*CANDIDS*

[mongoII]

CCfan, I could imagine the prices at the Marion Davies auction?

Klondike, no doubt that Ann Dvorak was a stunning woman, especially when she is dressed to the nines in some of her films for Warner Bros.

Larry, I enjoyed Margaret Rutherford's performance in "The VIP's". She was hilarious and deserved the Oscar that she won.
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May Robson and actor friend Hobart Bosworth chatting


Gloria Jean getting ready for the holidays?


The original Dead End Kids: Bernad Punsley, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Jordan, and Leo Gorcey. Ready, get set, go!






Splendid actress Jo Van Fleet with her Oscar for "East of Eden"


Lovely Ann Sheridan (center) with volunteers for a USO tour.


The late Ben Chapman original Creature from the Black Lagoon (on land sequences)


Beautiful actress Rhonda Fleming reading a script


The Juvenile Cast of the movie holiday classic Then and Now.


Peter Billingsley as Ralphie


Ian Petrella as Randy.


Scotty Schwartz as Flick


R.D. Robb as Schwartz


Zack Ward as Scut Farkus


Yano Anaya as Grover Dill


'Tough guy' actor Brian Donlevy with his daughter Judy


Marvelous Billie Burke all a twitter in her dressing room


Joan Plowright with husband Laurence Olivier at a function


Cowboy star Gene Autry in the holiday spirit


Cecil Kellaway with Joan Crawford in a scene that never made it to the screen from "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte". Crawford bailed out.


Charles 'Buddy' Rogers & Mary Pickford marry on June 26, 1937


Golden Age of Hollywood star Anita Page in 2003


Bob Hope entertains the troops during the holidays


Watch out! Tallulah Bankhead is on the road


Silent film great Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle with his pooch Luke


Ingrid Bergman with children Roberto, twins Isabella & Isotta Rossellini


It's future director Elia Kazan during his actor days


Doris Day ready to spread some holiday cheer


Alan Curtis & Joan Crawford on the set of "Mannequin"


Actress/ice skater Sonja Henie on the town with George Reeves




Elsa Lanchester and husband Charles Laughton on the French Riviera in 1938


Montgomery Clift in a somber mood


Brigitte Bardot in the eye of Pablo Picasso


Actress Marjorie Lord with actor husband John Archer (parents of Anne Archer)


It appears that Bette Davis is busting John Garfield's chops


It's George 'Gabby' Hayes as Santa ready to take off tonight


The sterling cast of "Casablanca" (on TCM Christmas Day)


John Ireland and his wife Joanne Dru


Betty Grable & Victor Mature with the light meter hand in-between


Joe E. Brown putting finishing touches on the Santa Claus Lane Parade in 1938


Doris Day & Jack Carson on the set


MM and husband Arthur Miller dance on set of "The Misfits"


Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart in Chicago in 1945


The sultry Eartha Kitt (1927 - 2008)


Bubbly Carolyn Jones with her beloved pooch


Basil Rathbone dining out with his wife Ouida


Boy next door Van Johnson, freckles and all




HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ONE AND ALL!
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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AT CHRISTMAS
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[charliechaplinfan]

I love the picture of John Wayne and his daughter. It's a side not often seen.

[moira finnie]

Thanks so much for posting the image of Eartha Kitt today, Mongo.

I heard a woman on the radio describe Ms. Kitt as "a long-limbed, regal beauty" this morning. Having seen her walking down the street once when she was appearing in the Boston area, I can tell you that she was barely over 5 feet tall.

It was her magisterial presence that gave her height and allowed her to rise from a sharecropper's field with her head held high. A great lady, whose singularity and growl will be missed.

[klondike]

It was her magisterial presence that gave her height and allowed her to rise from a sharecropper's field with her head held high. A great lady, whose singularity and growl will be missed.

Darn it, Moira, how dare you sum this topic up with such panache & perfection! You left nothing needing to be said!
Except, if there's any justice in the Afterlife, Eartha will get the opportunity to blackball Lady Bird (and being the class act she's always been, she'll decline to stoop to such conduct).

So . . on to my specialty: Arbuckle's picture mate is an American Staffordshire Terrier, often referred to as "amstaffs" by their fanciers; Carolyn Jones is scooching with a Dachsund, of the longhaired variety I think, though its body can't be seen too well.
And here's hoping Gene got that elegant ribbon-candy shirt back in the wrapper before it melted!

[Moraldo Rubini]

Thanks so much for posting the image of Eartha Kitt today, Mongo.

I heard a woman on the radio describe Ms. Kitt as "a long-limbed, regal beauty" this morning. Having seen her walking down the street once when she was appearing in the Boston area, I can tell you that she was barely over 5 feet tall.

