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Dawn's Top 21 Favorite 60s movies.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 10, 2011
The 60s was the decade of "Far Out" music: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, the Who. The 60s was also a time of great social change. Movies, also began to change during this time. This is my "Groovy" list of top 21 films of the 60's. I hope at the end of this post you will have read more
Jean Simmons
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 9, 2011
Jean Simmons was married and divorced twice: she married Stewart Granger in Tucson, Arizona on December 20, 1950. In 1956 she and Granger became U.S. citizens; they divorced in 1960. On November 1, 1960, she married director Richard Brooks; they divorced in 1977. In a 1984 interview, given in Cope read more
Pre Code: Love Is a Racket (1932).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 9, 2011
Love Is a Racket (1932). Directed by William A. Wellman. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lyle Talbot, George Raft.
Broadway gossip columnist Jimmy Russell, is in love with actress Mary Wodehouse, and writes about her in his column whenever he can. Mary, has left some bad checks around town and when read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Gail Russell
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Jun 8, 2011
Almost missed Pawsome Pet Picture Day..sorry guys. But better late than never.
Gail Russell and friend read more
Happy Birthday: Dean Martin!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 7, 2011
Dean Martin (June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995). At the age of 15, he was a boxer that went by the name, "Kid Crochet". Of his twelve matches, he would later say "I won all but eleven." Eventually, Martin gave up boxing and began working at an illegal casino behind a tobacco shop where he read more
Happy Birthday: Alexis Smith!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 7, 2011
Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a stage, film, and television actress. She performed in Hollywood movies in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972.
Fun Facts:
Tall, graceful, talented, Canadian-born actress who was married read more
The Smiling Ghost (1941).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 7, 2011
The Smiling Ghost (1941). Directed by Lewis Seiler. Cast: Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith, Wayne Morris.
The story begins when unemployed engineer Lucky Downing, is hired by wealthy Mrs. Bentley to pretend to be engaged to her granddaughter, Elinor Bentley Fairchild. Unknown to Lucky, all of E read more
The Two Mrs. Carrolls(1947).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 7, 2011
The Two Mrs. Carrolls(1947). Noir. Directed by Peter Godfrey and produced by Mark Hellinger, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer, from a screenplay by Thomas Job based on the play by Martin Vale. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith with Nigel Bruce.
While on vaca read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Janet Blair.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 7, 2011
Janet Blair's Personal Quote:
"I gave up Hollywood and I gave up pictures because I was always getting parts where I'd be the girl who says, 'Oh, Red!' in a Skelton movie. All I got were princess parts. A girl gets tired of being a princess all of the time." read more
Once Upon a Time(1944).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 6, 2011
Once Upon a Time(1944). Cast: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason,Ted Donaldson and William Demarest.
The story begins when Jerry Flynn, is about to lose his theater because his last three plays were flops. When he tosses Pinky a nickle, the boy shows Jerry his pet caterpillar, Curly, who d read more
Silent Film Star: Mary Nolan. (1)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 6, 2011
Fun Fact:
Known as Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson when she worked for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
Please click here to learn more about Mary Noland. read more
This Week On N and CF. (34)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 5, 2011
This weeks (Updated May, 29 ). Chick Flicks at the Movies: Inner Sanctum (1948). An atmospheric little noir starring Charles Russell and Mary Beth Hughes. Fritz Leiber, Sr. (father of the famous author) has a cameo as a seer or psychic. . Please click picture on sid bar to view movie.
Happy Birt read more
Witness to Murder(1954).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 5, 2011
Witness to Murder(1954). Suspense film starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Late one night, while Cheryl Draper, was closing her bedroom window, she sees a man, Albert Richter, strangling a woman across the street. Cheryl phones the police, but before Lt. Lawrence Mathews and Sgt. Eddie Vincent arrive to i read more
In Memory: James Arness.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 4, 2011
James Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011). Was best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. His younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Arness, played the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodg read more
Happy Birthday: Rosalind Russell!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 4, 2011
Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976).
Personal Quote:
Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic.
Please click here to learn more about Rosalind Russell.
Video: Rosalind Russell Tribute. read more
Sex symbol of the 1960s: Claudia Cardinale.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 3, 2011
Claudia Cardinale (born 15 April 1938), is an Italian Tunisian actress, and performed in the better known European films of the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1957, Cardinale won the 'Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia' contest of the Italian embassy, which brought her to the Venice Film Festival. Her read more
Don't Make Waves (1967).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 3, 2011
Don't Make Waves (1967), which starred Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale and Sharon Tate. The film is based on the 1959 novel, Muscle Beach, by Ira Wallach. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, the film showed a series of romantic triangles between the cast members living the Southern California life read more
It Happened Tomorrow (1944).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 2, 2011
It Happened Tomorrow (1944). Fantasy film starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell and Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy and Sig Ruman. Directed by René Clair.
On Larry and Sylvia's golden wedding anniversary, they get into an argument about Larry's wish to publish his story that happened over fifty years ag read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Shirley Temple (4)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Jun 1, 2011
This is just too cute.... read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Maureen O' Sullivan.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 1, 2011
Personal Quotes:
In 1992, about Myrna Loy: What was her magic? I don't know. She was just magic! read more