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Supporting Players: George Bancroft
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 21, 2015
George Bancroft is remembered today for his memorable supporting roles in films like Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), but, throughout his colorful life, Bancroft was a silent film star, a rancher and a Naval hero.
George Bancroft is a familiar face to many old Hollywood films fans for his stella read more
Angels with Dirty Faces posts
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 18, 2015
It's hard to believe we're already more than halfway through March, but here's a roundup of my posts so far for the Movie of the Month, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938).
-An overview of Angels with Dirty Faces .
-A classic clips entry for a memorable scene in Angels with Dirty Faces between read more
James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 16, 2015
Today, we're participating in the Luck of the Irish Blog O'Thon with a feature on two of old Hollywood's legendary Irish Americans, James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. Here's Cagney (front row, left) and O'Brien (front row, right) at the races with their fellow "Irish mafia" members Frank McHugh (back row read more
Dodge City World Premiere
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 15, 2015
Here's a fun clip from the spectacular premiere of Warner Brothers' all-star Western in the real-life Dodge City, KS. Hundreds of thousands of spectators came out to gawk at stars like Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan. My takeaways:
*Based on the crowds, the premiere was the most exciti read more
The Essential Films of 1939: Dodge City
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 15, 2015
Errol Flynn, with Olivia de Havilland by his side, cleans up the wild West in Dodge City.
The Director: Michael Curtiz.
The Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Bruce Cabot, Ann Sheridan and Alan Hale Sr.
Source Material: An original screenplay by Robert Bruckner
A vi read more
Old Hollywood Songs: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 13, 2015
This week's song is Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo performed by Verna Felton as the Fairy Godmother in the 1950 animated version of Cinderella.
The novelty song, Bibbidi-Bobbodi-Boo was the most popular tune from Walt Disney’s 1950 animated film Cinderella, becoming a chart-topping hit for artists li read more
Top Five: Humphrey Bogart
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 10, 2015
We're counting down the best films in the legendary career of Humphrey Bogart.
Himself, he never took too seriously -- his work, most seriously. He regarded the somewhat gaudy figure of Bogart, the star, with amused cynicism; Bogart, the actor, he held in deep respect." John Huston.
Humphrey Bo read more
The Essential Films of 1939: Dark Victory
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 8, 2015
Bette Davis gets a large dose of prognosis negative in Dark Victory.
The Director: Edmund Goulding.
The Stars: Bette Davis; George Brent; Geraldine Fitzgerald; Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan.
Source Material: A 1934 play by Bertram Bloch and George Emerson Brewer Jr. read more
1950 Oscars: Best Supporting Actress
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 6, 2015
Josephine Hull won the 1950 Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in Harvey. Here she is showing off her newly minted Oscar to a certain large white rabbit.
Like many of the other categories at the 1950 Academy Awards, best supporting actress was dominated by All About Eve with bot read more
Top 100 Westerns: Oklahoma!
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 5, 2015
This week's Western is Oklahoma! (1955) starring Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae.
The old Hollywood Western and the old Hollywood musical don't seem to be a likely combination, but the two genres worked well together in quite a few films. There's the long tradition of the singing cowboy as emb read more
Anatomy of a Scene: Angels with Dirty Faces
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 4, 2015
The electric chair sequence in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) is one of the most famous scenes in old Hollywood films. Above, James Cagney (center left) walks the last mile with Pat O'Brien. We'll break down the scene -- and what makes it work -- below.
The Key Players: Director Michael Curtiz an read more
James Cagney Coaches Youth Basketball
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 1, 2015
Here's a memorable clip from Angels with Dirty Faces featuring James Cagney coaching youth basketball, "according to the rules" (file this under things you could never get away with in 2015). The Dead End Kids provide the comic relief (Leo Gorcey's headband is priceless) and Pat O'Brien offers a few read more
The Essential Films of 1939: The Roaring Twenties
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 1, 2015
James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart run a bootlegging empire in The Roaring Twenties.
The Director: Raoul Walsh.
The Stars: James Cagney; Humphrey Bogart; Priscilla Lane; Gladys George; Jeffrey Lynn and Frank McHugh.
Source Material: The short story, The World Moves On, by new read more
Movie of the Month: Angels with Dirty Faces
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Mar 1, 2015
Our March movie of the month is Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. Here is Cagney with The Dead Ends Kids. They are, from left to right: Bernard Punsly; Bobby Jordan; Billy Halop; Leo Gorcey; Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell.
Angels with Dirty Fa read more
Coming in March
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 28, 2015
We have a month full of crimes and misdemeanors in store at Old Hollywood Films.
Here's what's coming up in March:
- Our movie of the month is Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart. We'll be looking at all aspects of this classic gang read more
An Affair to Remember posts
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 28, 2015
February is almost over so here's a list of all the articles about our movie of the month, An Affair to Remember (1957), starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
Feb. 2: A feature on Love Affair (1939). An Affair to Remember is a remake of the earlier film.
Feb. 3: A feature on legendary read more
Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 27, 2015
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr are one of old Hollywood's best screen teams thanks to their performances in the romantic classic, An Affair to Remember (1957). The duo made two other films together The Dream Wife (1953) and The Grass is Greener (1960).
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr's first ons read more
Supporting Players: Sam Jaffe
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 25, 2015
Sam Jaffe was one of old Hollywood's most sought after character actors appearing in films like Gunga Din (1939), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Ben Hur (1959), but he was also a talented composer and mathematician.
Shalom Jaffe was born on March 10, 1891, in the Lower East Side of New read more
The Essential Films of 1939: Gunga Din
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 23, 2015
Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. take on the brutal Thuggees in Gunga Din.
The Director: George Stevens.
The Stars: Cary Grant; Victor McLaglen; Douglas Fairbanks Jr; Sam Jaffe and Joan Fontaine.
Source Material: Anglo-Indian writer Rudyard Kipling's read more
Love Songs: Can't Help Falling in Love
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 22, 2015
This week's love song is Can't Help Falling in Love performed by Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii (1961).
The long and happy association between Elvis and the state of Hawaii began in 1961, when longtime Presley producer Hal Wallis decided to film the King of Rock'n'Roll's latest film in the newly read more