Old Hollywood - Blog Posts
🎉 Remembering actress and dancer Mae Clarke born 111 years ago today; August 16th, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 🎂.
🎉 Two July 29th "Birthday Girls"; Thelma Todd (1906) and Clara Bow (1905) in a scene from the Pre-Code film "Call Her Savage" (1932). Monroe Owsley (another Leo 🦁 - August 11th) looks on as the ladies are about to "square off"🥊.
Remembering "The Ice Cream Blonde"; Thelma Alice Todd born on this date, July 29th, 1906 in Lawrence, Massachusetts 🎂 🎞 🥃 🎭.
🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to William Horatio Powell (aka "Nick Charles") born on this date; July 29th, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 🎂 🍸🎬.
🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to Hollywood "tough guy" and "song and dance man" James Cagney born 122 years ago today; July 17th, 1899, in NYC.
Two class acts both born on this date; July 16th 🎂💐.
Remembering the talented Barbara Stanwyck born on this date; July 16th, 1907, in Brooklyn, NY. Happy Birthday "Missy" 🎉🎈🎂🎁🍸🎊.
Happy "Heavenly" Birthday to the beautiful and multi-talented Ginger Rogers born today; July 16th, 1911 in Independence, Missouri 🎉🎊🎈🎂🎁🍨💃.
🥀 Remembering actress Jean Harlow who left us 84 years ago today; June 7th, 1937, at the young age of 26 🎭. R.I.P.⚘
🥀 Remembering actress Mae Clarke; who passed away on this date; April 29th, 1992. She appeared in many Pre-Code classic films including: "The Public Enemy", "Frankenstein", "Waterloo Bridge", and "Three Wise Girls". Gone; but, not forgotten 🎭.
🥀 Remembering on this date; April 25th, 1995, the beautiful and talented Ginger Rogers who passed from this world. R.I.P. 🎭
Warming up the night before the Academy Awards with a Jean Harlow/Pre-Code movie night. "The Public Enemy" (1931) "Hold Your Man" (1933) "Dinner at Eight" (1933).
Ginger Rogers in her Academy Award winning performance in "Kitty Foyle" (1940) is on TCM today (04/14/2021) @ 8:15 am EST. Coffee ☕and Ginger💃; perfect together 😊.
🇺🇸 Actress Carole Lombard in Chicago, Illinois on January 14th, 1942 while on a war bond tour. Two days later she; along with 21 others, were killed in an airplane crash just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.
TGIF to all 💃🕺. Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend 🎆 🥂🍾.
🤔 Does anyone else remember watching "Our Gang"; aka "The Little Rascals" after school or on a Saturday afternoon???? ✋😊.
🥀 🍸 🎭 Remembering actor and three time Academy Award nominee; William Powell, who passed away 37 years ago today: March 5th, 1984.
Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to Harlean Harlow Carpenter (better known as Jean Harlow) born on this date; March 3rd, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri 🎉🎂💐.
🥀 Remembering Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25th, 1909 - February 28th, 1993) 🎭.
I'll have a whiskey 🥃 and make it Irish ☘. Happy "Whiskey" Wednesday to all 🙂.
🥀 Remembering a Brooklyn born girl who grew up to become one of the great American actresses; Barbara Stanwyck, who passed away 31 years ago today 🎭. R.I.P. Miss Stanwyck 💐.
📽 "To Be Or Not To Be" (1942). Carole Lombard's last film 🎬 💔.
🥀 Remembering the beautiful, talented, funny and patriotic Carole Lombard; who was tragically killed in an airplane crash on January 16th, 1942 while returning home to California from a war bond rally in her home state of Indiana 🇺🇸.
🎭 Remembering the "Queen of Wisecracks" and my cousin; Patsy Kelly, on what would have been her 111th birthday today: January 12th, 1910 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn🎂🥃💐.
🥀 Remembering the beautiful and funny Thelma Todd who left us 85 years ago today; December 16th, 1935. Gone; but, not forgotten. R.I.P.💔.
🎂 Remembering the lovely and wonderful Ruth Carol Hussey born on this date; October 30th, 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island 🎭.
🎉 Happy Heavenly Birthday🎂 to La Raine Johnson (aka Laraine Day) who would have turned 100 years old today; October 13th, 1920 in Roosevelt, Utah💐.
🎉 Happy Heavenly Birthday to Canadian born and NYC raised; (Ethel) Ruby Keeler born on this date; August 25th, 1909 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia🇨🇦💃🎂.
🎉 Remembering Brooklyn's own Mary Jane West (aka Mae West) born on this date; August 17th, 1893🎂. Seen here in a publicity photo from 1936🎭.
🎉 Happy 100th Birthday to Maureen FitzSimons (aka Maureen O'Hara) born on this date; August 17th, 1920 in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. Missed; but, not forgotten☘🎂🎭.