April 2008
Updates

We start with a new shot of Henry Fonda.

Richard ferried over three more international actresses:

• Valentina Cortese in Malaya (1949)

• Viveca Lindfors

• Ann Todd

Nick drop-shipped some great new scans to us:

• Anita Page - 4 pictures (Ms. Page is the last surviving non-child-star actress from the silent era)

• Gloria Grahame - 10 pictures of the 1940's and 50's sultry actress, including The Big Heat (1953) and The Man Who Never Was (1956)

• Hedy Lamarr - 10 pictures from Copper Canyon (1950) - thanks to Sarah and Ricardo for identifying these

Enjoy these new photos from Frances:

• Dorothy Dandridge - 3 pictures of the gorgeous actress

• Cary Grant - 5 pictures, including His Girl Friday (1940), My Favorite Wife (1940), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), and a posed shot

Ricardo spotted two existing Ingrid Bergman pictures from On the Sunny Side (1936).

Thanks to our guest contributors!

Here are some film clips:

• A Farewell to Arms (1932) - Gary Cooper tells Helen Hayes he's going away for awhile in this very tender scene

• An Affair to Remember (1957) - Shipboard lovebirds Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr sail home, reluctantly, to meet their respective fiancées...but they have a plan afoot

• Blackmail (1929) - Anny Ondra lunches with boyfriend, Scotland Yard detective John Longden (after tethering his thoroughbred outside) in a busy eatery, but she flirts surreptitiously with artist Cyril Richard, in Alfred Hitchcock's first talking picture

• The Country Girl (1954) - Back stage, William Holden professes his love for Grace Kelly and urges her to consider leaving her performer husband, Bing Crosby, but she won't bite

• Moulin Rouge (1952) - Jose Ferrer sketches while Zsa Zsa Gabor warbles (in the worst lip-synch job in cinema history)

• Murder in the Air (1940) - In this potboiler, Lya Lys is looking for her husband but, finding out from Ronald Reagan that he took a ride in the meat wagon, brushes aside her grief in record time once she hears there's $50,000 waiting for her

• Pennies From Heaven (1936) - Bing Crosby sings the title song to tired, but frightened Edith Fellows—notice that, once she's asleep, he thoughtfully lights up a smelly pipe to help with her slumbers!

• The Three Musketeers (1921) - Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and his sword slinging buddies inveigle their way to dinner with a pair of monks, and later enjoy an even grander meal (also check out the romantic 2nd clip as a bonus

• The Time Machine (1960) - Rod Taylor takes a wild ride in his new-fangled invention—just don't ask him what day it is - thanks to Sever for preparing this clip

May 9, 2008

Here are Audie Murphy and Lori Nelson in Destry (1954).  Many thanks to Sarah for identifying the film.

Richard resumes with more great shots—this time it's American actresses:

• Adrienne Dore in Alias the Doctor (1932)

• Patricia Ellis

• Shirley Grey in Uptown New York (1932)

CJ weighs in with a nice photo of Montgomery Clift.

John dispatched a splendid new super-sized picture from An Ideal Husband (1947), featuring Michael Wilding and Paulette Goddard.

Gary has several new scans for us:

• Clara Bow with cowboy actor hubby Rex Bell

• Joan Crawford in Sadie McKee (1934)

• Bette Davis and Victor Buono in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

• W.C. Fields - 5 pictures from Poppy (1936), featuring Rochelle Hudson and Catherine Doucet

• Cary Grant - 8 pictures:

• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), with Shirley Temple

• Bringing Up Baby (1938) - 3 pictures with Katharine Hepburn

• Operation Petticoat (1959), with Tony Curtis

• People Will Talk (1951), with Jeanne Crain

• The Talk of the Town (1942) - 2 pictures, including one with Jean Arthur

• Jane Greer - 2 pictures from Out of the Past (1947), with Robert Mitchum

• Jean Harlow - 2 pictures from Red-Headed Woman (1932), with Chester Morris and Anita Loos

• Katharine Hepburn in Mary of Scotland (1936)

• Buster Keaton - 2 pictures from The General (1927), with Marion Mack

• Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Michel spotted an existing Jean Harlow picture from The Girl From Missouri (1934).

Thanks to our generous guest contributors!

We conclude with some film clips:

• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - We have three clips from one of the best films of all time, featuring memorable scenes with Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Hoagy Carmichael, and Harold Russell

• Hamlet (1948) - A brooding Laurence Oliver slogs through three clips from this well-honed version of the Shakespeare classic—also look for beauteous Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney (King), and Eileen Herlie (Queen) - thanks to Sever for preparing these

• Let's Do it Again (1953) - Jane Wyman performs an exotic dance at a cocktail party, while bemused Ray Milland and Leon Ames look on

• The Little Colonel (1935) - We have four clips of Shirley Temple dancing with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and acting up a storm in this Civil War-era heart warmer, which also features Lionel Barrymore, Hattie McDaniel, and Evelyn Venable

• Warner Bros. Shorts - Facing Your Danger (1946) and The United States Service Bands (1943)

• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) - After a call from the police, Bette Davis rushes to Joan Crawford for help, but Joan's all tied up at the moment...even an inebriated Victor Buono and his dolly can't help matters much - Sever supplied this fine dramatic clip

May 6, 2008

April 2008
Updates