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Today we celebrate our 10th anniversary on the web.  It's gratifying to reflect on all the high quality movie scans and posters we've completed in that time.  The site now has 14,500 photos, 14,250 posters, and 2,534 movie summaries, representing 1,293 actors and actresses.  I continually add new pictures and posters, and upgrade older ones as better versions are found.  I wanted to offer a free, wholesome, easy-to-use site dedicated to photos of stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.  I hope I've accomplished that.

Along the way, there were a few bumps as the site outgrew the shared hosting services I used.  I changed hosting companies twice and finally decided to upgrade to a dedicated server.  I breathed a sigh of relief once the site no longer had to compete for resources with other sites.  I also had a few copyright concerns pop up from time to time, with mortally wounded studios claiming my postings were ending life as they knew it.  Finally, sore wrists are part and parcel of tediously cleaning photos, so it's...flex and stretch!

I also want to recognize and thank our many site visitors who stopped by along the way.  Many of them stuck around to offer pictures, advice, movie identifications, design ideas, and other help.  Among the 8,000+ daily visitors, a few especially stand out for their generous contributions to my site, for which I am grateful.  These noteworthy individuals (and the year they started helping) include:

• Sylvie (2004) - desktop wallpapers

• Tanja (2004) - movie IDs

• David (2004) - monster photos and movie IDs

• Juliana (2005) - scan restorations

• Nick and Jane (2005) - photo restorations and design suggestions

• Mark (2005) - photos

• Vladimir (2005) - photos and ankles galore!

• Karl (2005) - photos

• Sever (2006) - photos, advice, site design, creative grousing

• Rikke (2006) - photos

• Michel (2006) - Jean Harlow booster and upbeat supporter of the site

• Ricardo (2006) - movie IDs

• Frances (2007) - photos

• Sarah and Michelle (2007) - photo restoration, movie IDs, advice and encouragement, opera appreciation, Hills Hoist basics

• Gary (2007) - photos

• Richard (2007) - photos

• Carrie (2008) - movie IDs

• Dieter (2008) - poster artwork

• Joe (2009) - photo restoration

• Bob (2009) - photos, magazine covers, and posters

• John (2009) - photos

• Elizabeth and Sarah (2011) - photos, movie IDs, cat films, Dan Duryea discussions

• Peter (2012) - photos

• Diana (2013) - photos

Now on to today's photos.  We'll have a few more than normal today, but getting them all published may spill over to Tuesday.

We start with a stately photo of Will Rogers and Stanley Blystone in "A Connecticut Yankee" (1931), which was prepared by Sarah and Michelle.

Next up, many fine scans courtesy of Peter and Diana:

• Gary Cooper

• Frances Dee

• Diana Dors

• Nancy Gates and Arthur Franz in The Member of the Wedding (1952)

• Celeste Holm - she had such a pleasing, melodious laugh

• Tab Hunter - this one is for Sarah!

• Angela Lansbury

• Carol Lynley

• Merle Oberon in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)

• John Payne and Betty Grable in The Dolly Sisters (1945)

• George Raft and Marlene Dietrich in Manpower (1941)

• Margaret Sullavan

• Gene Tierney

• Loretta Young

We end with six nice scans of Tyrone Power, Jr., including Marie Antoinette (1938) with Norma Shearer, The Mark of Zorro (1940), and This Above All (1942) with Joan Fontaine.  These are for Michelle!

May 20, 2013

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