Going up north for some vacation. Wishing you the happiest of holidays!
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Cary Grant behind the scenes in “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Cary Grant in “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Cary Grant getting ready for a little insanity on the set of the 1944 movie, “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
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“Happiness is having your own library card!”
Sally from the Peanuts comic strip.
Sally from the Peanuts comic strip gang says it so well… “Happiness is having your own library card!” I only wish all my “cards” let me shop for free stuff!
Source: Charles M. Schulz Museum
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Did you know that this was the only version in which Jekyll’s name is pronounced correctly as “Jee-kall”? More trivia revealed on IMDb’s site.
Source: Media History Digital Library. Artist unknown.
“Dr. Jekyll – Loved by beautiful women, sought by society. Mr. Hyde – fiend and criminal.”
Fredric March in Paramount’s 1931 “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Beware, people of London!
Fredric March mesmerizes us as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a page from “Paramount’s 20th Birthday Jubilee Announcements of 1931.” A perfect Oscar-winning monster movie to watch this Halloween. Complete with marvelous make-up transitions and fearful co-stars, Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart.
Did you know that this was the only version in which Jekyll’s name is pronounced correctly as “Jee-kall”? More trivia revealed on IMDb’s site.
Source: Media History Digital Library. Artist unknown.
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The family that smiles together stays together? NOT!
Gregory Peck, Harvey Stephens, Lee Remick in “The Omen”
The Omen, 1976, with Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens. One of the scariest movies I saw at that time! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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“The Dog-Watch” with “The It Girl,” Clara Bow!
Clara Bow, dog
Clara and canine wait for Santa Claus from the Motion Picture Classic magazine, January 1929 edition.
Clara Bow appeared in a handful of silent and talkie short subjects from the 20’s to the 40’s: Screen Snapshots Series, etc. Visit IMDb for select titles under the “Self” section located after her main feature films.
Source: Media History Digital Library
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The best time of year: Halloween!!
Betty Grable, Halloween book
Looks like Betty Grable is going to read us a scary bedtime story!
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LEGO Bookends – gotta have ’em!
LEGO Bookends from MOCPages
Love these LEGO bookends by LEGO Junkie!
Also, visit more LEGO Junkie creations at Flickr.
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For those of you who crave to know even more about your favorite movies, here’s a sampling of what one particular movie book publisher, McFarland, offers:
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx Browsing movie books!
For those of you who crave to know even more about your favorite movies, here’s a sampling of what one particular movie book publisher, McFarland, offers:
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The Marx Brothers as Social Critics: Satire and Comic Nihilism in Their Films – Martin A. Gardner
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Vixens, Floozies and Molls: 28 Actresses of Late 1920s and 1930s Hollywood – Hans J. Wollstein
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The Titanic in Print and on Screen: An Annotated Guide to Books, Films, Television Shows and Other Media – D. Brian Anderson
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The Image of Librarians in Cinema, 1917-1999 – Ray Tevis and Brenda Tevis
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Food in the Movies, 2d ed. – Steve Zimmerman
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Reel Portrayals: The Lives of 640 Historical Persons on Film, 1929 through 2001 – Michael G. Stevens Edited by R. Thompson
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The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 – Edwin M. Bradley
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The Literary Monster on Film: Five Nineteenth Century British Novels and Their Cinematic Adaptations – Abigail Burnham Bloom
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William Powell: The Life and Films – Roger Bryant
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June Cleaver Was a Feminist!: Reconsidering the Female Characters of Early Television – Cary O’Dell
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