August 2006
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We start a small series of Greer Garson photos today, for Hannah.  In this first one, from Random Harvest (1942), she's shown with co-star Ronald Colman.

Here are eight Deanna Durbin pictures for Ricardo.  It's been awhile since we posted any shots of the Canadian songbird.  Jane prepared these fine scans.

And speaking of dedications, here are four more photos of Jean Harlow, including one from Suzy with Cary Grant.  These are for Michel—I think he's her biggest fan.  Thanks to Jane for providing these images.

Gunnar sent us a spiffy photo of Orson Welles in Prince of Foxes (1949).  Thanks, Gunnar!

Let's end with a few film clips:

• Joan Collins in The Opposite Sex (1956)—also look for Carolyn Jones and Leslie Nielsen

• James Stewart in It's a Wonderful World (1939), with pretty pest Claudette Colbert

• a Vitaphone Short titled Pony Express Days

September 28, 2006

The
Opposite Sex

It's a
Wonderful World

Vitaphone
Short

Here's one final picture of Joan Blondell.

Masao has a dozen nice pictures of Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind.  She's accompanied by Clark Gable in several of them.

Karl prepared seven more Film Noir Posters:  5 Against the House, The Burglar, Kansas City Confidential, Odds Against Tomorrow, Plunder Road, Six Bridges to Cross, and Violent Saturday.

We received a beautiful new Loretta Young image from Paula.

We appreciate these fine photos from our guest contributors!

We conclude with three film clips:

• Errol Flynn dueling in The Sea Hawk from 1940, with a sagacious Queen Elizabeth (played by Flora Robson) appearing near the end of the clip

• Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine in Some Came Running (1959)

• The Boy Friends in a 1931 MGM Short titled Call a Cop!  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

September 26, 2006

The
Sea Hawk

Some Came
Running

MGM Short

Let's start with two new pictures of Clark Gable, prepared by Sylvie.  One is from They Met in Bombay (with Rosalind Russell) and one is a posed shot.

Nick and Jane have four new pictures of Rita Hayworth.  This is the start of a large photo series showcasing the popular actress.

Jane sent in some solo efforts as well:

• Jean Harlow - 2 pictures—these are for Michel

• Jane Russell - 2 pictures, including one from The French Line

• James Stewart

• Navy Blue and Gold - (L to R) Robert Young, Tom Brown, James Stewart—also check out the film clip

• No Highway in the Sky - 2 pictures

• Speed - 2 pictures with Wendy Barrie

• a posed shot of the great actor later in life

Nick Z. prepared a nice image of 1930's director and choreographer Busby Berkeley.

We appreciate these fine photos from our guest contributors!

Let's finish with some film clips:

• John Wayne in Rio Grande (2 clips), with Maureen O'Hara

• an MGM Short, featuring The Boy Friends, titled Air-Tight  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

September 25, 2006

Navy Blue
and Gold

Love on
the prairie

An elegant
repast

MGM Short

Here's another nice shot of Joan Blondell.

Jane prepared lots of new scans:

• Montgomery Clift (3 pictures)

• Joan Collins (3 pictures, including one from The Opposite Sex)

• Rock Hudson (5 pictures)

Tim delights with a new photo of Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters from A Place in the Sun.

We have two nice images of Constance Cummings, including one from Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933), from Mark.

Mark2 sent in great shots of Bernice Claire, Joan Leslie, and Cecilia Parker.

Thanks very much to our guest contributors!

Here are three film clips of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest:

• Taking a romantic break on the train

• Slipping and sliding down Mt. Rushmore

• Dodging a crop duster

September 22, 2006

Cooing on the
Choo Choo

Some of the
President's Men

De Plane, Boss,
De Plane!

Nick and Jane continue the John Wayne-a-thon with pictures from several of his films:

• The Barbarian and the Geisha, The Big Trail, The Conqueror, The Horse Soldiers (2 pictures), Sands of Iwo Jima, and The Three Musketeers (1933)

• six posed shots

Nick Z. sent us

• Fred Astaire

• Charlie Chaplin

• Greta Garbo and Fredric March in Anna Karenina

Gunnar dispatched pictures of Jean Harlow and a nautical Spencer Tracy to us.  He also sent in new and improved movie posters for The Adventures of Robin Hood, Don't Make Waves, The Swan, and Touch of Evil.

