Tag: 1931

October 27, 2015 /

“Learn your lines, find your mark, look ’em in the eye and tell ’em the truth.” James Cagney

Cagney played a supporting role to Edward G. Robinson’s lead – I’ve never seen it but there’s supposed to be some pre-code naughtiness – a Warner Bros. gangster film from 1931 – when they used real gunfire on set. I shudder to think.

October 27, 2015 /

“I’m no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.” Clark Gable

November 15, 2014 /

Married on Thanksgiving Day, 1927, Silent Star Louise Fazenda and Producer Hal B. Wallis

October 25, 2013 /

Art Deco glamour – Norma Shearer

October 25, 2013 /

A FREE SOUL – 1931 – NORMA SHEARER, CLARK GABLE, LIONEL BARRYMORE

August 16, 2013 /

HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFT-OFF

Dearest friends… All the visa paperwork for a certain young man has come through and he’s on schedule for departure this Wednesday for four years of study overseas: I couldn’t be happier or prouder. Here at Beguiling we are over and out through the weekend. Keep your wings level my…

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January 12, 2013 /

1931 – THESE WERE THE FASTEST HUMANS

Coached by Dean Cromwell of USC – who came up with the flying finish… Charley Paddock (center) and Frank Wykoff (far right) cross the finish line at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Paddock won gold in the 1920 Olympics, in 1924 (in the film “Chariots of Fire” as portrayed by Dennis…

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December 14, 2012 /

1931 – IN BEVERLY HILLS EVEN CACTUS GOT LIT

Christmas in Beverly Hills, 1931:

October 31, 2012 /

DRACULA

Bela Lugosi:

October 6, 2012 /

THE WILTERN THEATER – WHERE A MOVIE STAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEATED NEXT TO YOU