January 2008
Updates

March 2008
Updates

We start off with a photo of Buster Keaton dreaming up new gags in his trailer during the filming of Spite Marriage.  Keaton has drawn a baseball diamond and the "form" to his left is a home-made scoring sheet.  The coins are to mark base runners as players reach base.  He is listening to a game on the radio while scoring the game play-by-play.  Thanks to Bob for providing this information!

Richard sent in three move international lovelies:

• Elissa Landi in The Yellow Ticket (1931)

• Grete Natzler

• Rose Stradner

Alexey sent us three nice scans of Cary Grant in Charade (1963), with Audrey Hepburn.

Chris faxed us a couple of shots:

• Buster Crabbe - 2 more pictures from Flash Gordon (1936), including one with Jean Rogers

• Duke Ellington - we also have several of his musical numbers

Next, Doug offers two super-sized photos of Elizabeth Taylor.

More pleasing images from Frances:

• Cary Grant - 5 pictures

• Buster Keaton - 3 pictures, including two from The Navigator (1924)

• Anthony Quinn

Gary returns in force with several new offerings:

• Anny Ondra and Alfred Hitchcock in Blackmail (1929)

• Barbara Stanwyck - 4 pictures, including two from Ball of Fire (1941) with Gary Cooper, Double Indemnity (1944) with Fred MacMurray, and a posed shot

• Martin and Lewis in At War With the Army (1950)

• John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man (1952)

Carrie identified the movies connected with some existing photos:

• Janet Gaynor in A Star is Born (1937)

• Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast (1936)

• Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business (1952) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

• Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941)

Thanks to our guest contributors for today's submissions!

We end with some film clips:

• The African Queen (1952) - Sever upgraded our current clip, featuring Katharine Hepburn jettisoning Humphrey Bogart's hooch

• Goin' to Town (1935) - Mae West and Paul Cavanaugh make the rounds in a casino, where she places some big bets on her racehorse--watch for oily Ivan Lebedeff (who covets her purse) and Russian (!) studmobile Grant Withers

• Hawaii (1966) - While Maui's Queen Malama (Jocelyne LaGarde) takes newly-arrived Julie Andrews under her wing, stuffy hubby Max von Sydow and his missionaries react to exciting news about local family ties

• Julius Caesar (1953) - Sever prepared 2 new clips and one upgraded one, featuring Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, James Mason, Greer Garson, John Gielgud, and thousands of other periphrastic Romans

• The Passionate Plumber (1932) - Buster Keaton creates havoc in a posh gambling joint, and then becomes the object of Irene Purcell's feigned amorous advances as she tries to make boyfriend Gilbert Roland jealous

• Samson and Delilah (1949) - We have two clips featuring sultry Hedy Lamarr and sweaty Victor Mature locking eyes—also look for George Sanders in full regalia (did he wear that helmet home each night after work?), and eye-poppingly beautiful Angela Lansbury

• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - daydreaming Danny Kaye imagines himself a riverboat gambler—don't miss gorgeous Virginia Mayo

February 28, 2008

George Murphy joins the party today.  We have two pictures of him, including one from London by Night (1937) with Virginia Field.  There's also a film clip.

Richard has four new images of Wera Engels, including one with Edmund Lowe from The Great Impersonation (1935).

A different Richard forwarded a color photo of Gene Tierney in Sundown (1941).

Next, more delectable items from Gary:

• Buster Crabbe in Flash Gordon (1936), with Frank Shannon at the controls in Chapter 13 (Rocketing to Earth)

• Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles in Jane Eyre (1944)

• Charlton Heston - 2 pictures from Ben-Hur (1959), with Stephen Boyd and Jack Hawkins

• Gene Kelly - 4 pictures from Anchors Aweigh (1945), with Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Pamela Britton

• Barbara Stanwyck - 2 pictures from The Lady Eve (1941) with Henry Fonda

We have more fine scans from Gunnar:

• Greta Garbo - 6 pictures from As You Desire Me (1932), Mata Hari (1931), The Painted Veil (1934), and Two-Faced Woman (1941)

• Veronica Lake - 2 pictures

• Elizabeth Taylor in her first film, There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

• Anna May Wong

Michael sent in two more action-packed Flash Gordon pictures, featuring Buster Crabbe.

