September 2006
Updates

October 2006 Updates
 

November 2006
Updates

Introducing Clifton Webb in a shot from Sitting Pretty.

Jane telegraphed over some new pictures today:

• Pier Angeli - in Merry Andrew (with Danny Kaye), in Teresa (with John Ericson), and five posed shots

• Lucille Ball - 10 pictures, including one from the play, Wildcat

Thank you, Jane, for these great shots!

Here are a couple of film clips for the road:

• Elvis Presley performing the title number from Jailhouse Rock

• the first five chapters of the 1948 Superman serial, starring Kirk Alyn and spunky Noel Neill:

October 31, 2006

Jailhouse
Rock

Superman
Chapters 1 - 5

Enjoy this new picture of Rosalind Russell in an elegant pose.

Nick and Jane, ever diligent, have prepared some great new photos:

• Cyd Charisse in five publicity shots and stills from The Band Wagon (with Fred Astaire), plus three posed shots

• John Wayne in A Man Betrayed (with Frances Dee), True Grit (with Kim Darby), and Wake of the Red Witch—as well as a posed shot that may be from one of his early films, or just a college football hero shot

Steve completed a new Ginger Rogers desktop wallpaper.

Gunnar sent over some marvelous images:

• Clark Gable (2 pictures)

• Judy Holiday in Adam's Rib

• Fay Wray and Bruce Cabot cowering in King Kong (2 pictures)

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Shall we conclude with some film clips?  Of course!

• Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby just sailing along in High Society

• MGM Shorts titled Hollywood, Style Center of the World (we're not kidding) and The Tell-Tale Heart  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

October 30, 2006

MGM Shorts

We start off with beautiful Jeanne Crain, a popular actress from the 1940's and 50's.

Nick and Jane beamed us several new scans:

• Natalie Wood (5 pictures)

• Several stars of the Ziegfeld Follies, photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, including:  Louise Brooks,  Rubye De Remer, Marilyn Miller, Mae Murray, Eileen Perry, Blanche Satchell, Marie Stevens, and three unidentified ladies

Mark2 shuttled over a photo of 1940's B-Movie actress Kay Aldridge.

We appreciate these great photos!

Here are a few film clips:

• Anita Louise and Richard Greene in a tender scene from The Little Princess - also look for that cute little tyke, Shirley Temple

• MGM Shorts titled Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round and Sea Spiders  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

October 28, 2006

The Little
Princess

MGM Shorts

Let's start with a photograph of vamp Ida Lupino, probably from the mid-1930's.

Mark's been busy again with several new items:

• Betty Grable and Adele Jergens getting ready to trick-or-treat

• Leila Hyams

• Argentina-born actress Mona Maris

Jane sent in four spiffy pictures each of Lucille Ball and Ziegfeld Follies and vaudeville super-star Bert Williams.  She also wired over five more Rita Hayworth shots, including three from My Gal Sal.

Thanks to our fabulous guest contributors!

We corrected a Madeleine Carroll scan once we discovered it was from Lloyds of London.

Lastly, please enjoy these film clips:

• James Stewart in Destry Rides Again - in the first, he tries to placate Marlene Dietrich and then tells her what he really thinks of her; in the second, everyone has lots of fun in the saloon, with Dietrich belting out "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have"

• MGM Shorts titled Bars and Stripes and The Jonker Diamond (with Pete Smith)  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

October 26, 2006

Destry #1
Taming a wildcat

Destry #2
Saloon antics

MGM Shorts

Here are Van Heflin and Judy Garland in Presenting Lily Mars.

Karl's back in town with:

• The Three Stooges (3 pictures)

• Mae West in Go West Young Man and I'm No Angel (with Cary Grant)

• Film Noir Posters - The Dark Corner, Harper, I The Jury, The Long Wait, My Gun is Quick, and Nocturne

Sylvie sent us some new desktop wallpapers:  Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Jennifer Jones, and Mary Pickford.

Nick and Jane prepared some Ziegfeld Girls scans:  Adrienne Ames (2 pictures) Allyn King, Adele Mason, and Anita Stewart.  Then they reached deep in their satchel to bring us two Rita Hayworth publicity shots from Angels Over Broadway.