Thanks to all our guest contributors for these beautiful photos and artwork!

We end with three film clips:

• The Marx Brothers in The Big Store

• an MGM Short titled Love on Tap  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

September 21, 2006

Karl prepared:

• a new Doctor Macro scan:  the wonderful wedding feast scene from Todd Browning's 1932 classic, Freaks—we also have a film clip of this fascinating sequence

• five more Film Noir Posters:  Customs Agent, Dragnet, The House on 92nd Street, I Was a Communist for the FBI, and Walk a Crooked Mile

• Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (1937)

• Elizabeth Taylor

• Lana Turner in The Bad in the Beautiful (1953), with Kirk Douglas

• Loretta Young

Julian also identified three of our Claudia Cardinale photos as being from Don't Make Waves (1967), and one from Blindfold (1966).

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Concluding today's offerings are some film clips:

• Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport

• A Vitaphone Short titled Big City Fantasy

September 18, 2006

Vitaphone
Short

We start off with some new photos by Jane:

• Ann-Margret (8 pictures, including a promotional shot from Viva Las Vegas)

• Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun (3 pictures)

• James Stewart in Born to Dance, Magic Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and The Philadelphia Story (with Katharine Hepburn).

Masao sent us some nice shots from The Third Man:

• Alida Valli

• Orson Welles (3 pictures)

Concluding today's offerings are some film clips:

• Four clips of Greta Garbo in the classic comedy, Ninotchka (1939)

• an MGM short by Pete Smith, titled Have You Ever Wondered?  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

September 16, 2006

Ninotchka
(A Negligee
for Anna)

We have another photo of Joan Blondell, this time in a cheesecake pose.

Here's a beautiful picture of Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr., from Sever.  We also have a film clip—in this scene, Buster attempts to break his Dad (Ernest Torrence) out of jail with the old saw-in-the-loaf-of-bread trick.

Nick2 provided shots of:

• Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk (1940)

• Gloria Grahame

• Buster Keaton and friend

More, too, from Jane:  here are six photos of cutie-pie Sandra Dee.

Nick joined Jane in bringing us three more pictures of John Wayne, this time from 1949's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, with Joanne Dru.

We appreciate all these great pictures from our guest contributors!

Let's end with some film clips:

• Lon Chaney, Sr. and Loretta Young in a tender scene from Laugh, Clown, Laugh

• a fascinating MGM Short that, although untitled, could be called Behind the Scenes at MGM—it's a look at all the departments and people who made the studio run in the late 1920's and early 1930's, including shots of some of their most famous personalities  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

September 14, 2006

Karl prepared an original Doctor Macro scan of popular silent star Thomas Meighan in The Argyle Case (1929).  He's pictured with H.B. Warner.

Mark3 has sent us a scintillating new scan of exotic Myrna Loy, and a recording of Friendly Star by Judy Garland (from her 1950 film, Summer Stock).

We also have some nice shots by Karl:

• Lon Chaney, Sr. and Loretta Young in Laugh, Clown, Laugh

• The Three Stooges practicing dentistry

• Mae West

Masao sent us six photos of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in Alfred Hitchcock's famous thriller, North by Northwest (1959).

With help from Jane, we were also able to attribute some existing scans to specific films:

• Gina Lollobrigida in La Legge and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2 pictures)

• Joan Collins in The Slasher, Land of the Pharaohs, and The Adventures of Sadie (also known as Our Girl Friday)

Many thanks to our guest contributors for today's great photos!

Finally, here are a few film clips:

• Katharine Hepburn in Stage Door (2 clips) - enjoy the sparkling dialog, delivered by a top-notch ensemble cast including Ginger Rogers, Eve Arden, Adolphe Menjou, Ann Miller and Lucille Ball.

• an MGM Short titled Annie Laurie, starring Ann Rutherford  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

September 13, 2006

Judy Garland
Song

Masao sent us six pictures of Joseph Cotten from The Third Man.

