The Silver Screen Oasis

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

CLORIS LEACHMAN is 87 today


JILL CLAYBURGH (1944 - 2010)


CORINNE CALVET (1925 - 2001)


AL LEWIS (1923 - 2006)


EVE ARDEN (1908 - 1990)


DAVID MANNERS (1901 - 1998)

WWII hero Audie Murphy takes a breather in 1944

Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker, director Alfred Hitchcock and Sean Connery on the set of "Marnie"
(watch those hands, Hitch)

Gene Tierney and husband, fashion designer Oleg Cassini out on the town
with Rita Hayworth. (what a pair of bookends)

DEANNA DURBIN (1921 - 2013) R.I.P.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DANIELLE DARRIEUX is 96 today


DAN O'HERLIHY (1919 - 2005)


GLENN FORD (1916 - 2006)


KATE SMITH (1907 - 1986)


ROSE HOBART (1906 - 2000)

Last Picture of Ford and Hayworth

Had this picture for awhile ... and since it is Glenn Ford's birthday and I thought I just share it today!

I cannot let the moment go by without expressing my condolences and sadness for the passing of Deanna Durbin. She was one of my favorites from yesteryear. She chose to be out of the limelight and enjoyed her private life. She, unlike many of her contemporaries, did live to the age of 91. in a recent biography she raised two children and sang one hour every day in the privacy of her home. She lived in a small French Village and became a non-personna. She enjoyed going shopping on her own without reporters following her. Crowds frightened her. Deanna's first movie was a short (Every Sunday) with Judy Garland. They were both discovered at the same time but Deanna made it big first. They met on a street several years later and Judy confessed she hated the "public" Hollywood. Deanna replied "quit the business". Shortly afterwards Deanna did. We all know about the demons of youthful fame which took the lives of so many at early ages. Deanna ran from that and survived until 91.

May she now rest in peace.

What a beautiful tribute, Uncle Stevie.

Thank you, Uncle Stevie, for not 'letting the moment go by...' A lovely tribute for a lovely lady.

Here is a nice bio-tribute to Deanna.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/movie ... d=all&_r=0

Lovely tribute, Uncle Stevie. So sorry for your loss.

The odd couple?

The late Deanna Durbin and Judy Garland play games and study on the set

That’s the way you pronounce it: Deanna Durbin and director Robert Siodmak on the set of "Christmas Holiday"