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"Drive it like you stole it".. Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant car scene from the film Monkey Business(1952),
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 31, 2013
Monkey Business (1952), a comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe. It is a story about a chemist, who's life is turned upside down after one of the chimpanzees, mixes some chemicals together and pours the mix into the water read more
Houseboat(1958).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 30, 2013
Houseboat (1958). Romantic/comedy starring Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Paul Petersen, Charles Herbert and Mimi Gibson. Directed by Melville Shavelson, who also directed the original 1968 version of Yours, Mine and Ours.
When Tom Winston, takes custody of his three children Eliz read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Cary Grant.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 29, 2013
Personal Quote:
1970 Honorary Oscar acceptance speech... "You know that I may never look at this without remembering the quiet patience of directors who were so kind to me, who were kind enough to put up with me more than once, some of them even three or four times. I trust they and all the oth read more
That Touch of Mink(1962).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 28, 2013
That Touch of Mink(1962). Romantic/comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day, and directed by Delbert Mann. The film co-stars Gig Young, John Astin, Audrey Meadows and Dick Sargent. In addition, baseball stars Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Yogi Berra make cameo appearances.
Standing on a street read more
Cary Grant, performed in 3 films with Sylvia Sidney.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 27, 2013
Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999), was a character actress of stage, screen and film, who became popular in the 1930's performing mostly in crime dramas. Sidney, became an actress at the age of fifteen and was a student of the Theater Guild's School for Acting. Their first perf read more
Silent Film Star: Kathlyn Williams
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 26, 2013
Kathlyn Williams (May 31, 1879 – September 23, 1960) was interested in becoming an actress, which lead her to become a member of a community thespian group. She also joined the Woman's Relief Corps that allowed her to sing at the local recitals.
Williams attended Montana Wesleyan Unive read more
Father Goose(1964).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 25, 2013
Father Goose(1964). Romantic/comedy set in World War II. Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title comes from "Mother Goose", the code-name assigned to Grant's character. The film won an Academy Award for its screenplay. The film introduced the song "Pass Me By" by read more
At Home With Cary Grant.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 24, 2013
His favorite store was The Gap, because they stocked Levi’s 501s the only jeans he wore because they “got better with age” and bore no name tag something Grant detested on clothing.
Grant and Muhammad Ali would call each other on their birthday's, it so happens& read more
Charade(1963). The following suggestions will help keep your garments looking their best.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 23, 2013
Charade(1963). Is a suspenseful and fun, romantic comedy/mystery directed by Stanley Donen. Cast: Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin.
The film is best known for: Grant and Hepburn's on screen chemistry read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Alfred Hitchcock.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 22, 2013
Personal Quote:
"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints". read more
Dead Ringer (1964)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 21, 2013
Dead Ringer, also known as Who is Buried in my Grave? (1964). Thriller directed by Paul Henreid from a screenplay by Oscar Millard and Albert Beich from the story La Otra by Rian James. The music score was by Andre Previn and the cinematography by Ernest Haller. Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden an read more
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah! (7)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 20, 2013
Hitchcock chose a 10-year-old Aston Martin DB2/4 Drophead Coupe, for the 1963 thriller ‘The Birds’. Driven by socialite Melanie Daniels (played by Tippi Hedren) in the beautiful Californian seaside town Bodega Bay. The Aston Coupe, is also driven when they leave the house during the read more
A Tribute to Clara Kimball Young
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on May 19, 2013
A Tribute to Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young played the sort of roles in the1910’s
that were taken by Norma Talmadge in the 1920’s. She starred in dozens of
successful “women pictures” featuring noble, mature characters coping with
tragedy and hea read more
Silent Film Star: Carmel Myers.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 19, 2013
Carmel Myers (April 4, 1899 – November 9, 1980). Her father was well-connected in the film industry and introduced her to D. W. Griffith, who gave Carmel a small part in the film, Intolerance (1916).
Considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. Intolerance was made in re read more
Blondie of the Follies(1932).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 18, 2013
Blondie of the Follies(1932). Comedy directed by Edmund Goulding and written by Anita Loos and Frances. Cast: Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery and Billie Dove.
In a New York tenement, Blondie lives with her family and when her girl friend, Lottie Callahan, moves uptown to a posh neighborhood to read more
Classic TV Blog Association: Columbo.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 17, 2013
One of mine and my husbands favorite TV shows of all time. We never get tired of watching it. The series began as part of the "NBC Mystery Movie" rotation: McCloud, McMillan and Wife and Columbo(1971–2003). A detective/mystery television series, starring Peter Falk as Columbo, a read more
Bell, Book and Candle(1958).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 16, 2013
Bell, Book and Candle(1958). Romantic/comedy directed by Richard Quine, based on the successful Broadway play by John Van Druten. Cast: James Stewart and Kim Novak in their second on-screen pairing (after Vertigo, released earlier the same year).
The film, adapted by Daniel Taradash, was Stewart read more
Sabrina(1954).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 14, 2013
Sabrina(1954). Romantic/comedy directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor and Ernest Lehman from Taylor's play Sabrina Fair. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. This was Wilder's last film released by Paramount Pictures, ending a 12-year re read more
Pawesome Pet Pictures: Adolphe Menjou.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 14, 2013
Personal Quote:
"It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick". read more
Pre- Code: Cynara(1932).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on May 13, 2013
Cynara (1932). Romantic/drama film. Cast: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis and Phyllis Barry and is based on the 1928 novel, An Imperfect Lover by Robert Gore-Browne.
Jim Warlock confesses to his wife Clemency, as he is packing for a trip, how he became involved in the affair that ruined their life read more