Won (1963), with a film clip of her musing with Carroll Baker

• Frank Sinatra - 2 pictures from Pal Joey (1957), with Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak

• Rin Tin Tin - with Darryl F. Zanuck, Jack Warner, and Lee Duncan

Gary sent over another fine shot of Cathy O'Donnell.

Gunnar chipped in a shot of Marlon Brando japing in Viva Zapata!.

Nick and Jane teamed up to produce some more nice pictures:

• Loretta Harris - 2 pictures by Ziegfeld photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston

• Mary Astor - 3 pictures, including one from Don Juan (1926)

• Marion Davies - 3 pictures, including one from The Fair Co-Ed (1927)

Chris also threw in another shot of The Belle of San Simeon, Marion Davies, from The Fair Co-Ed.  In this one, she's climbing a tree.

We also have corrections to some of our previous photos:

• John identified one of our Paulette Goddard pictures as being from Modern Times (1936)

• Sever identified a Judy Garland picture as being from Broadway Melody of 1938

• Paul and Bob identified a Judy Garland scan as being from Annie Get Your Gun (1950), prior to an illness that caused her to drop out of the cast (she was replaced by Betty Hutton)

• Paul and Ivan identified a photo of Jean Peters and Marlon Brando as being from Viva Zapata! (1952)

• Ivan and Gunnar corrected a Marlon Brando scan from Viva Zapata! to The Appaloosa (1966)

• Sever corrected a Bela Lugosi scan from Dracula (1931) to Mark of the Vampire (1935)

• Ivan recognized that unique Vincent Price photo as being from The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

• Paul spotted a Jayne Mansfield picture that's from The Girl Can't Help It (1956), and a Marlene Dietrich photo from Kismet (1944)

Thanks once again to our guest contributors for their images and corrections!

Enjoy these film clips:

• Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Johnny Sheffield in six clips from Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)—we also renumbered the 10 pictures in this series to match the film's chronology

• Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (1936), courtesy of Sever

April 15, 2007

A Rikke redux!

• Judy Garland - 5 pictures, including one from Babes on Broadway (1942) and one from Listen, Darling (1938) with Mary Astor, Freddie Bartholomew, and Scotty Beckett—we also have a fun musical film clip!  Sever identified two of the new photos as being from Easter Parade (1948) and The Pirate (1948)

• Jean Peters - 10 gorgeous pictures

• Shirley Temple - 10 pictures of the popular child star

• Johnny Weissmuller - 10 pictures from Tarzan Triumphs (1943), with Frances Gifford and Johnny Sheffield

Here are some film clips:

• Marion Davies - 2 clips from The Red Mill (1927) - what a cutie pie she was!

• Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in a romantic interlude from To Catch a Thief (1955)

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

• Billy Rose's Casa Manana Review (1938)

• Clues to Adventure (1949)

• The Dogway Melody (1930)

• Goofy Movies #8 (1934), with Pete Smith

• New Shoes (1936)

April 11, 2007

Lots of good stuff today!

We begin with three spiffy scans from one of my favorite guest contributors, Sever.  Besides giving me great suggestions on new site features, catching errors, helping with technical solutions, and discussing the great films, he finds the time to contribute top-notch images.  Here we have Grace Kelly, James Stewart, and Spencer Tracy.

Richard sent in a beautiful shot of German actress Wera Engels with Edmund Lowe in The Great Impersonation (1935).

Sylvie has three new desktop wallpapers, featuring Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth, and Frank Sinatra.

Nick's solo efforts today include:

• Theda Bara

• Warner Baxter

• Ava Gardner - 6 more great shots from One Touch of Venus (1948)

• Alla Nazimova

Jane comes to the table with five pictures of Goldie Hawn and one of dancer/Ziegfeld Girl Harriet Hoctor (by photographer Edward Thayer Monroe).

