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Wednesday's Child: Marcia Mae Jones (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 22, 2014
Born "Marsha" Mae Jones in Los Angeles, August 1, 1924 Interviewed in Growing Up on the Set,By Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup, McFarland & Company, 2002 Played Bratty and Bullied Equally Well Who knows? If it weren't for Shirley Temple, Bonita Granville, o read more
Wednesday's Child: Marcia Mae Jones (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 22, 2014
Born "Marsha" Mae Jones in Los Angeles, August 1, 1924 Interviewed in Growing Up on the Set,By Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup, McFarland & Company, 2002 Played Bratty and Bullied Equally Well Who knows? If it weren't for Shirley Temple, Bonita Granville, o read more
Birthday of the Week: Ann Sothern (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 20, 2014
Ann Sothern, born Harriette Lake January 22, 1909
Biography Cordially Yours, Ann Sothern,By Colin Briggs, BearManor Media, 2007 Two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Harriette Lake was born January 22, 1909, in North Dakota to "traveling thespian" Wal read more
Snuff Is Enough (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 17, 2014
Don't let any hipster cineaste talk you into this one. Peeping Tom (1960) I'm not sure why I decided to look at this film again; didn't care for it the first time I saw it years ago, but thought maybe I was missing something. And since it is Moira Shearer's birthday today, I tho read more
Snuff Is Enough (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 17, 2014
Don't let any hipster cineaste talk you into this one. Peeping Tom (1960) I'm not sure why I decided to look at this film again; didn't care for it the first time I saw it years ago, but thought maybe I was missing something. And since it is Moira Shearer's birthday today, I tho read more
One Night a Little Girl Gets Bored and Tells a Lie (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 15, 2014
Karen Balkin is no Bonita Granville
The Children's Hour (1961) The Children's Hour is a good film otherwise marred by an overwrought score, some jumbo scenery chewing by the young actress who plays the evil brat, and some surprisingly hack delivery by the usually serviceab read more
One Night a Little Girl Gets Bored and Tells a Lie (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 15, 2014
Karen Balkin is no Bonita Granville
The Children's Hour (1961) The Children's Hour is a good film otherwise marred by an overwrought score, some jumbo scenery chewing by the young actress who plays the evil brat, and some surprisingly hack delivery by the usually serviceab read more
Birthday of the Week: Moira Shearer (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 13, 2014
Moira Shearer, Lady Kennedy January 17, 1926 Biography Moira Shearer: Portrait of a DancerBy Pigeon CrowlePittman Publishing Company, 1950 "The Red Shoes (1948) ruined my career in the ballet." Moira Shearer was a contemporary of not-yet Dame Margot Fontey read more
Birthday of the Week: Moira Shearer (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 13, 2014
Moira Shearer, Lady Kennedy January 17, 1926 Biography Moira Shearer: Portrait of a DancerBy Pigeon CrowlePittman Publishing Company, 1950 "The Red Shoes (1948) ruined my career in the ballet." Moira Shearer was a contemporary of not-yet Dame Margot Fontey read more
What Mrs. Fowler's Friends Come in For (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 10, 2014
The other half of the 1% The Women (1939) The funny thing about this movie -- at least for me — is that I always look forward to seeing it (and I've seen it 65 million times) and always forget that there are a staggering number of cringe-worthy moments in it read more
What Mrs. Fowler's Friends Come in For (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 10, 2014
The other half of the 1% The Women (1939) The funny thing about this movie -- at least for me — is that I always look forward to seeing it (and I've seen it 65 million times) and always forget that there are a staggering number of cringe-worthy moments in it read more
Wednesday's Child: Baby Peggy (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 8, 2014
Born October 26, 1918, she was finished as a star by 1924. Autobiography Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?By Diana Serra CarySt. Martin's Press, 1996. Other Books by Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy) Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star EraHoughton Miff read more
Wednesday's Child: Baby Peggy (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 8, 2014
Born October 26, 1918, she was finished as a star by 1924. Autobiography Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?By Diana Serra CarySt. Martin's Press, 1996. Other Books by Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy) Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star EraHoughton Miff read more
Birthday of the Week: Butterfly McQueen (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 5, 2014
Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen: January 7, 1911 Biography Butterfly McQueen Remembered,By Stephen BourneScarecrow Press, 2007 Did You Know She Was in the Original Cast of The Wiz?! I did not know that. Apparently, when The Wiz opened in Baltimore in 1974, Butt read more
It's in the Trees, It's Coming! (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 3, 2014
Beware of the Angry Muppet! Night of the Demon (1957) Not my usual choice of picture, the horror flick, but when the mood strikes, I generally prefer something British that proceeds at the pace of Village of the Damned: black-and-white, more creepy than scary, and scattere read more
It's in the Trees, It's Coming! (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 3, 2014
Beware of the Angry Muppet! Night of the Demon (1957) Not my usual choice of picture, the horror flick, but when the mood strikes, I generally prefer something British that proceeds at the pace of Village of the Damned: black-and-white, more creepy than scary, and scattere read more
Birthday of the Week: Dana Andrews (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 2, 2014
Born Carver Dana Andrews: January 1, 1909 Biography Dana Andrews: Hollywood EnigmaBy Carl RollysonUniv. Press of Mississippi, 2012 Next to Dana Andrews... ...Don Draper is Don Knotts.Known for his quiet, understated performances, Dana Andrews seemed always to be del read more
Birthday of the Week: Dana Andrews (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jan 2, 2014
Born Carver Dana Andrews: January 1, 1909 Biography Dana Andrews: Hollywood EnigmaBy Carl RollysonUniv. Press of Mississippi, 2012 Next to Dana Andrews... ...Don Draper is Don Knotts.Known for his quiet, understated performances, Dana Andrews seemed always to be del read more
Immorality May Be Fun (1)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Dec 29, 2013
Sin, schmin. Design for Living (1933) "... but it isn't fun enough to take the place of one hundred percent virtue and three square meals a day." Design for Living is what happens when you add Ben Hecht to Noel Coward, deliver through Edward Everett Horton read more
Immorality May Be Fun (2)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Dec 29, 2013
Sin, schmin. Design for Living (1933) "... but it isn't fun enough to take the place of one hundred percent virtue and three square meals a day." Design for Living is what happens when you add Ben Hecht to Noel Coward, deliver through Edward Everett Horton read more