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Mon, 28 May 2012 02:46:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://moviemorlocks.com http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/14/reading-into-robert-cornthwaite/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/14/reading-into-robert-cornthwaite/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:56:45 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=44363 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/14/reading-into-robert-cornthwaite/feed/ 10 moirafinnie Robert Cornthwaite Robert Cornthwaite shows off in The Thing From Another World (1951) Robert Cornthwaite as Carrington, looking superior Robert Cornthwaite and friend in Matinee (1993), his penultimate film appearance http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/05/11/jackie-cooper-1922-2011/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/05/11/jackie-cooper-1922-2011/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:49 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=35523 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/05/11/jackie-cooper-1922-2011/feed/ 8 moirafinnie jackie cooper Jackie Cooper as Skippy (1931) Jackie Cooper's unforgettable image in Skippy (1931) Jackie Cooper with his mother, Mabel Leonard Cooper Jackie Cooper Signing a Contract with Louis B. Mayer Jackie Cooper with Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper with Wally Beery in a tender moment. Mickey Rooney, Freddie Bartholemew and Cooper in The Devil Is a Sissy Jackie Cooper with Judy Garland in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Jackie Cooper and Claude Rains in White Banners (1938) Hennesey, one of the two series that Jackie Cooper starred in on television Katherine Ross in the television movie, Rodeo Girl Jackie Cooper in later years Jackie Cooper's Star on the Walk of Fame near 1501 Vine Street in Los Angeles g Jackie Cooper in The Champ (1931) g Jackie Cooper — (TCM Remembers) TCM Original http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-in-velvet/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-in-velvet/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:30:58 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=33994 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-in-velvet/feed/ 10 moirafinnie Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet Brown riding The Pie Elizabeth Taylor with King Charles, the horse who played The Pie in National Velvet. MGM gave the horse to Taylor after filming. Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Donald Crisp and Anne Revere) in National Velvet (1944) The Brown siblings: Butch Jenkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Juanita Quigley, and Angela Lansbury Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet (1944) Clarence Brown (right) with two of the young actors he guided, Butch Jenkins and Clarence Brown Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor, cantering away into her imagination in National Velvet (1944) capture1 http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/02/02/francis-ford-cinema-pioneer-in-the-shadows/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/02/02/francis-ford-cinema-pioneer-in-the-shadows/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:44:05 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=32176 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/02/02/francis-ford-cinema-pioneer-in-the-shadows/feed/ 9 moirafinnie Francis Ford as Abraham Lincoln in When Lincoln Paid (Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) A portion of the When Lincoln Paid film before restoration (Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) Francis Ford at the height of his early movie fame Francis Ford as Abraham Lincoln in When Lincoln Paid (1913) (courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) The Girl of Mystery (1914), a serial starring Francis Ford and Grace Cunard Francis Ford (bearded) in his penultimate role as Feeney in The Sun Shines Bright (1953) with Slim Pickens http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/01/26/conrad-veidt-i-am-a-wanderer/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/01/26/conrad-veidt-i-am-a-wanderer/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:23:26 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=31437 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/01/26/conrad-veidt-i-am-a-wanderer/feed/ 19 moirafinnie Conrad Veidt arriving in The Passing of Third Floor Back (1935) The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) Berthold Viertel The opening of The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) Stasia (Rene Ray) nurturing a flower in the boarding house in The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935). Sara Allgood, Cathleen Nesbitt and Beatrix Lehmann in The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) Anna Lee in The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) Conrad Veidt Other examples of films with unearthly visitors: Ian Hunter in Strange Cargo, Alastair Sim in An Inspector Calls and Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire g Miss Kite with The Stranger g Good vs. Evil Conrad Veidt and Frank Cellier http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/01/05/knit-flicks/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/01/05/knit-flicks/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:17:48 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=30645 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/01/05/knit-flicks/feed/ 15 moirafinnie Cary Grant learning to knit in Mr. Lucky (1944) Florence Bates and Cary Grant wrestling with knitting in Mr. Lucky (1944) Roger Moore Knit patterns Newlyweds Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt in 1906 caught knitting A knitting pattern for a man about town from the period between the wars A Cabby knitting for British soldier as he waits for a fare at taxi rack on Oxford St dec 39 The venerable Lucile Watson stitching away in Uncertain Glory (1943), one of several roles that implied domesticity. Rosalind Russell giving knitting a bad name in The Women (1939) Blanche Yurka as Madame DeFarge knitting in her wine shop in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) The knitting registry with aristocratic symbols created by Madame DeFarge in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Angela