Vladimir came to life with images of Lauren Bacall and Natalie Wood.

Jane returns with some miniatures of the great Sarah Bernhardt in the late 1890's stage production of Cleopatra.

Amanda corrected one of our Ginger Rogers pictures.  We had attributed it to The Major and the Minor, but it's from 1940's Kitty Foyle.

Thanks again to all our guest contributors!

We conclude with some film clips:

• Rosalind Russell in No Time for Comedy—here she is in a scene with James Stewart, who's trying to get around New York for the first time (Frank Faylen is the cabbie)

• Vitaphone and Warner Bros. Shorts:  The Happy Hottentots and Trial by Trigger

October 24, 2006

We begin with five stills of 1930's funnymen Wheeler and Woolsey.  Four of them are courtesy of Justin, and represent their films Dixiana and So This is Africa (3 photos and two film clips).  We added our own picture (scanned from an original 1934 photo) of  Bert Wheeler with Dorothy Lee in Cockeyed Cavaliers.  Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are relatively forgotten comedians from the early 1930's; we hope to showcase their career with these images and clips.

Jane sent us six nice shots of Ginger Rogers and one of Elvis Presley.

Nick joined Jane in preparing two John Wayne scans:  The Quiet Man (with Maureen O'Hara) and Pittsburgh (with Randolph Scott).

Thanks to our guest contributors for these great shots!

Let's end with a few film clips:

• Fatty Arbuckle shorts:  The Knockout, Leading Lizzie Astray, Love, Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day, and Wished on Mabel

• James Stewart in Ziegfeld Girl

October 21, 2006

Romance in
the Jungle

I'm Marrying
Who?

Introducing Tyrone Power, Jr.—the first of two pictures.

Mark2 sent us nice photos of Alma Carroll, Virginia Dale, Ellen Drew, and Virginia Mayo.  He also threw in a photo of cute Marjorie White (with Richard Keene) from the 1930 musical Happy Days.

Jane and Nick sent us a Ziegfeld Girls picture that features Susan Fleming and Paulette Goddard.

We also have some solo shots by Jane:

• Sophia Loren (3 pictures, including A Breath of Scandal, El Cid, and a posed shot)

• Natalie Wood (6 pictures)

Gunnar sent us an shot of Myrna Loy in Shadow of the Thin Man.

We thank our guest contributors for all these fine images!

We also hope you enjoy these film clips:

• Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business (1952)

• John Wayne in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (2 clips)

• a Vitaphone Short:  Woody Herman and His Orchestra

October 19, 2006

Monkey
Business

Yellow Ribbon
(Quiet Interlude)

Yellow Ribbon
(Picnic Outing)

Woody
Herman

Let's start with a new photo of dancer Cyd Charisse, for John.

Karl sent us two more shots of The Three Stooges.

Vladimir weighs in with photos of:

• Audrey Hepburn - 3 posed shots

• Laurel and Hardy in Great Guns and Jitterbugs (4 pictures)

More great images from Gunnar:

• Sean Connery relaxing on the set of Doctor No

• Cary Grant at his tuxedo best

• Rita Hayworth (2 pictures)

• a stop-action Alfred Hitchcock

• Charles Laughton directing Robert Mitchum on the set of The Night of the Hunter

• Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe

• Kim Novak and James Stewart tussling in Vertigo

• Orson Welles and Dorothy Comingore in Citizen Kane

Thanks to all our guest contributors for today's fine array!

Finally, enjoy these film clips:

• Laurel and Hardy in Big Business and The Finishing Touch  [Note:  videos removed 12/3/2006]

• Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street - it's the pivotal scene where Ginger Rogers steps aside as a replacement for leading lady Bebe Daniels, and recommends Ruby instead.  Also look for Warner Baxter, Guy Kibbee, and George E. Stone, Una Merkel, and the ever-cheery Ned Sparks.

• an MGM Short titled Weather Wizards, with Pete Smith  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

October 18, 2006

Say Hi to sultry Linda Darnell - Yow!

Nick and Jane sent us eight pictures of shy, understated Jayne Mansfield, including two from Playgirl After Dark, (also known as "Too Hot to Handle") and two more shots of John Wayne.

