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Here are two sensational scans from Devotion (1946), featuring Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland.  They were sent in by John.

Nick and Jane have been busy yet again:

• Ernest Borgnine - 2 pictures from Marty (1955), including one with Betsy Blair

• Louise Brooks - 3 stills from The Canary Murder Case (1929), including one with William Powell

• Claudette Colbert in a publicity shot for Cleopatra (1934)

• Bessie Love - 3 pictures

• Pola Negri - 3 pictures

• Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia - 2 pictures with Omar Sharif and Alec Guinness

• Debra Paget - 2 pictures

• Dorothy Sebastian - 3 pictures, including one with Lewis Stone on the set of A Woman of Affairs (1928) - we also have a film clip featuring her with Lewis Stone, Greta Garbo, and John Gilbert

• Gloria Swanson - 3 pictures, including one from Manhandled (1924)

Rikke comes through with two nice pictures of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in The Raven (1935).

Thanks to all our fine guest contributors!

Here are a couple of film clips:

• Rita Hayworth in Tonight and Every Night (1945), with Lee Bowman trying to get a date with her while they wait out an air raid in a bomb shelter

• Laurence Olivier hamming it up with Jean Simmons in—what else?—Hamlet (1948) - are we sure he wasn't born in Dubuque?

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

• Benny From Panama (1934)

• For the Common Defense (1942)

• Fancy Answers (1941), First Aid (1943), and Goofy Movies No. 6 (1934) - all with Pete Smith

February 13, 2007

Mark2 resurfaces with a wintry photo of 1930's actress Eleanore Whitney.

Paula sent us a neat photo of Ida Lupino posing for Jack Benny, in Artists and Models (1937).  Brian added a companion photo from this same film, with Richard Arlen joining the group.

Nick returns with some new scans:

• Marion Davies

• Katharine Hepburn

• Debra Paget

• Joseph Schildkraut

• Norma Talmadge

Sylvie prepared four more desktop wallpapers:  Fred Astaire, Mary Astor, Marlon Brando, and Clark Gable.

Gunnar sent us six pictures of sultry Kim Novak.

Now, more fun with Nick and Jane:

• Claudette Colbert - 3 pictures from Cleopatra (1934)

• Lillian Gish - 2 pictures from Way Down East (1920)

• Corinne Griffith - 3 pictures, including two from The Divine Lady (1929)

• Jean Harlow - one more photo of the Blonde Bombshell for Michel

• Bessie Love - 3 pictures, including one from The Girl in the Show (1929) with Raymond Hackett

• Pola Negri - 3 pictures

• Dorothy Sebastian - 3 pictures of her frolicking on the beach with Joan Crawford

• Gloria Swanson - 3 pictures by photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull

Rikke weighs in with some new scans:

• Vincent Price - 2 pictures, including one from Brigham Young (1940)

• Marilyn Monroe - 23 pictures

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Let's conclude with some film clips:

• Judy Garland and a magical Gene Kelly in The Pirate (1948)

• Rita Hayworth in The Loves of Carmen (1948), with the wimpiest Glenn Ford you'll ever see

February 11, 2007

Introducing two lovely actresses, representing Doctor Macro scans #800 and #801:

• Lila Lee in The Little Wild Girl (1929) - look for Boris Karloff lurking over her shoulder!

• Anita Page

MovieKat Steve sent us four new desktop wallpapers:  Errol Flynn, Helen Morgan, Mae Murray, and Peter O'Toole.

Jane prepared some oldies for us:

• Mae Marsh

• Mary Pickford

• Thelma Todd - 2 pictures, including On the Loose (1931) with ZaSu Pitts

Nick and Jane sent some new images over by 20-mule train:

• Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)

• Lillian Gish - 2 pictures

• Corinne Griffith - 2 pictures

• Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, and Ernest Borgnine in From Here to Eternity (1953) - 2 pictures

• Bessie Love in The Broadway Melody (1929) - 3 pictures, including two with funnyman Cliff Edwards

• Pola Negri - 2 pictures

• Debra Paget - 3 pictures, for Doug

• Dorothy Sebastian - 3 pictures, including one with Joan Crawford and Eddie Nugent

• Gloria Swanson - 2 pictures by photographer G. Maillard Kesslere

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Enjoy these film clips:

• Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, and Georges Guétary in three clips from An American in Paris (1951)

• Bessie Love, Anita Page, and Charles King in The Broadway Melody (1929)

Let's end with some songs by Gloria DeHaven, Alice Faye, Rita Hayworth, and Lena Horne, courtesy of Jane.