Lansbury knitting away in The Company of Wolves (1984) with Sarah Patterson Sullavan and Crawford in The Shining Hour (1937) http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/12/15/confidentially/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/12/15/confidentially/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:32:45 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=29917 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/12/15/confidentially/feed/ 11 moirafinnie NY Confidential Broderick Crawford as Lupo in New York Confidential Richard Conte as Magellan in New York Confidential Broderick Crawford letting off steam with J. Carrol Naish in New York Confidential (1955) Celia Lovsky advises her son Broderick Crawford to let his daughter go in New York Confidential Broderick Crawford tries to knock some sense into Anne Bancroft in New York Confidential (1955) Anne Bancroft as the conflicted daughter of Broderick Crawford's mobster Richard Conte shares his jaundiced world view with Anne Bancroft in New York Confidential (1955) g New York Confidential (1955) trailer http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/12/08/ann-harding-a-q-a-with-biographer-scott-obrien/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/12/08/ann-harding-a-q-a-with-biographer-scott-obrien/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:33:44 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=29512 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/12/08/ann-harding-a-q-a-with-biographer-scott-obrien/feed/ 8 moirafinnie Ann-Harding-Cinema's Gallant Lady by Scott O'Brien Ann Harding with her hair worn in a characteristic style Ann Harding in the 1920s Ann Harding casually dressed off camera Ann Harding onstage in The Trial of Mary Dugan Ann Harding and Harry Bannister A postcard from Hollywood in the '30s of Ann Harding's home Ann Harding with her husband Harry Bannister and daughter Jane in the 1930s Peter Ibbetson (1935) with Ann Harding and Gary Cooper Ann Harding and Gary Cooper on location near Big Bear Lake during Peter Ibbetson (1935) Gary Cooper, Henry Hathaway and Ann Harding on the set of Peter Ibbetson (1935) When Ladies Meet (1933) with Ann Harding, Myrna Loy and Alice Brady Leslie Howard and Ann Harding in The Animal Kingdom (1932) Conrad Nagel and John Halliday Paris Bound (1929) with Ann Harding and Fredric March was directed by Edward H. Griffith Gallant Lady (1935) with Ann Harding and Clive Brook Ann Harding and Herbert Marshall mark the end of the pre-code period in The Flame Within (1935) Gene Fowler and friend at work Ann Harding with her husband Harry Bannister building their home Ann Harding as an aloof but well-dressed star Ann Harding with John Boles in The Life of Vergie Winters Ann Harding in Her Private Affair (1929) Union activists James Dunn, Lucile Gleason, Ann Harding, Boris Karloff and James Cagney discuss SAG business A cringeworthy advertisement allegedly emphasizing how Ann Harding's domestic skills ensure Harry Bannister's happiness at home Ann Harding with second husband, conductor Werner Jannsen Ann Harding with Reginald Denny in Eyes in the Night (1942) Ann Harding in The North Star Ann Harding in The Magnificent Yankee with Louis Calhern as Supreme Court Justic Oliver Wendell Holmes Ann’s daughter Jane, and her nieces Dorothy and Barbara in 1931 shivering next to the pool Ann Harding in the early years of her career http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/09/29/tony-curtis-1925-2010/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/09/29/tony-curtis-1925-2010/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:52:19 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=27315 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/09/29/tony-curtis-1925-2010/feed/ 21 moirafinnie Tony Curtis during the filming of The Defiant Ones (1958) Tony Curtis in 1961, looking dapper and poised in the Cary Grant style Tony Curtis in his Rolls Royce in 1961 Tony Curtis in his studio, surrounded by his paintings. He became more committed to his art as he grew older tony curtis with burt lancaster in sweet smell of success Tony Curtis as Ira Hayes in The Outsider (1961) Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in Houdini (1953) Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida, and Tony Curtis in Trapeze (1956) The Vikings Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Kirk Douglas, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis Spartacus with Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis The Last Tycoon (1978) g Tony Curtis Yvonne de Carlo in Criss Cross (1949) g The Outsider (1961) Trailer g The Vikings (1958) http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/16/polo-anyone/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/16/polo-anyone/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:47:21 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=23746 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/06/16/polo-anyone/feed/ 14 moirafinnie Carole Lombard gives a polo trophy to actors James Gleason, Leslie Howard, Will Rogers, Spencer Tracy and Johnny Mack Brown after the actors' team triumphed over the producers' polo team in a 1934 match at Uplifters Field in Santa Monica A Polo Match in the 1930s being watched by a large crowd A deceptively casual looking Will Rogers on the polo field Will Rogers Polo Field in 1928 shortly after it was carved out of the rocky soil in the Santa Monica area, which was also used as a landing field by the actor and his aviator friends Leslie Howard and Jimmy Gleason (right) play Polo with famous player Snowy Baker (center) in 1933 Spencer Tracy playing polo on his favorite polo pony "Two Socks" in the late '30s Martha Crawford Canatarini's memoir Spencer, Louise and John Tracy watching a polo match together in 1939 Spencer Tracy and his son John watching polo in 1935 Producer Darryl F. Zanuck with his mallet, on and off the polo field Spencer Tracy chatting with Walt Disney at the polo pitch in 1938 (L-R) Actor Paul Kelly with his wife Dorothy Mackaye Kelly and the ill-fated Gordon Westcott observing a polo match in 1935, the year of the actor's death Goldwyn Girls in 1934 Vivian Keefer, Lucille Ball, Barbara Pepper, and Jane Hamilton practice for a charity donkey polo game played on a "real" polo field in Hollywood. Their teams were coached by Eddie Cantor and W.C. Fields g Polo in Hollywood g Mickey’s Polo Team 1936