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Big Wednesday(1978)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 8, 2010
Big Wednesday (1978). Director: John Milius. Milius co-wrote Big Wednesday with Denny Aaberg, and it is loosely based on their own experiences at Malibu and a short story Aaberg had published in a 1974 Surfer Magazine entitled "No Pants Lance." Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt and Gary Buse read more
Errol Flynn.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 7, 2010
Errol Flynn, was best known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. On TCM today, is one of my favorite Errol Flynn movies, Adventures of Don Juan(1948). Adventure/romance. Director Vincent Sherman. Producer Jerry Wald. From a screenplay by George Oppen read more
Happy Birthday Ann Harding
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 7, 2010
Ann, born Dorothy Gatley, spent most of her childhood as an "army brat" constantly moving around before the family finally settled in New York. Ann first appeared on the stage while she spent a year attending Bryn Mawr College. She became a clerk and freelance script reader with a film company befo read more
This Month on Noir and Chick Flicks.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 7, 2010
I hope that you all are enjoying our "End of Summer Blogathon" and catching up on your favorite actors movies that are "New to you". :)Also, I wanted to stop by and let you know. I will continue Noir and Chick Flicks: This week at the movies in September.Please check out: TheLadyEve's amazing exper read more
Objective, Burma!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 7, 2010
Objective, Burma!(1945). War film. Director: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Errol Flynn.
Before the recapture of Burma can begin, a radar station hidden in the Burmese jungle must be destroyed. Captain Nelson leads his men through the jungle, aided by Lieutenant Sidney Jacobs and two Gurkha guides. The parat read more
Happy Birthday: Robert Mitchum!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 6, 2010
Robert Mitchum, began acting in a Long Beach, California, amateur theater company. Where he performed in small roles in films. In 1945, he was cast as Lt. Walker in Story of G.I. Joe (1945) and received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. He quickly became an icon of 1940s film noir, thou read more
Ingrid Bergman
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 6, 2010
Ingrid Bergman, was a Swedish actress noted for her starring roles in American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is best reme read more
Happy Birthday Ella Raines
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 6, 2010
Ella Raines was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, in 1920. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Washington as a drama student and participated in many plays. Following graduation, she traveled to New York and the lights of Broadway. She was eventually signed by H read more
Notorious (1946)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 6, 2010
One of my favorite films and another winner from ace director Alfred Hitchcock. Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) is the daughter of a German spy who just recently committed suicide while serving his prison sentence. Alicia takes to drinking and men before she is approached by government agent T.R. read more
Happy Birthday Robert Taylor (1911-1969)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 5, 2010
Robert Taylor was born Spangler Arlington Brugh on August 5th, 1911 in Filley, Nebraska. Originally signed at MGM because of his good looks, he gradually became one of the screen's most enduring leading men. Starred in an impressive list of films including Magnificent Obsession (1935), Camille (193 read more
Woody Strode
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 5, 2010
Woody Strode, was a decathlete and football star who went on to become a pioneering African-American film actor. He is probably best remembered for his brief Golden Globe-nominated role in Spartacus (1960).Strode made his first film performance in the film, in Sundown (1941). Playing on TCM: Saturd read more
Marilyn Monroe's 48th Anniversary
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 5, 2010
Just a mention that today marks the 48th anniversary of Marilyn's tragic death. Let us honor her today by keeping her alive through memories, film, stories, and photos. read more
In Memory: Marilyn Monroe.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 5, 2010
Some of my favorite Marilyn Monroe trivia: In Marilyn Monroe personal library she had over 400 books on topics ranging from art, history, psychology, philosophy, literature, religion, poetry, and gardening. Many of her books, auctioned in 1999, had her pencil notations in the margins.Her dog named read more
Happy Birthday Anita Page (1910-2008)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 4, 2010
Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1997. In 1929 Anita received over 10,000 fan letters a week, second only to Greta Garbo. Over one hundred of these were from an ardent Italian admirer, who wrote obsessively about her every move and asked for her hand in marriag read more
Ethel Barrymore
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 4, 2010
Ethel Barrymore, was a major Broadway performer. Many consider her to be the greatest actress of her generation. She performed in her first film, The Nightingale (1934). She made 15 silent pictures between 1914 and 1919 most of them for the old Metro studio. Most of these pictures were made on the read more
Steve McQueen
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 3, 2010
Steve McQueen, received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other popular films include The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway, Papillon, and The Towering Inferno. The Blob(1958), is an independently made American horro read more
Happy Birthday Jean Hagen (1923-1977)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Aug 3, 2010
Best remembered as Lina Lamont, the silent-film star in Singin' in the Rain (1952), who could not manage the transition to talkies. That is, not without Debbie Reynolds's help.In Singin' in the Rain (1952), Debbie Reynolds character lip-synced to Jean's spoken voice for film-within-the-film, The Da read more
Beach Party(1963). The one that started it all!
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 3, 2010
Beach Party (1963), was the first of seven beach party films from American International Pictures. Director: William Asher and written by Lou Rusoff. Cast: Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello. The film is about, a group of fun-loving teenagers who live on their ow read more
Ernst Lubitsch "Gypsy Blood" (1918)
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on Aug 2, 2010
“Gypsy Blood” (1918) is a silent drama starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, and Leopald von Ledebur. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, this film was the first of his German productions to reach the United States. Adapted from Prosper Merimee’s 1845 novella “Carmen,” Lubitsch& read more
Pola Negri. Silent Film Star.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Aug 2, 2010
Pola Negri, as a teenager she was accepted in St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet, where she showed great promise until she contracted tuberculosis and was forced to end her dance career. Pola auditioned for the Warsaw Imperial Academy of Dramatic Arts and became a stage actress. By the time she was 17, read more