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Four more stars join the party today:

• Cedric Hardwicke

• Margaret Leighton

• Margaret Lockwood in The Wicked Lady (1945), with Michael Rennie

• Vera-Ellen

Next, we have two new desktop wallpapers from Sylvie:  Gloria Swanson and Johnny Weissmuller.

Richard has three new German starlets for us:

• Sabine Bethmann sandwiched between Laurence Olivier and Kirk Douglas

• Susanne Cramer with Old Bedroom Eyes, Charles Boyer

• Susan Denberg in An American Dream (1966)

Nick's back on track:

• Grace Bradley - 5 pictures

• Imogene Coca

• Susan Cummings

• Anne Francis and William Lundigan in Elopement (1951)

• Miriam Hopkins - 4 pictures

• Deborah Kerr - 4 pictures, including Black Narcissus (1947), Penn of Pennsylvania (1942), and Quo Vadis (1951)

• Natalie Wood - 2 shots her as a child actress, in The Blue Veil (1951) and Tomorrow is Forever (1946)

Gary resurfaces with:

• Angie Dickinson and Howard Hawks on the set of Rio Bravo (thanks to Derek for identifying the film)

• Martin and Lewis - 7 fresh new photos from Jumping Jacks (1952), The Ladies Man (1961), Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958), The Sad Sack (1957), Sailor Beware (1952), Scared Stiff (1953), and The Stooge (1952)

Corrections/attributions for existing photos:

• Mark spotted a Gloria Grahame picture from A Woman's Secret (1949)

Many thanks to our guest contributors!

We end with some spiffy film clips:

• Anthony Adverse (1936) - Lovers Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland are reunited after two years, but matrimonial plans are complicated by social and career concerns—look for Rafaela Ottiano as the innkeeper and Ralph Morgan as the exultant opera impresario

• Arizona (1940) - Jean Arthur goes gunning for Porter Hall, who's been spreading lies about her to run her out of business, and she receives moral (and pie) support from William Holden—also look for sinister Warren William lounging at the bar!

• Bitter Sweet (1940) - Sig Ruman's looking for an operetta and singer to impress a visiting impresario, so Curt Bois and Felix Bressart spring into action—with the prospects of silver as their reward

• Captain Blood (1935) - Sever perfected our three existing clips and added a brilliant fourth from this stirring swashbuckler, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Stephenson, and Basil Rathbone

• The Corsican Brothers (1941) - The two brothers, played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., learn of each other's existence from H.B. Warner, as J. Carroll Naish looks on

• Hobson's Choice (1954) - Charles Laughton gives a terrific performance as he endures a hangover, his doctor's admonitions to quit drinking ("You're a dunderheaded lump of obstinacy!"), and his strong-willed daughter's (Brenda De Banzie) attempts to live a healthier life

• Jet Pilot (1957) - John Wayne and Janet Leigh (as a Russian jet fighter who speaks perfect midwest English!) star in this improbable (nay, silly) tale of jet pilots shooting it out over the skies—two clips for the price of one

• Mokey (1942) - Robert Blake gets to drive a car with Dan Dailey and, later, another kid pressures him to run away to California with a pack of hobos

• The Road to Hong Kong (1960) - Bob Hope and Bing Crosby find themselves in spaceship quarters designed for monkeys, with humorous results at feeding time—enjoy Robert Morley too

June 18, 2008

Two new faces today:  Jon Hall in The Prince of Thieves (1948), and Evelyn Keyes (2 pictures).

We also added several more Abbott and Costello radio programs.

Richard has three new photos for us:

• Sig Ruman in Bitter Sweet (1940), with Felix Bressart and Curt Bois

• Conrad Veidt - 2 photos from A Woman's Face (1941), with Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas

Vic sent us a nice shot of Brigitte Bardot.

Vladimir followed up with photos of Doris Day in Calamity Jane (1953) and Ava Gardner.

Next, more interesting and eclectic images from Sir Nick:

• Mary Carlisle - 7 pictures

• Marsha Hunt - 3 pictures

• Jennifer Jones - 6 pictures from Love Letters (1945)

• Dickie Moore - 2 pictures

• Maureen O'Sullivan - 3 pictures

• Donna Reed - 2 pictures

• Anna May Wong - 5 pictures from Daughter of the Dragon (1931), with Warner Oland and Sessue Hayakawa, and five action-packed film clips

Tag team Rikke and Gary sent us three photos of Kirk Douglas and Woody Strode dueling in Spartacus (1960), while Sever provided a new film clip (and upgraded the existing clip).

Gary stuck around a bit longer to bring us more great images:

• Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

• Claudette Colbert in Four Frightened People (1934), with Herbert Marshall

• Bette Davis - 2 pictures from Dark Victory (1939), with Humphrey Bogart

• Cecil B. DeMille - 2 pictures, including one on the set of the above film with William Gargan

Frances has five nice Cary Grant scans for us:  I'm No Angel (1933), two from Wings in the Dark (1935), with Myrna Loy, and two posed shots.

We appreciate these fine scans submitted by our generous guest contributors!

Ricardo identified the films for some existing Marlene Dietrich photos:  A Foreign Affair (1948) and No Highway in the Sky (1951).

