This Weeks Birthdays

This week we celebrate birthdays for the nostalgic movie legends Angie Dickinson (September 30th 1931), Julie Andrews (October 1st 1935), Groucho Marx (October 2nd 1890), Warner Oland (October 3rd 1880), Charlton Heston (October 4th 1924), Buster Keaton (October 4th 1895), Donald Pleasence (October 5th 1919), and Carole Lombard (October 6th 1908).

Gloria DeHaven

This week we celebrate birthdays for the nostalgic movie legends Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934), Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888), Gloria DeHaven (July 23, 1925), Anthony Newley (July 24, 1931), Walter Brennan (July 25, 1894), Blake Edwards (July 26, 1922), Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928) Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916), and Rudy Vallee (July 28, 1901).

Mickey And Judy

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were the most popular song and dance team to ever work at MGM. They were probably the most talented duo to ever appear on the silver screen. They were in a total of ten feature films together, eight of which were specifically designed as Mickey-Judy vehicles. In the other two, they only had one scene and one number together, in Words and Music ("I Wish I Were in Love Again"). In Thousands Cheer, they didn't appear together though they both guest-starred.

Judy appeared in three episodes of the Andy Hardy series. She was the only major guest star to appear more than once. She probably would have become a regular in the series had it not been for her wanting to appear in more adult roles. In 1963, when Judy taped her first episode of The Judy Garland Show, she insisted on doing her first show with Mickey, "because he's my partner" (though this was the first episode taped, it was not the first to air).

This Weeks Birthdays

This week we celebrate birthdays for the nostalgic movie legends Ralph Bellamy (June 17, 1904), Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903), E.G. Marshall (June 18, 1914), Moe Howard (June 19, 1897), Martin Landau (June 20, 1931), Errol Flynn (June ...20, 1909), Audie Murphy (June 20, 1924), Judy Holliday (June 21, 1922), Bernie Kopell (June 21, 1933), Jane Russell (June 21, 1921), Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925), Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906), and Bob Fosse (June 23, 1927).

Vincent Price

Actor, writer, and gourmet, Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was born in St Louis, Missouri. He traveled through Europe, studied at Yale and became an actor. He made his screen debut in 1938, and after many minor roles, he began to perform in low...-budget horror movies such as The House of Wax. He achieved his first major success with The House of Usher. He was always known for his distinctive, low-pitched, creaky, atmospheric voice and his quizzical, mock-serious facial expressions. He went on to star in a series of acclaimed Gothic horror movies, and will always be a Nostalgic Movie Icon. Happy Birthday Vincent (May 27, 1911).

John Wayne

Nostalgic movie legend John Wayne, was born today on May 26th 1907. He was one of the cinema's greatest stars. But he was also one of the cinema's greatest problems. His image as an icon of American individualism and the frontier spirit has overshadowed his career to such an extent that it is almost impossible for viewers and writers to separate Wayne the legend from Wayne the actor and Wayne the man.

At The 1965 Oscar Awards.

A great image of Julie Andrews standing next to Sidney Poitier the night Julie recieved the Oscar for The Sound Of Music in 1965.

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Robert Mitchum

Little Known Movie Star Fact... Movie great Robert Mitchum was born August 17th 1917 in Bridgport Connecticut. Because of a troubled childhood he had an early contempt for authority and it led to many discipline problems. Robert spent a good portion of his teen years adventuring on the open road. It was on one of these trips at the age of 14 that he was charged with vagrancy and sentenced to a Georgia chain gang.

Are The Old Movies Better Than The New Movies ?

Are the old movies better or worse than the new movies ? Back in the the day a movies special effects were made by hand. Make up, car explosions, buildings falling down, thousands of space ships, storms, etc....all these things had to be done without computers overlaying images. To some people the old movies were classic. To some people the old movies were cheesy. To some people the new movies are awsome with special effects. To some people the new movies are just becoming remakes of the old ones with computer aided graphics because Hollywood is running out of ideas. What do you think ? Are the old movies better or worse than the new movies ?

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