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Ronald Reagan for Jeris and "handsomer" hair. 

Susan Hayward for Max Factor.

John Wayne for Budweiser and throwing "middle-management" out the window. 

Shirley Temple for flour and all its sweet rewards. 

Spencer Tracy for the not-so-lucky Lucky Strike. Shout!

Tippi Hedren for Gleem and brushing less.

Orson Welles and daughter Rebecca for alcoholism closing the generation gap with Jim Beam.  

Tonight on TCM!
Cary Grant! Bringing Up Baby is a must see!

Camera Shot!

Bette Davis and Micheal Curtiz on Essex and Elizabeth.

 Elizabeth Hartman, Director Guy Green and Sydney Poitier on A Patch of Blue.

 John Ford and John Wayne on In Harm's Way.

 The set of Johnny Guitar.

 Shirley Temple in Moons of Miami.

 Ava Gardner on The Snows of Kilmanjaro.

The set of Water Gypsies.

Tonight on TCM!

Saving the day and the energy for a song, TCM is featuring the Singing Cowboy each Friday this month. So, saddle up and grab your instrument of choice. I'm torn between spoons and the mouth harp personally.

Table Talk!

 Joan Blondell and husband Dick Powell

 Mickey Rooney give Busby Berkley an oral exam.

 Peter Lawford and Lana Turner.

 Laurel and Hardy break bread.

 Jean Harlow and William Powell.

 John Wayne, Keenan Wynn, and John Ford enjoy a long repast.

 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans will eat with anyone!

Warren William and wife Helen

Tonight on TCM! Charles Laughton's one and only directorial debut! Can't wait!

The Night of The Hunter (1955) Atmospheric allegory of innocence, evil, and hypocrisy, with psychotic religious fanatic Mitchum chasing homeless children for money stolen by their father.

Happy Birthday John Wayne!

Today is the essential American, John Wayne's birthday. To celebrate, I have included a link to the entry I did on him in October.

JOHN WAYNE

S&G: We aim to please...

Tonight on TCM! I can't stand how good the line up is tonight!!

The Snake Pit (1948) A young woman tries to recover her sanity in a corrupt mental institution.

Cast: Olivia deHavilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm Dir: Anatole Litvak

The Heiress (1949) A plain young woman's money makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins Dir: William Wyler

A Place in the Sun (1951) An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere Dir: George

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson Dir: Richard Brooks

Al Hirschfeld's Characters

Found in the various tubes that make up the interwebs!

The Rat Pack

Paul Newman

Laurel & Hardy

The Marx Brothers

Groucho

Norton & Ralph

Marilyn Monroe

John Wayne

Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly

Cary Grant

Judy Garland

Bogie & Bacall

Marlene Dietrich (can you spot the Nina?)

Audrey Hepburn

Helen Mack & Harold Lloyd

Bette Davis

Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn

Joan Crawford

The Marx Bothers

Carol Channing

Frank Sinatra

Lucille Ball

Rod Serling

Tonight on TCM!

Escape (1940) A Nazi officer's mistress helps an American free his mother from a concentration camp. Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Nazimova Dir: Mervyn LeRoy