November 2007
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January 2008
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We're back in the saddle again with, fittingly, a nice shot of silent cowboy star Tim McCoy and Dorothy Sebastian in Morgan's Last Raid (1929).  We also have a nice shot of voluptuous Carole Landis in Road Show (1941)—thanks to Sarah for identifying the film.

Richard sent in more international stars:

• Tala Birell

• Ketti Gallian

• Lia Torá in Don Juan Diplomático (1931), the Spanish version of "The Boudoir Diplomat."

Next, Louise has a scan of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

Nick joins the party with several new images:

• Marion Davies - 2 pictures

• Evelyn Keyes

• Maureen O'Hara in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

• Teresa Wright

Ivan discovered a nice photo of Linda Darnell watching Henry Fonda lose all his money, in My Darling Clementine (1946).

Joelle sent us some interesting new pictures of:

• Ingrid Bergman - 2 pictures, including one from Elena et les hommes (1956), also known as "Paris Does Strange Things"

• Alain Delon

Here comes Chris with more good stuff:

• Louis Armstrong jammin' in A Song is Born (1948)

• Charlie Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

• Nat King Cole - 2 pictures

• Boris Karloff in The Comedy of Terrors (1964), lounging with crypt pals Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, and Vincent Price

• Ethel Merman in Strike Me Pink (1936)

• Clarence Muse and William Washington in Broken Strings (1940), a Photofest photo

• William Powell and Myrna Loy in Libeled Lady (1936), with an apropos film clip prepared by Sever

• Vincent Price and Phyllis Kirk in House of Wax (1953), with a super film clip supplied by Sever in which Roy Roberts poses a burning question to Price's Professor Jarrod

Frances mushed over fourteen new Bob Hope photos by dogsled, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), Caught in the Draft (1941), College Swing (1938)—thanks Bob and Sarah, The Facts of Life (1960), The Ghost Breakers (1940), and Road to Morocco (1942).

Louise joins the fray with several beautiful images:

• Audrey Hepburn - 4 pictures from My Fair Lady (1964)

• Deborah Kerr

• Janet Leigh

• Gene Tierney

John returns with a nice shot of Joan Davis and Eddie Foy, Jr. in Yokel Boy (1942).

Rikke has been lurking on the sidelines...until now:

• Bette Davis - 13 pictures

• Katharine Hepburn - 8 pictures, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), The Little Minister (1934), Little Women (1933), Morning Glory (1933), and The Rainmaker (1956))—thanks to Ricardo and Sarah for identifying these

• Danny Kaye and Barbara Bel Geddes in The Five Pennies (1959)

• Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature - 8 pictures from Samson and Delilah (1949)

• Vivien Leigh - 5 pictures

• Carmen Miranda - 5 pictures, including A Date With Judy (1948) and Week-End in Havana (1941)

• Jean Peters - 6 pictures, including one from Apache (1954)

• Vincent Price - 11 pictures, including The Bat (1959), Dragonwyck (1946), The Ten Commandments (1956), and Tower of London (1939)—thanks to Sarah and Ivan for identifying these films!

Corrections/attributions for existing photos:

• Amanda spotted a Lilli Palmer photo from Body and Soul (1947)

• Ricardo found lots of photos from the movies:

• Julie Andrews in Hawaii (1966)

• Tallulah Bankhead in Faithless (1932)

• Zsa Zsa Gabor in The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)

• Mitzi Gaynor in Les Girls (1957)

• Betty Grable in Three for the Show (1955)

• Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953)

• Jean Harlow in Reckless (1935)

• Hedy Lamarr in Lady of the Tropics (1939)

• Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be (1942)

• Jayne Mansfield in The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

• Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) - Louise also identified this picture

• Maria Montez in Arabian Nights (1942)

• Eleanor Parker in The Naked Jungle (1954)

• Debra Paget in Bird of Paradise (1951)

• Jean Peters in Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

• Ginger Rogers in Sitting Pretty (1933)

• Jane Russell in  Hot Blood (1956) and The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

• Gloria Swanson in Father Takes a Wife (1941), Fine Manners (1926) with George O'Brien, and Music in the Air (1934)

• Lana Turner in Honky Tonk (1941)

• Mamie Van Doren in High School Confidential! (1958)

• Anna May Wong in Island of Lost Men (1939)

• Sarah's been busy too:

• Nancy Carroll and George Murphy in After the Dance (1935)

• Joan Crawford in Dancing Lady (1933), Forsaking All Others (1934), and Letty Lynton (1932)

• Cary Grant in The Awful Truth (1937), Holiday (1938), and Suspicion (1941)

• Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in They Got Me Covered (1943)

• Maureen O'Hara in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

• Gregory Peck in Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

• Jean Peters in Captain From Castile (1947) and Viva Zapata! (1952)

Thanks to our fabulous guest contributors for their photos and expert information!

