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Happy Birthday (Yesterday)! August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante To begin our Sunday With Loretta, here is a pic shared from the LY facebook page. It’s Mama Loretta with baby Chris Lewis, whose birthday was yesterday. We shall have more of the f read more

Happy Birthday (Today)! August 2, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MYRNA LOY!!! (But it’s still Sunday With Loretta, so……) Remember that time that Arthur Hornblow Jr., Eddie Sutherland, and Jean Negulesco shot a neighbor’s pet peaco read more

Marilyn Monroe was born 89 years ago today. This is what Timothy had to say about her in a 1958 interview with columnist Mel Heimer. Tim is working on three projects: (1) to out-dance Elvis Presley in Macy’s window, (2) to kidnap Marilyn Monroe (“with her permission, of course”), and (3) to steal read more

Senior year during high school, my student government teacher took us outside and sat us in a circle. He asked the following:    If you could dine with someone famous--living or dead, past or present--who would you select? Why? The answers ranged from the conventional (George Washingt read more

Audrey Hepburn. Can you think of a lovelier, classier and sweeter actress? I believe she was Jackie Kennedy’s favourite actress, and, this I’m sure, she is mine. Today, on May 4th 2015, Audrey would have been 86th years old. Unfortunately, this marvellous actress left us too soon at the read more

Today, Sunday April 5th, is a special day in Classic Hollywood Land. Not only is it Easter for those who celebrate it, it’s also the Birthday of four very special people, who are known as some of the most eminent stars to ever grace the silver screen during the annals of classic cinema. Two read more

Today is the birthday of my amazing hubby Byron, so in his honor I let him choose today’s pic. It’s Lord High ‘n Low again from Bob Rafelson‘s Head (1968). “BOYS……… Don’t you ever – but never – make fun of no cripple.” Wise adv read more

The inimitable Kirk Douglas turns 98 years old today! That’s pretty impressive. Here he is with Timothy in Stanley Kubrick‘s Paths of Glory (1957). Tim is reportedly standing in a hole, so that he would not tower over the film’s star and uncredited co-producer. “Let me tell read more

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff November 23rd. An Icon of horror cinema, Karloff ranks with Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price as the most recognizable faces. Clearly, he and Chaney are the best actors that the horror genre has had to offer. With more than 150 film appearances, with performance read more

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff November 23rd. An Icon of horror cinema, Karloff ranks with Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price as the most recognizable faces. Clearly, he and Chaney are the best actors that the horror genre has had to offer. With more than 150 film appearances, with performance read more

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff November 23rd. An Icon of horror cinema, Karloff ranks with Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price as the most recognizable faces. Clearly, he and Chaney are the best actors that the horror genre has had to offer. With more than 150 film appearances, with performance read more

My video tribute to the wonderful Joan Fontaine This is the first October 22 without her… She would have been 97. Happy birthday dearest! :D read more

You know I had to post about my all time favorite actress, Carole Lombard! I may have slacked off on blogging over this past summer but leave it to Carole to get me going again. TCM is honoring her today with several of her films and while I will missed them, I have been posting about her all day l read more

It’s my birthday today so I’m giving myself a day off from everything! I’ll have something for you all to read Wednesday. This might or might not be a post to guilt you fine readers into leaving me a birthday comment! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are read more

Happy Birthday William Boyd!  (June 5, 1895) ~ The Yankee Clipper (1927) 6/4/2014 2 Comments   It, ladies and gentleman,  is the birthday of one of my favourite actors;  the man behind the legendary Hopalong Cassidy,  read more

Here in the US we are observing Memorial Day, in honor of those who gave their lives during war. It seems that every year I post a pic from Paths of Glory (1957) on this date, and this year is no exception. We thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and we pray that there be no more sacrifices read more

W. S. Van Dyke One briskly paced movie after another is the legacy of W. S. Van Dyke II, with our ending comments collectively being: “fun had by one and all.” ‘Entertainment’ would have been an appropriate middle name for this man who brought all of the drama, action, comedy, music (yes, musicals read more

W. S. Van Dyke One briskly paced movie after another is the legacy of W. S. Van Dyke II, with our ending comments collectively being: “fun had by one and all.” ‘Entertainment’ would have been an appropriate middle name for this man who brought all of the drama, action, comedy, music (yes, musicals read more

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