Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
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by mongoII » December 23rd, 2015, 11:36 pm
Birthday gal Fredi Washington with Louise Beavers in their finest roles in "Imitation of Life" 1934
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by Professional Tourist » December 24th, 2015, 11:03 am
Today's Christmas Eve birthday girl
Ruth Chatterton , as profiled in
Cosmopolitan magazine, 1917 and 1919:
Images courtesy of NYPL.
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by mongoII » December 24th, 2015, 1:25 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
AVA GARDNER (1922 - 1990)
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by mongoII » December 24th, 2015, 4:38 pm
Birthday gal Ava Gardner and Mickey Rooney, in 1941
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by mongoII » December 25th, 2015, 12:18 am
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by Vienna » December 25th, 2015, 4:26 am
Merry Xmas! Love that picture of Barbara and Fred which I have never see before.
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by mongoII » December 25th, 2015, 11:24 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HUMPHREY BOGART (1899 - 1957)
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by Professional Tourist » December 25th, 2015, 2:58 pm
Christmas baby Humphrey Bogart poses with co-star
Ruth Gordon for their play "Saturday's Children," 1927.
Photo courtesy of MCNY.
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by Professional Tourist » December 26th, 2015, 10:21 am
Today's birthday boy
Elisha Cook, Jr. in a still for the play
"Ah, Wilderness," 1933, where he created the role of RIchard Miller.
[The gent in center is George M. Cohan.]
Photo courtesy MCNY.
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by mongoII » December 26th, 2015, 1:48 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
RICHARD WIDMARK (1914 - 2008)
ELISHA COOK JR. (1903 - 1995)
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by mongoII » December 26th, 2015, 5:35 pm
The Widmark Family in happier times; Wife Jean, daughter Anne, and birthday boy Richard Widmark (c.1955).
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by mongoII » December 26th, 2015, 8:31 pm
Birthday boy Elisha Cook Jr. looks like he is ready to be done in...again
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by rerun » December 26th, 2015, 9:59 pm
Jean-Ann-Dick Widmark . . . my favorite family I ever had the privilege of knowing. Bless them all.
[color=#0000BF][i]Avatar: John Cantarini (Martha's husband) on future world record holder Crazy Kid. He won six in a row
on him.[/i][/color]
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by Professional Tourist » December 27th, 2015, 1:43 pm
Today's birthday girl
Marlene Dietrich appears in a series of cigarette cards for Carreras of London, 1937.
Photo courtesy of NYPL.
[To see the entire series,
click here .
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by mongoII » December 27th, 2015, 2:18 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
RAY MALA (1906 - 1957)
MARLENE DIETRICH (1901 - 1992)
SYDNEY GREENSTREET (1879 - 1954)
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