Rikke shared several new images:

• Clara Bow - 4 pictures, including one from Call Her Savage (1932)

• Evelyn Keyes

• Jane Wyman - 10 pictures

Corrections/attributions for existing pictures:

• Carrie spotted some pictures from the movies:

• Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs (1955)

• Rita Hayworth in Dante's Inferno (1935)

• Sarah identified a Julie Andrews photo from Star! (1968)

Thanks to our guest contributors for today's submissions!

Enjoy these film clips:

• Ben-Hur (1959) - Sever prepared a clip of the entire chariot race, featuring Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd, as a companion clip to the silent version with Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman

• Berlin Express (1948) - Suspicious Robert Ryan can't convince anyone there's something amiss aboard a train—even Merle Oberon—and it's up to him to stop a murder in this exciting sequence

• Guys and Dolls (1955) - Marlon Brando tries to placate wary Jean Simmons by offering to bring in twelve sinners to her mission, but she remains implacable

• The Informer - stool pigeon Victor McLaglen meets girlfriend Margot Grahame in a bar and is hypersensitive to every innocent remark she makes

• Peg O' My Heart (1933) - We have a poignant scene of J. Farrell MacDonald saying goodbye to his daughter (Marion Davies), who must leave for England so she can collect her inheritance

• West Side Story (1961) - 5 clips from this fabulous musical, featuring the memorable song and dance numbers by Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, and Russ Tamblyn

• The Yearling (1946) - farming couple Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman just can't get their inquisitive son Claude Jarman, Jr. to go to bed

February 24, 2008

Richard's back with more 1930's actresses:

• Lenore Aubert and Michael Duane in The Return of the Whistler (1948)

• Hazel Brooks and William Conrad in Body and Soul (1947)

• Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea in Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Alexey produced a photo of Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941).

We have a new desktop wallpaper of Jane Wyman, expertly fashioned by Carrie.

Rikke has some new items:

• Ursula Andress - 5 pictures, including one from Dr. No (1963)—thanks to Louise and Gunnar for identifying the film

• Kirk Douglas - 2 pictures

• Betty Grable and Hermes Pan in Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)—thanks to Carrie and Sarah for identifying the film

• Fay Wray - 3 pictures, including one from One Sunday Afternoon (1933).  These are from Rikke's new Vintage HQ Forum—check out this neat new place for lots of high quality photos from the golden age of movies

Gary moseyed on by with some new pictures too:

• Fatty Arbuckle sitting on the beach with 1918-era bathing beauties

• The Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935)

• Donna Reed presenting an Oscar to Edmond O'Brien for Best Supporting Actor in The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Here are pictures of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, from Gunnar.

We've added a great new link:  Lon Chaney at MySpace.  You'll find lots of interesting background details about the great actor here, so check it out!

Once again, many thanks to our fine guest contributors!

Here are more film clips for your enjoyment:

• The Longest Day (1962) - Sever has prepared a clip featuring Sean Connery, Peter Lawford, and their countrymen fighting in WWII with guns and bagpipes, the music for which is apparently an acquired taste—Sever also upgraded our existing clip

• The Lost Weekend (1945) - Sever upgraded our current clip

• Mad Love (1935) - In this macabre sequence, madman organist Peter Lorre attempts to strangle Frances Drake, but is thwarted by the most miraculous knife throw in cinema history

• Marianne (1929) - here we have Marion Davies, with a WWI French accent as thick as pâté de foie gras, cooking a roast pig intended for the officers, only to have it stolen by her soldier boyfriend (Lawrence Gray)

• Night After Night (1932) - in this fast-paced sequence, brassy Mae West is out on the town with George Raft, Constance Cummings, Alison Skipworth, and Roscoe Karns—listen for her famous line about how she acquired her diamonds!

