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The Jeanette MacDonald Blog Posted by Della Street ™ on Feb 22, 2013
There is nothing not totally perfect about the way Jeanette delivers that iconic line. read more
Fabulous Films of the 1940s Blogathon: Things I Love About Criss Cross (1949)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 20, 2013
Whenever I think of quintessential noirs, those features that offer the purest representations of the era, Criss Cross (1949) is one that comes immediately to mind. It’s got it all – urban setting, flashbacks, voiceover. Ever-present atmosphere of doom. Unforgettably fatal femme, fittingly gullible read more
The Love Flower (1920) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 17, 2013
An accused murderer is hiding out on a South Sea island with his daughter. The long arm of the law is closing in. How far will she go to make sure that her dear old dad stays free? Carol Dempster: Most maligned woman in silent cinema? Before I begin the review, I think that a little bit of backgrou read more
Running Like an Idiot, A Love Flower Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 17, 2013
Carol Dempster’s evil step-mother does not approve of her frolicking in The Love Flower. Gotta say, though, I am on the side of the step-mother this time. Enjoy the animated GIF! read more
Short Film Saturday: Sweet Love
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 16, 2013
Roundabout early January, when the new year hasn’t really kicked in yet, and there’s nothing good coming out, I starting searching around for what many BAM nominees would be up to this year. Turns out Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Leading Role winner, Rick Lens, was in this film read more
Love Hollywood Style: Ray Milland.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 13, 2013
Ray Milland, stayed out of the Hollywood party scene, instead staying at home with his wife of 54 years, Malvina Webber. They married on September 30, 1932, and remained together until his death. Together, they raised a son, Daniel and adopted daughter, Victoria. Milland, died in California on M read more
Love Hollywood Style: Robert Taylor.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 13, 2013
After three years of dating, Taylor married actress Barbara Stanwyck on May 14, 1939 in San Diego. Zeppo Marx's wife Marion was Stanwyck's matron of honor and her godfather, actor Buck Mack, was Taylor's best man. Stanwyck divorced Taylor (reportedly at his request) in February 1951. The couple read more
Jeanette McDonald: MGM Love Triangle – Part 1
Lets Misbehave: A Tribute to Precode Hollywood Posted by Emma on Feb 12, 2013
When onscreen love affairs spill over into real-life
romances it is always the stuff of legends. The well documented relationships of
famous acting duos Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn and
Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have fascinated and
warmed the heart read more
Love Hollywood Style: Joan Blondell.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 12, 2013
Blondell was married three times, first to cinematographer George Barnes in a private wedding ceremony on 4 January 1933 at the First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. They had one child, Norman S. Powell, (who became an accomplished producer, director, and television executive) and divor read more
Jeanette MacDonald: MGM Love Triangle – Part 1
Lets Misbehave: A Tribute to Precode Hollywood Posted by Emma on Feb 12, 2013
When onscreen love affairs spill over into real-life
romances it is always the stuff of legends. The well documented relationships of
famous acting duos Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn and
Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have fascinated and
warmed the heart read more
Love Hollywood Style: Harold Lloyd.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 11, 2013
Harold Lloyd married his leading lady, Mildred Davis(d.1969), on Saturday, February 10, 1923. Together, they had two children: Gloria Lloyd (1924–2012), and Harold Clayton Lloyd, Jr., (1931–1971). They also adopted Gloria Freeman (1924–1986) in September 1930, whom they rename read more
Love Hollywood Style: Gregory Peck.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 10, 2013
In October 1942 Peck married Finnish-born Greta Kukkonen (1911–2008), with whom he had three sons, Jonathan (1944–75), Stephen (b. 1946), and Carey Paul (b. 1949). They were divorced on December 30, 1955, but maintained a very good relationship.
On December 31, 1955, the day afte read more
Love Hollywood Style: Gary Cooper.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 9, 2013
My favorite actor, Gary Cooper, had been one of Hollywood's favorite leading men for over 30 years and had several high-profile relationships with actresses:
Starting with in 1927 Gary was chosen by the silent movie star Clara Bow, to play a reporter in her film, "IT"(1927). Clara, fell in lov read more
Love Hollywood style: Fred MacMurray.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 8, 2013
MacMurray was married twice. He married Lillian Lamont, his first wife, on June 20, 1936, and the couple adopted two children, Susan (b. 1940) and Robert (b. 1946). After Lamont died on June 22, 1953, he married actress June Haver the following year.
He and Haver adopted two more children, t read more
Love Hollywood Style: Constance Bennett.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 7, 2013
Constance Bennett was married five times and it all began with her first marriage in 1921, when she eloped with Chester Hirst Moorehead of Chicago, the son of a surgeon. The marriage was annulled in 1923.
After which Bennett, eloped with millionaire Philip Morgan Plant in 1925. They divorced in read more
Love Hollywood Style: Claudette Colbert.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 6, 2013
Colbert, was best known for her confident, intelligent style and her subtle, graceful acting and in 1928, married Norman Foster, an actor and director, who performed with Colbert in the Broadway show, The Barker. They never lived together, supposedly because Colbert's mother disliked Foster and read more
Love Hollywood Style: Cary Grant.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 5, 2013
Cary Grant was married five times. He wed Virginia Cherrill on February 10, 1934. She was best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931). She divorced Grant on 26 March 1935, following charges that Grant had hit her.
In 1942, he married Barbara Hutto read more
Love Hollywood Style: Carole Lombard.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 4, 2013
In October 1930, Lombard met William Powell. They had worked together in the films: Man of the World and Ladies' Man. Unlike many of Lombard's other suitors, Powell was sophisticated.
He loved her humor and charm. They married on June 26, 1931. Lombard commented to fan magazines that she did no read more
Silents available in 2013 - a mix of horror, murder and lost love...
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 3, 2013
Reblogged from Peter Urpeth # Music For Silent Movies #: I am very pleased to offer performances of my scores to the following silents in 2013: Vampyr (Dreyer, 1932 - 73 mins): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649/ Menilmontant pictured (Kirsanoff, 1926 - 38 mins): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt014703 read more
Love Hollywood Style: Carlton Heston.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Feb 3, 2013
Married for sixty-five years, Lydia Clarke was Carlton Heston's first and only love. Carlton and Lydia met at Northwestern University where they were both students taking a theater course.Carlton Heston, a 19-year-old college student who enlisted in the Air Corps, asked Lydia Clarke to marry him read more