Enjoy these film clips:

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) - Busy Basil Rathbone identifies an obscure musical snippet, and then agrees to guard a rare diamond upon its arrival but, when an ongoing case involving a threat to beautiful Ida Lupino heats up (the case—not Ida!), he delegates the jewel duty to his faithful companion Nigel Bruce—also watch for Henry Stephenson as the harried guardian of the crown jewels

• After the Dance (1935) - Conniving Thelma Todd confronts George Murphy in his dressing room, and his main squeeze (Nancy Carroll) arrives, gets jealous and huffy, but still dances with him onstage, trooper that she is

• Anything Goes (1956) - Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor entertain the crowd, while getting a cool reception from audience members Mitzi Gaynor and Jeanmaire

• The Big Heat (1953) - Cold fish Glenn Ford grills dipsy Gloria Grahame in his hotel room

• Crossfire (1947) - Gloria Grahame and Steve Brodie dance a little, talk a little, and then part

• The Garden of Allah (1936) - we have two clips featuring exotic Marlene Dietrich, dapper Basil Rathbone, omniscient John Carradine, and passionate Charles Boyer

• Kid Nightingale (1939) - John Payne, the singing boxer, fights the world champion as blonde(!) girlfriend Jane Wyman and Harry Burns look on

• Pittsburgh (1942) - John Wayne tricks Randolph Scott into fighting the big bruiser for $100, in order to pay for a new suit of clothes, while an amused Marlene Dietrich watches from the front row—also look for Stooge Shemp Howard as the tailor

• Zombies on Broadway (1945) - As Wally Brown and Alan Carney are schlepping through the jungle with beautiful Anne Jeffreys, she's captured by a zombie (Darby Jones) and taken to Bela Lugosi's castle, where he tries to make a point

June 10, 2008

Here are three new photos of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., buckling his swashes in the tradition of his dad.  We have shots from The Corsican Brothers (1941), The Exile (1947), and Sinbad the Sailor (1947)—with a film clip.

Richard comes through once again with three international stars:

• Eva Bartok in The Crimson Pirate (1952)

• Hildegard Knef in Svengali (1954)

• Ursula Thiess in The Iron Glove (1954)

Karl returned from a long vacation with several mementos:

• Abbott and Costello in Mexican Hayride (1948)

• Fred Astaire - we have a shot of him dancing on the walls in the famous sequence from Royal Wedding (1951)

• Lon Chaney, Sr. in West of Zanzibar (1928)

• Dan Dailey and Robert Blake in Mokey (1942)

• Olivia de Havilland - 5 pictures, including The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Anthony Adverse (1936), and Dodge City (1939) - thanks to Sarah for identifying this last film

• Ava Gardner in The Naked Maja (1958) - thanks to Ricardo for identifying the film

• Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in Strike Up the Band (1940)—thanks to Sarah for the identifying the film

• Bob Hope in The Ghost Breakers (1940), with Paulette Goddard and Paul Lukas

• Jack Lemmon in The Apartment (1960), with Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray

• Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck in Arabesque (1966)

• Bela Lugosi in Zombies on Broadway (1945), with Anne Jeffreys

Gary sent us several nice photos:

• John Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), with a film clip of the great actor in this, his signature film (he's creepy and magnificent in the dual role)—thanks to Sever for this clip

• Jackie Coogan in The Kid (1921)

• Buster Crabbe and Julie Bishop in Tarzan the Fearless (1933)

• W.C. Fields and Freddie Bartholomew in David Copperfield (1935)

• Thelma Todd in The Maltese Falcon (1931)

• Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

Chris also sent in a photo from David Copperfield (1935).  This time it's Basil Rathbone.

Rikke dropped off some new scans:

• Ruth Chatterton

• Bette Davis - 3 pictures, including two from The Old Maid (1939)

• Kirk Douglas - 2 pictures

• Greta Garbo - 3 pictures from the German version of Anna Christie (1930)—these are for Ricardo

• Adele Jergens

• Sharon Tate - 7 pictures

Sylvie resurfaced to share a new James Dean desktop wallpaper.

Drina corrected a Norma Talmadge photo as being from The Lady (1925).

Thanks once again to our guest contributors.

More flickers:

• 55 Days at Peking (1963) - Sever provided a clip of Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner crashing a royal shindig, as East (Robert Helpmann, in indelible pancake makeup!) meets West (David Niven), and a good time is had by all until someone messes with Chuck—and you don't want to mess with Chuck!

• A King in New York (1957) - Sever provided two clips:  1) Charlie Chaplin gets the news that he's out of money, so he needs to think about how to rebound—then he has a tête-à-tête with Maxine Audley; 2) Chaplin does a bombastic interpretation of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy

• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - David Niven and Cantinflas take off in a hot air balloon to see what they can see, in a clip from this epic adventure film prepared by Sever

• The Big Clock (1948) - Charles Laughton threatens to blacklist Ray Milland if he doesn't get his way—pay attention, since the mood swings from congenial to confrontational in a nanosecond!

• The Conqueror (1956) - It's fortunate that this dreadful film has already been panned by so many, since I'm left almost speechless by it...almost. Enjoy deliciously horrific miscasting, laughable makeup, obtuse dialog, and leaden pacing.  John Wayne barks out orders, demands the hanging death of two guards, bullies a slave, announces his abduction of, and marriage intentions for Susan Hayward, back-talks his Mom (Agnes Moorehead), and plots new war allegiances with Pedro Armendáriz—all before breakfast. Don't choke on your popcorn!

• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) - Gary Cooper makes his sanity case in court, and demonstrates that pixelatedness is rampant—watch for mean Douglass Dumbrille, Jean Arthur, and veteran actor H.B. Warner—thanks to Sever for this clip

• People Will Talk (1951) - Physician Cary Grant, informs his patient (Jeanne Crain) that she's pregnant, and she's not happy with the news

• The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Sever upgraded our three existing clips and added four more from this timeless film, featuring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton

June 4, 2008

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