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Day and MacRae: A forgotten screen team
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 3, 2013
Doris Day. The sunny blond who can brighten a day with a smile. On her 91 birthday, I wanted to remember one of my favorite leading men who starred in five films with her. But I don’t mean Rock Hudson. Day and Hudson joined in the late 1950s to create one of Hollywood’s most memorable screen teams. read more
Upcoming Comet blogathon: Child Stars
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Apr 1, 2013
Hello folks, No, this isn’t an April Fools joke. Comet Over Hollywood is hosting it’s second blogathon. It’s been nearly a year since I held my first blogathon: “Gone Too Soon” honoring actors who passed away before the age of 50. Child stars in “Our Gang” read more
Easter at the Hollywood Bowl
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Mar 31, 2013
The Hollywood Bowl has held historic performances from Olivia de Havilland and Mickey Rooney in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1934 to the Beatles in 1964 and 1965. It also holds an Easter sunrise service every year. The tradition started in 1919 when silent film stars held a sunrise service near read more
You Stepped Out of a Dream: Fashions of Lana Turner
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Mar 30, 2013
Nightclubs would play “You Stepped Out of a Dream” as she entered. Men adored her, including actor William Powell, and showered her with gifts. Though Lana rarely wore low cut dresses, this fuchsia gown was a favorite. Lana Turner’s glamor, beauty and style made her one of the top film stars from read more
Metropolitan Opera singer dies at age 99
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Mar 24, 2013
Actress, opera singer Rise Stevens in 1941 A Kennedy Center Honoree, 351 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and handful of Hollywood films. Opera singer and actress Risë Stevens had an impressive resume, including a 62 year marriage. The singer who performed “Carmen” 124 times passed read more
Classics in the Carolinas: Arthur Freed
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Mar 19, 2013
Comet Over Hollywood is doing a mini-series of “Classics in the Carolinas.” I’ll be spotlighting classic movie related topics in South Carolina (my home state) and North Carolina (where I currently live and work). Annie Get Your Gun, Bandwagon, Singin’ in the Rain and Meet Me in St. Louis read more
Comet goes on stage
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Mar 15, 2013
What do I have in common with two Academy Award winning actresses, Celeste Holm and Gloria Graham? The three of us have all played Ado Annie in the musical “Oklahoma.” Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRea in “Oklahoma” I open tonight and will perform the role this weekend and next weekend read more
“She didn’t want to be famous, she wanted to be happy”: Remembering Jean Harlow
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Mar 3, 2013
**Above quote said by Clark Gable. Today, Comet is remembering Jean Harlow on her 102 birthday, one of the most beautiful women to grace Hollywood. “In the first sitting, I fell in love with Jean Harlow,” said photographer Charles Sinclair Bull. “She had the most beautiful and sed read more
“But first and foremost, I remember mama”
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Feb 23, 2013
An actress won an Academy Award in 1948 for not saying a word. But the actress I feel like should have won, spoke with a Norwegian accent. Jane Wyman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for role as a deaf/mute in “Johnny Belinda.” Jane Wyman winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for Johnny read more
CMBA Fabulous Films of the 1940s Blogathon: So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Feb 17, 2013
Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake. The three very different Paramount Studios actresses are brought together to star in one of my favorite 1940s films, “So Proudly We Hail” (1943). The film follows a group of U.S. Army nurses- read more
In sickness and in health: Successful Hollywood marriages
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Feb 14, 2013
Last Valentine’s Day I reviewed the many unsuccessful relationships of actress Lana Turner. This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to look at some of the successful Hollywood relationships. As I started making my list of couples I was dumbfounded to find I had a list of over 60 long Hollywood m read more
Did that performance deserve an Oscar?: Luise Rainer in “The Great Ziegfeld” (1936)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Feb 8, 2013
This post is part of the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon, hosted by Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken & Freckled and Paula’s Cinema Club. It runs Feb. 1 – Mar. 3, in conjunction with Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar. Occasionally you look at Academy Award winners, raise an eyebrow and read more
Actress beauty tip #28: Norma Shearer complexion
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 29, 2013
This is the twenty-eighth installment of the monthly classic actress beauty tips that I have read about and tested. Healthy, clear skin is something I struggle with on a daily basis. I’ve tried numerous products from exfoliates to acne cream. Norma Shearer, Mae Murray and Viola Dane in a 19 read more
Classic films in music videos: “Time is Running Out” by Muse
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 28, 2013
This is January’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s classic film references in music videos. The English alternative band Muse released the track “Time is Running Out” in the United Kingdom in 2003 and the United States in 2004. The single was from their third studio released album, read more
His father called him Dobe: Remembering Harry Carey, Jr.
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 26, 2013
The heavens gained several stars this year as classic film stars passed away in 2012. Since Comet Over Hollywood did not give several of them the full attention they deserved, the first month of 2013 will be dedicated to some of the notable celebrities who left us. This is the last of Comet’s read more
“How’d you get to be so cute”: Remembering Phyllis Thaxter
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 13, 2013
The heavens gained several stars this year as classic film stars passed away in 2012. Since Comet Over Hollywood did not give several of them the full attention they deserved, the first few days of 2013 will be dedicated to some of the notable celebrities who left us. Eyes twinkling and bright smil read more
The Butterscotch Voice: Remembering Tony Martin
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 9, 2013
The heavens gained several stars this year as classic film stars passed away in 2012. Since Comet Over Hollywood did not give several of them the full attention they deserved, the first few days of 2013 will be dedicated to some of the notable celebrities who left us. Tony Martin with wife of 60 ye read more
The original girl who couldn’t say no: Remembering Celeste Holm
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 8, 2013
The heavens gained several stars this year as classic film stars passed away in 2012. Since Comet Over Hollywood did not give several of them the full attention they deserved, the first few days of 2013 will be dedicated to some of the notable celebrities who left us. Celeste Holm as Ado Annie in & read more
“I wasn’t trying to set the world on fire”: Remembering Ernest Borgnine
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 6, 2013
The heavens gained several stars this year as classic film stars passed away in 2012. Since Comet Over Hollywood did not give several of them the full attention they deserved, the first few days of 2013 will be dedicated to some of the notable celebrities who left us. Ernest Borgnine in 1956 with h read more
Classics in the Carolinas: Remembering Andy Griffith
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jan 5, 2013
This post is a mix of remembering stars who died during 2012 and an addition to the Comet Over Hollywood mini-series, “Classics in the Carolinas”-which highlights classics movie related topics in North Carolina and South Carolina. Opie’s Candy Store, Mayberry Embroidery, Floyd’s read more