bansi4 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL SORVINO is 74 today EDWARD FOX is 76 today MARI BLANCHARD (1923 - 1970) HOWARD KEEL (1919 -2004) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Oscar winners Paul Lukas (Watch on the Rhine), Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette), Katina Paxinou (For Whom the Bell Tolls) and Charles Coburn (The More the Merrier). March, 1944 Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 What a marvelous movie "The More the Merrier" was ... and is ... I watch it now and then just to get the lift it always gives me. Charles Coburn was never more fun, and the other stars were exactly right. I can't imagine anybody doing the rhunba better than Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur. I was so glad Coburn got the award. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Gary Cooper (what's with the eyes?) hangs out with his friend Pablo Picasso Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE CHRISTIE is 72 today BRADFORD DILLMAN is 83 today GLORIA JEAN is 87 today ROD STEIGER (1925 - 2002) JOHN HOWARD (1913 - 1995) JOHN GIELGUD (1904 - 2000) Link to post Share on other sites
dpompper Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I've never seen a photo of John Gielgud young! Thanks, mongo. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Joel McCrea in the pre-code tropical island flick "Bird of Paradise" Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Shirley Temple autographs a Short Snorter Bill belonging to Mate First Class Bernard Abramson at the Stage Door Canteen in San Francisco (what on earth is a 'short snorter bill'?) Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 >(what on earth is a 'short snorter bill'?) Wiki says it was a dollar bill or some other currency used by military guys to collect autographs during WWII, usually autographs of fellow military crew members, and also famous people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_snorter Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Fred, somehow I had the feeling that you would be the one to help answer the question about the 'short snorter bill', and I thank you. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
ValentineXavier Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 My dad, a WWII vet, had a "short snorter," but his didn't have all the bills autographed. Also, he said that the name was a contraction of "shorts in order." That is because the bank notes of various countries were taped together in the order in which he was in those countries. I saw his a couple of times when I was a kid. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAUDIA CARDINALE is 75 today MICHAEL ANSARA is 91 today HARVEY LEMBECK (1923 - 1982) JEAN WILLES (1923 - 1989) HANS CONRIED (1917 - 1982) FLORENCE BATES (1888 - 1954) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Van Heflin and Alan Ladd haul in a birthday cake for Brandon de Wilde and his stand in on the set of "Shane" Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 This time it is Boris Karloff removing his makeup Link to post Share on other sites
wouldbestar Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 > {quote:title=dpompper wrote:}{quote}I've never seen a photo of John Gielgud young! Thanks, mongo. The same for John Howard. And I doubt we ever saw that much of Joel McCrea again. Today was a great one for beloved character actors. It was the day Lincoln died, the Titanic sunk and tax day so you know there had to be something to shout about. Hollywood came through. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDIE ADAMS (1927 - 2008) PETER USTINOV (1921 - 2004) WILLIAM 'BILLY' BENEDICT (1917 - 1999) BARRY NELSON (1917 - 2007) JOHN HODIAK (1914 - 1955) ALFONSO BEDOYA (1904 - 1957) CHARLES CHAPLIN (1889 - 1977) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Debonair birthday boy Charles Chaplin out on the town Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Jackie Cooper signs his MGM contract in the presence of studio head Louis B. Mayer in 1931 Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Richard Davalos and James Dean getting prepped for "East of Eden" Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN LORRING is 87 today LON McCALLISTER (1923 - 2005) WILLIAM HOLDEN (1918 - 1981) ANNE SHIRLEY (1918 - 1993) ARTHUR LAKE (1906 - 1987) LOUIS JEAN HEYDT (1903 - 1960) Link to post Share on other sites
bagladymimi Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I have seen Louis Jean Heydt is so many movies over the years and never knew his name. Thanks, Joe! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 You are welcome, Mimi. Heydt was a capable actor who appeared in many films. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Judy Garland meets one of the flying monkeys Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Well I hope he said sorry for how he treated her! Hey, very cute picture. Do you know if the same actors were used for the flying monkeys and the munckins? (since their height looks similar). Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 James, I never read anything that indicated that the Munchkins played any of the flying monkeys, but ya never know in Hollywood. Link to post Share on other sites
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