Lol this one might be the craziest for Cantor blackface, yeah

Happy Birthday* to the late Ryan O'Neal, born Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal 85 years ago today

Oh, to have a Roman ampule of giggle weed

Happy 4/20! 💨

Not to be a bummer, but this is Carroll Borland for Mark of the Vampire (1935)!

Eddie Cantor shows a pair of Roman guards a good time in Roman Scandals (1933). Happy 4/20!

From left, Lorraine Brooks, Josephine Poretto, June Ford, Jewel LaKota, Irene French, Mary R. Dillon and Villere Shinn

April 20, 1926: “How's this for a septet? New York's Broadway Association's beauty committee picked 'em from 26 heartbreakers. Soon the prettiest will be crowned Her Royal Highness Miss Broadway.” (International News Service)

And nearly nothing from George Brent!

Yearly post of Gertrude Michael singing ‘Sweet Marijuana’ in Murder at the Vanities (1934). Happy 4/20!

Jayne Mansfield poses on a white scooter

BTD - Jayne Mansfield, Lambretta Advertising Poster, 1962

Justify The Lady

Justify The Lady

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Covers, Babes, Earle Bergey, Magazine, Snappy

Haven’t seen that one!

I am always thinking about this stupid costume.

Self-caricature by Gary Cooper of himself as the White Knight in Alice in Wonderland (1933), published in a 30s fan mag which mentioned his prior stint as a newspaper cartoonist:

A Study in Mona Gray Publicity sells.

I dug into the story of 1930s 'nationally famous billboard beauty' Mona Gray, who readily wrestled publicity demons in court on account of a fake story about false eyelashes. vitaphonezone.substack.com/p/a-study-in...

A review of The Night Mayor (1932) Well, I finally get to check this Lee Tracy/my wife Evalyn Knapp off my watchlist, and I think the scene most prominently featured in its advertising art was deleted. Makes sense, since that scene was...

My 1 cent: boxd.it/dVjCmz

This was about as good as I expected it to be.

Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent in a publicity portrait for The Purchase Price (1932)

Any time! Perhaps someday someone will leave me their copy in their will. It’d serve me better than money.

That Certain Thing (Capra, 1928) +2

That Certain Thing (Capra, 1928)

I always like to point out the Letty Lynton intro theme is the same song Harlow seduces Bill Legendre with in Red-Headed Woman (1932). Thanks MGM.

Kids these days will never understand watching Letty Lynton in 280p.

Whoever AI upscaled the Three Wise Girls poster for TMDB is going to hell.

Agreed. They’re so good to fall asleep to because of how relaxing they are, which I don’t want to do because I want to listen!

James Hong Interview Part 1 of 3 - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG YouTube video by FoundationINTERVIEWS

God his Bacall impression is so good. Also lmao. Thanks Television Academy youtu.be/cEilOVpveFg?...

James Hong talking about Lauren Bacall getting William Wellman to calm down after getting hit by a spitball during Blood Alley (1955)

Eleanor Hutton Elopes With Playwright; Weds Preston Sturges Over Parents' Protest (Published 1930)

Crazy but true: Preston Sturges was born Edmund Preston Biden, and was likely a distant relative of Joe Biden; his second wife—whom he eloped with over her parents’ objections—was the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post, who built & originally owned Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s with her husband.

Also love these behind-the-scenes production shots which have great composition by themselves lol

I actually really adore this oddly beautiful film, but Wellman’s recollections of Warner Baxter being too old for it are still the funniest thing ever. As published in @fthomp.bsky.social’s pioneering Wellman book, which you should read, along with all the rest of Frank’s books.