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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:30:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/a35881d17fa8a3e64963a4acaf224853?s=96&d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://moviemorlocks.com http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/03/the-macomber-affair-1947-ernie-and-the-movies/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/03/the-macomber-affair-1947-ernie-and-the-movies/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:28:57 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19806 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/03/the-macomber-affair-1947-ernie-and-the-movies/feed/ 3 moirafinnie the macomber affair (1947) Hemingway with Gary Cooper (top left), Ingrid Bergman (top right), Spencer Tracy (bottom left), and Ava Gardner (bottom right, with Mary Hemingway strategically placed between her and Hemingway). Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston in The Macomber Affair (1947) Gregory Peck as Wilson, the self-contained hunter of The Macomber Affair Robert Preston as Francis Macomber Joan Bennett as Mrs. Macomber Robert Preston, Joan Bennett and Gregory Peck in The Macomber Affair (1947) Alexander Korda (sipping tea) and Zoltan Korda in 1948 Ernest Hemingway, kicking a can down an Idaho highway in 1959, far away from Hollywood. (photo by John Bryson) http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/24/the-silver-cord-1933-that-binds/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/24/the-silver-cord-1933-that-binds/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:57:12 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19564 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/24/the-silver-cord-1933-that-binds/feed/ 10 moirafinnie The Silver Cord (1933) Laura Hope Crews in a makeup test for Gone With the Wind (1939) Elizabeth Risdon (Christina), Elliot Cabot (David), Margalo Gillmore (Hester), Earle Larimore (Robert) and Laura Hope Crews in the original Theater Guild production of The Silver Cord staged by John Cromwell in 1926. (image courtesy of NYPL Digital Gallery) Sidney Howard Joel McCrea and Irene Dunne in The Silver Cord (1933) Laura Hope Crews not asking for credit or praise, but merely a small place in her boy's heart Eric Linden getting the Iago treatment from Laura Hope Crews Eric Linden as the younger Phelps brother in The Silver Cord Frances Dee in the '30s Joel McCrea as "Dave Boy" being tucked in by Mama A surprised Mrs. Phelps is startled to be interrupted as she says goodnight to her son Eric Linden wistfully watching the others leave him with his mother Frances Dee having her say at the end of The Silver Cord (1933) http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:25:28 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19305 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/17/hattie-mcdaniels-path-to-her-oscar/feed/ 19 moirafinnie Hattie McDaniel in a 1941 portrait Hattie McDaniel as Mammy Hattie McDaniel as a young girl, around the time of her entry into show biz Hattie McDaniel with Shirley Temple and Evelyn Venable in The Little Colonel (1937) Hattie McDaniel greeting Henry Fonda in The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Hattie McDaniel in 1941 wearing a typically beautiful tailored outfit that she wore in private life Hattie in her Oscar winning scene opposite Olivia de Havilland in GWTW Hattie McDaniel posting with an Academy Award with Fay Bainter on the night of the Oscars in 1940 A few days after the award show, Hattie McDaniel is seen posing with the smaller statuette that was issued to Best Supporing Oscar winners in those days by the Academy Hattie McDaniel's actual grave in Rosedale cemetery Hattie McDaniel's cenotaph memorial at Hollywood Forever Hattie McDaniel and Mo'Nique on the nights of their Oscar triumphs g Hattie McDaniel singing Ice Cold Katie http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/10/captured-1933-by-the-past/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/10/captured-1933-by-the-past/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:31:29 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19047 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/10/captured-1933-by-the-past/feed/ 7 moirafinnie Captured with Leslie Howard as an action hero...or gallant loser Sir Philip Gibbs cigarette card image (courtesy of the New York Public Library Archives) Roy Del Ruth A poster for Captured (1933) that emphasizes the peripheral love story of this grim little POW drama The shower scene in Captured! (1933), which Warner Brothers thought should be enshrined in a lobby card Douglas Fairbanks Jr. condemning himself for his disloyalty to his friend in Captured! leslie-howard-struggling-to-control-his-jealousy Captured (1933) Paul Lukas salutes a fallen comrade Leslie Howard and Margaret Lindsay in one of the romantic flashbacks that hampers Captured! (1933) http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/03/moonrise-1948-frank-borzage-goes-dark/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/03/moonrise-1948-frank-borzage-goes-dark/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:06:10 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=18795 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/02/03/moonrise-1948-frank-borzage-goes-dark/feed/ 6 moirafinnie moonrise2 The title in Moonrise The rippling fog in the opening sequence of Moonrise The opening sequence in Moonrise A trip to the gallows in the opening sequence of Moonrise The baby in the opening sequence of Moonrise Shadowed by fate Shadowed by fate Clark reconciling with Daisy Belle just as the law comes for him Harry Morgan as Billy Scripture, Danny Hawkins' shadow Dane Clark and Gail Russell in Moonrise (1948) In rhe mansion, creating a different world out of the ruins of the old Allyn Joslyn as the philosophical sheriff in Moonrise (1948) Rex Ingram as Mose in Moonrise (1948) Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark) at peace with himself at his father's grave in Moonrise (1948) The fly between Danny Hawkins and the Sheriff during an inquiry in Moonrise (1948) The scene where Danny briefly and awkwardly joins the townspeople waiting for the train to come in http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/27/in-appreciation-of-jean-simmons-1929-2010/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/27/in-appreciation-of-jean-simmons-1929-2010/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:28:59 