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Wednesday's Child: Jackie Cooper
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jul 10, 2014
Born John Cooper, Jr., Los Angeles, September 15, 1922 to May 3, 2011 Autobiography Please Don't Shoot My Dog By Jackie Cooper with Dick Kleiner, Morrow, 1981 Winner of the "Putting Up with Wallace Beery" Award Quite a lot has been written about Jackie Cooper - read more
Birthday of the Week: Eugene Pallette
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jul 8, 2014
Eugene Pallette, July 8, 1889 to September 3, 1954 Slim and Athletic Second Lead in Silents Before Let that be a lesson to us all. All of you know Eugene Pallette, I'm certain of it, but you may not ever put the name to the face. Inevitably, he's in a movie with Franklin Pangbor read more
It's an Honor Just to Be Nominated...
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jul 7, 2014
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My Picks: The Blonde at the FilmClassic Film and TV CafeClassic Movie NightGrand Old MoviesImmortal EphemeraMichael's TV TrayMovies SilentlyThe Old Movie HousePerson in the DarkPicture This: Library of Congress Prints & PhotosPre-Co read more
Birthday of the Week: Glenda Farrell
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 30, 2014
Glenda Farrell: June 30, 1901 (or 1904) to May 1, 1971
She Could Rattle Off 400 Words in 40 Seconds Glenda Farrell, the fast-talking, wisecracking blonde of early Warner Bros. films, was born in Enid, Oklahoma, probably in 1901. Some sources cite 1904, but if the U.S. Census is read more
MGM Blogathon: The Human Comedy (1943)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 28, 2014
Cloying, but Comforting Über sweet, but worth it My memory of this film is fonder than it should be. It appeals to me because Mickey Rooney is restrained and affecting in it and certain scenes were etched in my memory from the first time I saw it on television a thousand years ago.But I forgot abou read more
Hypochondria Took a Lot More Effort Before WebMD
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 26, 2014
I wanna see this movie in French Sort of a Levittown of the Hereafter Send Me No Flowers (1964) One forgets that there were only three Doris Day/Rock Hudson/Tony Randall films, so good was their chemistry. Send Me No Flowers is the last of them, and unlike th read more
Wednesday's Child: Diana Lynn
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 25, 2014
Dolores Marie Loehr, October 7, 1926 to December 18, 1971 No Biography, But Look: Apparently, she "loathed playing piano for people; always have," but was quite good at it and made several records. Piano Prodigy Played Sassy Sisters I had no idea Diana Lynn played p read more
Birthday of the Week: Anne Revere
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 24, 2014
Anne Revere: June 25, 1903 to December 18, 1990 Closest Thing to Biography Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (And a Few You Love to Hate)By Turner Classic Movies and Richard Corliss, Simon & Schuster, 2014 Played Moms and Neurotics but Was Nei read more
Billy Wilder Blogathon: The Fortune Cookie
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 23, 2014
A Surprise Buddy Picture Ah, the Mobius Strip That Is the Moral Path I love that The Fortune Cookie is structured like a caper film. The adventure is about two guys trying to make big money out of a small accident: will they get the money? will they give up? will they read more
Birthday of the Week: Ralph Bellamy
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 18, 2014
Ralph Rexford Bellamy, June 17, 1904 Memoir When the Smoke Hit the Fan,By Ralph Bellamy, Doubleday, 1979 Amiable Soon-to-Lose-the-Girl Rebound Guy Ralph Bellamy began acting as soon as he was able, running away from his Chicago home to join a repertory company right read more
Too Much Time, Not Enough Booze
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 16, 2014
Smash Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) Felt like a bit of color and despair today, and even though Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman is in glorious black and white, Susan Hayward is always in color to me. The story is allegedly based on Bing Crosby's first wife, read more
Wednesday's Child: Dickie Moore
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 11, 2014
John Richard "Dickie" Moore, Jr., September 12, 1925
Autobiography Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (but don't have sex or take the car)By Dick Moore, Harper & Row, 1984 Cute Little Rascal Dick Moore is one of those actors I keep seeing, but have never read more
Birthday of the Week: Paul Lynde
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 10, 2014
Born Paul Edward Lynde, June 13, 1926, Died January 10, 1982 Biography Paul Lynde: A Biography - His Life, His Love(s) & His LaughterBy Cathy Rudolph, Bear Manor Media, 2013 Center Square, Open Closet You know when somebody asks you what kind of superpower you' read more
5 Underrated Detective/Mysteries
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 8, 2014
This is one; there are four more.
The fine fellow at Rupert Pupkin Speaks asked me to submit a list of five mystery-slash-detective movies I consider to be underrated. It was a tough exercise, because I am far from an expert on the genre and often have trouble separating what I f read more
Birthday of the Week: Paulette Goddard
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 4, 2014
Born Pauline Marion Goddard Levy, or a disputed combination thereof. June 3, 1910 - April 23, 1990 The Only General Biography Paulette: The Adventurous Life of Paulette GoddardBy Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein, St. Martin's Press, 1985 A Sweet and Savory Dish I'm read more
2014 SF Silent Film Festival: Day Three Selections
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 3, 2014
Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) Yet another reason to love the SFSFF: getting to see a differently, possibly funnier version of the famous "mirror scene" the Marx Brothers made popular in Duck Soup, this time with Max Linder and the uncredited guy who played his cook in S read more
Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jun 2, 2014
Plot? What Plot? Actually far less girl chasing than this poster would have you believe. Also no car race in Duck Soup. Duck Soup (1933) Getting to review Duck Soup * for the Snoopathon couldn't be more timely or delightful. I just returned from the San Francisco Sil read more
2014 SF Silent Film Festival: Day Two Selections
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on May 31, 2014
The Epic of Everest (1924) Another BFI restoration masterpiece, The Epic of Everest is a tribute to both documentary film-making and human endeavor. Made at a time when the world sorely needed an example of heroism that didn't involve the protracted, wholesale slaughter of 20-y read more
2014 SF Silent Film Festival: Day One Selections
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on May 30, 2014
Song of the Fishermen (1934) An occasionally beautiful film about a poor fishing family's struggle with poverty and social injustice, Song of the Fisherman was the first social-realist Chinese film.A fisherman's wife gives birth to twins, a boy (Monkey) and a girl (Kitty), prom read more
2014 San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Opening Night
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on May 29, 2014
The film responsible for the tango craze and gaucho pants.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) I am embarrassed to admit that until tonight, I had never seen a Rudolf Valentino picture in its entirely; only sepia-toned clips in histories of film documentaries and su read more