Here are four new pictures from Nick, Jane, and Frédéric.  We have Alida Valli by photographer John Miehle, and  Gwili Andre, Evelyn Brent, and Dolores Del Rio by photographer Ernest Bachrach.

Nick offers four more interesting scans today:

• Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven (2 pictures) and On the Riviera (shown with Director Walter Lang)

• Henry Fonda and Tyrone Power, Jr. in Jesse James, by photographer Frank Powolny

Finally, we have a film clip of Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife.  Look for Gladys Cooper in the scene too.

We have new movie summaries.

Thanks to our guest contributors for these fine pictures.

April 30, 2006

A treat today:  a gorgeous new picture of Vera Reynolds in The Road to Yesterday.  Scanned from an original 1925 photograph, we offer two versions:  in black and white, as it would have looked originally; and a beautiful sepia-toned version reflecting the photo's current appearance, over 80 years later.  We also have a movie summary.

Then enjoy these two Loretta Young scans, courtesy of Nick, from Café Metropole and Three Blind Mice (there are new movie summaries too).

Mark sent us a Louise Huff picture as a companion piece to the one we added on Nov. 12, 2005.

Enjoy this great scan of Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve, contributed by Tim.

Jane provided another James Dean photo, and Sever identified three scans from this gallery as being from Giant and Rebel Without a Cause (see new movie summary).

Thank you, guest contributors, for these marvelous pictures and assistance.

We conclude with two film clips from Mutiny on the Bounty.  In the first, Charles Laughton sends hapless fallguy Franchot Tone up a pole as punishment for misbehaving (notice the he-man slaps during the fight scenes!).  In the second clip, Clark Gable leads the mutiny as pandemonium ensues.

April 29, 2006

We have new pictures of pretty Marjorie Reynolds, including a still from Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Virginia Dale (far right).

Nick has sent us new scans of:

• Marlene Dietrich, by photographer Cornel Lucas

• Alice Faye and Rudy Vallee in George White's Scandals

• Tyrone Power, Jr. in 1938's In Old Chicago, and with Myrna Loy in The Rains Came

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric offer a new picture of Paulette Goddard and John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind.

We have new movie summaries for your enjoyment too.

Thanks to all our guest contributors!

Finally, we have two film clips of Lon Chaney, Sr. in West of Zanzibar.  In the first, he's a magician who learns of a dastardly betrayal.  In the second, he confronts all sorts of challenges in the jungles of Zanzibar.

April 28, 2006

Now You
See It

Quit Dragging
Your Feet!

Here are three new James Dean pictures from Jane.

We also have some images courtesy of Nick, Jane, and Frédéric:

• Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

• Marlene Dietrich in Dishonored (by photographer Eugene Robert Richee), plus two other photos of her.

Sever sent us a spot-on film clip from How to Steal a Million, starring Audrey Hepburn.  Look for Hugh Griffith in this clip too.

Thanks to all our guest contributors for these images and film clip.

April 27, 2006

A new Dorothy Mackaill picture arrives today.  It's from 1930's Man Trouble with Milton Sills.  Hundreds of scratches and blemishes marred the original photo—extra cleanup work was needed in order to enjoy this interesting shot.  Compare the original and finished photos on Ms. Mackaill's page.

Jayne Mansfield and Loretta Young photos were submitted by Nick, Jane, and Frédéric.  The photographer was Frank Powolny.

Sever submitted a scan of Charlie Chaplin from The Great Dictator.

Nick has some new pictures too:

• Joan Fontaine in This Above All

• Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat, shown on the set with (L to R) John Hodiak and Alfred Hitchcock

• Sonja Henie in My Lucky Star

• Shirley Temple, by photographer Otto Dyar

• Richard Greene resting between takes in Forever Amber

Our appreciation to today's guest contributors!

We also have a film clip from the 1928 silent, The Wind, starring Lillian Gish.  Also look for Montagu Love (Hiss!) and Lars Hanson (Yay!).

April 26, 2006

The Wind

Here are four photos of Rita Hayworth, courtesy of Jane.

Sever prepared an extended film clip of the famous underground chase from The Third Man, starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten.

