Quote Of The Day

At nine years old, Olivia made a will and wrote, "I bequeath all my beauty to my younger sister Joan, since she has none." 

We should have seen it coming...

A Closer Look At...

...Robert Osborne

There is nothing as comforting as listening to Mr. Osborne talk about the movies in between movies on TCM. Luckily, he is back which is great since nobody, not even Alec Baldwin, could replace him! Here is a closer look...

1. Born in 1932 in Washington.

2. Majored in journalism at Washington University.

3. Worked as a contract actor for Desilu Productions including a workshop program where Lucy and Desi helped rising stars.

4.Worked bit parts in television including a role in the pilot for The Beverly Hillbillies.

5.Took Lucy's advice after she suggested he combine his two great loves, films and writing. She told him, "You came from a nice middle class family and we have enough actors already, we don't have authors."

6. Wrote the book Academy Awards Illustrated.

 7.Worked as a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.

8. Started hosting on TCM in 1994.

9.Discovered a building in New York called "The Osborne" after reading Rosalind Russell's auto bio and decide to buy 3 apartments there. 

10. Has never married.

Everyday Alfred

Time for tea?

Foreign Film Poster Friday

"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" 1948

Happy Thanksgiving!

Eat, drink, and be thankful!

Bacall and Bogie chasing after din din.

Judy showing off her efforts.

Marylin, still wondering how someone convinced her to dress up like a slutty pilgrim and pretend to hunt turkey.

Jump!

Philippe Halsman was one of the great portrait photographers of his time. He worked with LIFE magazine and Salvador Dali, but his best work, in my opinion, was his Jump series. Politicians and artists, rulers and business owners, they all jumped for Halsman. But being a film nerd, the actors and actresses are my favorite.

Grace

Dean and Jerry

Marilyn

Anthony

Brigitte

Donald

Eva

Harold

Audrey

Sophia

"When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears."

-Philippe Halsman

Check out his book, which is full of famous people jumping:

Foreign Film Poster Friday

"A Woman Of Affairs" 1928