August 2006
Updates

September 2006 Updates
 

October 2006
Updates

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 Black Watch, The Conqueror, The Horse Soldiers (2 pictures), and Sands of Iwo Jima

• 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)

Be sure to check out a neat new link to The Andy Rooney Fan Club.

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