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Pawsome Pet Pictures: Jayne Mansfield and friends taking a little drive
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Dec 29, 2010
Holiday(1938).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 28, 2010
Holiday(1938). Directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. Romantic/comedy. The movie was adapted by Donald Ogden Stewart and Sidney Buchman from the play by Philip Barry. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, and Edward Everett Horton, who played read more
Happy Birthday: Marlene Dietrich!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 27, 2010
Marlene Dietrich(27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992), was born in Schöneberg, Germany. She was the younger of two daughters of Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josephine Felsing. Dietrich's mother was from a well-to-do family who owned a clock making company and her father was a read more
“The Clinging Vine” (1926)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Dec 27, 2010
“The Clinging Vine” (1926) is a silent romantic comedy starring Leatrice Joy, Tom Moore and Robert Edeson. Directed by Paul Sloane, this film was produced by DeMille Pictures Corporation. The film begins with A.B., played by Leatrice Joy, as the masculine assistant to the President read more
Silent Film Star: Leatrice Joy
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 27, 2010
Leatrice Joy (November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985). Actress best known for her work during the early silent film era. Katharine Hepburn, said it was Leatrices performance in, Manslaughter (1922) that had inspired her to become an actress.
Leatrice Joy Filmography:
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Pictures of Silent Film Star: Clara Bow and Arlette Marchal.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 26, 2010
This short video is from the silent film, Hula(1927). The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer. Director: Victor Fleming. Writers: Doris Anderson, Ethel Doherty. Cast: Clara Bow, Clive Brook and Arlette Marchal. read more
Happy Birthday: Humphrey Bogart!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 25, 2010
Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957). During a film career of almost thirty years, he performed in 75 feature films. His first huge success was as Duke Mantee in, The Petrified Forest (1936), which led to being typecast as a gangster with films: Angels with Dirty Faces (193 read more
Celebrating Christmas.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 25, 2010
Celebrating Christmas with Clara Bow (pictured above).
ON TCM this week : Dec. 28, 2010. Holiday(1938). Directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. A romantic comedy which tells the story of a man who has risen from humble beginnings only to be torn between his free-thin read more
Happy Birthday: Ava Gardner!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 24, 2010
Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990), performed in small roles until her performance in the film, The Killers (1946). Please click here to view The Killers(1946) movie review.
Soon after, she became one of Hollywood's leading actresses and considered one of the most beautiful read more
Mary Brian. "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures."
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 23, 2010
Mary Brian (February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002). Was working toward becoming an illustrator until at age 16 when she was discovered in a bathing beauty contest. One of the judges was famous actress Esther Ralston. She didn't win the contest but Ralston said, "you've got to give the little read more
Pushover (1954).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 21, 2010
Pushover (1954). Film noir notable for being the first film to feature Kim Novak in a starring role. The picture also stars Fred MacMurray as a good cop gone bad. It was adapted from two novels, The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger. Other cast members: Philip Carey a read more
Happy Birthday: Irene Dunne!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 20, 2010
Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress,the first being:Cimarron (1931), Pre-Code film directed by Wesley Ruggles and based on the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron. Despite America being in the Depression, RKO wanted to put tog read more
This Week on N and CF. (53)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 19, 2010
Merry Christmas from Gloria Swanson (pictured above)and all of us here on N and CF. :)
This week on Chick Flicks at the movies: Eternally Yours(1939) American comedy film made by Walter Wanger. The film was produced and directed by Tay Garnett with Walter Wanger as executive producer, from a scree read more
Gary Cooper
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 19, 2010
In 1925 the beginning of Gary Cooper acting career, he found work as an "extra", usually cast as a cowboy. It is reported that he has uncredited role in the Tom Mix Western, Dick Turpin (1925). The following year, he had screen credit in, Lightnin' Wins. After the release of this short film, Coope read more
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936 ).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 18, 2010
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). Directed by Frank Capra, based on the story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland that appeared in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post. Cast: Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. The screenplay was written by Kelland and Robert Riskin in his read more
Happy Birthday: Betty Grable!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 18, 2010
Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973), bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II. It was included in the Life magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World". Grable was known for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and her legs were in read more
My Man Godfrey (1957).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Dec 17, 2010
My Man Godfrey (1957) . Comedy. June Allyson and David Niven. It is a remake of Gregory La Cava's 1936 comedy of the same name.
Allyson played the role created by Carole Lombard and Niven played the William Powell role. The plot begins as a scatterbrained heiress, who uses and then hires a man w read more