• The Squall (1929) - exotic card-playing Myrna Loy tantalizes the local farmhand (Harry Cording) so much, he decides to break into song and then chase her behind either:  1) a straw house; or 2) the largest bale of hay we've ever seen—also look for ZaSu Pitts as the hectoring Lena

• They Got Me Covered (1943) - John Abbott changes into Dorothy Lamour's clothes, while perplexed Bob Hope stands by...until a secret note is delivered (by young Arnold Stang) in a sandwich—also enjoy ditzy Phyllis Ruth at the end of the clip

February 21, 2008

John scanned some beautiful new images:

• Judy Garland, Virginia O'Brien, and Cyd Charisse in The Harvey Girls (1946)

• Mary Martin - 3 stupendous pictures from The Great Victor Herbert (1939), with Walter Connolly and Allan Jones

Next, more international actresses from Richard:

• Tala Birell in She's Dangerous (1937)

• Luli Deste in She Married an Artist (1937)

• Isa Miranda

Sever branches out with two new scans of his own:

• Ethel Barrymore - an early shot of the young actress

• Kay Kyser in Playmates (1941)—Sever also prepared a clip that just romps, with the effusively didactic John Barrymore (in his last film) ably directing traffic.  We also have several big band musical numbers by Kay Kyser and his band

Gunnar continues the good news with three new photos:  Boris Karloff, Carole Lombard in Rumba (1935), and Marilyn Monroe in The Asphalt Jungle (1951).

Frances joins the party with three pictures of Buster Keaton in The General (1927), and a posed shot of Cary Grant.

Here are three nice shots from Gary:

• William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck in Golden Boy (1939)

• John Wayne in Stagecoach (1939), with nearly the entire cast in tow

• Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Enjoy these film clips:

• A Shot in the Dark (1964) - Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer are on the job in a nudist camp, in this clip prepared by Sever

• Arrowsmith (1931) - Sever prepared this clip, in which people doctor Ronald Colman becomes veterinarian for a week, and concocts a serum to help local ranchers with their sick cows; however, no good deed goes unpunished!

• Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) - stage stooge Maureen O'Hara warms up (or cools down) the crowd for Lucille Ball, who belts out "Got the Jitterbug Bite"—this is a nice companion clip for Ann Sothern's similarly-themed ditty in Panama Hattie

• Dream Wife (1953) - Deborah Kerr shows Betta St. John how to become a more assertive woman, and their intended victim, Cary Grant, finds that she's no longer the dream wife he envisioned

• The Firefly (1937) - beautiful singer Jeanette MacDonald spurns Leonard Penn's advances—to make him jealous, she flirts with a man in the audience (Allan Jones)

• Harum Scarum (1965) - Elvis Presley plays an actor who appears as a sheik, in this movie within a movie!

February 20, 2008

Richard slipped three provocative new photos under the door for us:

• Evelyn Brent in Madonna of the Streets (1930)

• Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)

• Sari Maritza

Gunnar returns in style with an assortment of interesting photos:

• Humphrey Bogart

• Marlon Brando - 22 pictures, including Apocalypse Now (1979), The Godfather (1972), The Missouri Breaks (1976), and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1976)

• Joan Crawford and James Murray in Rose-Marie (1928)

• Janet Leigh - 3 pictures, including Little Women (1949), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and a posed shot

Here are more great images from Gary:

• Bing Crosby in Dixie (1943)—thanks to Sarah for identifying this film

• Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)—thanks again to Sarah!

• Martin and Lewis - 12 pictures of Dino and Jerry, including At War With the Army (1950), The Errand Boy (1961), and Sailor Beware (1952)

• Jack Nicholson - 2 pictures from The Missouri Breaks (1976)

• John Wayne - 3 pictures from Fort Apache (1948), with Henry Fonda and Victor McLaglen

Pat's back at it, with two new pictures:  Glenda Farrell, and Warner Oland in Charlie Chan's Secret (1936).

Corrections/attributions for existing pictures:

• Alexey identified a shot of Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone from The Woman in Green (1945)

• Gunnar corrected an Elvis Presley picture from Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

• Louise found a Gene Tierney photo from On the Riviera (1951)

• Ricardo identified the films for two of our existing scans:  Ann-Margret in Murderers' Row (1966) and Brigitte Bardot in Une Parisienne (1957), and corrected a Katharine Hepburn scan to Woman of the Year (1942)

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Here are some film clips:

• Another Time, Another Place (1958) - Sean Connery confesses to girlfriend Lana Turner that he's married, and she doesn't take the news well...bad, bad Sean!