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=18568 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/27/in-appreciation-of-jean-simmons-1929-2010/feed/ 14 moirafinnie Jean Simmons at the height of her beauty Jean Simmons in the late '40s as a very young actress prepares Jean Simmons in the 1950s Jean Simmons in The Blue Lagoon (1949) the actress Until They Sail (1957) with Joan Fontaine, Jean Simmons and Paul Newman jean simmons g Give Us The Moon (1944) g Jean Simmons singing Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry g All the Way Home (1963) g Hilda Crane (1956) g Home Before Dark (1963) g Daisies in December (1995) with Jean Simmons & Joss Ackland http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/20/two-seconds-1932/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/20/two-seconds-1932/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:52:55 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=18389 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/20/two-seconds-1932/feed/ 10 moirafinnie Poster for Two Seconds (1932) which seems to try to hint at Robinson as another Lon Chaney Edward G. Robinson in Two Seconds Ginger Rogers attends the premiere of Union Depot with up and coming director Mervyn LeRoy in January, 1932. Robinson and Foster on a girder in Two Seconds (1932) Two Seconds poster Vivienne Osborne confronting Preston Foster in Two Seconds g Two Seconds (1932) directed by Mervyn LeRoy with Edward G. Robin http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/13/beware-of-the-unfinished-dance-1947/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/13/beware-of-the-unfinished-dance-1947/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:11:05 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=18120 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/13/beware-of-the-unfinished-dance-1947/feed/ 7 moirafinnie Margaret O'Brien as the sociopath-ballet student in The Unfinished Dance (1948) Margaret O'Brien with Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) A word of praise from her idol (Cyd Charisse) inspires Margaret O'Brien in The Unfinished Dance (1947) Henry Koster, the director of child actors from Deanna Durbin to Margaret O'Brien (along with several challenging adults too--among them Marlon Brando in Desiree, Richard Burton in The Robe, and Harvey in Harvey!) Margaret O'Brien preparing to dance in The Unfinished Dance (1947) The otherworldly Karin Booth as La Darina Margaret O'Brien becoming one of Terpsichore's willing puppets Cyd Charisse engaged in pursuing her art in The Unfinished Dance (1947) Margaret O'Brien brooding about the injustices in her small world. Meg Merlin (Margaret O'Brien) suffering terribly in The Unfinished Dance (1947) Meg (Margaret O'Brien) realizing her responsibility for her actions with Karin Booth http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/06/vladimir-sokoloff-the-hell-with-all-the-acting-theories/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/06/vladimir-sokoloff-the-hell-with-all-the-acting-theories/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:34:42 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17882 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/01/06/vladimir-sokoloff-the-hell-with-all-the-acting-theories/feed/ 5 moirafinnie Vladimir Sokoloff as the Old Man in The Magnificent Seven (1960-John Sturges) Vladimir Sokoloff in Macao (1952) and in Juarez (1939) With Clark Gable in Comrade X (1940) Sokoloff as Anselmo in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) A youthful Vladimir Sokoloff in the 1920s Isadora Duncan Vladimir Sokoloff as Puck in the NYC presentation of A Midsummer's Night Dream in 1927 under the direction of Max Reinhardt A cigarette card for Wladimir (later Vladimir) Sokoloff during his years as a silent movie actor in Germany Sokoloff in Niemansland (1931) a banned film under the Nazis Vladimir Sokoloff as the successful Hollywood character actor running the Beachwood Theater in Los Angeles Vladimir Sokoloff in various kindly and villainous roles between 1938 and 1948 Vladimir Sokoloff surrounded with younger talent in Passage to Marseille (1943-Michael Curtiz). Left to right are Philip Dorn, Peter Lorre, Helmut Dantine, George Tobias http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/30/goodbye-to-all-that/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/30/goodbye-to-all-that/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:23:36 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17515 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/30/goodbye-to-all-that/feed/ 6 moirafinnie Hollywood Boulevard, 1945. After a gap of several years, the lights and the parade up the street are back on with a vengeance. Ernst Lubitsch (with cigar) entertains (left to right) a visiting Baroness Dhatvany, theatrical impresario Max Reinhardt & Mrs. Reinhardt at a party at Basil Rathbone's house in the late '30s H.G. Wells, the noted British writer and novelist, Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champion, and Charlie Chaplin (left to right), at the party in Hollywood given for Wells by Chaplin On New Year's Eve, 1932, a shy, blond Joan Bennett, seated next to Raoul Walsh parties at the resort of Agua Caliente, just over the border near Tijuana, where gambling and drinking were legal during the Prohibition years. Alan Mowbray hosts Clarence Muse, Bill Robinson, and Pat O'Brien at his New Year's Eve Party Mary Pickford, launching the holiday season on Hollywood Blvd in 1928. The First Float in the Hollywood Santa Parade The First Grand Marshal, Joe E. Brown, has his image emblazoned on a lamp post on Santa Claus Lane in 1932 Jeanette Loff, the starlet who accompanied Santa on his first ride down Hollywood Blvd. Presumably, Miss Loff wore a more suitable, but equally alluring outfit to mark the occasion. A glamourous night time view of Santa Claus Lane in 1929 A daytime view of Santa Claus Lane in 1934 The large Christmas trees used to decorate the street lamps on Hollywood Boulevard changed frequently. 37 1939 close to one million turn out to see the parade near Grauman's Chinese Theater The last pre-war parade in November, 1941 Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx and Chico Marx at the 1938 Santa Claus Lane Parade. Leo Carillo in the parade on one of his horses being greeted by Santa In 1938, Errol Flynn joined (l to r) Mrs. Jack Warner,(the former Ann Boyar), with Flynn's then-wife, actress Lily Damita, Marlene Dietrich, Jack Warner Earl Carroll Theatre-Restaurant in Hollywood Happy New Year