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It's a tie! Barbara Stanwyck and Katharine Hepburn win movie star pollOf the six actresses (Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Stanwyck, Hepburn, Carole Lombard, and Claudette Colbert), Stanwyck and Hepburn each received 30% of the vote. Davis received 15%; Lombard and Colbert both received 10%; and C read more

It's a tie! Barbara Stanwyck and Katharine Hepburn win movie star pollOf the six actresses (Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Stanwyck, Hepburn, Carole Lombard, and Claudette Colbert), Stanwyck and Hepburn each received 30% of the vote. Davis received 15%; Lombard and Colbert both received 10%; and C read more

Jeanne Crain's great year During the mid-1940s, you couldn't be more famous or more beloved than Jeanne Crain. Under exclusive contract to Twentieth Century Fox since 1943, Crain was a top box office star until the early 1950s. During the war years, Crain received more fan mail than any read more

Jeanne Crain's great year During the mid-1940s, you couldn't be more famous or more beloved than Jeanne Crain. Under exclusive contract to Twentieth Century Fox since 1943, Crain was a top box office star until the early 1950s. During the war years, Crain received more fan mail than any read more

Becoming Grace Kelly Everyone knows the name Grace Kelly (1929-1982). But do they know the person behind that name? Is she the glamorous movie star who took the mid-1950s by storm and then gave it all up to marry a prince? Or is she the shy girl, who did not quite fit in with the athletic and o read more

Becoming Grace Kelly Everyone knows the name Grace Kelly (1929-1982). But do they know the person behind that name? Is she the glamorous movie star who took the mid-1950s by storm and then gave it all up to marry a prince? Or is she the shy girl, who did not quite fit in with the athletic and o read more

April 5 Movie Star Birthday Palooza! Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actor, Captains Courageous (1938); Best Actor, Boy's Town (1939) Bette Davis (1908-1989)Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actress, Dangerous (1936), Best Actress, Jezebel (1939) Gregory P read more

April 5 Movie Star Birthday Palooza! Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actor, Captains Courageous (1938); Best Actor, Boy's Town (1939) Bette Davis (1908-1989)Two-time Academy Award Winner: Best Actress, Dangerous (1936), Best Actress, Jezebel (1939) Gregory P read more

The Amazing Grace Kelly I was amazed to see Grace Kelly's face on the cover of the current issue (May 2010) of Vanity Fair in the supermarket today, and thought it ironic that the May "Meet Me at the Movies" event will be Rear Window (1954). It was after she made the Hitchcock classic read more

The Amazing Grace Kelly I was amazed to see Grace Kelly's face on the cover of the current issue (May 2010) of Vanity Fair in the supermarket today, and thought it ironic that the May "Meet Me at the Movies" event will be Rear Window (1954). It was after she made the Hitchcock classic read more

Happy Birthday, Shirley Jones March 31, 1934 Posted by Stephen Reginald at 8:25 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: Elmer Gantry, Shirley Jones Reactions:  read more

Happy Birthday, Shirley Jones March 31, 1934 Posted by Stephen Reginald at 8:25 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Elmer Gantry, Shirley Jones Reactions:  read more

Wedding Day for Gable and Lombard Clark Gable and Carole LombardMarried March 29, 1939 On March 29, 1939,  Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married in Kingman, Arizona. With the help of Gable's press agent and friend, Otto Winkler, Gable and Lombard managed to elope without the press read more

Wedding Day for Gable and Lombard Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Married March 29, 1939 On March 29, 1939,  Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married in Kingman, Arizona. With the help of Gable's press agent and friend, Otto Winkler, Gable and Lombard managed to elope withou read more

Ernst Lubitsch, "To Be or Not To Be," and Lombard's last impression Coming to America Director Ernst Lubitsch left his native Germany in 1922 at the invitation of silent-screen legend Mary Pickford. He directed Pickford in two popular films, Rosita (1923) and The Marriage Circle (1924). Ri read more

Happy Birthday, Steve McQueen 1930-1980 Posted by Stephen Reginald at 1:48 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: Steve McQueen Reactions:  read more

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) trailer Check out this classic trailer for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. You've got to love the stylized approach.  Supposedly, Alfred Hitchcock was surprised that Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery had never worked together before. The trailer touts this fact. Enjoy read more

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) trailer Check out this classic trailer for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. You've got to love the stylized approach.  Supposedly, Alfred Hitchcock was surprised that Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery had never worked together before. The trailer touts this fact. Enjoy read more

The Truth about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" There is a belief today that Mr. and Mrs. Smith  (1941) starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery and directed by Alfred Hitchcock was a flop. Nothing could be further from the truth, but for some unknown reason, this "untruth" seems to crop up when read more

The Truth about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" There is a belief today that Mr. and Mrs. Smith  (1941) starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery and directed by Alfred Hitchcock was a flop. Nothing could be further from the truth, but for some unknown reason, this "untruth" seems to crop up when read more