*CANDIDS*

[mongoII]

SEPTEMBER 7th. BIRTHDAYS


JOHN PHILLIP LAW (1937 - 2008)


PETER LAWFORD (1923 - 1984)


ANTHONY QUAYLE (1913 - 1989)


ELIA KAZAN (1909 - 2003) 100 years


ROY BARCROFT (1902 - 1969)


ROSCOE KARNS (1891 - 1970)

[klondike]

Slainte to Roscoe Karns, the ageless, casually-calculating wisenheimer that has cajoled us through the mid-runs of so many cherished films.
Whether he's caressing a pinball game in a roadside diner, bluffing Frankie Jenks over cribbage, harassing Claudette Colbert on a bus ride or shmoozing George Tobias out of a smoke, Roscoe never failed to earn his cabbage.
And that voice! Small wonder that Louella once opined his were the only tones "unique" enought to command Pete Smith's attention.

[mongoII]

Three Italian cinema giants: Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, & Federico Fellini

[charliechaplinfan]

Love the cast pictures both of The Quiet Man and A Streetcar Named Desire. Vivien and Marlon are two of the handsomest people to appear on film IMHO.

[mongoII]

Director Victor Fleming discussing Spencer Tracy's role as Manuel in "Captains Courageous"

[mongoII]

SEPTEMBER 8th. BIRTHDAYS


VIRNA LISI is 72 today


DENISE DARCEL is 84 today


FRANK CADY is 94 today


DARWOOD KAYE (1929 - 2002)


PETER SELLERS (1925 - 1980)


HILLARY BROOKE (1914 - 1999)


HENRY WILCOXON (1905 - 1984)


GAVIN MUIR (1900 - 1972)


QUEENIE SMITH (1898 - 1978)

[JackFavell]

Frank Cady is still alive, god bless him. The heart and soul of Hooterville.

[Professional Tourist]

Rita Moreno on the set of Untamed (1955):


The full-sized image is here.

[mongoII]

Jack, I liked Frank Cady in "The Bad Seed" as drowning victim Claude Daigle's bereaved father.
He gave a reserved performance.

[JackFavell]

Oh, you're right! I almost forgot him in that movie, since there were so many fascinating performances.....he was wonderful, very understated. He is sort of like the voice of my childhood....3 TV shows, same character. As a tiny kid, I'd always wait to see him as Sam Drucker.

[mongoII]

Ann Todd & Ethel Barrymore taking direction from Hitchcock on "The Paradine Case"

[klondike]

I almost forgot him in that movie, since there were so many fascinating performances.....he was wonderful, very understated.

Dead on, JF; I just spotted him (all over again) as the line-up identifier in the beginning of The Asphalt Jungle; barely a minute on-screen, not even a dozen words before he ducks into his fedora and slips nervously away . . yet Cady plays that single, narrow scene with such swift, minute precision that you know he's declining the i.d. session out of the fear he feels just from looking at the silent, smoldering hostility on arrestee Sterling Hayden's face.
Bravo!

[JackFavell]

Dead on, JF; I just spotted him (all over again) as the line-up identifier in the beginning of The Asphalt Jungle; barely a minute on-screen, not even a dozen words before he ducks into his fedora and slips nervously away . . yet Cady plays that single, narrow scene with such swift, minute precision that you know he's declining the i.d. session out of the fear he feels just from looking at the silent, smoldering hostility on arrestee Sterling Hayden's face.

Gasp! You're right!

[mongoII]

Sassy Barbara Nichols putting a smile on the face of director Fritz Lang

[Professional Tourist]

Bette Davis on set for The Private Lives on Elizabeth and Essex -- even the crew are kneeling before her majesty:


A snack for Loretta Young between scenes for The Bishop's Wife:


Kim Novak chats with director Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Vertigo:


Charles Laughton directs Robert Mitchum for Night of the Hunter:


Marlene Dietrich on set for Witness for the Prosecution:


Marlon Brando at the water cooler during filming of Julius Ceasar:


Vincente Minnelli and Lana Turner confer on set for The Bad and the Beautiful:


Cecil B. DeMille looking serious on set for The Ten Commandments:


A stylist assists Ava Gardner during filming of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman:


Director Fred Zinnemann with actress Susannah York on the set of Man for All Seasons: