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Just in case you’ve come in late, and this is your first or second visit to Classic Movie Chat, we’d like to remind you that one of our treasures is The Donald Gordon Collection of Never Before Seen Photos. You won’t see these photos anywhere else — at least not initially. We can’t control what […]

Ever wonder where some of the movie stars from the Golden age got their names. Sure, some used their real names, like Clara Bow. But most were given “acceptable” names by their studio. Some, like Joan Crawford, were named by their fans –(MGM held a contest to name their new starlet).  Many got to keep […]

Ok, Garbo fans!  It’s crunch time. As mentioned yesterday, she was born Greta Gustafsson in inauspicious circumstance in Stockholm in 1905, and wound up in her first full-length movie — playing a maid — in Sweden in 1921. Twenty years and some 30 titles later, her spectacular career was voluntarily over, and she famously embarked for the […]

She was born Greta Gustafsson in inauspicious circumstance in Stockholm in 1905, and wound up in her first full-length movie — playing a maid — in Sweden in 1921. Twenty years and some 30 titles later, her career was voluntarily over, and she famously embarked for the rest of her life on a singular journey […]

Today’s question, posed in the headline above today’s picture, is not meant to be disrespectful or rude. Not at all. It’s  just that this blunt question arises whenever you assess the career of Jane Russell, one of Hollywood’s biggest sexpots of the Forties and Fifties. Whatever Russell”s acting skills — and Frank rates her higher […]

Let’s start with this question: How can you resist a picture that (1) began production a week late, awaiting the arrival of the leading man’s false teeth; that (2) featured a principal character whose surname sounds suspiciously like “Dan Rather”; that (3) was directed by a distinguished veteran who literally fell off a cliff, martini […]

As we’ve often noted REAL stars can be identified by one name only. First or Last. Marilyn. Gable. Crosby, Elvis. And the World War II pinups. Grable, Lamour and Turner. And let’s not forget Rita. Today we remember Dorothy Lamour, one of Joe’s favorites. That’s her in her “sarong” and that’s her in another studio […]

Well, how much did you know about Howard (born Harry Clifford) Keel Here’s what we asked. 1) How many films did Keel make with Kathryn Grayson. Three, Showboat, Lovely to Look At, and Kiss Me Kate. 2) In which film did he play a dual role? Hint — it wasn’t a musical. In Callaway Went […]

He was a star in comedy and musicals. Yes, that pensive young man pictured above is Howard Keel, who for a decade starred in MGM hits, and misses.  How much do you remember about him. As usual, questions today, answers tomorrow. 1) How many films did Keel make with Kathryn Grayson. 2) In which film […]