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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

FAITH DOMERGUE (1924 - 1999)


ONA MUNSON (1903 - 1955) suicide

Birthday gal Ona Munson as 'Belle Watling' in Gone with the Wind

Birthday gal Faith Domergue is in a jam in "This Island Earth"

two superb pics of Ona Munson, thanks a lot

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JAMES SHIGETA (1929 - 2014)


RUSSELL SIMPSON (1877 - 1959)

Birthday boy Russell Simpson as Grandpa in a heartbreaking scene from "The Grapes of Wrath",
when ho goes into a diner to buy 10 cents worth pf bread for Grandma, and the waitress gives him
a hard time. Alas it turns out OK...............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MAE BUSCH (1891 - 1946)

Stan Laurel getting made up for The Bohemian Girl as birthday gal Mae Busch looks on.

Today's birthday girl Mildred Natwick:


Appearing as Madame Arcati in the original Broadway production of "Blythe Spirit,"
with co-star Haila Stoddard, 1941


Rehearsing for the Broadway musical "70, Girls, 70," with co-stars Lucie Lancaster, Gil Lamb,
and Lillian Roth, 1970

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

GENA ROWLANDS is 86 today

I saw the Kander & Ebb musical "70 Girsl 70" in London. Terrific show.
That picture of Gena Rowlands reminds me of her fine performance as GLORIA.

Birthday gal Gena Rowlands w. husband, director John Cassavetes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AUDIE MURPHY (1925 - 1971)


ERROL FLYNN (1909 - 1959)

Lovely photo of Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes, Joe. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of Cassevetes older, always picturing him in my mind as he was 'Guy Woodhouse.'

Vienna wrote:I saw the Kander & Ebb musical "70 Girsl 70" in London. Terrific show.

I'm glad you got to see that production, Vienna. The show was reworked for its West End run in 1991, and was more successful than the original Broadway production, which ran only about a month.

A cast album was recorded, though. Here they are in the studio: