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Today we’re on the Road with Bing, Bob, and Dottie (That’s Crosby, Hope and Lamour). It was indisputably the most successful of movie series and the only one starring 3 top stars, who could and did carry films on their own. How much do you know about the 7 Road To… films? They were all […]
No, not Clark Gable. Nor Katherine Hepburn. And forget about Jane Russell, Robert Montgomery, Spencer Tracy and Deanna Durbin. Hello, everybody. Your classic movie guys here today to reveal the latest findings from Madison Avenue about which deceased celebrities sell the most merchandise — the toughest standard by which movie star longevity can be measured. Sure, a […]
The list is long for those who haven’t won an Oscar. But through the years, who have been the biggest and brightest stars who were passed over? Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, dwelling today on the victims of one of life’s great injustices — first-rank performers snubbed by the Academy of Motion Picture […]
She was never really “an actress.” Her movie acting credits number less than 20, and all of them are in musical contexts. Rosemary Clooney (perhaps best known today as George’s aunt) was a superb singer, though, with career parallels to another marginal actor, the immensely gifted vocalist by the name of Bing Crosby. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella […]
Just who IS that elegant lady (above) sitting opposite an inebriated Victor Moore, and being nuzzled by the likes of Bob Hope? Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, unearthing today one of the comedian’s older comedies, and marveling at the classy-looking actress who portrays his romantic interest. In past months […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here again with more ruminations on the entertaining world of old-fashioned Hollywood movie publicity. Sometimes the publicity back then was more entertaining than the movie, but that’s a discussion for another day. Today, we’ve invited a special guest — our longtime friend, veteran Hollywood […]
A couple of weeks ago we ran a picture and identification of one-time character actor Stanley Clements. And, of course, for the last few weeks we’ve been discussing Bob Hope and the fetching female costars he played opposite in his long career. Well, in classic Hollywood style their […]
When Bob Hope arranged for Hedy Lamarr to co-star with him in 1951’s “My Favorite Spy,” Hedy was fresh off a huge hit, “Samson and Delilah,” but not in the good graces of her bosses at Paramount. (She had refused for familiar reason$ to do a promotional tour on behalf of the Biblical epic.) […]
He was the top film comedian of the time. She was a budding blonde sex symbol of great promise. It was natural to pair them in a film. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys back again to note that the indie producer Samuel Goldwyn often borrowed stars from other studios to perform […]
Many people may not recognize or remember the star (and her famous, ample equipment) but in the late 50’s and early 60’s she represented sex and Sweden. Naturally she starred in a picture with Bob Hope. Hello everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers here with more detail on how Bob Hope in his long film […]