vickeez Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Happy Birthday Basil Rathbone! my favourite Sherlock Holmes! Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Director Stuart Heisler, Bing Crosby and Karolyn Grimes on the set of "Blue Skies" (it's none other than Zuzu) Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Weren't we ALL smitten with Bill Lundigan in those days? < ... Sigh ...> Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENE BARRY (1919 - 2009) SAM WANAMAKER (1919 - 1993) DOROTHY McGUIRE (1916 - 2001) BURL IVES (1909 - 1995) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Rehearsal on the set of "Pocketful of Miracles": Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, director Frank Capra and Edward Everett Horton Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 One of filmdoms best cads Zachary Scott in living color Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Joe, A Big Thank You for that fantastic photo of Zacharay Scott. How often do we get to see him in color? Interesting, I just watched my Danger Signal tape a few hrours ago. He was very handsome in color Link to post Share on other sites
bagladymimi Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 This is one of my favorite Christmas movies and it is a great example of Frank Capra's terrific troup of supporting actors. They are all there: Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Ellen Corby, Jerome Cowan, Sheldon Leonard, Jay Novello, May Robson, etc. Plus, there is a terrific performance from Peter Falk - he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Edited by: bagladymimi on Jun 14, 2013 7:58 PM Link to post Share on other sites
bagladymimi Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I always enjoyed watching Zachary Scott, even though he played the "cad" in most of his movies. It wasn't just his looks, there was something bewitching about him. Most of the time, I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I even liked him in a little comedy with MacDonald Carey and Claudette Colbert - I can't remember the title right now. And I do enjoy seeing him in color - that is a new experience for me! Thanks, Joe. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Mimi, I don't believe that May Robson was in "Pocketful of Miracles", she was however in the original "Lady for a Day". The name of the movie with Zachary Scott and Colbert is "Let's Make It Legal". Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 It's Nick, Asta and Nora reading the script on the set Link to post Share on other sites
bagladymimi Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 You are right, Joe, May Robson actually originated the role of "Apple Annie" in Lady For A Day. That is the role that Bette Davis played in Pocketful Of Miracles. I guess I got carried away thinking about Frank Capra movies in general! And thanks for the title of the Zachary Scott movie. Edited by: bagladymimi on Jun 14, 2013 11:14 PM Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD DERR (1918 - 1992) GRACE McDONALD (1918 - 1999) LASH LA RUE (1917 - 1996) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Sam Wood (standing by camera, in hat) directs Charles Coburn and Jean Arthur in "The Devil and Miss Jones" Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Clark Gable goes camping. June, 1937 Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Mongo, that shot of Gable reminds me of the fact that MGM wanted to promote the image of their resident studio No. 1 box office star as that of a sportsman. It's my understanding that Gable initially started hunting and fishing primarily to appease that studio desire and as time passed he genuinely came to love the outdoorsman lifestyle. This particular shot looks a bit posed to me. I have to wonder if it was an MGM photographer that took the picture. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Tom, you could be right. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo2 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 >This particular shot looks a bit posed to me. I have to wonder if it was an MGM photographer that took the picture. Well Tom, yep, it WAS probably either one of the MGM boys, OR one of the boys from Dodge! (...Dodge/Chrysler that is...not the Kansas town your boy Errol once cleaned up with a six-gun!) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAITH DOMERGUE (1924 - 1999) FRANCES RAFFERTY (1922 - 2004) ILONA MASSEY (1910 - 1974) JACK ALBERTSON (1907 - 1981) ONA MUNSON (1903 - 1955) STAN LAUREL (1890 - 1965) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Spencer Tracy with his son John Link to post Share on other sites
bagladymimi Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I don't know Tom, about how he got started in the "sportsman" department. But I would say that this picture looks like he just stepped on the bumper of the car to get out of the grass. He appears to have mud (or dirt) on the sleeve of his shirt and on his pants. And those shoes look like something an outdoorsman would wear - plus they have have mud all over them, too - it doesn't look like Gable has been sitting around waiting for someone to take a picture of him. Several years ago on TCM, I saw a special with home movies that Ken Murray had taken. There were several of Gable and Lombard in long underwear marching around a campground with what appears to be fish that had been recently caught. I also learned that Carol Lombard realized that if she was ever going to fit into Gable's life, she had better learn to hunt and fish. Gable was a man's man and liked to get away from the "Hollywood" thing by spending time camping, hunting and fishing, and drinking (of course, he could do that in Hollywood, too.) Edited by: bagladymimi on Jun 16, 2013 3:12 PM Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Dad Bogart with son Stephen, mom Bacall and three boxers, of course Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY Alan Ladd walks between his children Alana and David Link to post Share on other sites
TomJH Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Mongo, thanks very much for those family life scenes of Dads Bogart and Ladd. I've always found it touching that hard drinking Bogart mellowed into a happy family man in his final years after he discovered love with Lauren Bacall. Who would think that such a May-December romance would turn out as well as it did. Those three boxers asleep in that picture with Bogie are even more laid back than their master was on screen. It's my understanding that while Alan Ladd had a long marriage it may not have been the happiest one. However, I believe that he was a totally devoted father. That image of him with his daughter and son is probably an accurate reflection of their relationships with one another. This picture was taken of the actor before he, tragically, began to turn to the bottle for solace for a lot of insecurities, including that of a failing career. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Thanks for the info, Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
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