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Some actors - like today's birthday boy (he would have been 109) - have images so seemingly immutable that it is simply disconcerting to discover that they didn't spring from the womb square-jawed and craggy.  For example, Henry Fonda started out a juvenile, and a really rather pallid one at th read more

Some actors - like today's birthday boy (he would have been 109) - have images so seemingly immutable that it is simply disconcerting to discover that they didn't spring from the womb square-jawed and craggy.  For example, Henry Fonda started out a juvenile, and a really rather pallid one at th read more

We take our movies and our Muppets pretty seriously at our house, so I can't claim that I was surprised when the Kid declared that she wanted a Muppet-themed birthday party this year. Her trip to see Muppets Most Wanted at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood had been quite the religious experie read more

We take our movies and our Muppets pretty seriously at our house, so I can't claim that I was surprised when the Kid declared that she wanted a Muppet-themed birthday party this year. Her trip to see Muppets Most Wanted at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood had been quite the religious experie read more

We take our movies and our Muppets pretty seriously at our house, so I can't claim that I was surprised when the Kid declared that she wanted a Muppet-themed birthday party this year. Her trip to see Muppets Most Wanted at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood had been quite the religious experie read more

Born Lionel Henry "Miles" Mander May 14, 1888 - February 8, 1946 Where's the Movie About THIS Guy? I had not heard of, or at least didn't recognize, Miles Mander until last year at the 2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival and caught him in The First Born (1928), Mande read more

Born Lionel Henry "Miles" Mander May 14, 1888 - February 8, 1946 Where's the Movie About THIS Guy? I had not heard of, or at least didn't recognize, Miles Mander until last year at the 2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival and caught him in The First Born (1928), Mande read more

Jeanne Crain starred alongside Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price, Kirk Douglas  Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Cary Grant, Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. Her birthday was May 25, 1925. Modern Screen May 1951Jeanne Craine co read more

Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess, May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963 Biography Richard Barthelmess: A Life in PicturesBy David W. Menefee,Bear Manor Media, 2009 A Ruggedly Beautiful Leading Man Richard Barthelmess is one of those silent actors who seem so unbelievably g read more

Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess, May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963 Biography Richard Barthelmess: A Life in PicturesBy David W. Menefee,Bear Manor Media, 2009 A Ruggedly Beautiful Leading Man Richard Barthelmess is one of those silent actors who seem so unbelievably g read more

  In 1971, renowned Fashion Photographer Henry Clarke snapped these captivating, ethereal images of superstar, Audrey Hepburn for UK VOGUE.   UK VOGUE Cover-April 1971 It was the height of the "Peasant Look" of the early 1970s: pretty printed florals; ruff read more

Can't get enough Duke? Turner Classic Movies network is showcasing John Wayne as their April 'Star of the Month' with an ample series of his very best films. And if you're a big fan of this bigger-than-life legend of classic films like me, you may already be feeling the melancholy set in, knowing th read more

Born Eunice M. Quedens, Mill Valley, CA, April 30, 1908 Autobiography A fun read; no tell-all Three Phases of EveBy Eve Arden,St. Martin's Press, 1985 Beautiful Smart Aleck Eve Arden (born Eunice Quedens) was the only child of a gambling-addicted father and read more

Born Eunice M. Quedens, Mill Valley, CA, April 30, 1908 Autobiography A fun read; no tell-all Three Phases of EveBy Eve Arden,St. Martin's Press, 1985 Beautiful Smart Aleck Eve Arden (born Eunice Quedens) was the only child of a gambling-addicted father and read more

Can't get enough Duke? Turner Classic Movies network is showcasing John Wayne as their April 'Star of the Month' with an ample series of his very best films. And if you're a big fan of this bigger-than-life legend of classic films like me, you may already be feeling the melancholy set in, knowing th read more

Johann Gottlob Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer, April 21, 1872 - April 29, 1944 Autobiography Billy Bitzer: His Story - The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master CameramanBy G.W. Bitzer, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973 The Original Ace Cameraman I came comparativel read more

Johann Gottlob Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer, April 21, 1872 - April 29, 1944 Autobiography Billy Bitzer: His Story - The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master CameramanBy G.W. Bitzer, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973 The Original Ace Cameraman I came comparativel read more

By the time the first season of the CBS legal series Perry Mason was drawing to a close Barbara Hale had completed 38 films and had gathered a few starring roles to her résumé, including: The Window (top of the bill) & And Baby Makes Three, 1949, The Jackpot & Emergency Wedding, 1950 and L read more

By the time the first season of the CBS legal series Perry Mason was drawing to a close Barbara Hale had completed 38 films and had gathered a few starring roles to her résumé, including: The Window (top of the bill) & And Baby Makes Three, 1949, The Jackpot & Emergency Wedding, 1950 and L read more

By the time the first season of the CBS legal series Perry Mason was drawing to a close Barbara Hale had completed 38 films and had gathered a few starring roles to her résumé, including: The Window (top of the bill) & And Baby Makes Three, 1949, The Jackpot & Emergency Wedding, 1950 and L read more