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric sent us five great pictures today of Marlene Dietrich (including two from Shanghai Express), by photographer Eugene Robert Richee.

Many thanks to our guest contributors.

April 25, 2006

Here's another photo of Der Bingle—Bing Crosby.

Jane prepared three nice pictures of James Dean  from Giant.

Nick sent us four scans:

• Heather Angel in Berkeley Square

• Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing

• Joyzelle Joyner in Just Imagine

• Glenn Langan in Forever Amber

Check out the movie summaries for these new films.

Mark also sent us a photo of Cecilia Parker.

Finally, we have a film clip of Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra.  He plays these scenes with sultry Ida Lupino.  The sound is a little soft, so turn up the volume a tad.

We have two last minute entries:

• Alberto colored one of the Ziegfeld Girls photos we added on April 22.  This really brings the photo to life, so we can visualize what the group might have looked like in person.

• Frederick caught a mistakenly labeled Richard Barthelmess picture—we had him on the Chester Morris page, and have corrected it.  Now we're on the lookout for a nice Chester Morris photo.

Thanks to our guest contributors today!

April 24, 2006

Nick, Jane, and Frédéric have sent us some fine scans by photographer Eugene Robert Richee.  We have two of the silent era's biggest stars, Clara Bow and Louise Brooks, as well as popular Gary Cooper in Beau Sabreur from 1928.

We have a new Laurel and Hardy film clip too.  Here are the boys horsing around in Bonnie Scotland with James Finlayson.  [Note:  video removed 12/3/2006]

Here are three Henry Fonda pictures, courtesy of Nick.  They're from The Grapes of Wrath, The Ox-Bow Incident, and Rings on Her Fingers.

Finally, Jane has a new Maureen O'Hara photo for us.

Thanks to our contributors for these fine submissions.  Also check out the new movie summaries for today's films.

April 23, 2006

We have a motley cornucopia of interesting items today, starting with three new Doctor Macro pictures:

• Louise Lovely (shown with William Farnum) in The Lone Star Ranger from 1919—this was scanned from an original photo, and the clarity is excellent

• William Lundigan in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (shown with Cecilia Parker)

• Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity

Jane sent us some great photos of Connie Stevens.

Next, we have a film clip of Gene Kelly performing his signature dance number from Singin' in the Rain.

Nick has some spiffy pictures of Gertrude Lawrence and Peter Lorre.

A Nick and Jane redux:  four more Ziegfeld Girls came out of the woodwork!  The photographer was Alfred Cheney Johnston.

To wrap up, we have some full-length radio shows:  William Boyd in Hopalong Cassidy and Orson Welles' famous 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds on Mercury Theater.

Thanks again to our marvelous guest contributors!

We added movie summaries for the new films listed above.

April 22, 2006

Singin' in
 the Rain

Nick sent us pictures of:

• Claudette Colbert and John Payne in Remember the Day

• Dorothy Revier in The Black Camel

• Erich von Stroheim in Hello, Sister, by photographer Hal Phyfe.

We also have a new movie summaries for the above films.

Venus Flytrap said of her in WKRP in Cincinnati, "That's a mean little Mama!"  He was referring, of course, to Arthur Carlson's mother, played by Carol Bruce.  Here she is many years before the 1970's show debuted.  These three pictures are courtesy of Mark.

Also enjoy this musical Vitaphone Short from 1933:  Harry Warren, America's Foremost Composer.

April 21, 2006

More nice scans today from Nick:

• Alice Fay (2 pictures)—she's ignoring us in the second photo

• Betty Grable in My Blue Heaven

• Myrna Loy in The Rains Came

• Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson and Fats Waller in Stormy Weather

Sever has sent in new scans of James Dean and Hugh Griffith.  And, for good measure, he prepared some neat film clips from Secret Agent, Some Like it Hot, and Spartacus.  Check them out right away!

Steve identified one of our Cary Grant pictures as being from The Bishop's Wife.

Many thanks to Nick, Sever, and Steve for their contributions.

We've added movie summaries for the new movies listed today.

April 20, 2006