http://moviemorlocks.com MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. 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/2011/08/05/lucy-ricardo-was-just-like-us-she-loved-movie-stars/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/05/lucy-ricardo-was-just-like-us-she-loved-movie-stars/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:56:53 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=39129 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/05/lucy-ricardo-was-just-like-us-she-loved-movie-stars/feed/ 19 medusamorlock The Gorgeous and Talented Lucille Ball, Who Would Have Turned 100 on Saturday, August 6th William Holden stares at Lucy at The Brown Derby Cornel Wilde Cornel Wilde attends to Bobby Jellison, while Lucy sneaks a peek Lucy fawn over John Wayne, naturally! Lucy and Harpo Marx strike a pose Van Johnson Richard Widmark points out some dead animal heads to Ricky Ricardo Richard Widmark shows off his trophy heads to Ricky, with Lucy in the bear rug Desi Arnaz brings Rock Hudson in to talk to Lucy and Ethal The utterly amazing George Reeves in his best known role as Superman http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/07/22/from-hollywood-of-old-some-familiar-faces/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/07/22/from-hollywood-of-old-some-familiar-faces/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:46:00 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=38667 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/07/22/from-hollywood-of-old-some-familiar-faces/feed/ 15 medusamorlock Jimmy Durante and Ethel Barrymore together...and loving it! George Jessel...and don't you forget it! Errol Flynn and Princess Irinia Ghica in November of 1949 Bob Hope disembarks jet in Kimpo, Korea, in 1950 Judy Garland about the time of her attempted suicide in June of 1950. Jane Russell and her cute new Irish baby son Tommy Kavanaugh in 1952 I hope Stanley is right about this... Menjou before the blade! Oooo -- that hurts! Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/24/looking-at-elizabeth-taylor/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/24/looking-at-elizabeth-taylor/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:00:22 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=33965 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/24/looking-at-elizabeth-taylor/feed/ 9 medusamorlock Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Gets Her High School Diploma Elizabeth Taylor with Diploma Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton Elizabeth Taylor and her animals Elizabeth Taylor visits Travis AFB in California, ca. 1950 Elizabeth Taylor and the Harvard Lampoon staffers Elizabeth Taylor and MGM Publicity Man Billy Lyons Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Parks Elizabeth Taylor backstage on set 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/2011/03/17/actress-jessica-harper-and-she-can-cook-too/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/17/actress-jessica-harper-and-she-can-cook-too/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:08:25 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=33685 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/17/actress-jessica-harper-and-she-can-cook-too/feed/ 10 medusamorlock Jessica Harper in "Phantom of the Paradise" from 1974 Jessica Harper singing "Old Soul" from "Phantom of the Paradise" Jessica Harper in "Suspiria" Jessica Harper and Cliff De Young as Brad and Janet in "Shock Treatment" Bernadette Peters, Steve Martin and Jessica Harper in "Pennies from Heaven" Jessica Harper, author of "The Crabby Cook Cookbook", out now! Jessica Harper as the very funny crabby cook! http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/11/10/remembering-jill-clayburgh/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/11/10/remembering-jill-clayburgh/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:41:11 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=28721 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/11/10/remembering-jill-clayburgh/feed/ 6 medusamorlock R.I.P. Jill Clayburgh, 1944 - 2010 Jill Clayburgh on 1968's N.Y.P.D. TV series Jill Clayburgh and Al Pacino in 1968 on TV's "N.Y.P.D." Jill Clayburgh on "Maude" episode "Walter's Heart Attack" from 1974 Jill Clayburgh on "Maude" episode "Walter's Heart Attack" from 1974 Jill on the streets of New York in "Hustling" from 1975 Jill mouths off in "Hustling" from 1975 "Griffin and Phoenix" VHS tape cover art from 1976 "Griffin and Phoenix" starring Clayburgh and Falk, 1976 Jill Clayburgh and Matthew Barry in "La Luna" from 1979 "Starting Over" Movie Poster, from 1979 "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" Movie Poster from 1982 The Beautiful Jill Clayburgh, 1944 - 2010 Jill in the "Semi Tough" Movie Trailer Jill in her Emmy-nominated role in the TV Movie "Hustling" Jill in the TV Movie "Griffin and Phoenix" Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh in "Griffin and Phoenix" The poster for Jill starring in "Hannah K." Jill Clayburgh in "The Snoop Sisters" pilot film Jill and Michael Douglas star in "It's My Turn" Jill with Bill Macy from "Maude" episode "Walter's Heart Attack" Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in "First Monday in October" Jill Clayburgh portraying actress Jill Ireland in TV Movie Jill Clayburgh in "Shy People" The Lovely Jill Clayburgh in "Silver Streak" 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 http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/07/kissing-oscar/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/07/kissing-oscar/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:20:34 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=19491 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/07/kissing-oscar/feed/ 12 medusamorlock anthonyquinn jack lemmon 1974 In 1983, James Bridges, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson pose with their awards Angelina Jolie in 2000 kissing her "Girl, Interrupted" Oscar, from Reuters Angela Jolie Kisses Her Brother James at Oscar Time in 2000 Oscar winner Adrian Brody kisses Halle Berry in 2003 Charlize Theron kisses Andrian Brody, 2004, photo by Reuters 1995, Elton John Kisses His Oscar for 'The Lion King" Writer/Director Pedro Almodovar Kisses his Oscar in 2003 In 2008, Penelope Cruz Kisses Her Oscar for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Gustavo Santaoalla kisses his "Babel" Oscar for Best Score Director Brad Bird in 2005, kissing his "The Incredibles" Oscar Javier Bardem in 2008, kissing his Oscar Jennifer Hudson is a "Dreamgirl" winner in 2007 Jennifer Hudson Kisses Her Oscar, Alternate Take Cuba Gooding Jr. want to eat Oscar up, in 1997. Cuba Gooding Jr. Tossing Oscar Offstage http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/21/gladys-cooper-a-natural-aristocrat-part-2/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/21/gladys-cooper-a-natural-aristocrat-part-2/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:38:19 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15323 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/21/gladys-cooper-a-natural-aristocrat-part-2/feed/ 6 moirafinnie Gladys Cooper in her early California years Gladys Cooper, wondering who "that strange creature in the mirror might be" in her first Hollywood movie with Joan Fontaine in Rebecca (1940) Gladys Cooper around the time of Philip Merivale's death in the 1940s (Photo by Dorothy Wilding) John Buckmaster, the son of Gladys Cooper Cooper and Olivier in their confrontation in That Hamilton Woman (1941) Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper in Now, Voyager (1942) Cooper's hand tapping while her daughter seeks escape Cooper as the disbelieving nun who opposes Bernadette of Lourdes in The Song of Bernadette In Valley of Decision with Greer Garson and Marsha Hunt Love Letters poster In The Chalk Garden in 1955 Gladys Cooper as Britannia in the play in which she fell asleep on stage Gladys Cooper in My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison and Jeremy Brett Cooper preparing to film "Nothing in the Dark" with the author George Clayton Johnson for The Twilight Zone series in 1962 Dame Gladys Cooper, standing in front of her portrait when young