*CANDIDS*

[Rita Hayworth]

Good for her!. I can't believe she still doing it ... she's quite versatile. MongoII ... I did not know that. Thanks for sharing it.

[mongoII]

Patsy Kelly puts on the final makeup touches as her maid holds the mirror and hairdresser Peggy Zardo readjusts her hair for a scene in "Nobody's Baby" in 1937

[mongoII]

OOPS:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

PERNELL ROBERTS (1928 - 2010)


JAMES DONALD (1917 - 1993)

[mongoII]

Howard Keel holds the mirror for Esther Williams on the set of "Jupiter's Darling"

[mongoII]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NANCY KWAN is 72 today


BARBARA WHITING (1931 - 2004)


BEVERLY ROBERTS (1914 - 2009)


ROBERT WILCOX (1910 - 1955)


BRUCE BENNETT (1906 - 2007)

[moira finnie]

Mongo, the beautiful and talented birthday girl Nancy Kwan is still contributing to her craft, as an article in the LA Times showed just this week. (Kwan was always one of the exotic actresses I dreamt of being like as a kid, though I've reconciled myself to my frizzy red hair and not so lithe form since then!) She was--and is--one talented beauty.

[Rita Hayworth]

Nancy Kwan
One of my favorite 007's Spy Spin-offs is Dean Martin's Matt Helm Series ...
She was great in the "The Wrecking Crew" ... just like our own Moira said ... she's a beauty.

Here is a nice picture of her in the "The Wrecking Crew"

[pvitari]

When I was in San Francisco this past weekend, I walked up to Chinatown (it's not far from Union Square) and when I got to Grant Avenue, I stood there and took a nice long look, imagining Nancy Kwan and and all those wonderful Asian-American singers and dancers performing "Grant Avenue" from Flower Drum Song, a movie I have loved (and still love) since childhood.

For some reason the movie's Grant Avenue was a lot bigger than the real life one. ;)

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David Carradine and Nancy Kwan worked together several times. She appeared in a Kung Fu two-parter ("The Cenotaph") and made two movies together, The McMasters and Night Children.

[mongoII]

Director J. Walter Ruben and Jean Harlow chat on the set of "Riffraff" in 1936

[feaito]

Before reading Scott O'Brien's Bio on Virginia Bruce I did not know that Mr. Ruben was Ms. Bruce's second husband and that they were married until his death.

[JackFavell]

What a dapper fellow he is! I long for men to dress that way now.

[klondike]

I long for men to dress that way now.

As a man who often despairs (in a quiet, manly way) of how the men around me dress, I'd be satisfied if every visored ballcap worn by an adult anywhere in North America burst into flames, for starters, followed by the petrification of every pair of cargo shorts worn inappropriately . . . as an example, by guys (of all ages) who wear them to weddings and funeral services !

[mongoII]

An exultant Marie Dressler in front of her Beverly Hills home, the first she ever owned

[JackFavell]

What an absolutely fantastic picture! Mongo, you are a treasure for finding so many great photos.

[dickson]

Thank you for pics of Bruce Bennett, Beverly Roberts and a favorite of mine, Robert Wilcox.

Also, a great picture of Marie Dressler. As mentioned before, where do you find these pictures like Dressler and Harlow?