The Silver Screen Oasis

Mongo, what a great thread. I've loved each and every picture, except perhaps the Brando in his underpants one

Thanks for taking your time and letting us see these images

Thank you CCfan. I'm glad to know that you are enjoying the thread.
There are more images to come.

Carole Lombard welcoming Sabu to America in 1938.


David O. Selznick & Jennifer Jones with their daughter Mary in 1962.


Sisters Olivia de Havilland & Joan Fontaine in happier times.


Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond of "Sunset Blvd" (1950).


Buster Crabbe strolling on the beach.


Rhonda Fleming....take 365.




Crawford, Garland & Wyman in stitches. Were they discussing Bette Davis?


Loretta Young on the chow line during WWII.


Marlon Brando and Bob Hope clowning over an Oscar.


Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh & John Mills putting on a show.


Jane Russell at 86 last February 2008.


Song and dance team Donald O'Connor and Boris Karloff.


Alfred Hitchcock and his pet Sarah.


Director Howad Hawks, Bogart, Dolores Moran & Walter Brennan on the set of "To Have and Have Not".


Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake on set of "Sullivan's Travels" (1941).


At Bogart's dinner part guest include Ethel Barrymore & Groucho Marx (right) in 1951 (could you just imagine the banter).


Classic actors Peter Lorre and John Gilbert.


Joan Crawford signing autographs for Our Gang's Darla & Alfalfa.


Barry Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby holding their Oscar's for "Going My Way".


Delightful Jimmy Durante taking a snooze...Hot Cha Cha.

Wow, Mongo. That poor ol' rascal Errol looks so unhappy in that photo from The Adventures of Don Juan. Hey, I just looked at that Flynn pic again and, uh, jeepers, how did the Production Code boys let that um, rather snug pair of tights pass inspection??...

No wonder director Vincent Sherman said that as filming progressed, Flynn had a hard time staying sober during that film's production. I wonder if the fact that the studio sought to exploit the physically and psychologically exhausted looking star's reputation as a "great lover" might have contributed to his apparent ennui, bordering on despair?

Do you know if there are any candids available from the aborted production of William Tell, which Errol tried to produce in Europe in the early '50s after leaving Warner Bros.? Cinematographer/director Jack Cardiff loved working with Flynn on that project, despite the outcome.

Many thanks for continuing this thread.

Moira, perhaps that is the reason poor Errol looks so uncomfortable (too tight?).
I doubt if wardrobe test pictures were released to the public in those days.

I will go on a search for some "William Tell" images with Flynn, (see below).

In the meantime, I appreciate your support of the thread.


Egads! It's Gloria Swanson with Andy Warhol.


Jack Cardiff (pointing) directs Errol Flynn in the unfinished "William Tell" (1953).


On the beach with Johnny Mack Brown, Rin Tin Tin & Charles Farrell.

I love this thread Mongo, keep it coming please

Great pix, Mongo; but there is just no way I'll ever believe that Loretta actually ate that general-issue chow . . I mean, look at her in that shot - you just know she's already looking around for William Bendix, or Hoagie Carmichael, or anybody she can press into choke-down service!
Hey, seriously, many thanx for the candids from the sets of To Have & Have Not, and Sullivan's Travels, both of which snuck onto my Top 25 Favorites List, right around my 10th or 11th viewing of both of them!
As with the immortal To Kill a Mockingbird, and the greatly underrated True Grit, TH&HN is a film I often re-watch exclusively for the dialogue . . in fact, occasionally, when in just the right mood, I've enjoyed each of those films with an old blanket draped over my TV screen . . as though I were partaking a starkly written radio play.
Mind you, I find nothing to object to with Ms. Bacall's visual performance!

Joe, since William Tell was never released, do you think that crewman holding his nose was trying to tell the photographer something?

Poor Errol looks so old and sad in that picture, like the strain of his wicked, wicked ways was catching up to him


Thanks for all the wonderful photos, even those that have punctured a few of my long held images of the stars. (but please no more Brando diaper shots )
Nancy

Thank you CCfan. I'm glad to know that you appreciate the thread.

