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The Black Swan (1942) – Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 27, 2011
Seas Ablaze…with black villainy, with fiery romance, with breathless deeds of daring…in the roaring era of Love, Gold and Adventure!
“The Black Swan” (1942) is a swashbuckling, high seas, action packed, technicolor film directed by Henry King. It stars Tyrone Power as read more
Elizabeth Taylor — A Movie Pictorial
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 24, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most beautiful and talented actresses to ever grace the silver screen. The following is a pictorial honoring some of her best and most important movies.
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Lassie Come Home (1943). Taylor had a secondary role in this movie as Lassie Come Home featured child star Ro read more
Elizabeth Taylor — In Memory Of
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 23, 2011
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Feb 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011 Elizabeth Taylor, Academy Award winning actress, aids activist, beauty and fashion icon, died this morning at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California from congestive heart failure. Taylor is survived by her four children, ten read more
Virginia Grey
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 21, 2011
”I consider myself a professional who acts, not to express my soul or elevate the cinema… but to entertain and get paid for it.” ~ Virginia Grey Virginia Grey was an American Actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California on March 22, 1917. Her father was movie director Ray read more
Blue Skies – Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 19, 2011
Blue Skies (1946 Paramount Pictures) is a star studded musical comedy starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan, and Billy de Wolfe. The music, lyrics, and story are by Irving Berlin.
The movie is narrated by Jed Potter (Astaire) as he looks back on a love triangle between read more
Rita Hayworth – A Pictorial
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 16, 2011
RITA HAYWORTH “Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today`s starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses.” ~ Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth – 1938 Repo read more
Maureen O’Hara: An Irish Beauty
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 14, 2011
MAUREEN O’HARA Maureen O’Hara, born August 17, 1920 in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish actresss and singer. Known for her red hair and Irish beauty, she starred with some of Hollywood’s most dashing leading men, including Tyrone Power, John Payne, Rex Harrison, James read more
Dorothy Gish
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 10, 2011
Dorothy Gish was born on March 11, 1898 in Massillon, Ohio. She is the younger sister of Lillian Gish. Dorothy Gish’s mother, Mary Gish, went into acting to support the family when the sister’s father left them when they were very young. When they were old enough they joined their moth read more
Marilyn and Ella
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 7, 2011
Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald fans probably know this story, but for those of you who don’t….. In the early to mid 50′s Ella Fitzgerald was reaching the height of her great career. She was already one of the top selling jazz artist in the world at that time, but was having t read more
Jean Harlow the “Blonde Bombshell” — A Pictorial
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 4, 2011
Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the “Platinum Blonde” and the “Blonde Bombshell” due to her platinum blonde hair, Harlow was ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time by the American F read more
Jane Russell
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 2, 2011
“Sometimes the photographers would pose me in a low necked nightgown and tell me to bend down and pick up pails. They were not shooting the pails.” - Jane Russell Jane Russell, born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell on June 21, 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her father was a Lieutenant read more
Jane Russell Dies At Age 89
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 1, 2011
JANE RUSSELL June 21, 1921 – Feb 28, 2011 Jane Russell Jane Russell, the sultry actress and legendary pin-up girl of the 1940′s and 50′s, passed away yesterday, Feb. 28, 2011, at her home in Santa Maria, California. She was with family and friends when she died. According read more
Dooley Wilson – As Time Goes By from “Casablanca”
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 28, 2011
“As Time Goes By” is as synonymous with the 1942 classic movie Casablanca as any song ever was with a movie. It was originally written in 1931 by Herman Hupfeld for the Broadway Musical Everybody’s Welcome, where it was sung by Francis Williams. After it was released, “As T read more
Hattie McDaniel: An Oscar Legend
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 26, 2011
“Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests: This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards, for your kindness. It has made me feel v read more
Classic Hats…. Audrey Hepburn from “My Fair Lady”
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 21, 2011
Classic Hats by Audrey Hepburn – My Fair Lady (1964)
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Ben Hur…..The Chariot Race: Charlton Heston
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 20, 2011
As one last thought before Judah (Charlton Heston) leaves, the Shiek reminds him, “There is no law in the arena. Many are killed. I hope to see you again.”
Ben Hur, the 1959 MGM epic classic starring Charlton Heston, was the most expensive film ever made up to it’s time. At read more
Kathryn Grayson
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 17, 2011
Kathryn Grayson, born Feb. 9, 1922, was and American actress and opera singer. She signed a contract with MGM in the early 1940′s and went to work making musicals. She sang and starred in some of MGM’s most remembered musicals made in that period. Among her best are; Thousands Cheer (194 read more
Marilyn Monroe Visits Troops In Korea
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 16, 2011
Marilyn on how she felt in Korea: “For the first time in my life, I had a feeling that the people seeing me were accepting and liking me.” Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were on their honeymoon in Tokyo, Japan in February of 1954 when Marilyn recieved an invitation from General John E. read more
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” – Cary Grant and Myrna Loy
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 15, 2011
Jim Blandings (Cary Grant): “It’s a conspiracy, I tell you. The minute you start they put you on the all-American sucker list. You start out to build a home and wind up in the poorhouse. And if it can happen to me, what about the guys who aren’t making $15,000 a year? The ones w read more
Valentine’s Day Beauties: Yvonne DeCarlo, Deanna Durbin, Marilyn Monroe
Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Feb 14, 2011
Valentine’s Day wishes from these classic beauties!!
Yvonne DeCarlo
Deanna Durbin
Marilyn Monroe c.1950
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