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How much did you know about the handsome star of Strangers on a Train? One of the interesting aspects of Farley Granger’s career, which began in the early Forties and continued to 2001, is that he was one of the last leading male studio system actors to mask his personal sexual identity onscreen. Somewhat like […]
He was one of the most handsome leading men to grace the screen. Another Tyrone Power. And he made a few damn good movies. Although we remember him mostly for his two Alfred Hitchcock movies, Farley Earl Granger II is perhaps best recalled by a younger generation for his multiple TV appearances. A California […]
One of Frank’s favorite films is…… (hold that thought)…. Yup, there he is above — director Orson Welles alighting in Spain to attend to the shooting of Mr. Arkadin. When this photo was taken, Welles was deep into his gypsy foreign period, acting in a picture in one European capitol, and then flying off to another […]
Quickly. Can you identify the three muggs pictured above, and name the picture from which this still is taken? Ok, we’ll help out since we’ve already headlined today’s blog about Sam Levene. Yup, that’s Steve Brodie on the right. You shouldn’t have too much trouble identifying the actor to the left. He’s Robert Ryan. How about […]
Wow. We thought Charlotte Greenwood was the queen of the high kick. (See our ‘Could You Forget That KICK?’ blog of Feb. 21.) Little did we know. Thanks to the magic of film we discovered Melissa Mason. She appears with Roger Wolfe Kahn and his orchestra in a 1932 short called The Yacht Party. And […]
Sio, how much did you know about this week’s Quiz couple? Did you know, for example, that they even got billing above Debbie Reynolds? Yes, their star shone brightly for a few years. Today, the memory is a bit less bright. But no question, Marge and Gower Champion were the toast of Hollywood in the Forties […]
They were the most famous dance team since Astaire and Rogers. They were featured on magazine covers. They were an extraordinarily popular terpsichorean couple in a raft of MGM musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, and duplicated their popular success on tv. But how much do you remember about them, Gower Carlisle Champion and his spouse, […]
His career wasn’t spectacular but in his time he starred with some of the top female stars Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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 […]