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Life is mad these days, darlings, but just getting under the wire this evening to wish a very happy birthday to this fetching creature - dear Miss Billie Burke is 129 today. A natural on stage, Burke rose quickly to stage stardom, and by the time she was in her mid-20s, she was the darling of Broa read more

Today's birthday girl apparently flew herself to Fabulon, but had she remained among us, she would be a doubtless glamourous 108. There's not much that Myrna Loy couldn't do, but even so it's hard to imagine her as a pilot.  Still, Hollywood had odder; aviatrix pictures were something of a pla read more

Today is the birthday anniversary of one of the great geniuses of film, Stanley Kubrick. He was born on this date in 1928. Timothy worked with him in The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957), giving two of his most memorable performances. We can only imagine what might have been if they had wo read more

Today marks what would have been the 106th birthday of the legendarily versatile actress Barbara Stanwyck, who left her indelible mark on nearly every genre known to film. With a career spanning nearly 60 years, Stanwyck was equally at home on the small screen, starring in such series as The Big V read more

Happy Birthday dear dear America! You're going through rough waters right now Lady Liberty but hold in there, you've been waving your torch for 237 years and we want to see it shining brightly another hundred years.  May God always protect our country and restore it to the land of liberty and read more

It's July 4, celebrating the birth of the country Carole Lombard truly loved. While she never got around to celebrating it through making studio publicity pictures, other Hollywood actresses did, in ways ranging from cheesy to charming. So to honor the holiday, let's run a few, beginning with Collee read more

Left: Olivia de Havilland in “Alice in Wonderland” at age 16, and right: Olivia recently at the César Awards in Paris. Today marks the 97th birthday of the wonderful Olivia de Havilland, one of the last surviving icons of Hollywood’s Golden Age and the last principal cast member o read more

Dr. T instructs his "favorite" pupil on the mega-piano. Dismissed by critics and filmgoers in 1953, the wonderfully weird 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T has evolved into a classic fantasy favored by fervid fans. It also holds a special place in cinema history as the only film written by Dr. Seuss expr read more

One year ago today I decided to create a movie blog. Again. I'd tried before, but I'd lose interest quickly and within a matter of weeks they'd become neglected, dried-up little tumbleweeds of thought rolling across the wind-swept internet. I didn't know that this one would be different, although read more

One year ago today I decided to create a movie blog. Again. I'd tried before, but I'd lose interest quickly and within a matter of weeks they'd become neglected, dried-up little tumbleweeds of thought rolling across the wind-swept internet. I didn't know that this one would be different, although read more

I'm increasingly intrigued by the plethora of video riches now available for the asking on YouTube, not to mention taking advantage of same to fill some lamentable gaps in my education.  This weekend, for example, when not riveted by the Divine Miss M., I caught up on a very odd little film tha read more

Sir Christopher Lee is 91 years old today. And you know what? He still has more screen presence than all of today's so-called leading men combined. http://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2012/10/sir-christopher-lee-greatest-hits.html?spref=tw read more

I'm increasingly intrigued by the plethora of video riches now available for the asking on YouTube, not to mention taking advantage of same to fill some lamentable gaps in my education.  This weekend, for example, when not riveted by the Divine Miss M., I caught up on a very odd little film tha read more

Richard Wagner (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What better way to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest composers of all time than with a silent film? Released in 1913 in order to coincide with his 100th birthday, this film, directed by Carl Frohlich, is considered one of the read more

James Stewart (105 today, in a better world) isn't always thought of as one of Hollywood's lookers, but he could do a dreamy gaze into the middle distance with the best of them. He also does yearning awfully well, and for someone mostly remembered for his good humor and folksy charm, he has an off read more

James Stewart (105 today, in a better world) isn't always thought of as one of Hollywood's lookers, but he could do a dreamy gaze into the middle distance with the best of them. He also does yearning awfully well, and for someone mostly remembered for his good humor and folksy charm, he has an off read more

artwork by Rob Kelly 99 years ago Tyrone Edmund Power was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 years after that he became a movie star and would remain one for the rest of his life – another 22 years. The biggest male star at 20th Century Fox during the ‘30s and ‘40s, Power is remembe read more

It's surely only happenstance that the attractive couple above share a birthday, but it's a pleasing conjunction of circumstances nonetheless.   Alice Faye and Tyrone Power made only three pictures together; all of them - In Old Chicago, Alexander's Ragtime Band (ballyhooed in this still), a read more

artwork by Rob Kelly 99 years ago Tyrone Edmund Power was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 years after that he became a movie star and would remain one for the rest of his life – another 22 years. The biggest male star at 20th Century Fox during the ‘30s and ‘40s, Power is remembe read more

It's surely only happenstance that the attractive couple above share a birthday, but it's a pleasing conjunction of circumstances nonetheless.   Alice Faye and Tyrone Power made only three pictures together; all of them - In Old Chicago, Alexander's Ragtime Band (ballyhooed in this still), a read more