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Gary Cooper officially debuts
on our site today. This is the first of four pictures of this durable
leading man―a posed publicity shot from his early film
Morocco, with
Marlene
Dietrich. I can't tell if that's a Hollywood ersatz rock wall behind
him, or the real thing! |
December 31, 2004 |
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We'll post updates a couple of days in advance
until the end of the year. Somehow, with the year winding down, so
will I eventually―so enjoy these "early editions" while you
can!
Today we've got another brand new star for the
website:
Jackie Cooper,
shown here with
Wallace Beery in their famous
film
The Champ. This little
guy could really act and emote. He had lots of roles in the 1930's,
most notably as a member of the Little Rascals in the Our Gang comedies. |
December 30, 2004 |
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Here are three more wallpapers from
Sylvie:
Joan Crawford,
Bela Lugosi and
Rudolph Valentino. These are great additions, Sylvie!
Ronald Colman also makes his
entrance today. This scan from
A Tale of Two Cities is the
first of three pictures of this urbane actor. |
December 29, 2004 |
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Our first
Robert Cummings picture from
Saboteur
arrives. He's holding an anxious
Priscilla Lane in this
Alfred
Hitchcock film.
We also have a
Buster Keaton film clip from
Sidewalks of New York. |
December 28, 2004 |
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Today we have our first
Joan Crawford scan, from her
film
Rain.
Also check out the new
William Boyd photo.
This is Hoppy's debut on our site. |
December 27, 2004 |
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We added pages for
Ronald Colman,
Gary Cooper,
Jackie Cooper,
Joan Crawford and
Robert Cummings.
Pictures to follow.
There are also new movie summaries for
The Champ,
A Tale of Two Cities,
The Prisoner of Zenda,
Under Two Flags,
Morocco,
Rain,
Saboteur,
Of Mice and Men
and
The Circus. |
December 26, 2004 |
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The second of three
Fatty Arbuckle pictures
arrives
today.
We also have two more
Jean Arthur scans―from her
film
The More the Merrier and a
publicity still. These complete her pictures for now.
We also reorganized the
Galleries page to make it more readable. |
December 25, 2004 |
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There's a new film clip from
Hell Divers, as well as a
movie summary for
The More the Merrier.
We've also got the first of two
Marx Brothers pictures from
Horse Feathers. In this
one, a frightened Harpo poses with "Mr. Bones." |
December 24, 2004 |
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Well, we finally obtained a
Laurel and Hardy photo from
Do Detectives Think?. |
December 23, 2004 |
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Today we add a new
Wallace Beery picture, from
his film
Hell Divers, from 1932,
co-starring the young
Clark Gable. There's also a movie summary. |
December 22, 2004 |
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After a brief hiatus (bridge tournament), we add
a new star to the collection:
Johnny Mack Brown, the
popular western and dramatic actor from the 1920's and 1930's, in a
posed close-up. |
December 21, 2004 |
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Two new stars debut today:
Tallulah Bankhead, the
vibrant, controversial personality from the 1930's and 40's; and the squeaky-voiced
comedienne
Jean Arthur, who specialized
in screwball comedies.
We also have a film clip from
James Cagney's magnum opus,
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
This is quite a musical number, so fasten your seatbelt! Cagney said
this was his all-time favorite role. |
December 15, 2004 |
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We have a new bust shot of actor/director
Charley Chase
today. This was his acting name; when he directed, he reverted to his
original name, Charles Parrott. |
December 14, 2004 |
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Here is a scan of
Babe Daniels, from what we can
only call a rendering (not a photo). It's an interesting posed shot of
this popular silent star. |
December 13, 2004 |
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Olé! Here's a new picture of
Rudolph Valentino as the
dashing young matador from
Blood and Sand. |
December 12, 2004 |
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Today we have a new picture of
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
from his delightful film
The Thief of Bagdad.
It's hard to find good images from this film, and the original photo here
had lots of defects―scratches, fuzzy patches, etc. We did what we
could with it, in order to capture the wonderful flying carpet scenes at the close of
the film. The set below them, however, looks sort of cheesy...I wonder how it
looked in the film. Well, let's see:
here's the clip...ah, much
better! |
December 11, 2004 |
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He's B-A-A-C-K! Here's a new photo of
Boris Karloff from
The Mummy.
Karloff was one of the most compelling actors ever to appear on screen. |
December 10, 2004 |
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The
Marx Brothers
return for some
Duck Soup today.
Between takes on their pictures, Chico and Harpo played a lot of cards.
Their game of choice? Well, they were inveterate bridge players.
The game was all the rage in the 1930's. |
December 9, 2004 |
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A new star debuts today:
George Arliss. It's a
photo from
The Man Who Played God, with
Bette Davis. We also
have a movie summary.
Also check out our second film clip from
King Kong. This is the
famous scene where Kong reaches in the window to grab
Fay Wray,
knocking Bruce Cabot away with one (not all that convincing) fell swoop! |
December 8, 2004 |
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We have three more wallpapers from
Sylvie today: Errol
Flynn, Louise Rainer and Jobyna Ralston. Thanks for these beautiful
renderings, Sylvie! |
December 7, 2004 |
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Another new star debuts today:
Myrna Loy. This lady
had a stellar career, playing exotic, tempestuous sirens early on, and
gradually transitioning to more mature roles. We'll have plenty more
of her in the future. |
December 6, 2004 |
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Added new pages for
Fatty Arbuckle,
George Arliss,
Jean Arthur,
Tallulah Bankhead,
William Boyd,
Johnny Mack Brown and
Myrna Loy. Pictures to
follow.
We've got the first of three
Fatty Arbuckle pictures up
today. This famous―and tragic―early film comedian is under-appreciated
today. Hopefully, we can add some interesting scans of him over the
next several months. This is a start anyway. In our first photo,
he's posing with the one and only Harry Houdini!
Added a movie summary for
The Mummy.
Enhanced an existing scan of
Betty Grable from
Tin Pan Alley (dancing duo). |
December 5, 2004 |
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Still wending our way through the
Marx Brothers series, we have
a new picture of Groucho, who's bringing new meaning to the term "eating
lead," from
Go West. |
December 4, 2004 |
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Here's another
Errol Flynn picture, our
final one in the series for now. And it's a good one―a posed close-up
shot of the popular star in trench coat and hat. Also look for a new
film clip of him in action, from
Dodge City. |
December 3, 2004 |
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Brrr! December's here and we have another
Errol Flynn picture from
They Died With Their Boots On.
He's pictured with co-star Olivia de Havilland.
Also check out the brief film clip of
Laurel and Hardy caught exchanging
their pants in a taxi, from
Liberty. The young lady
is
Jean Harlow. |
December 1, 2004 |
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