Regretfully this will be my last post at Vienna’s Classic Hollywood. I’ve had 12 years of enjoyable research and writing about Classic Hollywood. It’s always been a pleasure to hear from fa...
“Show Business” is a wee gem of a musical, with four good leads – Constance Moore and George Murphy for the romance , and Joan Davis and Eddie Cantor for the comedy, plus a slew of...
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There’s a wonderful collection of colour portraits for sale at FINEARTAMERICA.COM , mainly by the artist John Springfield (about whom I could find nothing on the agency which displays his wor...
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Alan Ladd. O.S.S. Errol Flynn. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. Ray Milland. THE BIG CLOCK. Myrna Loy. Myrna Loy. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall help Lionel Barrymore down the st...
It’s been available since 2021 on dvd and blu-Ray ( from the excellent Flicker Alley), and I finally got round to viewing this rare 1951 independent drama, made by producer Louis De Roc...
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Would love to see this photo in colour and full size. If you zoom in, you can see Michael Curtiz in front of the head table on the left, with Errol Flynn to his right. It’s the scene where...
Screen directors Playhouse. ‘No. 5 checked out’. (1956). Love the casual wear and sneakers. HARD FAST AND BEAUTIFUL. 1951. Robert Ryan visits on set of HARD FAST AN...
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Harry Morgan (1915-2011) didn’t have his name above the title but we all know him well and value his contribution to Hollywood history. Born Harry Bratsberg, he was In the original stag...
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How about that. It isn’t quite Rick’s Cafe Americain, but it is RICK’S CAFE and it is in Casablanca. Opening in 2004, RICK’S CAFE came to life because former American diplomat Kathy ...
Cecil B. DeMille, Hedy Lamarr. “Samson and Delilah.” Billy Wilder, Barbara Stanwyck. “Double Indemnity “. what is Wilder holding? Teresa Wright, Ida Lupino, William Talman . Ida ...
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