The Silver Screen Oasis

Joe, Jack insisted that when Howard Hawks edged him out of "Scarface" because the director thought LaRue projected too much authority to be believable as Paul Muni's henchman that he then suggested his old New York pal (and friendly rival for Mae West's affections) George Raft for the role. Personally, I never quite bought the story; similar to Bela Lugosi's claim that he suggested Boris Karloff for the part of the Frankenstein monster. Hollywood lore.

But of course Raft's refusal of the role of Trigger in "The Story of Temple Drake" did provide Jack with probably the best role of his career.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AUDREY HEPBURN (1929 - 1993)

Audrey Hepburn. God bless her. A truly beautiful soul. An earth angel.

Tragically, it does seem one of the cruelties of life is that the good die young. So much more she certainly would have accomplished.

I send here a picture of french actress DOMINIQUE SANDA ( A gentle woman" by Robert Bresson ), where I see a stunning resemblence
with Frances Farmer, I just wanted to show , and in the same way, remember her to movie friends. She now lives in France and still in fims.[ihttp://www.incine.fr/media/affiche/medi ... a-5269.jpgmg][/img]

Georges

again...

Stone, you are 100% correct regarding Audrey Hepburn.

Georges, the lovely Ms. Sanda is indeed in the same category as Ms. Farmer.

Doggone it, It's the fabulous Mickey Rooney

Golly, I have to confess I don't know who Ms. Sanda is. My bad.

But I definitely see a Tuesday Weld resemblance there.

Starlets Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters on a break from "Take Care of My Little Girl"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ALICE FAYE (1915 - 1998)


TYRONE POWER (1914 - 1958) 100 years

That's a luscious photo of Alice Faye, Mongo. As for Tyrone Power...sigh!!! Thank you.

It seems right that two of 20th Century-Fox's brightest stars, Alice Faye and Tyrone Power, would share a birthday.

Here they are in Alexander's Ragtime Band, a wonderful film that I hope gets to Blu-ray someday.

Birthday boy Tyrone Power does the town with Lana Turner

Shirley Temple finishing her homework on the set of "Stowaway", with help from birthday gal Alice Faye, 1936

I never realized that it is Tyrone Powers Birthday and here I'm doing BLOOD and SAND on my thread ... One of the most dashing leading men in Hollywood History ... so many women wanted to be in his arms! ... Fabulous Photos on your thread Joe!