Nick and Jane zipped us some more fine John Wayne photos, representing several of his films:

• Idol of the Crowds

• Island in the Sky

• Legend of the Lost, with Sophia Loren (2 pictures)

• Overland Stage Raiders

• Reap the Wild Wind, with Paulette Goddard

• Red River (2 pictures, one with Walter Brennan)

Jane's solo effort today includes Ann-Margret and Joan Collins (2 pictures each).

Thanks to our guest contributors for these great shots!

Finally, here are three film clips:

• Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity, frolicking with Burt Lancaster on the sandy beach!

• Angela Lansbury in The Harvey Girls

• a Warner Brothers short titled So You Want to Keep Your Hair

Note:  Due to some needed site maintenance, our next update will occur on Wednesday, September 13.

September 8, 2006

Mark sent in some pleasing scans of Leone Lane, June Lang, and Michčle Morgan.

Karl has soi-tenly hit a new high with two pictures of The Three Stooges.

Natacha submitted snaps of French actors Yves Montand (2 pictures) and Lino Ventura.

Jane has some more fine photos for us:

• Ann-Margret (3 pictures)

• Joan Collins (3 pictures)

• Janet Leigh

• James Stewart in The Ice Follies of 1939 (in tights with Lew Ayres!) and It's a Wonderful Life (1947)

We also identified one of our existing James Stewart photos as being from Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Thanks to our guest contributors for these great shots!

We end with three film clips:

• Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year

• a Pete Smith MGM Short titled Lions on the Loose  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007.

• Ann Sothern in her sparkling opening musical number from Panama Hattie.

September 6, 2006

Peter sent us a beautiful scan of Rochelle Hudson.

Jane goes at it again with:

• eight final Doris Day pictures, including shots from Lucky Me (1954, with Robert Cummings and Phil Silvers) and The Winning Team (1952, with Ronald Reagan)

• Greta Garbo in Ninotchka (6 pictures)

Nick joins the fray, partnering with Jane on five more John Wayne pictures.  We have a veritable spate of Duke's pictures still to come, representing many of his films—so stay tuned, Pilgrims!

Sylvie sent us a classy new desktop wallpaper of Jean Arthur.

Thanks to our guest contributors.

Here are some film clips to finish up:

• Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles in The Lady From Shanghai (1947) - and they say the Hollywood magic is all smoke and mirrors!

• John Wayne and Anna Lee in Flying Tigers - be sure to catch Anna (a nurse) dispensing cigarettes to one of the airmen!  Where's the Surgeon General when we need him?

• a Warner Brothers short titled I Won't Play, starring Dane Clark (also look for Dead End Kid Billy Benedict, lounging and wearing an oversized helmet)

September 4, 2006

Just two themes today:

• Marlon Brando in a series of ten pictures from On the Waterfront, and one of Eva Marie Saint in the same film—all sent to us by Masao

• Glenn Ford (who died this week), requested by Mark—these four scans were prepared by Jane

Our thanks to Jane and Masao!

We end with five Fatty Arbuckle film shorts:

• A Flirt's Mistake

• Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

• Fatty Joins the Force

• Fatty's Tintype Tangle

• He Did and He Didn't

September 3, 2006

Fatty Arbuckle
film shorts

We have a new photo of Joan Blondell, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birth.  This is for Wayne, and we'll have three more shots of her coming soon.

Paula sent us a nice picture of Madeleine Carroll from Secret Agent (1936).

Nick and Jane prepared five more scans of John Wayne from 3 Godfathers, Big Jim McLain, El Dorado (shown with Robert Mitchum), and Flying Tigers (2 pictures with Anna Lee - thanks to Dick for help in identifying this film).

Gunnar submitted a smokin' picture of Humphrey Bogart.

Jane comes through again with four more pictures of James Stewart, including three with Alfred Hitchcock.

We have three new desktop wallpapers of Marilyn Monroe, prepared by Steve.

Thanks to our guest contributors for these fine images!

We end with some film clips:

• Susan Hayward in I'll Cry Tomorrow, with Richard Conte

• Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts short titled The Old Bull  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

• A Vitaphone Short titled Lambchops, with George Burns and Gracie Allen

September 1, 2006

Vitaphone
Short

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