*CANDIDS*

[mongoII]

Rita Hayworth gets her hair cut and dyed for her role in "The Lady from Shanghai"

[mongoII]

NOVEMBER 29th. BIRTHDAYS


DIANE LADD is 77 today


RUPERT CROSSE (1927 - 1973)


KAY JOHNSON (1904 - 1975)


GENEVIEVE TOBIN (1899 - 1995)


JOHN ALEXANDER (1897 - 1982)


BUSBY BERKELEY (1895 - 1976)


YAKIMA CANUTT (1895 - 1986)

[mongoII]

Carole Lombard's final appearance at a war bond tour prior to her death in 1942 at age 33

[charliechaplinfan]

Poor Carole. She's one of my favorites.

[mongoII]

NOVEMBER 30th. BIRTHDAYS


SANDY DESCHER is 64 today


HOPE HOLIDAY is 71 today


JACK GING is 78


DICK CLARK is 80 today


EFREM ZIMBALIST JR is 91 today


VIRGINIA MAYO (1920 - 2005)

[mongoII]

STARS & CARS


MARLON BRANDO


SOPHIA LOREN


JOHN ERICKSEN

[Ollie]

Thanks for all of these, Mongo. John Alexander and Sandy Deacher, especially! Thanks for the great photos. Perfect for my wall of favorite character actors!

Theirs were not the biggest careers, but played integral parts in some of my favorite films.

[klondike]

Oh, Sophia, Baby, do be careful you don't start a chain reaction crack-up 5 miles long!
Now that is a Samaritan stop I would definitely make, and chauffer that woman anywhere! If she doesn't have a flat tire I deserve to give her one!

[mongoII]

Ollie, thank you and I'm glad that you enjoy the images.

Klondike, easy boy.

[mongoII]

No comment.

[mongoII]

DECEMBER 1st. BIRTHDAYS


WOODY ALLEN is 74 today


ALLYN ANN McLERIE is 83 today


PAUL PICERNI is 87 today


DICK SHAWN (1923 - 1987)


WILLIAM TRACY (1917 - 1967)


JOHNNY JOHNSTON (1915 - 1996)


MARY MARTIN (1913 - 1990)


CYRIL RITCHARD (1897 - 1977)


ETTA McDANIEL (1890 - 1946)

[Ollie]

Mongo, I don't think it's "every day" that I see some very-familiar face, but I'll bet 300 out of 365 has pix of someone I've never matched Name & Face before.

I want Digital Imaging to give me the ability to 'mouse click' on a character in a film and have an IMDB link appear, a little word-balloon or something - give me the name of the actor, or the name of the character or "unnamed" or "uncredited". Just like they're doing with NASCAR races, where we see these little word balloons pointing to various cars.

Of course, since we have trouble getting so many films out of vaults for broadcasting, there's a far dimmer chance to get them remastered into 'pixelating' character IDs! Pixelating. Boy. The Faulkner Sisters had no idea what they were unleashing.

[jdb1]

Well, I guess 20 years after his death, I can admit to you all that I was seriously in love with Dick Shawn, although we never met. I thought he was beautiful, and beauty and funny is an irresistible combination for me. He made a lot of movies, most not very good, which didn't really demonstrate what he was all about. His high-strung, slightly addled/druggie/paranoid performance persona is best shown in It's A Mad (etc.) World and The Producers.

However, it was in standup that Shawn was a star, and he was very, very funny. He did conventional standup routines, but often veered into the surreal, very like Jonathan Winters, only more topical. He had a heart attack and died while onstage, the way most performers claim they want to go. The audience thought it was part of the act. Very sad.

I believe one of Shawn's daughters is or was married to John Travolta's brother. Only in Show Business.

[rudyfan]

I could not let a star with a car go by without adding a shot of Valentino, Joe. Okay, so this is just the chassis he was working on. This was on his birthday in 1926.

[charliechaplinfan]

Donna, he's gorgeous in that picture. Lucky Pola.