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Bestselling Amazon Author & Classic Film Historian. Voracious Reader of Mystery & Suspense. Consumer of copious amounts of coffee. @TCM #TCMParty Alvin's pop.
Joined June 2010
If you have a classic movie fan on your Christmas list (or are one yourself), my books on the Golden Age of Hollywood may be the perfect fit. All are paperback and have some great reviews! Below are Amazon links for the US, UK & Canada! .See in the thread. #holidaygifts #TCM
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Judy Garland and daughter, Liza Minnelli, 1947
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Margaret Hamilton having a reunion with Judy Garland in 1968.
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19 year old Ava Gardner photographed for her MGM employment questionnaire in 1942
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19 year-old North Carolina native, Ava Gardner photographed for her MGM employment questionnaire in 1942
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Gary Cooper with his daughter, Maria on her 21st birthday in 1958
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With Halloween just around the corner,.I thought this was vintage fun. John F. Kennedy with his daughter Caroline, who’s wearing a JFK mask. Halloween 1962
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Rare shot of Gene Kelly without his hairpiece.
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Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland, along with the gang on the set of "The Adventures of Robin Hood." Read all about the shenanigans off-screen in my book, ERROL, OLIVIA & THE MERRY MEN OF SHERWOOD. US Canada #TCMParty #Robinhood
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"When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch.".~ Bette Davis. #TCM #quoteoftheday
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Birthday Remembrance for DEBBIE REYNOLDS, here with daughter Carrie Fisher in September 1958. #BOTD #princessleia
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Burgess Meredith and his wife Paulette Goddard, 1944
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You guys did so well with the last Hirschfeld posted, I thought we'd do another. Do you know this striking group? Of course you do!. #TCM
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Hedy Lamarr - more than just a pretty (pretty gorgeous) face.
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Larry Hagman and his mother, Mary Martin. 1955
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The Cast of "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) with director Frank Capra front and center. #TCM #ChristmasMovies #HolidayMagic
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Vintage Poster for "My Man Godfrey" (1936).What fun!
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Shirley Temple posing by a painting of herself.as a young child, 1945
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Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford during filming of 'Star Wars' 1976
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Birthday Remembrance for BURT LANCASTER. This man had a prolific list of movie credits. What is YOUR favorite BL film? (or films). #TCM #botd #QuestionOfTheDay
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Martin Landau at work in the Daily News Art Dep. in 1951. He left five years later to become an actor.
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Randolph Scott and Cary Grant.working out at the house they shared in Malibu, 1935
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Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.taking a break on the set of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". #TCMParty #TCM #SummerUnderTheStars #marilynmonroeeffect
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Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!!.Here's a real blast from the past. Betty White and Lorne Greene hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1960s. Have a safe and peaceful day!
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A touching full-page memorial that MGM published in the movie trade papers the day after Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash in 1942. #TCM
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Natalie Wood and Orson Welles on the set of."TOMORROW IS FOREVER" (1946)
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Donna Reed and James Stewart in."It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
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Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939)
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Judy Garland's daughters, Liza Minnelli and her sister Lorna Luft watch 'The Wizard Of Oz' during its first televised broadcast in 1956. #TCMParty #TCM #wizardofoz
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ERROL FLYNN, here w/ Olivia de Havilland & the Merry Men on the Robin Hood set. Read all about all the shenanigans off-screen in my book, "ERROL, OLIVIA & THE MERRY MEN OF SHERWOOD. US UK Canada: #TCMParty
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What movie do you think of when you see .EDWARD G. ROBINSON?. #Poll #QuestionOftheDay #TCMParty #TCM
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"The Swimmer" (1966) with Burt Lancaster, here with Janet Landgard. Have you seen it?. #TCMParty #QuestionOfTheDay
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Happy 78th Birthday to LIZA MINNELLI, here with her mother, Judy Garland in 1947. #BOTD #Liza #birthdaygirl #TCM
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Cary Grant walking his Siamese cat in Beverly Hills, 1955.#TCM #SummerUnderTheStars #CaryGrant #cats
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62 years ago, Bette Davis (more affable than rumor would have it) placed this iconic ad in Variety. #TCM #BetteDavis
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Fresh-faced stars, Ingrid Bergman and Jennifer Jones, 1943
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Birthday Remembrance for Marilyn Monroe (far right) here with her mother, Gladys and her half-sister, Berenice on a beach in Santa Monica in the summer of 1946. #BOTD
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62 years ago, Bette Davis (more affable than rumor would have it) placed this iconic ad in 'Variety.'.#TCM
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Lucille Ball and Cary Grant in 1986. Grant would die later that year.
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Psycho stars, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh at the Paramount Pictures 75th Anniversary Party, 1987
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Birthday Remembrance for JUDY GARLAND, here with her daughter, Liza Minnelli in 1947. #BOTD #JudyGarland #TCMParty #TCM #birthday
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During WWII Bette Davis performed for black troops, the only white participant in a troupe formed by black star Hattie McDaniel, Chairman of the Negro Division of the Hollywood Victory Committee, to perform for black servicemen. NAME BELOW THE TITLE.US:
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THELMA RITTER and her husband, Joseph Moran, were married 42 years, until her death in 1969. Even after Ritter began working steadily as an actress, first on radio then in movies, the Morans remained in their Forest Hills home until Ritter’s death. (continued in thread). #TCM
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Birthday Remembrance for Audrey Hepburn,.who would have been 94 today. #BOTD #AudreyHepburn
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Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh on the RKO lot during filming of "Holiday Affair" (1949).#TCM
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. Just Before Stardom. North Carolina girl, Ava Gardner
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Silent screen legends Richard Barthelmess, Maurice Chevalier, Ramon Novarro, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, and Janet Gaynor at the 1955 George Eastman Award Dinner photographed by fellow silent film legend Harold Lloyd.#TCM
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Montgomery Clift in 1955 after signing with MGM. What is your favorite Monty Clift movie?. (Mine is "The Heiress" with special mention for "A Place in the Sun"). #QuestionOfTheDay #TCM #Polls
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Ginger Rogers, avid and accomplished fly fisher pictured on the cover of LIFE in 1942
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Since she's trending it's a good time to ask. Anybody remember Sally Field as Gidget?. #QuestionOfTheDay
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Elizabeth Taylor and her brother, Howard Taylor, 1937
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Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in a promotional shot for CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935). Flynn was given the star-making role when Robert Donat bailed. It became the first film pairing of Flynn with de Havilland, a match made in Warner Brothers Heaven. (continued in thread) . #TCM
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CLASSIC MOVIE #SummerReading !.The great THELMA RITTER (below on the set of The Misfits) made her film debut at 45 with a memorable bit in Miracle on 34th Street. NAME BELOW THE TITLE series.US: UK: Canada:
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Ending the Weekend with a little Hirschfeld. You know who these guys are? Of course you do!.#QuestionOfTheDay #TCM
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