*CANDIDS*

[feaito]

Happy birthday Danielle Darrieux Je t'aime beaucoup

[moira finnie]

I want my daily dose of Mongo...and I want him now. Here's a feeble attempt to keep us from going nuts without the big M until his return.

OOPS! I seem to have been posting at the same time as Christine & Fernando!

Born May 1st


Antonio Banderas (b. 1960)


Judy Collins (b. 1939)


Danielle Darrieux, actress & French national institution (b. 1917)


Josephine Dunn, actress (1906-1983)


Glenn Ford (1916-2006)


Rose Hobart (1906-2000)


Henry Koster, director (1905-1988), seen with Mrs. Koster.


Louis Nye, actor (1913-2005)


Dan O'Herlihy, actor (1919-2005)


Kate Smith, singer (1907-1986)

[feaito]

Beautiful pixs Moira. In that photograph Ms. Darrieux looks beautiful.

[charliechaplinfan]

Thank you for the picture of Antonio Banderas, Moira. He's one of the few modern actors who sets my heart a flutter

[jdb1]

A little tribute to the Songbird of the South, Kate Smith. Her portly appearance notwithstanding, she had a truly excellent voice - rich, deep, and with an astonishing range. She had very popular variety shows on both radio and television. And she was the reason that Katherine Hepburn, not wanting to be known as "Kate Smith," purportedly insisted her husband Ludlow Ogden Smith change his name to Ogden Ludlow.

The real Kate Smith's rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" is still with us -- it's hard to attend a sporting event anywhere in this country without hearing it played at least once. More Americans today know the lyrics to this song than know the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner" because of Kate Smith's great performance, and there have been campaigns from time to time to make "God Bless America" our official national anthem.


PS -- At first glance, I thought that classy photo of Louis Nye was Frederic March. (Hi ho, Steverino!)

[JackFavell]

Beautiful pics, Moira! Thanks for keeping us sane during Mongo's absence.

Anne Harding - That Danielle Darrieux is lovely.

[JackFavell]

I hope no one minds me posting these, but since Mongo doesn't seem to be back yet:

Aline MacMahon:


Beulah Bondi:


Jack LaRue:


Walter Slezak:


Bing Crosby:


This handsome devil:

[moira finnie]

I love that picture of Jack LaRue, but can understand, after watching The Story of Temple Drake on youtube, why George Raft turned down the role that LaRue played in that movie with the words, "that's career suicide"! Poor Jack was stuck in those dark parts for the rest of his career, even reprising it in No Orchids for Miss Blandish 15 years later! He was really very attractive, but he didn't have much of a career, sadly.

Beulah Bondi looks like quite a dish there too!

Thanks for posting those images, JF.

[feaito]

Wonderful photographs Wendy, especially that of Ms. Bondi.

[knitwit45]

I've always had a crush on Mr. O, and that picture shot my blood pressure way WAY up. And he looks a tad like Robert Wagner there, doesn't he?

[klondike]

And he looks a tad like Robert Wagner there, doesn't he?

It's the turtleneck.
Thankfully, RO has too much dignity to do those reverse mortgage commercials.

[JackFavell]

I think RO is cuter.

My favorite was the one of Walter Slezak - I NEVER imagined him young.

[mongoII]

I'm back. Was in Brooklyn, and went to a wonderful wedding (a 3 day affair) in Staten Island. I'm still reeling.
Thanks much for pitching in for me while I was gone. I appreciate it.

Here are a few more birthdays for May 3rd. which I had prepared:


ALEX CORD is 77 today.


ANN B. DAVIS is 84 today


VIRGINIA VINCENT is 86 today


MARY ASTOR (1906 - 1987)

[JackFavell]

Oh mongo! It's so great to have you back!We missed you terribly.

I can't believe I forgot Mary Astor. She's become a huge favorite of mine, and I just watched her all day, too. duh.

[jdb1]

I've always had a crush on Mr. O, and that picture shot my blood pressure way WAY up. And he looks a tad like Robert Wagner there, doesn't he?

You're not kidding, Knitty. The playful/naughty/ironic/come-hither expression on his face is making me weak in the knees. Who wouldn't want to be looked at that way?

If he would adopt such poses on TCM, viewship would probably increase quite a bit, at least among us gray ladies.