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Happy Birthday: Ursula Andress!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 19, 2011
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and a sex symbol of the 1960s. Andress, became famous as Honey Ryder, in the film, Dr. No (1962), the first Bond movie. In a well-known scene, she rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini. The scene made Andress the "quintessential" Bo read more
And The Winner is.....Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for THE THREE FACES OF EVE
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Mar 19, 2011
Just saw the 1957 film The Three Faces Of Eve for the first time in about 15 years and it's still just a good as I remembered. Joanne Woodward is positively amazing as Eve, a young Georgia housewife suffering from multiple personalities. A psychiatrist (played by Lee J. Cobb) is asked to help read more
And The Winner Is... Director John Ford.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 18, 2011
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), was famous for his westerns, Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Grapes of Wrath. His four Academy Award for Best Directors (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Vall read more
Make Up Artists: Westmore Family.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 17, 2011
Perc, Wally and Bud Westmore.
The Westmore family, has had four generations as make-up artists since George began Hollywood's, first opened his make-up department in 1917. He understood that cosmetic and hair needs were personal and would make up stars such as:
Mary Pickfo read more
Maureen O' Hara, with a Irish Blessing.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 17, 2011
Irish Blessing:
May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live. read more
Part 4 of 6: Bette Davis.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 16, 2011
At John Garfield's suggestion of opening a service men's club in Hollywood, Davis with the help of Warner, Cary Grant and Jule Styne they transformed an old nightclub into the Hollywood Canteen. She performed as herself in the film, Hollywood Canteen (1944).
The story is about Two soldiers o read more
Pawesome Pet Pictures: Carole Lombard.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 16, 2011
Personal Quote:
"Marvelous girl. Crazy as a bedbug" - Howard Hawks. read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Carole and friends
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Mar 16, 2011
Here's another photo of Carole and this time, three little doggies read more
Pre-Code: Red Headed Woman (1932).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 15, 2011
Red Headed Woman (1932). Film of the Pre-Code era, based on a novel by Katherine Brush. Directed by Jack Conway. Cast: Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Una Merkel, Henry Stephenson, May Robson, Charles Boyer and Harvey Clark.
The story begins when Lilian Andrews, will do an read more
Star of the Month: Jean Harlow. (3)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 15, 2011
Public Enemy, The (1931). An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime. Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell Dir: William A. Wellman
Bombshell (1933). A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a read more
Pre-Code: City Streets (1931).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 14, 2011
City Streets (1931). Pre-Code crime film directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas and Guy Kibbee.
The story begins when Bootlegger Blackie, is killed by Pop Cooley, because of Maskal's involvement with, Aggie. After Pop shoots Blackie, he gives the gun to his step read more
Dame Judith Anderson " Looks Like" Cornelia Otis Skinner .
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 13, 2011
Dame Judith Anderson(10 February 1898 – 3 January 1992), was an Australian actress of stage and screen. She won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award.
Cornelia Otis Skinner (May 30, 1899 – July 9, 1979) was an American author read more
Dead End(1937).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 13, 2011
Dead End(1937). Crime drama film. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney. It is the first of 7 films with the, Dead End Kids.
The story begins on the streets of New York, where there are many luxury apartments being built close to the east river, because of the beautiful views. The read more
Happy Birthday Barbara Feldon (1933- present)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Mar 13, 2011
A Happy Birthday to actress Barbara Feldon who turns 78 today and is still alive, making convention appearances. Best known as Agent 99, Maxwell Smart's partner in the classic 60's series Get Smart. Wish her well today. read more
This week on N and CF. (44)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 12, 2011
This weeks (Updated March 6, 2011). Chick Flicks at the Movies: Santa Fe Trail (1940). Directed by Michael Curtiz. Cast: Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The film was one of the top-grossing films of the year, being the seventh Flynn-de Havilland collaboration. The film also has nothing to do read more
Good Girls Go To Paris(1936).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 12, 2011
Good Girls go to Paris(1936). Cast: Melvyn Douglas and Joan Blondell.
The story begins when, Ronald Brooke, an English professor at a Midwestern college, can not believe it when he hears that his favorite waitress, Jenny Swanson's, ambition is to gold-dig her way to Paris. Jenny's, plans look li read more
She Couldn't Say No (1954) .
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 11, 2011
She Couldn't Say No(1954). Cast: Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons.
After returning to her childhood home in Progress, Arkansas from England, where oil heiress Corby Lane lived for many years. Corby,is on a mission to repay the town for paying for the life-saving operation when s read more
Silent Film Star: Constance Talmadge. (1)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 11, 2011
In a letter to her sister Norma Talmadge, who was trying to keep her career going in talkies after Constance herself had retired "Quit pressing your luck, baby. The critics can't knock those trust funds Mama set up for us".
Please click to read Silents " Her Sister from Pairs" movie review. read more
And The Winner Is.... Edith Head.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 10, 2011
I think the clothing or costuming in a movie is very important. If the clothing is wrong, especially in a period film, the whole feel of the movie would not be right. So where would we be without wonderful costume designer like, Edith Head? (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981), She had a lo read more
The Letter (1940).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 9, 2011
The Letter (1940). Film noir directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Howard Koch is based on the 1927 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham. Cast: Bette Davis,
The story begins when, Leslie Crosbie, the wife of a rubber plantation manager, shoots six bullets into her ex-lover. She t read more