Moira, I used to bump into Miss Kitt too! Both in New York and in Berlin. She was a diminuitive gal, but I was always a little thrilled to see her. I usually would turn to a shop window and watch her in a reflection (rather than stare directly at her); but once in Berlin our eyes met and we nodded to each other. She had a little white poodle with her. I saw her perform in Berlin too, when she was in a production of Sondheim's Follies.

She had charisma when on stage and showed an inner fire when singing songs like "I Want to Be Evil". I think my favorite number of her's was
"Üsküdar'a" (the Turkish Tale). So many good memories...

[mrsl]

Klondike:

Moira has a unique habit of doing that all the time, haven't you noticed? I sit here thinking, or making notes on what sounds good, then suddenly I look at the screen and in mere seconds Ms. Finnie has pounded out what I've spent long minutes trying to think up.

Mongo:

Thanks for those 'then and now' photos of the kids from A Christmas Story, it's fun to see what they grew into, but some don't seem to have changed very much from scrungy little boys.

Anne

[mongoII]

Moira, I enjoyed watching Eartha Kitt perform and especially listening to her on talk shows. I loved her voice and the stories she would tell, very down to earth woman.

Anne, it was my pleasure posting the images of the kids from "A Christmas Story", which also surprised me how a few of them changed.
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Actor Jeffrey Hunter with 2nd wife Joan 'Dusty' Bartlett


Glamourous Zsa Zsa Gabor Now and Then


Lovely Jennifer Jones on the town


British actress Margaret Lockwood in her garden with daughter Julia in 1953


Aristocratic actor Arthur Housman who eventually played the classic 'drunk' in numerous films.


James Dean clowning around with a figurine


Starlet Peggy Dow in 1951 (she turned 80 this past March)


Mexican/American actor Ricardo Montalban keeping in shape


Bob Hope, Frances Langford & Jerry Colonna visiting men in sick bay during WWII


A severe image of pre-code star Kay Francis


Splendid character actor Irving Bacon appeared in over 500 films


Joan Crawford in the process of divorcing 4th husband Phillip Terry


Stunning champion skater/actress Sonja Henie


Silent film stars Marie Prevost and Chester Conklin between takes in 1935


Precious character actress Edna May Oliver in style.


Son of the Duke, Patrick Wayne (he is now 69)


Coop's daughter Maria Cooper Janis (she is now 71).


The swashbucklers son, Sean Flynn (1941 - 1971).


Robert Wagner on the town with starlet Mona Freeman (she is now 82)


Cary Grant chats with Gloria Vanderbilt and her date Bruce Cabot


Director Howard Hawks & Jean Arthur on the set of "Only Angels Have Wings"


'Villainous' actor Conrad Veidt with wife Felicitas and daughter Viola


'Big mouth' Joe E. Brown showing 'big nose' Jimmy Durante how it's done


Rotund comic actor Billy Gilbert with the guys during WWII.

[charliechaplinfan]

I love both the pictures of Ingrid, the one with her children especially, she's so natural both on screen and in stills.

I love the one of Bogie and Bacall too, sort of shows Bogie's soft side.

RIP Eartha, it's kind of funny she died over the Christmas period when she sang one of the best Christmas songs.

[Moraldo Rubini]

Nice to see Sonja Henie!

[Vecchiolarry]

Hi,

Nice to see Ouida again. She was often over at our house but I never attended one of her famous parties - -BUMMER!!!

Zsa Zsa doesn't look bad for 90(?) except for the hands. I hope she's doing better now.

Yikes!! - Kay Francis doing her best Mercedes De Acosta impersonation!!

Larry

[Moraldo Rubini]

Zsa Zsa doesn't look bad for 90(?) except for the hands. I hope she's doing better now.

Ironically, it was in her earlier years that gloves were de rigueur (see pic above). Where's Sam Goldwyn and his glove-making cronies when we need them?

[Vecchiolarry]

Hey Marco,

Yes, I was thinking she should be wearing those gloves from the other picture beside her...

Larry

[Moraldo Rubini]

Yes, I was thinking she should be wearing those gloves from the other picture beside her...

I suppose the Bel Air weather is a bit warm for gloves, eh? I suppose a muff is out of the question...

[Vecchiolarry]

Hi,

Ha, ha... Well, maybe not for ZZ!!

Frankly, I'd put the muff over her husband's head... He could have used one when he was pictured naked in his Rolls!!!

Larry

[mongoII]

Larry, I happen to have a shot of Zsa Zsa's husband nude in a truck. I will be posting it soon along with a shot of Zsa Zsa looking her age.