Klondike, you broke me up with the Loretta Young crack, although I think she sat down with the officers and ate some chow (how much I don't know).
The movie "Tue Grit" is a favorite of mine. The cinematography is superb. I don't know about a blanket over the TV though (perhaps on Halloween).

Nancy, you got a good eye, noticing that guy with his hand around his nose.
Poor Errol had plenty of his money tied up in that film when it failed. It was too bad.
And I promise, no more Brando in his jockey shorts.

It's funny I came across this quote last night about Errol's costume in Don Juan in the book People Will Talk by John Kobal, here he is interviewing Vincent Sherman who was the director of Don Juan

Errol designed his own costumes for the movie, and the cameraman said to me once 'I can't photograph that thing' The character didn't have a codpiece-this thing was sticking out thre, you know, in profile. It was alright straight on but in a profile shot it was awful.

What a coincidence, CCfan. Apparently the problem was resolved since Errol as Don Juan and his tights made it past the censors.


Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy on the set of "Rose Marie"


Audrey Hepburn & husband Mel Ferrer horsing around.


Charles Chaplin playing the violin for Jackie Coogan on the set of "The Kid"


Sidney Poitier & Anthony Perkins messing up the works.


Ann Blyth getting a lift to her set from the Frankenstein monster Glenn Strange.


David Manners & Billie Dove out on the town.


Cozy trio Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas and wife Esther Williams.


Tyrone Power, John Wayne and son Patrick on set of "The Long Gray Line".


Up and coming horror star Lon Chaney Jr.


Robert Ryan, wife Jessica and kids Tim & Lisa in 1965. Yes, that is our Guest Star Lisa Ryan in the photo.


Linda Darnell visits post in 1945.


Tallulah Bankhead escorted by New York's finest.


Future tough guy James Cagney.


Joan Crawford cutting up at son Christopher's birthday party.


Ida Lupino & Andrea King on the set of "The Man I Love".


Spencer Tracy & Myrna Loy strolling on the MGM lot.


Director John Ford with Victor McLaglen on the set of "The Informer".


Peter O'Toole in his comfort zone in 1963.


Cornel Wilde & Jeanne Crain on the set of "Centennial Summer" (1946).


Jon Hall and wife Frances Langford dining at Ciro's.


Our future Godfather, Marlon Brando.


Ruby Keeler and husband Al Jolson.


Paul Newman cooking with wife Joanne Woodward in the kitchen.


Bette Davis & Joan Blondell modeling on the beach in 1932.


Robert Mitchum resisting temptation?...yeah sure.


Rita Hayworth working out at the beach.


Up and coming Olympian & Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller.


Lana Turner & Ava Gardner comparing notes?


Director Tod Browning with Lionel Barrymore on the set of "The Devil-Doll".


Glenn Ford and his impressive pipe collection.


Trouper Ginger Rogers out on the town.


Celeste Holm with husband of 4 years Frank Basile.


Bette Davis wardrobe test for "All About Eve".

Yes, the director of the film who I quoted said that Errol was a lovely guy, charming I think his words were.

I love the photo of Tallulah. Just how drunk do you think she was there? Pretty darn, I'd say.

Channeling Peter Boyle as Frankenstein's Monster, r.e. Brando's wardrobe:

"Chaps good . . diaper baaad !"

Judith, I also got a kick out of that image of Tallulah, although I believe she may have been acting up a bit.

Klondike, once again funny stuff.

More great stuff. The Al Jolson picture is scary, is he in blackface or is that a tan? Tallulah seems pretty drunk in that pic. Oh and the Boris Karloff picture is giving me bizarre nightmares.

I like all the wardrobe test photos. Not sure why. Ditto the Joan Crawford pictures, not a huge fan, but she photographs well, and she has a certain humanity in her candids(even if they are staged somewhat).

Got any more Veronica Lake or Myrna Loy ones? Ooh Gene Tierney, and Joan Blondell too.