And...scene!: Fairbanks Jr.

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Table Talk!

Charles Laughton and Judith Anderson

Basil Rathbone and Angela Lansbury

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood

Joan Crawford and Caesar Romero

Ann Dvorak, Hedy Lamarr, and Ann Baxter

Marlene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Ben Gazzara and Fred Clark

Brian Aherne, Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland

Tonight on TCM!

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) Young German soldiers try to adjust to the horrors of World War I.

Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Friday, October 30, 2009

Queen of Theme: Marion Davies

Just in time for Hallowe'en, a pictorial view of the wonderful themed parties Marion Davies gave at her luxurious beach house in Santa Monica...

Tonight on TCM!
Spend the day with Boris!!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Vintage Ads

Spencer Tracy for Lucky Strike. Easy on your throat, ha!

Barbara Stanwyck and my brother love RC Cola!

George Sanders for Blatz! The beer that makes you think of your bladder and break the seal early! Imagine, Sanders in Milwaukee, he must of loved it. [enter sarcasm here]

Lucille Ball and my brother, proud supporters of RC Cola and all things that float.

Kirk Douglas for Chesterfields. For a cleaner mouth, smoke.

Joan Crawford and my brother turn their backs on Pepsi.

Baby-faced Douglas Fairbanks Jr. for Barbasol. Yeah, that makes sense.

Tonight on TCM!

Summer Under the Stars: Ida Lupino (the name that consistently pops up in my crosswords)

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. first met in 1927 when both stars were working on different movies both co-starring John Gilbert. However, it wasn't until 1928 that they started to get to know one another better. At first Crawford thought Fairbanks was a stuffed shirt. They came from completely different backgrounds- she was poor and working her way up to stardom and he was heir to the former king of Hollywood- Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Needless to say, some did not approve of the the union. Crawford at first, was just looking for a little fun, she was three to four (depending on the real date of birth) years older than Fairbanks Jr. and sexually more advanced. I'd like to believe that their marriage was based on love and respect but Fairbanks could just have easily been another rung in the ladder to her success. He knew all the right people, he was invited to all the grand events. Their marriage only lasted four years. Crawford was rumored to be having an affair with Clark Gable as early as 1930. Despite the divorce, they did remain friends until her death.