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If one is good, then three are better. Hello everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers back with more info on the MGM child stars of the 1930s. Every studio back in the Golden Era had a child star or two under contract. And at MGM, which boasted as being the biggest and the best, ( […]
We decided to throw a party today and invite some of our favorite people. Hello everybody, Mr. Joe Morella and Mr. Frank Segers here again with Mrs. Norman Maine and Mr. Jordan. We’ve invited a diverse bunch to our little soiree today. A few of our writer friends, Addison […]
Here’s another movie star from the 1940’s. Who is she? Well, perhaps she wasn’t a full fledged star, but she was in dozens of films, some very famous ones such as director Nicholas Ray’s 1950 movie,“In a Lonely Place,” which many consider one of Humphrey Bogart’s best late-career outings (he died seven years after the […]
A few weeks ago we began to talk of actors who’d won the triple crown — an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony. The first person accomplish that feat was Thomas Mitchell. Mitchell, one of the best character actors of all time, is also famous for appearing in more classic films than another […]
EUREKA! We flipped through our files, and finally found a picture of the real Don ‘Red’ Barry (above left) posing with Donald Gordon. That dapper gent to the right is THE Donald of THE DONALD GORDON COLLECTION, the marvelously informal stash of Hollywood photos from the early Forties that ClassicMovieChat is delighted to share with you. […]
“You’re maudlin and full of self pity… You’re magnificent.” This, one of our all time favorite movie lines, was superbly delivered by George Sanders in 1950’s “All About Eve.” It is directed at Bette Davis as stage diva Margo Channing in the throes of an temperamental explosion encapsulized by the familiar line: “Fasten your seat […]
Rummaging through Joe’s extensive photo library one afternoon, Frank — a devout jazz fan since adolescence — was pleasantly taken aback at the discovery of a marvelous still from the 1943 musical comedy romance distributed by United Artists, “Stage Door Canteen.” We just had to share it with you (see above). There they are […]
Hey, you guys are one tough crowd. And we love you for it. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys, back again — today a tad redfaced. In our “Susan Hayward Cancer Victim” blog, published on July 15, we ran the picture above, and identified the man as the actress’ lover back […]
Anyone who’s familiar with Alfred Hitchcock knows that one of his favorite stories was about how he got around the censors in 1946 to film what he described as the longest screen kiss. Hello everybody. Mr. Joe Morella and Mr. Frank Segers here to talk about Mr. Cary Grant […]
Despite her relentlessly cheerful on-screen demeanor, “America’s Mermaid” — one of MGM’s biggest stars of the Forties and Fifties –was no simpering pollyanna. Judging by Esther Williams‘ outspoken comments about her famous fellow workers, she subscribed to Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s naughty dictum. Said Teddy’s daughter, “If you […]