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TINTYPE TUESDAY: Gladys Cooper Was a Pin-Up Girl — And Other Pix That May Surprise You!
Recently I came across this old British postcard, which I bought years ago, back when there were bookstores. Printed in 1910, it features Jessie Winter (as “Modesty”), Gladys Cooper (as “Beauty in Everywoman”) and Patricia Collinge (as “Youth”). Winter had only a brief film career, but Cooper, of course, went on to become everyone’s favorite battleaxe in films …
New Feature: TINTYPE TUESDAYS!! Fun Classic Movie Pix for That In-Between Day
We all have our little tricks to get through Monday, and Wednesday is Hump Day, and by Thursday we can see the weekend peering over the hill… but what of Tuesday? To throw a little love to the neglected almost-middle child of the week—which we’re supposed to muddle through without, well, anything—Sister Celluloid is launching a …
Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant: An “Indiscreet” Friendship
“A kiss could last three seconds. We just kissed each other and talked, leaned away and kissed each other again. Then the telephone came between us, then we moved to the other side of the telephone. So it was a kiss which opened and closed; but the censors couldn’t and didn’t cut the scene because …
Here’s to Margaret Dumont—Who Always Got the Joke
“I’m not a stooge, I’m a straight lady—the best in Hollywood. There is an art to playing the straight role. You must build up your man but never top him, never steal the laughs.” — Margaret Dumont in 1937, discussing A Day at the Races, her fifth of seven films with the Marx Brothers. Take that, …
At the Capitolfest, Mickey Rooney Mixes It Up with Cowboys in MY PAL, THE KING
Have you ever wished you could watch a 1930s movie in the 1930s? I kinda had that chance last weekend at CapitolFest, a weekend of silent films and early talkies screened at the old Capitol Theatre in Rome, N.Y. The 1788-seat movie palace looks much as it did when these films first flickered to life on its …
THE MAN I LOVE: Ida Lupino Rides to the Rescue of, Well, Everyone
In The Man I Love, Ida Lupino enters smoking. She’s also got a cigarette. If, after this, you wouldn’t want to stick around for the rest of the movie, just please don’t ever speak to me again. It’s clear that for Petey Brown, the man she loves has come along… and come and gone. And like most of Lupino’s …
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