Rikke sent in a new group of stars:

• Charlie Chaplin in Limelight (1952)

• Joan Collins - 5 pictures

• Greta Garbo - 9 pictures

• Jayne Mansfield - 7 pictures

• Marilyn Monroe - 10 pictures, including shots with Danny Kaye and Donald O'Connor

• Vincent Price - 8 pictures of the Master of Horror!

Let's end with some film clips:

• Audrey Hepburn - 2 clips from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

• James Stewart in The Ice Follies of 1939

• Vitaphone Shorts

• Artistic Temper (1932), with singer Ruth Etting

• Believe it or Not #1038 (1931), with Robert Ripley

• Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica School (1942)

• Double Exposure (1935)

• How to Break 90 (1933), with golfer Bobby Jones

• Kings of the Turf (1941)

April 9, 2007

Faye Emerson bows in today.  We have two photo of this popular 1940's actress, who transitioned to television in the 1950's.

Rikke continues to astound:

• Marlene Dietrich - 8 pictures, including two from Destry Rides Again (1939)

• Zsa Zsa Gabor - 17 pictures, Dahling!

• Ava Gardner - 19 pictures, including two from The Killers (1946) with Burt Lancaster, five from One Touch of Venus (1948) with Robert Walker, and twelve posed shots

Sever identified three of our Ann-Margret pictures as being from Viva Las Vegas (1964).  And Ivan identified one of our Lauren Bacall photos as being from The Gift of Love (1958).

Also check out a great new Leila Hyams link here (link later removed).

Thank you, guest contributors!

April 6, 2007

More continuing series from Nick and Jane:

• Ziegfeld Girls - Olive Brady (2 pictures) and Peggy Shannon, by photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston

• Harold Lloyd - 3 pictures from Hot Water (1924), featuring Jobyna Ralston and Josephine Crowell

• Carole Lombard - 3 pictures

• Mae Murray - 3 pictures, including two from The Merry Widow (1925), each with a film clip, and one posed shot

John sent another fine photo of Paulette Goddard, with Fred MacMurray, Arleen Whelan, and Macdonald Carey, in Suddenly It's Spring (1947).

Gary, at DVDBeaver, sent us three beautiful scans of Cathy O'Donnell.

Rikke returns with several new photos:

• Ann-Margret - 11 pictures, including a few with Elvis Presley

• Lauren Bacall - 10 pictures, including one from Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck

• Tony Curtis - 14 pictures, including shots from Some Like it Hot (1959) with Marilyn Monroe, Spartacus (1960), with Kirk Douglas and Jean Simmons, and posed shots with Janet Leigh and solo

Paul identified two of our Brigitte Bardot pictures as being from her 1956 film, En Effeuillant la Marguerite (Mademoiselle Striptease).

Thank you, guest contributors!

Enjoy these film clips:

• Charley Chase in Innocent Husbands (1925)

• Donald O'Connor in Francis (1950)

April 5, 2007

Nick and Jane continue their largesse with some new photos:

• Ziegfeld Girls - Myrna Darby, Muriel Finley, as well as Mary Pickford and Norma Shearer, as photographed by Ziegfeld photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston

• Marion Davies - 3 pictures from The Cardboard Lover (1928) with Nils Asther

• Audrey Hepburn - 8 pictures from Love in the Afternoon (1957) with Gary Cooper

• Buster Keaton - 4 pictures, including one from Battling Butler (1926) - we also have a film clip

• Vivien Leigh - 4 pictures from Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), with Claude Rains and Cecil Parker

• Carole Lombard - 3 pictures

Rikke has some splendid new images:

• Lauren Bacall - 5 pictures

• Brigitte Bardot - 10 pictures

• Clara Bow - 4 pictures, including one from The Fleet's In (1928) and one from Wings (1927)

Amanda identified one of our current Audrey Hepburn pictures as being from Love in the Afternoon.

Thanks to all our fine guest contributors!

Enjoy these film clips:

• Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1954)

• Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in Fire Over England (1937), courtesy of Sever

April 3, 2007

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