February 2008
Updates

April 2008
Updates

Today we start with a picture of that irrepressible impresario of the stride piano, Thomas "Fats" Waller, in a classic pose from Stormy Weather (1943) - thanks Sever for the ID.  We also have some of his musical numbers.

Richard continues his streak with more gorgeous—but, ultimately, tragic—actresses from the 1940's:

• Carole Landis

• Marie McDonald in Living in a Big Way (1947)

• Helen Walker in Impact (1949)

The onslaught of great photos from Gary continues:

• Mary Astor in Upper World (1934) with Warren William

• James Cagney - 4 pictures from Ceiling Zero (1936), with Pat O'Brien and June Travis

• Lili Damita in The Cock-Eyed World (1929), with Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe

• Greta Garbo - 2 pictures from As You Desire Me (1932) and Torrent (1926)

• Jean Harlow - 4 pictures from Suzy (1936), featuring Franchot Tone and Cary Grant, including a perky film clip of a horse race scene

• Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe in The Cock-Eyed World (193x)

• a Franchot Tone extravaganza:

• Man-Proof (1938) - 2 pictures, including one with Myrna Loy

• Midnight Mary (1933) - 3 pictures with spectacular Loretta Young, hoarse Andy Devine, and peevish Martha Sleeper, as well as three spiffy film clips—these are for Marsha

• Moulin Rouge (1934), with Tullio Carminati

• Sadie McKee (1934) - 4 pictures, featuring Joan Crawford, Edward Arnold, Leo G. Carroll, and Akim Tamiroff

• The Stranger's Return (1933), with Lionel Barrymore and Miriam Hopkins

• Suzy (1936), with Benita Hume and Reginald Mason

• The World Moves On (1934) - 2 pictures with Madeleine Carroll

Thanks to our guest contributors once again for these beautiful images!

Next, some flickers:

• Bitter Victory (1958) - Richard Burton callously finishes off an injured German soldier in the desert and then carries a beefy, injured British soldier (Raoul Delfosse) through the blazing sand dunes, until he meets up with Raymond Pellegrin who informs him the soldier he's carrying is dead—thanks to Sever for this dramatic clip

• The Bride Wore Red (1937) - Franchot Tone is out and about in the mountains delivering a letter, when he runs into heart throb hiker Joan Crawford—when they stop at his cabin, notice her shoes: who clambers up mountains in those things?

• The Dark Corner (1948) - Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens are on an intriguing mission

• The File on Thelma Jordan (1950) - Tipsy civil servant Wendell Corey makes several passes at customer Barbara Stanwyck, and he doesn't realize she's married to a mobster

• Love With the Proper Stranger (1963) - Natalie Wood surprises Steve McQueen at a union hiring hall with an unexpected announcement

• The Scarlet Empress (1934) - stunning Marlene Dietrich dresses up, learns her mother has been sent away by the Russian Empress, interrupts the royal conference to complain, and then receives a royal dressing down from...who else?...Louise Dresser!—thanks to Sever for this great clip, which also features some remarkable sets in the royal council room

March 31, 2008

We have a set of two photos from John Barrymore's silent classic Beau Brummel (1924), and a third one for The Annex from Chris.  Sever prepared four pleasing film clips for this film, which also feature Mary Astor.

Rikke sends best wishes with several new scans:

• Dolores Costello - 4 pictures of the beautiful silent film star

• James Dean - 9 pictures from East of Eden (1955), with four new film clips prepared by Sever—in this pre-WWI period drama, his curious 1950's preppy attire looks like he's ready to saunter over to the campus malt shop and then catch a double feature

• Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone sitting on the beach

• Boris Karloff - four pictures from The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), and one from The Raven (1935) with Bela Lugosi

• Franchot Tone - 2 pictures from:

• Dangerous (1935), with Bette Davis

• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), with Gary Cooper and Richard Cromwell

Richard has some actors this time:

• Bela Lugosi shown onstage as Count Dracula

• Sig Ruman, perennial foil of the Marx Brothers

• Anton Walbrook and Beatrix Lehmann in The Rat (1937)

Here's more good stuff from that scanner extraordinaire...Nick:

• Jane Hale

• Madame Vannessi

• Mademoiselle Suzette

• Jane Russell - 2 pictures, including one from The Paleface (1948)

• Anna May Wong - 7 pictures, including one from Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

Gary sent over several new photos of interest:

• W.C. Fields - 7 pictures, including It's a Gift (1934), Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), and five posed shots

• Charles Laughton - 2 pictures from The Big Clock (1948), including one with Ray Milland

Check out Carrie's new site:  Remembering Frances Dee.  Here you'll find information about the lovely actress, including an interview with one of her sons.