• Arabian Nights (1942) - Maria Montez does her dance for the Caliph, tries to drink poison intended for him, and then pandemonium erupts

• Baby Face (1933) - sexy Barbara Stanwyck gets a new job by flaunting her feminine wiles, and John Wayne and Douglass Dumbrille sit up and take notice once she's hired

• Body and Soul (1947) - John Garfield and Lilli Palmer announce their wedding to family and friends—also look for Anne Revere, Hazel Brooks as the brooding Alice, and William Conrad in one of his earliest credited roles

• Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) - Warner Oland learns that Pat Paterson's archeologist father is missing and offers to help, while Rita Cansino (Rita Hayworth) serves up delicious munchies

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957) - Gina Lollobrigida and Anthony Quinn star in this pivotal scene, in a clip prepared by Gunnar

• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - James Stewart wears 'em down in the famous filibuster scene, with Thomas Mitchell, Jean Arthur, and Harry Carey, Sr. looking on, in this clip prepared by Sever (he also upgraded our first clip from this film)

February 14, 2008

Doug found a nice still of Acquanetta about to inflict discomfort on Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946).

Richard continues his march with more early actresses, this time highlighting 1938 hairstyles:

• Binnie Barnes

• June Duprez

• Sigrid Gurie

Rikke turns on the afterburners with more great scans:

• Lon Chaney, Jr. in The Wolf Man (1941)

• Boris Karloff - 5 pictures, including Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953), The Body Snatcher (1945), Frankenstein (1931), and Son of Frankenstein (1939)

• Danny Kaye - 5 pictures, including The Court Jester (1956) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)—thanks to Sarah and Carrie for identifying the film

• Johnny Weissmuller - this ends Rikke's magnificent series of Tarzan scans

• Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) - 3 pictures featuring the evil Linda Christian and gorgeous George Zucco—or maybe the reverse...I can never remember

• Tarzan Escapes (1936) - 8 pictures with Tarzan's favorite vine swinger, heavenly Maureen O'Sullivan

Pat sent us an arresting photo of Warner Oland in Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935).  Look for young Rita Hayworth (credited as Rita Cansino) and lithe Pat Paterson.

Gary returns with more nice stills:

• Sandra Dee - 3 pictures from Imitation of Life (1959), with Lana Turner

• Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth (1937), with Cary Grant and Mary Forbes

• Brigitte Helm - 3 pictures from the silent classic Metropolis (1927), with two compelling film clips prepared by Sever

• Buster Keaton - 4 pictures from:

• Convict 13 (1920), with a film clip

• Daydreams (1922), with a film clip

• The Love Nest (1923)

• The Passionate Plumber (1932)

• Evelyn Keyes and Van Heflin in The Prowler (1951)

• Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour in Wild Harvest (1947)

Nick arrives at the party with some treats:

• Lon Chaney, Sr. - 6 sensational shots from his lost film, London After Midnight (1927)

• Robert Ryan and Merle Oberon in Berlin Express (1948)

Many thanks to our guest contributors!

Enjoy these film clips:

• The Americanization of Emily (1964) - James Garner and Julie Andrews romance on the lake

• Apache (1954) - Burt Lancaster proves yet again that he can drag his woman (Jean Peters) to water, but he can't make her drink it

• Easy to Wed (1946) - Van Johnson plies vacuous redhead Lucille Ball with champagne, after a heated argument with Keenan Wynn

• Hot Water (1924) - Harold Lloyd takes his family on a frantic joy ride in his new car, with predictable results, in this fast-paced and well-orchestrated sequence—watch for my favorite Lloyd heroine, sweet Jobyna Ralston, who moves to the back seat early in the clip

• Land of the Pharaohs (1955) - Joan Collins starts to feel claustrophobic, while Jack Hawkins smirks from his sarcophagus

• Les Girls (1957) - Gene Kelly belts out the title song, surrounded by Les Girls:  Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, and Taina Elg

• Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) - more tipsiness—this time, congenial drunk Cary Grant and accent-laden Ginger Rogers exchange platitudes in a romantic restaurant

• The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) - Warner Baxter fights for his innocence, and Gloria Stuart wrings her hands, in this post-Civil War thriller brought to us by Sever

• The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) - William Powell investigates strange goings-on in the household, and later strategizes with Myrna Loy in the kitchen

• Sever also upgraded our existing clips of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Mrs. Miniver (1942), and Neighbors (1920)

February 7, 2008

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