More Thirties Movies Trivia – PT5.
Flynn in The Charge of the Light Brigade Michael Curtiz Lili Damita Errol Flynn and Hungarian-born director Michael […]
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More Thirties Movie Trivia – PT4
Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard in Pygmalion (1938) The scene in both Pygmalion (1938) and My Fair Lady (1964) where Eliza accidentally swallows a marble during her elocution lessons was never part of George Bernard Shaw’s original story. In the 1938 film Wendy Hiller suddenly exhibited a pained […]
More Thirties Movie Trivia – PT3
Ann Miller in You Can’t Take It With You You Can’t Take it with You (1938) was dancer Ann Miller’s ninth movie as an adult, […]
More Thirties Movie Trivia – PT2.
Olivia de Havilland with Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood While making The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Errol Flynn told his co-star Olivia de Havilland that his marriage to Lili Damita was […]
Thirties movie trivia – PT1
Norma Shearer Norma & Jimmy Stewart circa 1939 Mickey Rooney in his Andy Hardy days Norma Shearer’s husband, Irving Thalberg, passed away in September 1936. […]
Some Silent Era Trivia
Annette, billed as ‘the world’s most perfect woman’. When Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman appeared naked in the 1916 silent movie A Daughter of the Gods, she actually caused less shock waves than she did back in 1911 when she […]
BEST OF THE BEST – Pt1 – CARY GRANT
CARY GRANT Here is a brief look at the very best movies from the very best actors and actresses (in my opinion). If you have never seen any or all of these movies, I sincerely […]
‘SINCE YOU WENT AWAY’ (1944) – Wartime drama at its best.
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944) I suppose it is a sign of my age, but every once in a while I like to select one of my favourite black and white films to watch late in the evening. I know it has nothing to do with the fact that these […]
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) – a timeless classic.
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) After deliberately punishing myself by recently sitting through the lamentable 1956 soap opera Written on the Wind, I felt I owed myself a treat, […]