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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:18:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/a35881d17fa8a3e64963a4acaf224853?s=96&d=http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://moviemorlocks.com http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/04/14/a-memorable-womans-face-1941/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/04/14/a-memorable-womans-face-1941/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:32:55 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=21410 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/04/14/a-memorable-womans-face-1941/feed/ 11 moirafinnie A Woman's Face Joan Crawford at the beginning of A Woman's Face (1941) Conrad Veidt pays court to Joan Crawford Crawford running the gauntlet of mirrors before her transformation Conrad Veidt, examining his prey and his love for the lonely character played by Joan Crawford Reginald Owen, Connie Gilchrist, and Donald Meek in A Woman's Face (1941) Melvyn Douglas holds out hope to Joan Crawford as Osa Massen looks on in A Woman's Face (1941) Joan Crawford in A Woman's Face (1941) after her transformation Joan Crawford and Conrad Veidt in A Woman's Face (1941) Crawford, Albert Bassermann, and Marjorie Main in A Woman's Face (1941) g A Woman's Face (1941) g A Woman's Face (1941)II g A Woman's Face (1941) conclusion 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 http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/23/family-pictures/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/23/family-pictures/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:18:48 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17345 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/23/family-pictures/feed/ 6 moirafinnie The house where that George and Mary Bailey make their home More... Moira's parents at the beginning of their journey together To Kill a Mockingbird red balloon James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) George Bailey (James Stewart) with Pa Bailey (Samuel S. Hinds) in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/20/ghosts-of-christmas-past/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/20/ghosts-of-christmas-past/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:50:19 +0000 highhurdler http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17303 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/20/ghosts-of-christmas-past/feed/ 6 highhurdler Not this time, Samael! from Michael (1996) Thanks to a Christmas miracle, my folks were able to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/02/the-straight-story-on-richard-farnsworth/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/02/the-straight-story-on-richard-farnsworth/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:42:07 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=16704 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/02/the-straight-story-on-richard-farnsworth/feed/ 12 moirafinnie Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight in The Straight Story (1999) Riding off into the sunset with Alvin Straight Richard Farnsworth and Wiley Harker explore some dark corners of the past briefly over a beer in The Straight Story Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek in The Straight Story The Real Alvin Straight Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story As Comanchero in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Richard Farnsworth in his stunt man days with Guy Madison, the actor he stood in for on television's Wild Bill Hickok series in the fifties Richard Farnsworth in his first Oscar nominated role in Comes a Horseman (1978) Farnsworth with Megan Follows in Anne of Green Gables Richard Farnsworth http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/11/25/tony-sarg-floating-above-reality/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/11/25/tony-sarg-floating-above-reality/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:41 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=16406 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/11/25/tony-sarg-floating-above-reality/feed/ 6 moirafinnie A Sea Monster created by Tony Sarg for a 1930s era Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade A typical London Underground illustration Tony Sarg in his prime A frenetic scene from Tony Sarg's vision of the Big Apple in Up & Down New York A proscenium-like page from Tony Sarg's Treasure Book illustrating the story of Rip Van Winkle Tony Sarg with some of his creations Tony Sarg early in his career A Teddy Bear lumbering down the avenue in 1930 A 1933 Alligator almost collides with a streetcar 1939 Tin Man joins the parade An elephant joins the parade A flying pig with it's underside emblazoned with Macy's name in an early 1930s parade A big-nosed balloon reminiscent of Pinocchio A policeman brandishing his night stick over New York in '37 1937 appearance by a dragon Another earlier dragon apparently falling to earth in 1931 The parade winds through Time Square in 1941 A bizarre scene with disembodied heads and a Katzenjammer Kid cartoon character in Times Square in the early '30s A 1932 alligator in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade A 1934 Santa led the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade A collapsed Santa in 1941 Santa Claus who arrived for the first parade in 1924 Tony Sarg with one of his creations http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/08/a-rap-sheet-on-wendell-corey/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/08/a-rap-sheet-on-wendell-corey/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:32:57 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=11902 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/08/a-rap-sheet-on-wendell-corey/feed/ 13 moirafinnie Wendell Corey early in his Hollywood career Wendell_Corey_in_The_Search_trailer With John Hodiak in Wendell Corey's first movie, Desert Fury (1947) Lindfors and Corey exchanging meaningful glances as Sullavan sleeps in No Sad Songs for Me (1950) Barbara Stanwyck does not quite find her equal in Wendell Corey in The Furies (1950) The Maneater of Kumaon Holiday Affair (1947) the file on thelma jordon Wendell Corey and Claire Trevor as unhappily married couple in My Man and I (1952) The Killer is Loose (1956) The Killer (without his specs) on the loose Corey in one of his many stolid roles, in the stylish Rear Window (1957) http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/05/adventures-of-a-movie-tourist-part-ii/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/05/adventures-of-a-movie-tourist-part-ii/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:14 +0000 suzidoll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6236 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/01/05/adventures-of-a-movie-tourist-part-ii/feed/ 5 suzidoll xmas6 exhibit4 leglamp WPN-IMAGE-ID-1345552.JPG xmas21 http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/12/24/a-merry-little-christmas-cinematically/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/12/24/a-merry-little-christmas-cinematically/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:02:52 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=6006 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/12/24/a-merry-little-christmas-cinematically/feed/ 6 moirafinnie Terry Moore, being held aloft by Mr. Mighty Joe Young himself Mighty Joe Young, having his dignity compromised while Terry Moore looks on. Jean Hersholt and Shirley Temple in Heidi (1937) Mary Nash as the evil governess, manhandling Shirley Temple in "Heidi" (1937) Jean Parker greeting her co-star, the deer who played "Malibu" in "Sequoia" (1934) Parker with one of her co-stars in "Sequoia" (1934) The Snowman (1982) http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/12/23/classics-contemporaries-shorts-and-full-length-features-to-get-you-through-the-holidays/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/12/23/classics-contemporaries-shorts-and-full-length-features-to-get-you-through-the-holidays/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:35:33 +0000 highhurdler http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=5989 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/12/23/classics-contemporaries-shorts-and-full-length-features-to-get-you-through-the-holidays/feed/ 10 highhurdler 12-6-2008-11-19-59-am sluggo bite killedself prancer