The Silver Screen Oasis

Did he slay a giant Gila monster? I'm not surprised. If that Gila monster knew what was good for him, he'd have taken one look and run the other way. Fred was tough.

Marilyn Monroe entertains troops in Korea in 1954

Not only did Fred square-off with that titanic venomous reptile, Wendy, he did it wearing a pencil mustache!

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Awww, it's adorable! He can't help it that people keep driving off the road when they see him!

Betty Grable and Harry James engaged in a favorite activity at their San Fernando Valley ranch. April, 1946

Interesting, Mongo, that spouses Harry & Betty individually chose opposite strains of Pinto horses: she an overo, he a tobiano!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MAI ZETTERLING (1925 - 1994)


PEDRO GONZALEZ GONZALEZ (1925 - 2006)


SIOBHAN McKENNA (1923 - 1986)


PETER WHITNEY (1916 - 1972)


LILLI PALMER (1914 - 1986)


WILLIS BOUCHEY (1895 - 1977)

Director Edward H. Griffith observes as Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery play Fan-Tan on the set of "Another Language" in 1933. Fan-Tan?

Mongo,

I been in Mainland China ... Fan Tan is a Chinese Card Game similar to Roulette in nature and very popular in New York in the 1930's & 1940's. Being from the Pacific Northwest ... Fan Tan is popular in Victoria's own (I seen games in action ...) Chinatown (still popular), and ... of course San Francisco as well. I seen these games in action in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Beijing in my visit to China in 2000. For what I was told it is an easy game to play ... but, never learned it on my trip (China) ... If you and anyone here understand Roulette quite well ... this is a game that you have no problems picking it up and playing it :!:

Much obliged, Kingme.

Director William A. Wellman's daughter Cissy marvels at Clark Gable's stub, to the amusement of John Hodiak on the "Across the Wide Missouri" location

Love that pic of Gable and the little Wellman girl.

WILLIS BOUCHEY (1895 - 1977)

So, who let Willis Bouchey fall asleep under the sun lamp? It makes his eyes look more like poached eggs than usual.

He now reminds me of the big forehead guy in This Island Earth (1955) more than ever.

Know what ya mean, Moira . .
Whenever I look at that suave gentleman from TIE, all I can think is Kissimee Real Estate & Tourism . . . .

Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper between scenes of "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

mongoII wrote:
Director Edward H. Griffith observes as Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery play Fan-Tan on the set of "Another Language" in 1933. Fan-Tan?

My family played Fan Tan when I was a child, though it must have been a different version than what King Me witnessed. Like Roulette, players have chips; but unlike Roulette, it's a card game (also called "Parliament"). The sevens are played on the board. Once the sevens are played, the six and eights of the matching suits are played in sequence. Players build the sequence in turn. If you can't play you have to throw in another chip.