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The Edith Head Google Doodle: Who Wore the Dress? And in What Film?
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 28, 2013
I've been sitting here admiring the lovely new Google doodle, which was created to celebrate the October 28 birthday of eight-time Oscar winning costume designer Edith Head. I couldn't believe that I did not immediately determine the film and star connected with each dress. This woman is one of my f read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 27, 2013
Teresa Wright (1918-2005)
Ruby Dee (89)
Jack Carson (1910-1963)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 27, 2013
Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
-Audrey Hepburn
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 25, 2013
Able Gance (1889-1981)
Billy Barty (1924-2000)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 25, 2013
Missing footage from Samuel Beckett's Film (1965) has been found, a discovery that is exciting because this short flick features Buster Keaton. I hear making the movie was an unpleasant experience for Keaton and that he and Beckett didn't really get each other, but I'm dying to see what this collabo read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 24, 2013
Jack Warner (1895-1981)
Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973)
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Book Review--Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and The Scandal That Changed Hollywood
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 23, 2013
Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and The Scandal That Changed Hollywood
Greg Merritt
Chicago Review Press, 2013
My introduction to Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was via a magazine feature about Hollywood scandals. Through that I learned that the silent screen read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 23, 2013
Coleen Gray (91)
Bella Darvi (1928-1971)
Diana Dors (1931-1984)
Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 22, 2013
Constance Bennett (1904-1965)
Joan Fontaine (96)
Catherine Deneuve (70)
Curly Howard (1903-1952)
Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 21, 2013
Edna Purviance (1895-1958)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 20, 2013
Charley Chase (1893-1940)
Olive Thomas (1894-1920)
Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973)
Rex Ingram (1895-1969)
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 20, 2013
When you become a legend, people become experts on your life.
-Joan Fontaine
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 18, 2013
Evelyn Venable (1913-1993)
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
Melina Mercouri (1920-1994)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 18, 2013
This 1967 letter from Groucho Marx to Woody Allen amazes me. It's like a comedy act. Did he write everything like this?--The Guardian
It's interesting how much Helena Bonham Carter researched Elizabeth Taylor for her role in the BBC biopic. She seemed to relish that as much as playing the part. I h read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 17, 2013
Marian Marsh (1913-2006)
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)
Beverly Garland (1926-2008)
Montgomery Clift (1920-1966)
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
Jean Arthur (1900-1991)
Spring Byington (1886-1971)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 16, 2013
Linda Darnell (1923-1965)
Angela Lansbury (88)
Rex Bell (1903-1962)
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Book Review--Zachary Scott: Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 16, 2013
Zachary Scott: Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad
Ronald L. Davis
University Press of Mississippi, 2006
Zachary Scott came from money. He was pampered, even a little spoiled, though he was always pleasant and grateful for his parent's generosity. His biography answers the question: what happens to a mov read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 15, 2013
Jane Darwell (1879-1967)
Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987)
Melville Cooper (1897-1973)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 14, 2013
Roger Moore (86)
Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
Benita Hume (1906-1967)
Clarence Muse (1889-1979)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 13, 2013
Laraine Day (1920-2007)
Yves Montand (1921-1991)
Cornel Wilde (1915-1989)
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