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Outcast Lady(1934).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Oct 27, 2012
Outcast Lady(1934). Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Hugh Williams.
Sir Maurice, disproves of Iris March and his sons Napier Harpenden's, up coming marriage, because he believes that Iris will hurt his son's political career. As read more
The Letter (1929).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 24, 2012
The Letter (1929), is a drama film which was made in both silent and talking versions by Paramount Pictures. Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O.P. Heggie, Reginald Owen and Herbert Marshall, and was directed by Jean de Limur. Eagels was posthumously put "under consideration" for nomination for the Academy A read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Greta Garbo.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 24, 2012
Personal Quote:
I am still a little nervous, a little self-conscious about my English. I cannot express myself well at parties. I speak haltingly. I feel awkward, shy, afraid. In Hollywood, where every teat table bristles with gossip-writers, what I say might be misunderstood. So I am silent as read more
Camille(1936).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 23, 2012
Camille(1936). Director: George Cukor. Produced: Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoe Akins and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymor read more
Letter the Stars Blogathon: Cyd Charisse.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 21, 2012
This is my contribution to Letter the Stars Blogathon.
Hosted by:
Marcela (Best of the Past): http://best-ofthepast.blogspot.com.br/
Rianna
(Frankly, my dear): http://franklymydear-blog.blogspot.com/
Natalie (On the Mood): http://theswingmood.blogspot.com/
Please click on poster l read more
Wise Girl(1937).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 19, 2012
Wise Girl(1937). Romantic/comedy. Cast: Miriam Hopkins and Ray Milland.
The story begins when the rich, socialite Susan, travels to the Greenwich Village incognito, to take two little girls' away from the charming artist and free spirit John O'Halloran, who is taking care of read more
The Old Maid (1939).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 18, 2012
The Old Maid (1939). Director: Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1935 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title by Zoë Akins, which was adapted from the 1924 Edith Wharton novella The Old Maid: the fifties.
On the day of Delia Lovell's wedding to socially pro read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Greer Garson.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 17, 2012
Personal Quote:
(In a 1990 interview, Garson deplored the violence of many modern films) "I think the mirror should be tilted slightly upward when it's reflecting life -- toward the cheerful, the tender, the compassionate, the brave, the funny, the encouraging, all those things -- and not tilt read more
Neptune's Daughter (1949).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 14, 2012
Neptune's Daughter (1949). Musical/ romantic/ comedy Cast: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat and Mel Blanc. Directer: Edward Buzzell. Features the Academy Award winning song Baby, It's Cold Outside by Frank Loesser. Neptune's Daughter was read more
The Law in Her Hands (1936).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 11, 2012
The Law in Her Hands (1936)Directed by William Clemens. Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Warren Hull and Lyle Talbot.
Two best friends Mary Wentworth and Dorothy Davis, work as waitress to pay their way through law school. After, passing the bar exam the girls open their own practice. Th read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Hedy Lamarr.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 9, 2012
Personal Quote:
(speaking in the 1960s) "It would be wrong of me to say so, but in this country (USA) money is more important than love. Most people here betray you and that's why there is so much chaos. I want to get away from here. I am homesick for Vienna ... because my home is Vienna read more
Riffraff (1936).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 7, 2012
Riffraff(1936). Cast: Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. The movie was written by Frances Marion, Anita Loos, and H. W. Hannaford. Directed by J. Walter Ruben.
As the fishermen are all about to strike against tuna cannery boss Nick Lewis, Dutch Muller talks them out of it, realizing that Nick wants read more
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Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 5, 2012
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Minority Opinion: The Magnificent Ambersons, Jim Lane’s Cinedrome [6 parts]: Pa read more
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 4, 2012
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942). Adventure film. Director: John Cromwell. Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Elsa Lanchester, John Carradine and Roddy Mc Dowell. This period swashbuckler film is based on the adventure novel Benjamin Blake by Edison Marshall, who also wrote Th read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Clara Bow. (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 2, 2012
Personal Quote:
(On her poverty-stricken childhood in Brooklyn): No one wanted me in the first place. Often I was lonesome, frightened and miserable. I never had a doll in my life. I never had any clothes, and lots of times didn't have anything to eat. We just lived, and that'a about all. Girl read more
The End of the Affair (1955).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Oct 1, 2012
The End of the Affair(1955). Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, Peter Cushing and John Mills. It is based on the novel The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. It was filmed in London, around the Chester Terrace. Gregory Peck was offered the male lead.
After Maurice Be read more
A Tribute to Mary Philbin
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Sep 28, 2012
A Tribute to Mary Philbin
Even though Mary Philbin is best known for unmasking Lon
Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925), she was in a number of Universal’s
best known productions of the 1920’s. Born on July 16, 1903, in Chicago, Mary
had a strict Irish Cathol read more
Pagan Love Song (1950).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Sep 28, 2012
Pagan Love Song (1950). A beautiful south seas musical, where everyone lives in the sun and looks out for each other. This is one of my favorites films from the Esther Williams DVD volume II collection.
A tanned Esther Williams plays a Half-Tahitian Half- American woman.( Mimi Bennett), who li read more
Welcome to our family Trent!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Sep 25, 2012
Boy Trent: Born September 24, 2012. 9:30 AM. 6 LBS 11 oz. 21 inches long. read more