Posted on July 1, 2016, Olivia de Havilland’s one hundredth birthday. Includes “Picto-Sked” displaying TCM’s opening night lineup of Olivia de Havilland movies, plus other images.
Research Notes & Reading Quotes
Short pieces of content related to my daily reading and writing routine. Interesting facts I spot while researching my posts and books. Fascinating quotes I come across while reading books or searching old newspaper archives. Classic movie history as it happened.
Clipping: Al Jolson Decks Walter Winchell, Both Dish, 1933
Both Al Jolson and Walter Winchell provide America with their individual takes on their altercation at the Hollywood American Legion Stadium in 1933.
Clipping: Larry Fay Profile by Mark Hellinger, 1927
From 1927: Mark Hellinger writes lengthy column charting the rise of Larry Fay of The El Fey nightclub.
Danny Reid Releases The Pre-Code Companion #5
I cover Richard Barthelmess in Heroes for Sale (1933) inside the latest issue of The Pre-Code Companion for Kindle. An excerpt is included here.
Clipping: William J. Fallon, 1927 Obituary
1927 obituary plus image of “The Great Mouthpiece,” William J. Fallon, who inspired the crooked mouthpiece cycle of movies in the early 1930s.
TCM’s Summer Under the Stars 2016
A list of the 31 classic movie stars that Turner Classic Movies is highlighting throughout August during TCM’s 2016 Summer Under the Stars programming.
Anti Red-Head League Targets Wanton, Faithless, and Ruthless Women
Laying out the six objectives of the Anti Red-Head League, plus the organization’s fifteen counts against red-headed women. Summer 1932.
Clipping: Juliette Compton’s Garbo Style in The Vice Squad
Screen capture of Juliette Compton sporting familiar look in The Vice Squad (1931) accompanied by Screenland clipping, “Another Girl Goes Garbo!”
Clipping: Chile Acuna Obituary, 1932
Chile Mapocha Acuna obituary, 1932. Vice witness who Paul Lukas character was partially based upon in The Vice Squad (1931).
The Life and Death of Dr. George Washington Kibbee (Guy Kibbee’s Grandfather)
The fascinating life and times of Dr. George Washington Kibbee, the grandfather actor Guy Kibbee never knew. A 19th century hustler and hero of the Yellow Fever epidemic that claimed his life.
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