A Glimpse of Golden Age Hollywood

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A Glimpse of Golden Age Hollywood

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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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Taken at the now gone Hollywood Park Racetrack in 1978...

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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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Dargo wrote: February 14th, 2024, 12:42 pm Taken at the now gone Hollywood Park Racetrack in 1978...

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I thought of Bing Crosby's surf-meets-the turf with your post, Dargo:

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You might recognize the gentleman to his right as well. ;)
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GaryCooper wrote: February 19th, 2024, 8:15 am
Thought of Charlton Heston and Billy Curtis who was Heston's smoking buddy during downtime on the Planet of the Apes set if I'm not mistaken:

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GaryCooper wrote: February 16th, 2024, 6:35 am
Nice photo of Lombard but there is sadness there as well, since the photo must have been taken shortly before her plane crashed on January 16th, 1942.
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