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Great On Screen Couples: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Feb 14, 2011
As I write this post, I just learned Liz has been admitted to a hospital for congestive heart failure, so I may get a little emotional as I write. I pray everything turns out fine for her and she will be home soon. Now onto my post about her and Richard Burton, one of the most well known and fiery read more
Happy Birthday: Kim Novak! "The Lavendar Girl".
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 13, 2011
Kim Novak,(February 13, 1933). It was Kim's modeling career that landed her an uncredited role in the film, The French Line (1953). Later, a talent agent arranged for a screen test with Columbia Pictures. The studio thought that they found their new, Marilyn Monroe. After taking some acting lesson read more
Great On Screen Couples: Joan Bennett and Edward G Robinson.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 13, 2011
Joan Bennett and Edward G Robinson, are one of my favorite film Noir "On Screen Couples". They performed together in two very successful film noirs: The Woman in the Window (1944), which is definitely not a predictable film. The powerful psychological mind games, is one of the best I have seen on read more
Monty's Top 5 Favorite Classic Romantic Films
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Feb 13, 2011
Here's my ode to Valentine's Day and my 5 favorite classic romantic films. Me and Dawn agreed on both doing lists ranking our favorite romantic films. So here I go.
5.) CAMILLE (1936) No doubt a star vehicle for Greta Garbo who works her magic as the doomed Parisian courtesan who loves the young Du read more
"The Red Kimona" (1925).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Feb 13, 2011
“The Red Kimona (1925) is a silent romantic drama starring Priscilla Bonner, Carl Miller, and Theodore von Eltz. Directed by Walter Lang in collaboration with Adela Rogers St. John and Dorothy Arzner, who wrote the story, and Dorothy Davenport Reid, who co-directed and produced, this f read more
This week on N and CF. (48)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 12, 2011
This week we have more Gary Cooper.
ON TCM: Feb. 19, 2011. Sergeant York (1941) Biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks.
ON TCM, Feb. 19, 2011. The Westerner(1940). Directed by William Wyler. Cast: Gary read more
Great On Screen Couples: Jane Wyman & Jack Carson
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Feb 12, 2011
For my next couple I chose a couple not too many people may realize how good they really were in the five films they made together. I'm speaking of Jane Wyman and Jack Carson. They co-starred in 5 films plus one more where Jane made a cameo as herself. They usually played either a married couple read more
Betty Grable and Dan Dailey.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 11, 2011
Dan Dailey, may not be as sophisticated as Astaire or have Kelly's strong personality. Dan did have a certain style all his own and was showcased in his films:
Mother Wore Tights(1947)with Betty Grable's, which was one of her most popular film. They play a married vaudeville performers.
Their read more
Executive Suite (1954).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 11, 2011
Executive Suite(1954). Drama. Cast: William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, and Walter Pidgeon. Directed by Robert Wise and produced by John Houseman from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the novel of the same name by Cameron Hawley. The cinematography was by George J. Folsey and th read more
Silent Film Star: Alla Nazimova.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 10, 2011
Alla Nazimova (May 22 1879 – 13 July 1945), was a Russian/American theater and film actress, screenwriter, and producer. She is perhaps best known as simply Nazimova, but also went under the name Alia Nasimoff. Nazimova has been portrayed in film three times. The first two were biographical read more
Great On Screen Couples: William Powell & Myrna Loy
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Feb 10, 2011
This wonderful couple made an astounding 14 films together, making them one of Hollywood's most prolific couples. They first paired up in 1934's Manhattan Melodrama, alongside Clark Gable. Their scenes together showed natural born chemistry and MGM quickly paired them up for the classic film The Th read more
Great On Screen Couples: Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 9, 2011
Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, were thought to be one of the top romantic on screen couples of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power filmed 3 movies together: Son of Fury (1942), The Razors Edge (1946), That Wonderful Edge (1948). After divorcing Cassini in 1952, she was roman read more
Pawesome Pet Pictures: Greer Garson.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 9, 2011
Personal Quote:
"All I know about getting something that you want is that there are three essential things: wanting, trying and getting the opportunity, the breaks. None works alone without the others. Wanting is basic. Trying is up to you. And the breaks - I do know this, they always happen." read more
Happy Birthday: Lana Turner!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 8, 2011
Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995). While attending Hollywood High School, Turner decided to skip a typing class and bought a Coke at the Top Hat Cafe, where she was seen by William R. Wilkerson, publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson referred her to Zeppo Marx. Marx's ag read more
Happy Birthday: Jack Lemmon!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 8, 2011
Jack Lemmon (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001). He starred in more than 60 films including: Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tig read more
Great On Screen Couples: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 8, 2011
This dynamite pair only made two films together, 1951's His Kind Of Woman and 1952's Macao, but they are regarded as one of Hollywood's premiere screen couples. Thanks to Howard Hughes, the pair joined forces for the film noir His Kind Of Woman and generated undeniable screen chemistry. Actually t read more
Great On Screen Couples: Barbara Stanwyck and William Holden.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 7, 2011
William Holden, was so grateful to Barbara Stanwyck for her insistence on casting him in the film, Golden Boy (1939), his first big role, he sent her flowers every year on the anniversary of the first day of the filming.
Thirty-nine years later, when Holden and Stanwyck were joint presenters at read more
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 7, 2011
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery(1959). Noir. Cast: Steve McQueen. The film is based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis. The film was shot on location in St. Louis and some of the men and woman from the St. Louis Police Department, as well as some of the local residents read more
Libeled Lady(1936).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 7, 2011
Libeled Lady(1936). Comedy. Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell (who were romantically involved at the time), Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. The movie was written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway.
Libeled Lady was no read more
The Pride of the Yankees(1942).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 6, 2011
The Pride of the Yankees(1942). Biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees baseball player, first baseman Lou Gehrig, who had his career cut short at 37 years of age when he was stricken with the fatal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (later known as "Lou Gehrig's Disea read more