The Silver Screen Oasis

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JOAN PLOWRIGHT is 85 today


SUZY PARKER (1932 - 2003)


ELSA LANCHESTER (1902 - 1986)


JOHN BOLES (1895 - 1969)

John Huston & wife Evelyn Keyes watch the races at Santa Anita. March, 1949

Believe it or not.....It's birthday gal Elsa Lanchester

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Frankenstein. A very suitable time to celebrate it, too.

There weren't many such beautiful actresses who would ugly-up in those days as she so obviously did, as evidenced by these two candids vs. #3 in the banner.

Birthday gal Elsa Lanchester adds makeup to "The Bride of Frankenstein"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HOPE EMERSON (1897 - 1960)

Birthday gal Hope Emerson with Richard Conte during a light moment on the set of
"Cry of the City" (terrific noir)

Birthday gal Hope Emerson with a quote from her Oscar nominated role in "Caged"

I remember, we all cheered when she got the fork!

Then she showed up again in Adam's Rib, and she wasn't a meanie after all.

Norma Shearer at the seashore with her dog Blackie in 1940

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WILLIAM CAMPBELL (1923 - 2011)


RUTH HUSSEY (1911 - 2005)


RUTH GORDON (1896 - 1985)

Birthday boy William Campbell out on the town with wife Judith Exner
(Miss Exner was one of JFKs conquest)

And of course Miss Exner was also involved with Chicago mobster Sam Giancana. She kinda covered the spectrum, if you think about it.

Hollywood stars gather around Charles Coburn on his birthday all wearing monocles.
Can you spot birthday gal Ruth Hussey?

Joshua Logan directs William Holden on the "Picnic" location in Halstead, Kansas