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More of Our Gang to get us started.  Here's Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer in a solo shot, dressed up for who knows what.

Richard has a trio of actresses at work:

• Cornell Borchers in Never Say Goodbye (1956), with Rock Hudson

• Debbie Reynolds in This Happy Feeling (1958), with Curd Jürgens

• Ursula Thiess in Monsoon (1952), with George Nader

Joe returns with some spiffy pictures:

• Mary Astor in Across the Pacific (1942), with Humphrey Bogart

• Lauren Bacall in Dark Passage (1947), with Humphrey Bogart

• Joan Crawford in A Woman's Face (1941)—what, no Bogey?

• Frances Drake

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

• Kathryn Grayson

• Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

• Hedy Lamarr in The Heavenly Body (1943)

• Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester

• Gregory Peck and Alida Valli in The Paradine Case (1947)

• Ann Sheridan and James Cagney in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Dave sent us a shot of Louise Brooks in Now We're in the Air (1927).

Next, a cornucopia of great scans from Gary:

• Lauren Bacall

• Humphrey Bogart - 3 pictures

• Charles Boyer

• Marlon Brando - 2 pictures

• Jean Harlow and James Cagney in The Public Enemy (1931) - this is for Michel

• William Holden in The Lion (1962), with Capucine

• Marlene Dietrich in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

• Janet Leigh - 3 pictures, including one from her screen debut in The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)

• Jean Simmons

May 29, 2009

More Little Rascals today, in our continuing series.  Enjoy these four photos of Our Gang:

• the famous scene of Alfalfa dodging the audience's groceries as he sings The Barber of Seville, in Our Gang Follies of 1938

• Darla Hood and George "Spanky" McFarland all costumed-up for something

• Darla Hood posing with James Stewart before he was famous

• A cantankerous group, featuring Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Georgie "Darby" Billings, Tommy Bond, and George "Spanky" McFarland, getting ready to have their pictures taken, in Wild Poses (1933) - thanks to Jeff for identifying the film!

Sylvie has four new desktop wallpapers, featuring Greta Garbo, Lillian Gish, Boris Karloff, and Rudolph Valentino.

Here are three glamorous actresses making themselves pretty, courtesy of Richard:

• Lil Dagover

• Luli Deste

• Raquel Torres

Gary comes through with several more photos:

• Richard Burton - 3 pictures from The Longest Day (1962), with Jeffrey Hunter

• Joan Crawford

• Charlie Chaplin

• a super-sized Tony Curtis resting

• Kirk Douglas

• Henry Fonda

• 1 picture from Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

• 5 pictures from The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), with George Chandler, Mary Beth Hughes, and Harry Morgan

• Clark Gable - 4 pictures

• Greta Garbo - 2 pictures from Conquest (1937), with Charles Boyer and Leif Erickson - these are for Ricardo

• John Garfield

• Judy Garland

• Cary Grant - 3 pictures from I Was a Male War Bride (1949), with Ann Sheridan

• Jean Harlow at the typewriter - this is for Michel

• Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in The Killers (1946)

• Janet Leigh

• Barbara Stanwyck

Corrections/attributions for existing pictures:  Ricardo identified our Greta Garbo picture posted on March 23 as being from The Painted Veil (1934).

May 23, 2009

Today marks two milestones for our site:  it's our sixth anniversary and we're publishing Doctor Macro scan number 1000!  And who better to showcase today than an actress who was there at the beginning of motion pictures, and who for many years was the most popular star in the world:  Mary Pickford.  Besides this shot from her film Kiki (1931), we have a bonus shot of her.

As of today, our site contains:
 

Thanks for all your support through the years.  We especially want to acknowledge our guest contributors whose scans and colorizations adorn our various galleries, and whose collective film knowledge, sharp eyes, and discerning taste keep us on track.

Joe has some new scans:

• Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

• Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)

• Paul Henreid

• Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Rikke finally comes up for air, with images from Gone With the Wind (1939).  We have three photos of Vivien Leigh, including one of her enjoying a Clark bar.

Gary has some nifty portraits and stills for us:

• Lauren Bacall

• Ann Blyth

• Humphrey Bogart

• Marlon Brando

• George Burns and Gracie Allen - 2 pictures

• Gary Cooper in The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959), with Charlton Heston

• Jean Harlow, for Michel

• Boris Karloff as a toddler

May 20, 2009

We start of with two interesting images from Sever:

• Bengt Ekerot portraying Death in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957)

• Chief Yellow Robe in The Silent Enemy (1930)

Next, Richard has three ladies from the 1940's:

• June Duprez

• Florence Marly in Sealed Verdict (1948)

• Lilli Palmer in Body and Soul (1947)

Joe's back with more great stuff:

• Dolores Del Rio and Henry Fonda in two pictures from The Fugitive (1947)

• Joan Fontaine in Jane Eyre (1944)

• Burt Lancaster and Ernest Borgnine brawling, with Frank Sinatra watching on, in From Here to Eternity (1953) - Rikke added a second shot of Burt and Deborah Kerr, whose relationship may be on the rocks

• Maureen O'Hara

• Gregory Peck in The Great Sinner (1949)

Gary sent over several more photos by Western Union:

• George Arliss in Voltaire (1933)

• Errol Flynn

• Henry Fonda

• Greta Garbo - 2 pictures of her conferring with director Clarence Brown and cameraman William Daniels, on the set of Anna Christie (1930)

• Jean Harlow - a beautiful shot of Jean for Michel

May 17, 2009

We have more beautiful images from Joe:

• Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun (1951)

• Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

• Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past (1947)

• James Stewart and Grace Kelly in Rear Window (1954)

Here are three pearl-laden ladies from Richard:

• Lil Dagover

• Arlette Marchal

• Marietta Millner

Next, we have some pleasing scans from Richard at Classic Hollywood Divas:

• Humphrey Bogart - 2 pictures from To Have and Have Not (1944)

• Yvonne De Carlo

• Rita Hayworth - 2 pictures from Gilda (1946), including one with Glenn Ford

• Elyse Knox - 2 pictures

• Marilyn Monroe - this one is for Edgar

• Ann Sheridan

• Barbara Stanwyck in California (1947)

• May Wynn - 3 pictures of the 1950's actress, including one from that immortal epic, The White Squaw (1956)

Dave sent us a picture of sunbathing Tuesday Weld.  Wait a minute...there's no sun!  (Thanks to Ken for help on this photo.)

Chris faxed over a shot of seductive Eleanor Parker in Never Say Goodbye (1946).  Thanks to Carrie and Richard for the correct identification of this photo!  Chris also included a picture of Louis Armstrong in Doctor Rhythm (1938).

Next, enjoy this new desktop wallpaper of Ava Gardner, courtesy of Carrie.  Also treat yourself to a few minutes at her blog, Classic Ramblings.

We conclude with more fine images from Gary:

• Cary Grant

• Jean Harlow - for Michel

• Buster Keaton in Buster se marie (1931), with Francoise Rosay

• Groucho Marx surrounded by lovelies, in Horse Feathers (1932)

• Anthony Quinn in Warlock (1959), with Dolores Michaels

• Robert Taylor in Johnny Eager (1942), with Patricia Dane (sigh!)

May 14, 2009

Rikke sent over three photos of Vivien Leigh in Anna Karenina (1948).  These are for Angie.

Richard has three obscure, but beautiful international actresses today:

• Liev De Maigret in One Rainy Afternoon (1936), with Hugh Herbert

• Tamara Drasin in Sweet Surrender (1935)

• Princess Baba

Kari has another top-notch image of Montgomery Clift for us.

John returns with a shot of Ida Lupino and William Prince in Pillow to Post (1945).

Enjoy this romantic photo of Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck in The Great Sinner (1949), courtesy of Frances.

More great scans from Gary:

• Laraine Day and Cary Grant in Mr. Lucky (1943)

• Greta Garbo and Clark Gable playing house in Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise (1931)

• John Garfield

• Jean Harlow - another shot of the Blonde Bombshell for Michel!

• Buster Keaton all in a lather with comic barber Jimmy Durante in What - No Beer? (1933)

• Gene Kelly

• Harold Lloyd in one of his later outings, The Milky Way (1936), with Helen Mack

• Myrna Loy

Sever spotted two existing Tony Curtis photos, from The Defiant Ones (1958) and The Black Shield of Falworth (1954).

May 9, 2009

Sever starts us off with a nice photo of Toshirō Mifune and Machiko Kyō in Rashōmon (1950).

Enjoy these images from Joe:

• Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954)

• Ava Gardner and Clark Gable in Mogambo (1953)

• Robert Preston and Veronica Lake in This Gun for Hire (1942)

Kari has another fine scan of Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity (1953).

Here are three more international ladies from Richard:

• Tala Birell

• Francine Larrimore in John Meade's Woman (1937)

• Pat Paterson

Here's a pretty shot of an actress called variously "Miss Deadpan," "Frozen Face," and "Miss Ice Glacier."  If you've ever seen Virginia O'Brien perform one of her unique musical numbers, you know what we mean!  Thanks to Phil for providing this first photo of her to inaugurate her gallery.

Gary has some new stills and portraits:

• Clark Gable - 11 pictures from San Francisco (1936), with Jeanette MacDonald, Shirley Ross, and Spencer Tracy

• Greta Garbo - 3 pictures from Romance (1930), for Ricardo

• Jean Harlow - for Michel

• Rochelle Hudson - 6 pictures from Way Down East (1935), with Henry Fonda, Russell Simpson, and Edward Trevor

Andy corrected one of our existing James Stewart photos:  it's from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).

May 6, 2009

Richard sent over three new scans by courier:

• Juliette Compton in Women Love Once (1931)—this one is for super-sleuth Ken!

• Peggy Shannon

• Thelma Todd

Chris sent over three pictures of Jane Russell, for Ricardo:

• 1 picture from Montana Belle (1952)

• 2 pictures from The Outlaw (1943), including one with Jack Buetel (check out the fantabulous sepia version), and a fascinating behind-the-scenes session where Ms. Russell poses for one of the 1940's most famous movie posters

Next, Paul has two great monster photos from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), featuring Lou and Bud and Lon Chaney, Jr.

Joe did a yeoman's job of cleaning up a scan of Haya Harareet in Ben-Hur (1959).  Be sure to take a look at the "before" photo to see what he was up against.

Experience the Italian connection:  here are Claudia Cardinale (2 pictures) and Sophia Loren, courtesy of Vladimir.

Gary prepared three beautiful new scans of Jean Harlow, including one from Dinner at Eight (1933).  These are for Michel—Jean's biggest fan.  Thanks to Ricardo and Sarah for identifying the film.  As a bonus, Gary added a shot of Jack Lemmon and two of Marilyn Monroe.

Ricardo identified the Jane Fonda picture we posted on April 29 as being from Sunday in New York (1963).

May 1, 2009

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