February 8, 2007

Nick and Jane ferried over some new scans:

• Louise Brooks

• Claudette Colbert - 2 pictures from Cleopatra (1934)

• Dorothy Gish - 2 pictures, including one from Romola (1924)

• Lillian Gish - 2 pictures

• Corinne Griffith - 2 pictures, including one from Syncopating Sue (1926) with Tom Moore

• Bessie Love - 3 pictures, including one with Anita Page

• Pola Negri

• Gloria Swanson - 2 pictures, including one with Matheson Lang

Gunnar has new images of:

• Madge Bellamy

• Buster Keaton and Marceline Day in The Cameraman (1928) - we also have a film clip of this amusing scene (keep a sharp lookout for a billboard advertising Norma Shearer in The Actress—it appears just after Buster falls off the wheel and the bus moves on without him)

• Myrna Loy in The Barbarian (1933) - we also have a rub-a-dub-dub film clip - look for Ramon Novarro and Edward Arnold

Jane sent us some photos of Debra Paget, who makes her debut on our site.  These 5 pictures are for Doug.

We also added several new songs by Betty Hutton and Jessie Matthews

Thank you, guest contributors!

To close out, here are some film clips:

• Renée Adorée in La Bohème (1926), with John Gilbert and Lillian Gish in the climactic scene in which Mimi dies

• Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941), with Fred Astaire

February 6, 2007

Let's start with some pictures from Nick:

• Lillian Gish

• Mae Murray

• Merle Oberon

• Loretta Young

Next, Jane presents some oldies for our delectation:

• Jean-Paul Belmondo in That Man From Rio (1964)

• Peter Cushing - 3 pictures

• Viola Dana

• Tom Mix, by photographer Melbourne Spurr

• Clara Kimball Young - 2 pictures

Ultimately, Nick and Jane teamed up with for some more winning images:

• Corinne Griffith - 3 pictures, including one of her representing a Rolls Royce hood ornament!

• Bessie Love - 3 pictures from The Broadway Melody (1929), with Anita Page and Charles King

• Gloria Swanson - 3 pictures, including one from Zaza (1923)

Gunnar sent us a photo of William Powell and Myrna Loy in After the Thin Man (1936).

Rikke stopped by with a shot of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in The Raven (1935).

Many thanks to our generous guest contributors!

We'll end with a few film clips:

• three musical clips from Holiday Inn (1942), featuring:

• Fred Astaire doing his famous firecracker tap dance

• Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds performing the snappy title song

• Fred, Bing, Marjorie, and Virginia Dale teaming up for the final musical number

• Greer Garson in Pride and Prejudice (1940), with panting archery instructor Laurence Olivier

• John Wayne in The High and the Mighty (1954), placating the nervous passengers

Our next update will be on Tuesday February 6, 2007.

February 3, 2007

We have another photo of Van Heflin.

Nick and Jane sent some new images over by cocoanut wireless:

• Charlton Heston - 2 pictures from Ben-Hur (1959)

• Bessie Love - 3 pictures from 1928

• Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in Hamlet (1948)

• Marie Prevost and Teddy the Dog in an early Mack Sennett publicity photo

• Gloria Swanson - 2 early pictures

MovieKat Steve has two new desktop wallpapers, featuring Carole Lombard and Lana Turner.

Rikke provides several new scans today:

• Judy Garland - 7 pictures, including Easter Parade (1948), Meet Me in St. Louis (1945), The Pirate (1948, with the dashing Gene Kelly), and 4 posed shots

• Bela Lugosi - Mark of the Vampire (1935), shown with Carol Borland - we also have a spooky film clip!

Jeff corrected two of our photos from Tol'able David to the 1930 version with Richard Cromwell and Joan Peers.  We previously had thought they were from the 1921 film starring Richard Barthelmess.

Thanks to our guest contributors once again!

In conclusion, enjoy these film clips:

• Jean Harlow in Bombshell (1933) - what a gal!

• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Rita Hayworth in Angels Over Broadway (1940) - also look for a tipsy Thomas Mitchell

• four MGM Shorts:  A Day of Rest (1939), A Thrill for Thelma (1935),  The Flag (1927), and Inflation (1942)  Note:  All MGM Shorts were removed on November 25, 2007

February 1, 2007

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