bagladymimi Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I loved Annette Funicello. I was 6 years old when we got our first television set in 1954. Some of my first and fondest memories are of the Mickey Mouse Club. She starred in what was probably a 15 minute serial on the show. It was titled Annette and she sang the title song. I could not get enough of this. I loved them all ( Spin and Marty, etc.), but I this was my favorite. She seems to have been a wonderful person. Disney picked a winner when he chose her. And we have lost a genuine "Baby Boomer" icon as far as I am concerned. Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I've got the same memories of Annette, Mimi. I think many of us do.The serial Annette and Spin and Marty were always something to look forward to. wish they were in re-run. By all accounts by her closest friends Annette Funicello was a lovely, sweet and courageous woman. RIP Ms. Funicello. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 No doubt, she was a sweetheart. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Rita Hayworth leads the conga line of sailors during WWII Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO is 80 today BRANDON DE WILDE (1942 - 1972) BRAD DEXTER (1917 - 2002) WARD BOND (1903 - 1960) ALLEN JENKINS (1900 - 1974) PAUL ROBESON (1898 - 1976) FRANKIE THOMAS (1921 - 2006) with Bonita Granville in the "Nancy Drew" series Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Robert Cummings plays with his daughter in the pool (he had 7 children) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Mr. Cool Steve McQueen slobbers all over The Duke John Wayne Link to post Share on other sites
wouldbestar Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 You did it again, Mongo. I couldn't stop staring at the young Ward Bond photo-he was a sight for sore eyes. I also never realized that Brad dexter looked so much like Lee J. Cobb. Interesting set today. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY OMAR SHARIF is 81 today MAX von SYDOW is 84 today CHUCK CONNORS (1921 - 1992) HARRY MORGAN (1915 - 2011) GEORGE ARLISS (1868 - 1946) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus (his future and current wife) in high spirits during filming of "The Lost Man" Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Great photos, Mongo! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Thank you, Fred. I appreciate it. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Grand comic Lou Costello enjoys some time in the sun Link to post Share on other sites
movielover11 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I never really wanted to see a photo of Costello that way.... Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo2 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 >I never really wanted to see a photo of Costello that way. First: WHO would you rather see that way then? Second: WHAT makes you say that? And don't ask me why I'm asking this, 'cause I don't know! (...THIRD BASE!!!) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL GREY is 81 today JOHNNY SHEFFIELD (1931 - 2010) PAUL DOUGLAS (1907 - 1959) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Whippersnapper Tab Hunter on location in "Island of Desire" Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Do you know of this child star? DOUGLAS SCOTT I found a tidbit on the internet that may be interesting. Douglas Scott was born on May 31, 1925 in Seattle, Washington. He was a child actor whose most notable role was as the young Hindley in 1939's Wuthering Heights starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier. Other of Scott's top rated movies include: Lloyd's of London, Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Wee Willie Winkie, Intermezzo, Dynamite, Get Hep to Love, Slave Ship, Sarah and Son, Adorable, Strong Boy and in Lloyd's of London, Scott portrayed the young Horatio Nelson. In the last year of the Mickey McGuire (film series), starring Mickey Rooney, Douglas Scott played the roll of Stinky Davis, appearing in five of the last six films. While researching Douglas Scott, I was not able to find much information regarding his life after motion pictures except that he did get married and have kids, and eventually moved to Japan, where the family got into some difficulty. I did come across an article in The Spokesman-Review, dated June 6, 1957 (although brief). Apparently he, his wife and family barricaded themselves inside their Kamakura, Japan home, fearing for their lives, and subjects of malicious extortion attempts. More on this one, later, I hope. Douglas Scott died in 1988 at 63 years old Link to post Share on other sites
dpompper Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I just love this thread!! Thank you, mongo, and others who contribute! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Thank you, Dpompper. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARDY KRUGER is 85 today JANE WITHERS is 87 today ANN MILLER (1923 - 2004) VIRGINIA CHERRILL (1908 - 1996) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Ronald Reagan and Ethel Barrymore chat between scenes of the General Electric Theater episode "Prosper?s Old Mother" in 1955 (Ethel is on the cover of the book) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 JONATHAN WINTERS (1925 - 2013) R.I.P. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Charles Coburn enjoying a bicycle ride Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Jobyna Ralston, Jack Haley and Richard Arlen get together (Ralston and Arlen were married) Link to post Share on other sites
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