The Silver Screen Oasis

Joan Crawford flashes her leg to impress Ann Blyth at the studio

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JOHN SAXON is 81 today


ROBERT TAYLOR (1911 - 1969)

The Official Wedding photo: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Taylor / May 1939

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ELLA RAINES (1920 - 1988)

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CARL 'ALFALFA' SWITZER (1927 - 1959)

Birthday boy Alfalfa having fun on stilts with his brother Harold

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer with wife Dian and their son Justin

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NITA TALBOT is 86 today


SYLVIA SIDNEY (1910 - 1999)

Birthday girl Nita Talbot mingles with Hollywood heart throb Tab Hunter

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TOM TYLER (1903 - 1954)

Birthday boy Tom Tyler as Kharis in "The Mummy's Hand"

Although birthday boy Tom Tyler acted in at least 200 films during his 30-year career, he never earned much money.
At the age of 40, he was diagnosed with a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis. Although he worked in films with some regularity, often the roles were little more than bit parts. Tyler's mobility was increasingly limited, and his facial features became distorted from the disease. By 1953, Tyler's health was in a rapid decline. After one more small role in the 1953 western Cow Country, Tyler, now crippled, headed east to the Detroit, Michigan, area to live with family members. Sadly, he passed away on May 3, 1954, of a heart ailment at the age of 50. Tyler was survived by his siblings. Sad indeed.

Today's birthday boy Jack Haley (the 'Tin Man') visits the New York World's Fair in 1940
with his son Jack Haley Jr, age six. Here they are seen with Sharkey the Trained Seal at
the Carrier Igloo. Jack Sr was appearing on Broadway at the time, in the Rodgers and Hart
musical "Higher and Higher."

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RHONDA FLEMING is 93 today


NORMA SHEARER (1902 - 1983)

Birthday girl Rhonda Fleming - Senior Citizen WOW