Corrections/attributions for existing photos:

• Bob spotted a Betty Hutton picture from The Fleet's In (1942)

• Ricardo's on the job, as he identifies a Bing Crosby image from Anything Goes (1956)

• Sarah found two Bob Hope pictures from Some Like it Hot (1939) and Thanks for the Memory (1938), both with Shirley Ross

Thanks to our guest contributors for their scans and helpful input!

Here are some film clips:

• Barbarella (1968) - futuristic hottie Jane Fonda does a quick-change into her plastic spacesuit, sets course for acceleration into temporal space, and then finds a comfy bed in which to nap for, oh...154 hours!

• Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - we have four clips of the eternal desert love story, featuring Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains, and Flora Robson (in what can only be described as turbid makeup)

• The Cobweb (1955) - this meandering clip features Lauren Bacall and Richard Widmark engaging in some aimless dialog that seems to have no purpose other than to set the stage for their future romantic involvement—the best part was the snippet of Brahms piano music at the tail-end

• Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) - Betsy Drake has matrimony on her mind, but Cary Grant continues to demur—listen for "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" playing in the background, more than a decade before the famous version by Bobby Darin

• Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - Joan Crawford, Dorothy Sebastian, and Anita Page are party girls in this silent (with music soundtrack) Jazz Age melodrama—also enjoy Johnny Mack Brown, who looks a little bewildered by it all

• Rancho Notorious (1952) - Marlene Dietrich wins an unusual saloon horse race, in this flashback sequence which also features Arthur Kennedy

March 26, 2008

Here are three tantalizing close-ups from Richard:

• Gwili Andre

• Camilla Horn

• Sari Maritza

Vladimir has a scan of Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch (1955), as well as a super-sized color photo of Elizabeth Taylor.

Gunnar was itching to see another Marilyn photo online, so here she is again, in a publicity shot from the film.

Roma sent in a nice scan of Judy Garland in Presenting Lily Mars (1943).

Chris has images from David Copperfield (1935), featuring W.C. Fields, Madge Evans, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Lawton, Edna May Oliver, and Jean Cadell.

Gary continues his hot streak with many new offerings today:

• Humphrey Bogart - 5 pictures from The Big Sleep (1946), featuring Lauren Bacall and Martha Vickers

• W.C. Fields - 2 pictures:

• David Copperfield (1935), with Freddie Bartholomew—we also have a film clip

• The Barber Shop (1933), with Fay Holderness and Gloria Velarde

• Charlotte Henry in Alice in Wonderland (1933), with William Austin as the Gryphon and Cary Grant as the Mock Turtle

• Marilyn Monroe on the set of (yup!) The Seven Year Itch, while filming one of the most famous scenes in movie history

• Anita Page in:

• The Broadway Melody (1929), with Bessie Love

• The Easiest Way (1931), with Clark Gable

• Reducing (1931), with Marie Dressler

• Sidewalks of New York (1931), with Buster Keaton

• While the City Sleeps (1928), with Lon Chaney, Sr.

• a posed shot

• Bob Steele and Lon Chaney, Jr. scuffling in Of Mice and Men (1940)

Thanks to our guest contributors for these great pictures!

Let's end with some Super-8 clips:

• The Animal Kingdom (1932) - On a stormy night, Myrna Loy and Ilka Chase chat by the fire, and Leslie Howard joins them—enjoy the barely restrained contempt he and Ilka have for each other in this scene!

• The Body Snatcher (1945) - When Bela Lugosi confronts body snatching meany Boris Karloff with his dirty little secret, Karloff lulls him into an alcoholic stupor, sings a creepy little ditty, and then demonstrates his technique

• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) - Sophia Loren agrees to a loveless marriage to the King of Armenia at the behest of her father (Alec Guinness), but only after squirming a bit—look for smarmy Omar Shariff early in the scene

• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys (1959) - soapy Joan Collins' bath time is interrupted by a phone call

• Rosalie (1937) - We have a big splashy musical number featuring a bevy of Chorus Girls, with Eleanor Powell in an extended dance sequence

• Touch of Evil (1958) - Sever upgraded our existing clip, which features Charlton Heston and Orson Welles

March 19, 2008