The Magic of Old Hollywood

deforest: Gary Cooper photographed for Design for Living...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:05:22 -0500

Gary Cooper photographed for Design for Living (1933)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:18 -0500

Rest in peace, Ray Manzarek February 12, 1939 - May 20,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:42:44 -0500

Rest in peace, Ray Manzarek

February 12, 1939 - May 20, 2013

Thanks for all the wonderful music you have provided us. You will be greatly missed, but never forgotten.

lars134: “He’s lived in the same house for 100 years, he’s...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:35 -0500

lars134:

“He’s lived in the same house for 100 years, he’s stayed married to the same woman and he’s spent enormous amounts of time traveling with his kids - dedicated, exhausting traveling. He’s somebody who’s lived with the same principles all his life - they’re even part of his roles. I’ve never heard anybody say anything bad about him. He’s never been at the end of ugly gossip of any kind”

William Hayward, the son of Leland Hayward and Margaret Sullavan, about Jimmy Stewart

throughaface: Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing a Jimmy Stewart...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:44 -0500

throughaface:

Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing a Jimmy Stewart imitation myself.

Happy birthday James Maitland Stewart (May 20th 1908 - July 2nd 1997)

Breathless 1960

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:57:23 -0500

Breathless 1960

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Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:22 -0500

francisalbertsinatra: Frank Sinatra and his welcome mat,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:44:15 -0500

francisalbertsinatra:

Frank Sinatra and his welcome mat, photographed by John Bryson, 1965

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Sun, 19 May 2013 01:02:53 -0500

busterholic:

paulicabrera:

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franksinatragifs: Frank Sinatra in The Tender Trap (1955)

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:34 -0500

franksinatragifs:

Frank Sinatra in The Tender Trap (1955)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 00:42:48 -0500

ysabette: So, I was reading “America’s first network TV censor:...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:51:55 -0500

ysabette:

So, I was reading “America’s first network TV censor: the work of NBC’s Stockton Helffrich” and it said, in reference to Martin and Lewis hosting CCH, “Helffrich cut entire sequences, proscribing any overt sexual impropriety or underlying gay motif.”

They were edited to be less gay, and this is the result. So what did their act look like before the censors got to it?

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Wed, 15 May 2013 00:56:29 -0500

Rest In Peace, Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998)

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:40:27 -0500

Rest In Peace, Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998)

franksinatragifs: “I would like to be remembered as a man who...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:20:26 -0500

franksinatragifs:

“I would like to be remembered as a man who brought an innovation to popular singing—a peculiar, unique fashion that I wish one of these days somebody would learn to do so it doesn’t die where it is. I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, fine family—and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. I think that would do it.”

Rest in Peace Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915-May 14, 1998)

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Tue, 14 May 2013 02:44:57 -0500

francisalbertsinatra: Most of what has been written about me...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:32:45 -0500

francisalbertsinatra:

Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word that I agree with. It was in a piece that tore me apart for my personal behavior, but the writer said that when the music began and I started to sing, I was “honest.” That says it as I feel it. Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I’m honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there’s only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility…You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad—if you’re indifferent, endsville. That goes for any kind of human contact: a politician on television, an actor in the movies, or a guy and a gal. That’s as true in life as it is in art.

Rest in Peace, Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915-May 14, 1998)

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Mon, 13 May 2013 22:26:15 -0500

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Fri, 10 May 2013 16:01:16 -0500

ohrobbybaby: Frederick Austerlitz | May 10, 1899 – June 22,...

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:40:29 -0500

ohrobbybaby:

Frederick Austerlitz | May 10, 1899 – ~~June 22, 1987~~

“We are, of course, very lucky. His gift, captured in the movies, is one we can all share forever. He was, he is, and he always will be, our never-ending legend.” - Mikhail Baryshnikov

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRED ASTAIRE!