A Christmas postcard that I received from the Jeff Buckley mailing list back in the 1990’s.
"Merry Christmas all, and a kiss for your New Years headache." - Jeff
A Christmas postcard that I received from the Jeff Buckley mailing list back in the 1990’s.
"Merry Christmas all, and a kiss for your New Years headache." - Jeff
Linda Darnell visits Ann Miller on the set of Eadie Was a Lady- c.1945
Today, 40 years ago, Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel aka Fredric March left us.
August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975
“He took the road less travelled by. He could have settled for super stardom, but instead he sought to become the consummate actor. He knew to achieve one would negate the other.” (с) “The Baltimore Sun”, 1975
“I should like to bring to the screen the sort of thing Alfred Lunt has brought to the stage. I think that is the best – and most ambitious –comparison I can make. The best illustration of what I hope to do and be.” (с) Fredric March in the late 1920s
“The finest human being I’ve ever known, as well as the best actor I ever worked with. He inspired everyone. I have seen very hard-boiled technicians break into applause at the end of a scene by Freddie March. He exemplified the word ‘excellence’. He really was what you would hope any great actor would be.” (с) John Frankenheimer
“If I told you that there was an actor who was Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Robert Taylor all rolled into one, with a pinch of Paul Muni thrown in for good measure you’d probably think I’m nuts. But such an actor did exist, and his name was Fredric March.” (с) painter and blogger Kate Gabrielle
Fredric March with Carole Lombard in Nothing Sacred, 1937
Still in a mood for fun when the party ended, Gable and Lombard decided to visit the amusement pier at nearby Venice. Lombard had once rented the entire place for one of her wacky parties, so the owners had shown their appreciation by giving her a life-time pass. She took Gable for free rides on the roller-coaster, bumper cars, Ferris wheel, and other attractions. They held hands and necked like teenagers.
I want you to look at her. She’s a beautiful Indian woman. Why?
Linda Darnell and her sketches of the Forever Amber cast. I didn’t realize she was such an amazing artist!
Gina Rodriguez | Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy, “Jane the Virgin” | Golden Globe Awards 2015
The Orioles — What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? (1948)
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve is a popular song written in 1947 by Frank Loesser — It first charted for The Orioles, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard’s Best-Selling Retail Rhythm Blues chart in December of 1949
Joan Fontaine
from the Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire with Joan Fontaine
Who is your favorite hero of fiction? "D’Artagnan, from The Three Musketeers, who taught me some things were going on in Milady’s boudoir. My mother, when I questioned her at 10 years old, said, ‘You’ll have to ask someone else.’”
"Honeymoon — Punk & Frenchie — 1934"
Jeff Buckley photographed by Merri Cyr at Tower Records, NYC, December 16, 1994.
Rock Hudson swearing in Doris Day as the Mayor of Universal Studios, 1962.
Rock and Doris