Finally, enjoy these film clips:

• A Tale of Two Cities (1935) - Sever upgraded our existing clip

• Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) - jealous rivals Melvyn Douglas and Warren William resort to parlor magic tricks to woo Virginia Bruce

• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) - bedridden Norma Shearer receives visitors Maureen O'Sullivan and Katharine Alexander just before Fredric March shows up—and sharp-eyed viewers will recognize Ian Wolfe, who played Hirsch the sardonic butler to Mama Carlson (Carol Bruce) in WKRP in Cincinnati, over 40 years later

• Because of Him (1946) - Sever prepared this splendid clip of Deanna Durbin receiving acting lessons from Charles Laughton, who gives another stellar performance in this vignette, which has humor, pathos, frustration...and is capped by Donald Meek's wonderful moments as Laughton's harried butler

• The Big Broadcast of 1938 - we have the famous scene of Bob Hope singing what was to become his signature theme song, Thanks for the Memory, with Shirley Ross

• The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Lillian Gish wrassles with the ever-menacing George Siegmann in this clip prepared by Sever

• Dinner at Eight (1933) - Marie Dressler is magnificent as a former stage actress revisiting New York and pouring out her financial woes to Lionel Barrymore, in this spot-on clip prepared by Sever

• The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) - 2 clips featuring Elizabeth Taylor swimming with romantic Fernando Lamas, and William Powell giving him a dressing down about seeing his daughter

• It's a Wonderful Life - 2 clips prepared by Sever, featuring James Stewart and Donna Reed, including the famous sequence involving a run on the bank—also look for crotchety Lionel Barrymore

• The Lost Patrol (1934) - Boris Karloff interrupts his ministrations of a sick soldier, to give a pep talk to Reginald Denny and the other lost desert souls...but to no avail

• Lovin' the Ladies (1930) - in this aptly named film, society wannabe Richard Dix gets manhandled by the maid (Virginia Sale) and by the local vamp (Rita La Roy)—who knew the ol' cigar store Indian could do comedy?

• The Public Defender (1931) - Richard Dix again, this time spooning with Shirley Grey and making some headway (in stilted Middle English)...until he blurts the last thing she wants to hear!

• Summer Holiday (1948) - this interesting clip has Marilyn Maxwell seducing Mickey Rooney and singing The Weary Blues to him—we spotted a continuity problem:  notice that the birthmark on her chin magically vanishes by the end of the clip!

• Warner Brothers Shorts - Famous Movie Dogs (1940), Jammin' the Blues (1944), and Star in the Night (1945)

December 20, 2007

We kick into high gear with a scan of silent star Mae Murray in Altars of Desire (1927).

Louise follows up her earlier work with a well-composed scan of Betty Grable.

Next, Richard sent over three gorgeous international photos by steamship:

• Luli Deste in She Married an Artist (1937)

• Franciska Gaal

• Greta Granstedt

Vladimir has two more Jane Russell shots, including one from Son of Paleface (1952)—thanks for identifying this one, Ricardo.

Jane returns in fine form, with some new photos:

• Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963)

• Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower (1969)

• Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Ralph Richardson in Exodus (1960)

Here is a new photo of Paulette Goddard in Bride of Vengeance (1949), shared with us by John.

