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Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle: A Birthday Tribute Yesterday, August 22nd, Dorothy "Dotty" Rothschild Parker (1893-1967) would have been 119 years old. For a woman who tried to commit suicide as many times as she did, it is a wonder that she lived into her seventies. Although Parker read more

Yesterday, August 22nd, Dorothy “Dotty” Rothschild Parker (1893-1967) would have been 119 years old. For a woman who tried to commit suicide as many times as she did, it is a wonder that she lived into her seventies. Although Parker is most well known as a wit, theatre critic, poet, and read more

Happy 100th Birthday, Gene Kelly! This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. A full day of Gene Kelly films will air on TCM on August 23, which would al read more

Happy 100th Birthday, Gene Kelly! Labels: Esther Williams, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Summer Under the Stars Blogathon, Vincente Minelli This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence&n read more

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. A full day of Gene Kelly films will air on TCM on August 23, which would also be Mr. Kelly’s 100 birthday! To be perfectly honest, I’m read more

Today is Mae West's birthday. I'm celebrating by sharing some videos I've been storing in the Classic Movies archives for far too long: I love this Dick Cavett interview with Mae West. She's clearly telling some well-worn anecdotes, but she's got a charming way of telling them. Embedding is disable read more

What better birthday to celebrate during British Horror Month than that of Hammer Films’ horror hero Shane Briant! The handsome and brooding star of Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974), Demons of the Mind (1972) and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) was born in London on the 17th read more

Blyth starred as Joan Crawford’s fiesty daughter in Mildred Pierce It takes a special breed of actress to hold her own against such a fierce leading lady as Joan Crawford. Few were able to accomplish such a feat as solidly as Ann Blyth. Blyth starred alongside Crawford in the classic Warner Br read more

Today's birthday boy, who turns a youthful 131 today, is not in fact the glistening creature seen above; no, he is instead the director who gave birth to this and countless other memorable images and who, thanks in no small part to a movie in which he appeared but did not direct, is best remembered read more

Today's birthday boy, who turns a youthful 131 today, is not in fact the glistening creature seen above; no, he is instead the director who gave birth to this and countless other memorable images and who, thanks in no small part to a movie in which he appeared but did not direct, is best remembered read more

Happy Birthday Esther Williams, who is turning 91 today. She helped popularize synchronized swimming through her fun films of the 1940s and 1950s. Please check out my page SPLASH spotlighting her and her films. Hopefully, I will be able to fix my blogger problems soon, so I can keep the Esther W read more

The one and only Miss Esther Williams is 90-something today (her exact birthyear being lost in a discreet, MGM-imposed haze - my money's on 91).  She may not have been the rangiest star ever, but how many performers can say that an entire genre was created around them, and that when they were d read more

The one and only Miss Esther Williams is 90-something today (her exact birthyear being lost in a discreet, MGM-imposed haze - my money's on 91).  She may not have been the rangiest star ever, but how many performers can say that an entire genre was created around them, and that when they were d read more

Hobbies: Sculpturing and dancing. One of a handful of great movie stars never nominated for an acting Oscar, she received an honorary Academy Award in 1991. Loy's last film was also the last for Henry Fonda, TV drama... Summer Solstice(1981). In 1937, Myrna had a narrow escape when her ho read more

Clara posing for Dancing Mothers Of all of the people that I share a birthday with, Clara Bow is definitely my favorite. She was a beautiful woman and an amazing actress, but led an unfortunately less-than-perfect life. Sunday marked 105 years since she was born, so to round off July’s Tuesday read more

Today is July 29. To most this may seem like any other day, but as of 5:59 this morning, I’m officially 21 years old! Happy birthday to me! When I was a kid I hated my birthday because 29 is an odd number, and I hated odd numbers. Through the years, however, my curiosity has gotten the best of read more

Clara Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965), came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol. She performed in 46 silent films and 11 talkies she was best known for her performance in: Mantrap (1926), It (1927) and Wings (1927). She was named first box- read more

Rudy Vallee: July 28,(1901)-July 3,(1986). As a singing bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s, he introduced many songs that became popular: "Goodnight, Sweetheart," "The Maine Stein Song," "As Time Goes By," "Would You Like to Take a Walk?," "Betty Co-Ed" and his two theme songs, "Heigh-Ho, Every read more

There’s far too many pictures of Natalie Wood in the universe so the photos I’ve used are only a small portion showing off the beauty and grace of Ms. Natalie Wood.  Natalie would have been 74 today and who knows where she might have been had she continued to make movies.  Sadly, mode read more

Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981). Fun Fact: Favorite actress was Vivien Leigh. Favorite singer was Bob Dylan. > read more