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April 5 Movie Star Birthday Palooza! Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actor, Captains Courageous (1938); Best Actor, Boy's Town (1939) Bette Davis (1908-1989)Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actress, Dangerous (1936), Best Actress, Jezebel (1939) Gregory P read more

April 5 Movie Star Birthday Palooza! Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actor, Captains Courageous (1938); Best Actor, Boy's Town (1939) Bette Davis (1908-1989)Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actress, Dangerous (1936), Best Actress, Jezebel (1939) Gregory P read more

The Amazing Grace Kelly I was amazed to see Grace Kelly's face on the cover of the current issue (May 2010) of Vanity Fair in the supermarket today, and thought it ironic that the May "Meet Me at the Movies" event will be Rear Window (1954). It was after she made the Hitchcock classic read more

The Amazing Grace Kelly I was amazed to see Grace Kelly's face on the cover of the current issue (May 2010) of Vanity Fair in the supermarket today, and thought it ironic that the May "Meet Me at the Movies" event will be Rear Window (1954). It was after she made the Hitchcock classic read more

Happy Birthday, Shirley Jones March 31, 1934 Posted by Stephen Reginald at 8:25 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: Elmer Gantry, Shirley Jones Reactions:  read more

Happy Birthday, Shirley Jones March 31, 1934 Posted by Stephen Reginald at 8:25 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Elmer Gantry, Shirley Jones Reactions:  read more

Wedding Day for Gable and Lombard Clark Gable and Carole LombardMarried March 29, 1939 On March 29, 1939,  Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married in Kingman, Arizona. With the help of Gable's press agent and friend, Otto Winkler, Gable and Lombard managed to elope without the press read more

Wedding Day for Gable and Lombard Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Married March 29, 1939 On March 29, 1939,  Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married in Kingman, Arizona. With the help of Gable's press agent and friend, Otto Winkler, Gable and Lombard managed to elope withou read more

Ernst Lubitsch, "To Be or Not To Be," and Lombard's last impression Coming to America Director Ernst Lubitsch left his native Germany in 1922 at the invitation of silent-screen legend Mary Pickford. He directed Pickford in two popular films, Rosita (1923) and The Marriage Circle (1924). Ri read more

Happy Birthday, Steve McQueen 1930-1980 Posted by Stephen Reginald at 1:48 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: Steve McQueen Reactions:  read more

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) trailer Check out this classic trailer for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. You've got to love the stylized approach.  Supposedly, Alfred Hitchcock was surprised that Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery had never worked together before. The trailer touts this fact. Enjoy read more

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) trailer Check out this classic trailer for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. You've got to love the stylized approach.  Supposedly, Alfred Hitchcock was surprised that Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery had never worked together before. The trailer touts this fact. Enjoy read more

The Truth about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" There is a belief today that Mr. and Mrs. Smith  (1941) starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery and directed by Alfred Hitchcock was a flop. Nothing could be further from the truth, but for some unknown reason, this "untruth" seems to crop up when read more

The Truth about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" There is a belief today that Mr. and Mrs. Smith  (1941) starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery and directed by Alfred Hitchcock was a flop. Nothing could be further from the truth, but for some unknown reason, this "untruth" seems to crop up when read more

Is Carole Lombard in love at last? That was the title of an article that appeared in Liberty magazine in 1936. That was the year the world discovered what most of Hollywood already knew: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were in love. Lombard and Gable  The article is an interesting look ba read more

From star to superstar: Carole Lombard Breaks Out If 1936 was a watershed year for Carole Lombard, 1937 wasn't too bad either. Lombard starred in three films released in 1937, all of which were critical and box office successes. Swing High, Swing Low was the highest grossing film for Paramoun read more

Is Carole Lombard in love at last? That was the title of an article that appeared in Liberty magazine in 1936. That was the year the world discovered what most of Hollywood already knew: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were in love. Lombard and Gable  The article is an interesting look ba read more

From star to superstar: Carole Lombard Breaks Out If 1936 was a watershed year for Carole Lombard, 1937 wasn't too bad either. Lombard starred in three films released in 1937, all of which were critical and box office successes. Swing High, Swing Low was the highest grossing film for Paramoun read more

Lombard Comes Across If 1935 was a good year for Carole Lombard, 1936 was the year she became a screen immortal. The three films she made in 1936 were critical and box offices successes, with My Man Godfrey (which will be the subject of a future post) becoming one of the most famous film comedi read more

Lombard Comes Across If 1935 was a good year for Carole Lombard, 1936 was the year she became a screen immortal. The three films she made in 1936 were critical and box offices successes, with My Man Godfrey (which will be the subject of a future post) becoming one of the most famous film comedi read more