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Celebrate Marie Dressler 150! Hometown Hosts Her Birthday in Style “By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.” –Marie Dressler Leila Marie Koerber “M read more

  Celebrating Judy Garland’s Birthday with Her Friend and Confidante, Dottie Ponedel Judy Garland and Dottie Ponedel always found time for laughs on set. Today marks the 96th anniversary of the birth of Judy Garland, by any measure one of the greatest entertainers the world has ever seen, whet read more

It's that happy time of year again, Bing's birthday. Today we are looking at the third highest grossing film of its movie season behind The Good Earth and Maytime. Paramount broke the MGM stranglehold with its popular singing star. Waikiki Wedding plays to the strengths of the Bing movie pers read more

It's that happy time of year again, Bing's birthday. Today we are looking at the third highest grossing film of its movie season behind The Good Earth and Maytime. Paramount broke the MGM stranglehold with its popular singing star. Waikiki Wedding plays to the strengths of the Bing movie pers read more

Happy Birthday to Doris Day, who has always brought sunshine to the world and who has been spending her retirement making life better for animals. Had to share this lovely fashion show from THE DORIS DAY SHOW to celebrate her day. If you would like to give Ms. Day a gift, why not donate to The Dori read more

Marion Davies was born on this date in 1897. She and her nephew, the screenwriter Charles Lederer, always celebrated their birthdays together on New Year’s Day (Lederer was born on December 31), but January 3 was the actual date of her birth. January of 1897 is one of the warmest Januarys on read more

Above is a stylish Carole Lombard pic, Paramount p1202-1167, from late 1935 or early '36. Below is a GIF of Carole that I had promised to run on Oct. 6, the 109th anniversary of her birth, but never got around to installing. So here it is, better late than never...four minutes and 10 seconds of asso read more

My friend from Australia, Crystal Kalyana Pacey, created this collage of Carole Lombard in honor of the 109th anniversary of her birth today. A job well done! read more

I’m a sucker for a good voice, and no voice was as memorable and amusing as Eugene Pallette’s deep & froggy timbre. His is the kind of voice that startles you when he joins the national anthem/a church congregation’s chorus–the unmistakable, unbelievably harsh and scratc read more

I’m a sucker for a good voice, and no voice was as memorable and amusing as Eugene Pallette’s deep & froggy timbre. His is the kind of voice that startles you when he joins the national anthem/a church congregation’s chorus–the unmistakable, unbelievably harsh and scratc read more

Happy 101st birthday to Olivia de Havilland! Today is Olivia de Havilland’s 101st birthday. The screen legend is the only surviving major cast member of the Civil War classic Gone With the Wind (1939). She’s also the most famous surviving actress from Hollywood’s Golden Age, o read more

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It's that time of year again when I celebrate one of my favourite entertainers/singers with a birthday salute. There is some minor dispute as to whether Bing's birthday is on May 2nd (Wikipedia) or May 3rd (family website). It matters not to me. I will have cake on both days. This year we are goin read more

It's that time of year again when I celebrate one of my favourite entertainers/singers with a birthday salute. There is some minor dispute as to whether Bing's birthday is on May 2nd (Wikipedia) or May 3rd (family website). It matters not to me. I will have cake on both days. This year we are going read more

Holy cow, folks. I really dropped the ball on this one. Timothy’s 88th birthday anniversary was last Saturday, March 11. I truly apologize for not posting that day. I promise to get back to posting on the regular. Life has been crazy lately, not to mention I had a portable hard drive meltdown read more

February has been so busy, but it's important for me to pause before the month is through to do a little celebrating. GlamAmor just turned 7! Though much of the brand started in late 2009, the website went live on February 8, 2010, so that is the milestone I mark each year. As many of you know, m read more

F. W. Murnau Storyteller supreme is an apt title for Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe, better known as F. W. Murnau; 21 movies in 12 years, his career stopped short by an automobile accident, just prior to the premier of his last film, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, in 1931. What a genius for moving-pictu read more

F. W. Murnau Storyteller supreme is an apt title for Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe, better known as F. W. Murnau; 21 movies in 12 years, his career stopped short by an automobile accident, just prior to the premier of his last film, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, in 1931. What a genius for moving-pictu read more

Elisha Cook Jr.   Leo DiCaprio from The Great Gatsby An initial observation: it is remarkable how much DiCaprio looks like Elisha Cook Jr.! But those smooth good looks for Cook Jr. would soon fade into the wrinkled, gnarled features which we now associate with his particularly suited voice for read more

Elisha Cook Jr.   Leo DiCaprio from The Great Gatsby An initial observation: it is remarkable how much DiCaprio looks like Elisha Cook Jr.! But those smooth good looks for Cook Jr. would soon fade into the wrinkled, gnarled features which we now associate with his particularly suited voice for read more