Once again, we have a holiday cornucopia from Nick:

• Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight (1944)

• Muriel Finley, a Ziegfeld Girl and occasional actress

• Kathryn Grayson - 2 pictures of the beautiful singer

• Paulette Goddard in The Ghost Breakers (1940)

• Wanda Hendrix - 2 pictures of the pretty actress, who was briefly married to Audie Murphy and who died too young

• Kathleen Hughes

• Ann Miller

• Maria Montez - 2 pictures, including one from Cobra Woman (1944) with Jon Hall

• Mamie Van Doren

We received several new scans of French stars from Alexey, via tramp steamer:

• Michèle Morgan and Michel Simon in Le Quai des brumes (1938), also known as Port of Shadows in the U.S., as well as a solo shot of Jean Gabin from the same film

• Michèle Mercier - 6 pictures from Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)

Alberto discovered a long-forgotten scan of Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr in Quo Vadis (1951), and wanted to share it with us.

Paula snuck in a nice shot of June Allyson and real-life hubby Dick Powell in The Reformer and the Redhead (1950).

Frances to the rescue, with two more Bob Hope pictures, including one from Caught in the Draft (1941).

Chris scrounged around in her footlocker and came up a picture of cutie pie Nancy Carroll, one of Jackie Coogan in Tom Sawyer (1930), and one of his brother, Robert Coogan in Skippy (1931).

Sylvie prepared two new desktop wallpapers:  Jean Harlow and Anthony Perkins.

Rikke handed off a torrent of good scans:

• Julie Andrews - 7 pictures, including two from Mary Poppins (1964) and three from The Sound of Music (1965)

• Brigitte Bardot - 10 pictures, including Mademoiselle Striptease (En effeuillant la marguerite - 1956), Shalako (1968), and Viva Maria! (1965)—thanks to Louise for identifying these pictures

• Marlon Brando - 10 pictures, including Guys and Dolls (1955), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), On the Waterfront (1954), The Wild One (1953), and a few posed shots

• Bette Davis - 10 pictures, including Dangerous (1935), Dark Victory (1939), Deception (1946), Front Page Woman (1935), Jimmy the Gent (1934), Watch on the Rhine (1943), and Way Back Home (1931)—thanks to Ricardo for identifying many of these!

• James Dean - 6 pictures from Giant (1956)

• Marlene Dietrich

Thanks to our guest contributors!

We conclude with some film clips:

• A Jitney Elopement (1915) - an early full-length Charlie Chaplin comedy with Edna Purviance and Leo White

• A Star is Born (1954) - James Mason gives Judy Garland a slapdash makeover, and...she looks better afterward!

• Batman and Robin (1949) - Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan foil the bad guys in their secret underground chamber, in the final battle of this exciting serial

• The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - in this wild scene, our hero (Boris Karloff), meets his blind date (Elsa Lanchester) for the first time, and she's not enchanted with the matchup—also watch Colin Clive and Valerie Hobson run for the hills when Frankie boy pulls the wrong lever!

• Charlie Chaplin shorts - we've added more of his full-length shorts (The Champion and In the Park, both from 1915, and several others), so check them out!

• Dracula (1931) - Bela Lugosi plants a peck on Frances Dade's neck while she sleeps

• Harvey (1950) - Sever prepared upgrades to two existing clips, and a new clip featuring James Stewart reminiscing about Harvey

• Oliver Twist (1948) - Diana Dors copes, as the new boy Oliver (John Howard Davies), turns the house topsy-turvy

• Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - two new clips from Sever—Joseph Cotten outwits his pursuers in the first clip, and then makes an unexpected exit in the second

• Swing Shift Maisie (1943) - spunky WWII factory worker Ann Sothern fends off amorous advances by fast-talking Fred Brady, because she pines for James Craig—but he has eyes for Ann's co-worker (Jean Rogers)

• Two Girls on Broadway (1940) - even Joan Blondell and Lana Turner can't calm down George Murphy, as he tries to help them break into show biz

• Utah (1945) - Dale Evans and Roy Rogers kick up their heels in the musical finale to this singing western

• Vivacious Lady (1938) - enjoy James Stewart's burgeoning jealousy as he phones Ginger Rogers and learns that his womanizing cousin (James Ellison) is there with her—and watch for the ever-harrumphing Charles Coburn, with Beulah Bondi as his wife

• Westward the Women (1952) - Robert Taylor teaches all the women-folk how to shoot, spit tobacco, and cuss...well, how to shoot anyway!

• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) - Roddy McDowall bids farewell to Elizabeth Taylor, who has a bad case of puppy love, in this touching clip

December 7, 2007

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