Jane's solo effort today includes four images of Rita Hayworth from the mid-to-late 1940's.

Thanks, Nick and Jane, for these gorgeous photos.

Finally, enjoy these film clips:

• James Cagney in the exciting conclusion to White Heat

• Cary Grant dragging his heels in Bringing Up Baby (with Katharine Hepburn)

• MGM Shorts - Heroes at Leisure (with Pete Smith) and Hot Spot (with The Taxi Boys)  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

Note:  our next update will be on Wednesday October 18.

October 15, 2006

Bringing
Up Baby

MGM Shorts

Enjoy this photo of four-time Oscar nominee Agnes Moorehead.

Chris submitted a scan of Laurel and Hardy in their famous film, Big Business (1929).

Mark sent us two cutie pies for Halloween:  Nancy Carroll and Lillian Wells.  He also threw in two nice pictures of lovely Joan Marsh.

Check out young Orson Welles at the beginning of his tumultuous career, sent in by Sever.

Gunnar strikes again:

• John Barrymore

• James Cagney shooting it out in White Heat

• Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business (1952)

• Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory

• Lena Horne

• James Stewart in Harvey

Jane prepared scans of:

• Charlton Heston - from Ben-Hur, El Cid, and The Ten Commandments (thanks to Sever for identifying this last one)

• Sophia Loren - 4 pictures

Thanks again to our super guest contributors for these fascinating items.

Let's end with some film clips:

• James Stewart and Wendy Barrie in Speed

• Vitaphone Shorts, including Larry Clinton and His Orchestra and Little Journeys to Great Masters

October 14, 2006

Vitaphone
Shorts

We have a new Bette Davis picture today.

Jane also sent us some new scans:

• James Stewart in The Mortal Storm, The Shop Around the Corner (with Margaret Sullavan), and The Spirit of St. Louis

• Paul Newman (3 pictures, including one from Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!  with Joanne Woodward, a behind-the-scenes shot with Joanne Woodward, and a solo shot)

Nick partnered with Jane on six new Ziegfeld Girls photos by photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston.

Gunnar has some interesting and varied images:

• Errol Flynn

• Greta Garbo in silhouette

• Cary Grant (with Katharine Hepburn) in Bringing Up Baby

• Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz

• Buster Keaton (shown with Sybil Seely, his frequent co-star)

• Dorothy Lamour in a languorous pose

Thanks to all our guest contributors.

Let's end with some film clips:

• Sophia Loren in Arabesque

• John Wayne in The Horse Soldiers (2 clips)

• Vitaphone/Warner Bros. Shorts, including Matinee Idle, The Nickelette, and Slapsie Maxie's

October 11, 2006

Vitaphone
Shorts

Jane stopped by with some new pictures:

• three final Joan Collins scans, including one from Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!.

• James Dean on the set of Rebel Without a Cause

• Romy Schneider (6 photos)

• James Stewart in Vertigo

Karl sent us another photo of The Three Stooges.

Thanks to all our guest contributors.

Be sure to check out this new Ziegfeld site:  Alfred Cheney Johnston and The Ziegfeld Girls.  You'll find lots of great reference information about the people who made up the Follies in the early 1900's.

Enjoy these new film clips:

• Barbara Stanwyck in Lady of Burlesque

• Lana Turner in The Bad and the Beautiful

• John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima

• Charley Chase silent and sound comedies:  Another Wild Idea, Mama Behave, Mighty Like a Moose, Mum's the Word, Nature in the Wrong, Southern Exposure, The Uneasy Three, and What Price Goofy? (with a young Fay Wray appearing 2 min. 55 sec. into the clip)  [Note:  except for Mighty Like a Moose and Mum's the Word, these videos were removed on 12/3/2006]

October 9, 2006

Sever's got two interesting photos of Kirk Douglas in Strangers When We Meet:  one with Walter Matthau and one with Kim Novak.

Rafaella has two scans of sultry Veronica Lake for us.

We also have three scans from Karl:  Gene Tierney (one from Laura with Dana Andrews, and a posed shot), and Lana Turner.

Enjoy these six images of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, courtesy of Masao.

Mark sent us another shot of perky Nancy Carroll, all ready for Halloween.

