Andre de Toth gestures.
May 31, 2007
Collect 'Em All #30
Dolores Del Rio
No. 15 in a series of 50 from Players Navy Cut cigarettes.
A second cousin to Ramon Navarro, Dolores Del Rio was born on August 3rd, 1905 in Durango, Mexico, and christened Lolita Dolores Asunsolo de Martinez. She was sent to a convent when she was seven, and after her education there, left when she was fifteen. A year later she was married to Jaime Del Rio. Edwin Carewe, the director, noticed her, and persuaded her to leave her life in society for the screen. In 1925 she made her first film appearance in Joanna, but What Price Glory brought her fame. Among her latest talkie successes are Flying Down to Rio, Wonder Bar and Madame Du Barry.
May 29, 2007
May 28, 2007
May 27, 2007
Woodcut Confidential! #6
Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu
(Doctor Huatuo attends to the warrior Guanyu's arm wound)
(Kuniyoshi Utagawa; 1853)
May 26, 2007
Adventures in American Filmmaking #75:
John Wayne 100th Birthday Edition
Today's Adventure: John Wayne (aka Singin' Sandy) rides a crane while
directing The Alamo (1960)
Before and After (redux) #63:
John Wayne 100th Birthday Edition
Before (Marion Robert Morrison)
After (John Wayne)
After (John Wayne)
They Were Collaborators #309
John Wayne 100th Birthday Edition
John Ford calls the shots on How the West Was Won.
Artists in Action #186:
John Wayne 100th Birthday Edition
Bruce Cabot holds a cigar between his teeth in the presence of John Wayne
May 25, 2007
Collect 'Em All #29
Marion Davies
No. 14 in a set of 50 from Players Navy Cut Cigarettes.
Marion Davies was born on January 3rd, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York, and was christened Marion Douras. Her father was a judge, and she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. On leaving the convent, she went on the stage, making her debut at an early age in Chu Chin Chow. Later she appeared in the famous Ziegfeld Follies, then turned to the screen. Among her latest films are Going Hollywood and Spy 13 in which she co-starred with Gary Cooper.
May 24, 2007
May 23, 2007
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