The Silver Screen Oasis

Mae West and Cary Grant have a brief reunion in 1955

I've been on this thread for several days now (off and on, of course) and am only on page 71.

I keep finding names and faces that I wasn't previously acquainted with and getting sidetracked reading about them. Or else I'd probably be a bit further along.

Thank you for taking the time to post all of these wonderful pictures!

Thank you, Hillworth. I appreciate your interest in the thread and glad that you are enjoying your journey.

Jeff Chandler chooses a pipe

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ELLIOTT GOULD is 73 today


BETTY LYNN is 85 today


RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH is 88 today


JACKIE 'BUTCH' JENKINS (1937 - 2001)


ISABEL SANFORD (1917 - 2004)


INGRID BERGMAN (1915 - 1982)


WILLARD WATERMAN (1914 - 1995)


BARRY SULLIVAN (1912 - 1994)


JOE SAWYER (1906 - 1982)


GEORGE MACREADY (1899 - 1973)


PRESTON STURGES (1898 - 1959)


MICHAEL CHEKHOV (1891 - 1955)

Whizzer and James Cagney take five between takes of "The Oklahoma Kid"

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy attend the premier of "Elmer Gantry"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ELIZABETH ASHLEY is 72 today


WILLIAM DUELL is 88 today


LEE KINSOLVING (1938 - 1974)


JULIE BISHOP (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)

While Vivien Leigh relaxes, cinematographer Harry Stradling sits by the camera, ready for the next take
of "A Streetcar Named Desire".

A very Happy Birthday to one of my favorites, Joan Blondell. Really love that gal.

A sweater (Paulette Goddard) sarong (Dorothy Lamour) & peekaboo bang (Veronica Lake) in "Star Spangled Rhythm"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WARREN BERLINGER is 74 today


JAMES COBURN (1928 - 2002)


BUDDY HACKETT (1924 - 2003)


HARRY WATSON (1921 - 2001)


G.D. SPRADLIN (1920 - 2011)


RICHARD BASEHART (1914 - 1984)


ARGENTINA BRUNETTI (1907 - 2005)

Judy Garland and little George Blair between shots of "Little Nellie Kelly"

A sassy still of Arthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich & Mel Ferrer in "Rancho Notorious"

I love that picture of Dietrich and Arthur Kennedy, along with Mel Ferrer in Rancho Notorious (1952), Mongo. This seems to be one of the few films in Dietrich's career when she didn't appear to strike on-screen sparks with her leading man, since Mel seemed a bit lost here to me. Still, she and Arthur Kennedy seemed more natural together despite the plot's circumstances, which made them "frenemies." The electricity between Marlene and Kennedy was quite memorable, if muted. I like the scene when she says softly to him 'I wish you'd go away and come back ten years ago.' In his biography of Dietrich, Barry Paris quotes Kennedy as saying that while he had hoped to learn something by working with the director of M and Metropolis, Lang seemed to behave a bit more like a petty lover than a world class director during production, (he was apparently peeved with Dietrich due to their private relations...and the fact that she knew more about him than most people). Arthur was more impressed by Marlene, whom he described as "A remarkable woman and connoisseur of good things, including sex. She had technique to burn, but not spontaneity..." The latter remark may have meant something naughty, but it could also have been caused by her tendency to spend vast hours in the makeup chair for the initial shellac, followed by touch-ups. She also had a hard time laughing on cue, which Kennedy described as one of the most difficult things to do naturally in a performance.