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Happy Birthday: Claude Rains!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 10, 2010
Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967), his career spanned over 47 years. Rains came relatively late to film acting, his distinctive voice won him the title role in, The Invisible Man (1933). Rains later credited director Michael Curtiz with teaching him, "what not to do in front of a read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Sally O'Neill and her un-appreciative friend
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Nov 10, 2010
I came across this wonderful photo and had to post it. It brought a smile to my face. What do you think Dawn? I think it's very cute, and goes along with your pet picture from this morning pretty good. read more
Bernadette Peters "Looks Likes" Anny Ondra.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 10, 2010
Anny Ondra(May 15 1903 – February 28 1987), acted in Czech, Austrian and German comedies in the 1920s, and in some British dramas,best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's The Manxman and Blackmail (both in 1929). When Blackmail was remade with sound, Ondra's thick accent was cons read more
Happy Birthday: Edna May Oliver!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 9, 2010
Edna May Oliver, was a descendant of the sixth American president, John Quincy Adams. She left school at age fourteen in order to perform on Broadway in Jerome Kern's musical comedy, Oh, Boy! (1917).
Her film debut was in the film, Wife in Name Only(1923). Oliver first gained notice for her perfor read more
Happy Birthday: Heddy Lamarr!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 9, 2010
Hedy Lamarr(November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000). Was best known for her film career as a major star of MGM's "Golden Age", she also co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications, a key to many forms of wireless communication. To learn more about Lamarr, please click here. read more
Great Dramas: Mr. Skeffington (1944).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 8, 2010
Mr. Skeffington (1944). Directed by Vincent Sherman, based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim. Cast: Bette Davis and Claude Rains.
When Fanny learns that her brother Trippy, has embezzled money from Jewish stockbroker Job Skeffington, she would do anything to save him, including read more
Hitchcock: Blackmail (1929)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 7, 2010
Blackmail (1929), Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Anny Ondra, John Longden and Cyril Ritchard, and featuring Donald Calthrop, Sara Allgood and Charles Paton. The film is based on the play Blackmail by Charles Bennett. Having began production as a silent film, the studio, British International P read more
Great Dramas - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Nov 7, 2010
Superb film. Liz is sensational in this Tennessee William's adaptation. And she gives a great performance, one of her best. Easily could have won an Oscar for it. Liz is Maggie the cat and she's married to Paul Newman, who have come home to celebrate his dad's birthday. He's called Big Daddy, (wh read more
This Week on Noir and Chick Flicks: (1)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 6, 2010
ON TCM: Nov. 9, 2010. Edna May Oliver Happy Birthday Tribute. During the 1930s, she was one of the American screen's best-known character actresses often playing tart-tongued spinsters.
ON TCM: Nov. 10, 2010. Claude Rains Birthday Tribute. (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English read more
Happy Birthday Vivien Leigh (1913 - 1967)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Nov 5, 2010
Forever remembered as Scarlett O'Hara, actress Vivien Leigh's birthday is today. But I recently have seen more films by Leigh that shows she was more than just Scarlett. Her performance in Waterloo Bridge is even more impressive than her stellar turn in Gone With The Wind, in my humble opinion. Any read more
The Killers (1946)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 5, 2010
The Killers (1946). Film noir. Based on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film was directed by Robert Siodmak Cast: Burt Lancaster in his screen debut, as well as Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, and Sam Levene.
Two hit men, Max and Al, drive to small town diner, looking read more
Happy Birthday: Vivien Leigh, Elke Summer and Joel Mc Crea!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 5, 2010
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 7 July 1967), won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Vivien Leigh was considered one of the most beautiful actresses o read more
Ava Gardner. (3)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 4, 2010
Ava Gardner was born on Christmas Eve, 1922, in Grabtown, NC. She was the youngest of seven children. Ava Gardner’s, rise to stardom came when she went to visit her older sister, Beatrice Gardner who had moved to New York and married Larry Tarr, a professional photographer. One of the picture read more
Enoch Arden (1911, Biograph)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Nov 4, 2010
“Enoch Arden” (1911) is one of the best Biograph shorts under the direction of D.W. Griffith, an American pioneer film maker. Thirty- three minutes in length, this film is also the first Biograph two-reeler. Based on a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, “Enoch Arden” (1911) was read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures - Ginger Rogers and friend
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Nov 3, 2010
I hope you haven't selected this pic yet of Ginger and her dalmation Dawn. If you did, I'm sorry to be posting it before you. It's a great photo. read more
Pawsome Pet Pictures: Ginger Rogers. (2)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 3, 2010
Personal Quote:
"The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift". read more
Great Dramas: An Affair to Remember(1957)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Nov 3, 2010
An Affair to Remember (1957). Cast: Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, and directed by Leo McCarey.The movie was a remake of the film Love Affair(1939). Cast:Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. An Affair to Remember was almost identical to Love Affair on a scene to scene basis. McCarey used the same screenpl read more
Happy Birthday Ann Rutherford (1920 - present)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Nov 2, 2010
A very Happy Birthday to Ann Rutherford, who turns 90 today. Ann Rutherford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on November 2, 1920. The daughter of a former Metropolitan Opera singer, John Rutherford and her actress mother, Lillian Mansfield, was destined for show business. She appeare read more