sagebrush Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Mickey Rooney, born September 23rd, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to Mickey Rooney, born September 23rd, 1920! Rooney never won a competitive Academy Award -- although he was nominated four times between 1940 and 1980. But he shared a Juvenile Oscar with Deanna Durbin in 1939 and earned a 1983 honorary statuette "in recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Happy birthday to Anne Triola, who becomes a centenarian today. Anne was born September 25th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to William Conrad, born September 27th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to William Conrad, born September 27th, 1920! Ya gotta love a guy who was so versatile, he served as the narrator of "The Fugitive"... ...and those satirical "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoons. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Walter Matthau, born October 1st,1920! Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 11 hours ago, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to Walter Matthau, born October 1st,1920! Matthau's only Academy Award win was for his supporting performance as shyster lawyer "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich in Billy Wilder's 1966 comedy "The Fortune Cookie." Maybe he was just being humble, but he reportedly said he received the Oscar because he had suffered a heart attack during the filming of the movie. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Happy Birthday to film, TV and studio album hornist Vincent De Rosa, who becomes a centenarian today. Vincent was born October 5th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Laraine Day, born October 13th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Day's greatest claim to fame outside acting: She was married to New York Giants manager Leo Durocher from 1948 to 1960. In 1955, she appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with her husband and superstar center fielder Willie Mays after the Giants swept the Cleveland Indians 4-0 in the 1954 World Series. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Montgomery Clift, born October 17th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 5 hours ago, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to Montgomery Clift, born October 17th, 1920! My favorite Monty Clift movie? Hint: It was the final film shown at the Royal Theater in Peter Bogdanovich's "The Last Picture Show" (1971). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Ruth Terry, born October 21st, 1920! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lori Ann Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Remembering Nanette Fabray on what would have been her 100th birthday! Here she is in "The Band Wagon" from 1953. Lori 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Esther Rolle, born November 8th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
Lori Ann Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Remembering Jack Elam on what would have been his 100th birthday! One of film's best character actors! Here he is in "The Rare Breed" from 1966 🤠 Lori 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Gene Tierney, born November 19th, 1920! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lori Ann Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Remembering Douglas Dick on what would have been his 100th birthday! Here he is in Hitchcock's "Rope" from 1948. Great film! Lori 1 Link to post Share on other sites
noah80 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 6:28 AM, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to Gene Tierney, born November 19th, 1920! I was watching Leave Her to Heaven the other day. There is this scene that I still don't get. When Ellen (Gene Tierney) put poison in the bottle, I thought it was meant for her half sister Ruth (Jeanne Crain). I was shocked when Ellen took the poison. So which character did the movie want us to assume the poison was for? Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Ralph Meeker, born November 21st, 1920! 11 hours ago, noah80 said: I was watching Leave Her to Heaven the other day. There is this scene that I still don't get. When Ellen (Gene Tierney) put poison in the bottle, I thought it was meant for her half sister Ruth (Jeanne Crain). I was shocked when Ellen took the poison. So which character did the movie want us to assume the poison was for? I think Ellen intended the poison for herself all along to try and frame Ruth. She sent that letter to her ex (Russell) stating that she thought Ruth was trying to kill her. I don't know if she thought the poison would kill her, though, or just make her sick enough to prompt an investigation and find that the arsenic belonged to Ruth for her gardening purposes. She was one jealous B****, though! Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Ralph Meeker, born November 21st, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 hours ago, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to Ralph Meeker, born November 21st, 1920! Meeker just may have been the quintessential big screen Mike Hammer in the 1955 film noir "Mickey Spillane's 'Kiss Me Deadly.'" The indestructible private detective stumbled onto the most important case of his career -- and it all began when he picked up a frantic blonde (Cloris Leachman, pictured below in her film debut) clad only in a trench coat on a highway. Directed by Robert Aldrich ("What Ever Happened to Baby Jane," "The Dirty Dozen"), the detective drama was based on Spillane's 1952 novel, but transplanted from New York to Los Angeles. Aldrich's version, adapted by screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides, also had a more explosive ending. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
noah80 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 9 hours ago, sagebrush said: Happy centennial birthday to Ralph Meeker, born November 21st, 1920! I think Ellen intended the poison for herself all along to try and frame Ruth. She sent that letter to her ex (Russell) stating that she thought Ruth was trying to kill her. I don't know if she thought the poison would kill her, though, or just make her sick enough to prompt an investigation and find that the arsenic belonged to Ruth for her gardening purposes. She was one jealous B****, though! Thanks for your reply. I guess Ellen wasn't too smart. She should have measured the amount of arsenic (just enough so that it wouldn't kill her) before putting it in the bottle. Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Anne Crawford, born November 22nd, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Happy centennial birthday to Noel Neill, born November 25th, 1920! Link to post Share on other sites
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