Thanks to a different Mark for identifying one of our John Wayne photos as being from Three Texas Steers (with Carole Landis).

We appreciate all these great pictures and expertise from our guest contributors.

Some film clips:

• Leather-clad Shirley Temple in Bright Eyes

• Sudsy Jane Russell performing a musical number in The French Line

• Two MGM Shorts:  Call Her Sausage (with The Taxi Boys) and Love Pains (with The Boy Friends)  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

October 7, 2006

The French
Line

Call Her
Sausage

Love Pains

We begin with two special scans from Sever:  George Sanders and Anne Baxter in All About Eve, and Peter Lorre in Casablanca.

Gunnar sent in some interesting shots:

• Clara Bow

• Bebe Daniels in Love Comes Along (1930)

• Boris Karloff in The Bride of Frankenstein and The Mummy

• The Marx Brothers in A Day at the Races

• a group shot from 1929's Words and Music with (L to R) Bobby Renee, Muriel Gardner, and Wilma Wray

Jane and Nick come through with more fine photos:

• Rita Hayworth (5 pictures)

• Sophia Loren (2 pictures)

• Anne Lee Patterson, a Ziegfeld Girl (in the 1931 Follies), by photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston

Tim submitted photos of:

• Bette Davis and Gary Merrill in All About Eve

• Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. in The Black Pirate

Thanks to our guest contributors for these fine submissions!

Let's conclude with some film clips:

• Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun (1951) - we have one clip of him with Elizabeth Taylor and one with Shelley Winters

• a Thelma Todd comedy short titled The Soilers (1932), co-starring the indefatigable ZaSu Pitts  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

• a new Soundies Gallery - high-spirited musical shorts from the 1940's!

October 6, 2006

Soundies

In anticipation of Halloween, here are some perky costumed pinup girls, sent to us by Mark2:  Maxine Cantway, Mary Carlisle, Etchika Choureau, and Janet Leigh.

Rafaella sent us some beautiful new scans of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Esther Williams (5 pictures), and Katharine Hepburn (3 pictures).

We also found two beautiful scans of lovely Marceline Day, sent in by Mark.

Jane also has some new photos today:  Ava Gardner (2 pictures) and Paul Newman (3 pictures).

We end with some film clips:

• Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro steamin' it up in Mata Hari

• Greer Garson and Ronald Colman fighting ants in Random Harvest

• John Wayne in Hondo (1953)

• five MGM Shorts:  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

• Bigger and Better and Ladies Last (both with The Boy Friends)

• Bring 'Em Back a Wife, with The Taxi Boys (Billy Gilbert and Ben Blue)

• Hot Dog (an All Barkie feature)

• Jimmie Fiddler's Personality Parade

October 3, 2006

Mata Hari

Random
Harvest

Hondo

MGM Shorts

More Jean Harlow for Michel.  We have two posted shots of her, from Jane.

Nick and Jane tantalize us with pictures of:

• John Wayne, from The High and the Mighty, The Longest Day, The Searchers, Seven Sinners (with Marlene Dietrich), The Shootist, Stagecoach, and Tall in the Saddle (with Ella Raines)—we also have two posed shots

• Rita Hayworth, including Affair in Trinidad (2 pictures), Gilda (2 pictures), and two posed shots

Enjoy these film clips:

• Joan Blondell in Footlight Parade (1933), with James Cagney

• An expanded clip of Lon Chaney, Sr. and Mary Philbin in the famous unmasking scene from The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

• Underappreciated funnyman Charley Chase - we have six of his silent comedies:  April Fool, Bad Boy, The Caretaker's Daughter, The Fraidy Cat, Isn't Life Terrible? (with ingénue Fay Wray appearing briefly, six minutes into the film), and Long Fliv the King  [Note:  videos removed 12/3/2006]

• Laurel and Hardy in Our Relations - a pair of clips in which the boys get into trouble with two floozies at a bar  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

• a Vitaphone Short titled Romance Road

October 1, 2006

Footlight
Parade

The Phantom
of the Opera

Charley Chase
Comedies

Our Relations
(Pickup Artists)

Our Relations
(Wives Rule)

September 2006
Updates

November 2006
Updates