The Silver Screen Oasis

AUGUST 30th. BIRTHDAYS


JULIE BISHOP aka JACQUELINE WELLS
(1914 - 2001)


FRED MacMURRAY (1908 - 1991)


JOAN BLONDELL (1906 - 1979)


SHIRLEY BOOTH (1898 - 1992)


FREDRIC MARCH (1897 - 1975)


RAYMOND MASSEY (1896 - 1983)


EDUARDO CIANNELLI (1889 - 1969)

Maureen O'Hara in court with brothers (R) ready to battle Confidential
Magazine (she won)

Make-up artist Perc Westmore with movie star Kay Francis (wearing a moose?)

AUGUST 31st. BIRTHDAYS


WARREN BERLINGER is 72 today


JAMES COBURN (1928 - 2002)


BUDDY HACKETT (1924 - 2003)


RICHARD BASEHART (1914 - 1984)


CLAIRE DU BREY (1892 - 1993)

Very interesting -- the aunt of a childhood friend used to go with Buddy (then "Lenny") Hackett when they were at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn. I guess I can understand it -- he is kind of pudgy cute, isn't he? As I heard it, he was always the funny one, and rather potty-mouthed even then.

Maybe it's a Brooklyn-thing, Judith, but that picture of Buddy made me wonder whether he, Harvey Lembeck and Sid Melton were brudders.

And is James Coburn related to Mr. Spock?

Pristine color print of Yvonne De Carlo and Robert Stack out on the town

You can almost hear their laughter, hear the clink of the ice in the glasses, and smell the heady perfume that Yvonne de Carlo is undoubtedly wearing, Mongo. I'm betting that is a Kodachrome color print, which Kodak just ceased to make several weeks ago. All is digital now...and that's good, right?

Thanks so much for posting that dazzling photo. I can't say that I'm a great fan of either actor, but there is something so touching about seeing this pair looking so vividly young and alive, if only in a photo.

Thank you Moira, I couldn't have described this photo any better myself. De Carlo and Stack literally exude having a delightful night on the town in Hollywood U.S.A.
It's a shame it all came to an end.

Lana Turner and Ronald Reagan in gear for a horsey ride

SEPTEMBER 1st. BIRTHDAYS


JOYCE HOLDEN is 79 today


GEORGE MAHARIS is 81 today


VITTORIO GASSMAN (1922 - 2007)


YVONNE DE CARLO (1922 - 2007)


RICHARD FARNSWORTH (1920 - 2000)


ARLEEN WHELAN (1914 - 1993)


JOHNNY MACK BROWN (1904 - 1974)


RICHARD ARLEN (1900 - 1976)


BETTY BLYTHE (1893 - 1972)

Gary Cooper spending time with daughter Maria on
a trip to Aspen in 1949

wow. Those just might be my favorite photos of Cooper. And that is saying a lot.

Clown Jerry Lewis blowing smoke outta his ...nose

SEPTEMBER 2nd. BIRTHDAYS


MARGE CHAMPION is 90 today


JACK NORTON (1889 - 1958)


AMANDA RANDOLPH (1896 - 1967)

Sadly, I couldn't locate a decent image of Amanda Randolph
who it appears has been all but forgotten