Seasonal Pictorials: Happy Easter from Old Hollywood
Doris Day Loretta Young Maureen O'Hara Vera-Ellen Sandra Dee Ann Miller Gloria DeHaven Mitzi Gaynor Happy Easter, everyone!
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Seasonal Pictorials: Merry Christmas from Old Hollywood
Ava Gardner Frank Sinatra Norma Shearer Bob Hope and Doris Day Ann Miller Loretta Young Kim Novak Elvis Presley Merry Christmas, everyone!
Film Friday: Too Many Girls (1940)
In honor of Desi Arnaz's 100th birthday, which was yesterday (March 2), this week on «Film Friday» I bring you the film that marked his screen debut. It was also the picture that introduced him to (arguably) the greatest love of his life, Lucille Ball. Directed by George Abbott, Too Many Girls (1940) is the story of Connie Casey (Lucille Ball), a high-spirited, headline-chasing heiress who keeps her manufacturing-tycoon father (Harry Shannon) busy worrying about her. Deported from Europe for her antics, Connie enrolls in her father's alma mater, Pottawatomie College, in New Mexico, to be near her latest sweetheart, British playwright Beverly Waverly (Douglas Walton). In desperation, Mr. Casey secretly hires four Ivy League football players — Clint Kelly (Richard Carlson), Jojo Jordan (Eddie Bracken), Manuelito Lynch (Desi Arnaz) and Al Terwilliger (Hal LeRoy) — to act as her bodyguards. (from left to right) Hal LeRoy, Lucille Ball, Eddie Bracken and Richard Carlson in Too Ma...
Seasonal Pictorials: Happy New Year from Old Hollywood
Betty Grable welcomes the New Year pin-up-style Anne Baxter and husband John Hodiak toast the New Year Lizbeth Scott looks glamorous as she welcomes the New Year Little Shirley Temple is right on time for the New Year Gloria DeHaven is ready to welcome the New Year in style Marie Wilson wishes us a Happy New Year... ...and so does Ann Miller And so do I. Happy New Year, everyone!
Film Friday: "Easter Parade" (1948)
Since Easter is two days away, I thought it was only appropriate if this wee k on "Film Friday" I told you about an Easter film. Well, it has "Easter" in the title anyway . Theatrical release poster Directed by Charles Walters, Easter Parade (1948) opens on a spring day in 1912, when dancer Don Hewes (Fred Astaire ) learns that his partner , Na din e Ga le (Ann Miller), wants to break up the act t o star in a Broadway show as a sol o ist . Don, who is in love with Nadine , gets angry and heads to a bar to drown his sorro ws. At the height of his drunken ess, he brags that he can make a star out of any common girl and selects Hannah Brown (Judy Garland), a girl at the bar, to be his new dancing partner. The following day, they meet for rehearsal, but Don struggles to teach Hannah his dance moves. Moreover, he tries to turn her into a copy of Nadine and even changes her stage name to "Juanita" to make her seem more exotic. After they have a d...