What fun! Just discovered the lovely Shona from Heyday is giving away a gift certificate/code/discount/what-have-you for Christmas. The winner will get £25 off their order. If you love the Old Hollywood attire as much as I do, this is most assuredly the website for you to browse...even if you are "across the pond" as I am.
And I promise (odd, I seem to be making promises to a non-existent reader...almost like an invisible friend) as soon as things get back to normal, I will start blogging about my favorite classic film stars once again.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
With the holiday season approaching, my mother and I were looking for movies on Netflix for our "Christmas movie marathon" that inevitably starts sometime in October and builds the remainder of the year.
Tonight we watched the 1955 Miracle on 34th Street that was part of "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (hence the title). It was very short, only an hour or so long, maybe less. But there were quite a few familiar faces. I am absolutely horrible with names, but I seldom forget a face. Thanks to imdb.com I am able to connect the faces and names of "that guy" or "that girl" in my favorite movies.
It is a family tradition to always watch Miracle on 34th Street with Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood (she was such a cute kid), and Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle, in addition to James Stewart's It's a Wonderful Life. I was pleasantly surprised when my mom and I both recognized the face and voice for Kris Kringle in the 1955 version we were watching, and I discovered (through imdb.com, of course) the actor was the same person who played "Uncle Billy" in It's a Wonderful Life. I also discovered that the 1959 version of Miracle on 34th Street had Ed Wynn starring as Kris Kringle, probably best known as "Uncle Albert" from Mary Poppins.
We also watched a short version of the classic Charles Dickens story Christmas Carol, in which the ever so suave Vincent Price narrated, another of my favorite classic stars. It truly is shame that people don't know more of his movies, but instantly think of horror movies, like The Pit and the Pendulum or House on Haunted Hill. I never realized how tall (6ft 4in) Vincent Price was until I saw his performance in the 1944 mystery Laura. To see the picture, click here
I shall now end my first blog and return next week with another classic star. There are so many to choose from, where shall I begin?
Tonight we watched the 1955 Miracle on 34th Street that was part of "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (hence the title). It was very short, only an hour or so long, maybe less. But there were quite a few familiar faces. I am absolutely horrible with names, but I seldom forget a face. Thanks to imdb.com I am able to connect the faces and names of "that guy" or "that girl" in my favorite movies.
It is a family tradition to always watch Miracle on 34th Street with Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood (she was such a cute kid), and Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle, in addition to James Stewart's It's a Wonderful Life. I was pleasantly surprised when my mom and I both recognized the face and voice for Kris Kringle in the 1955 version we were watching, and I discovered (through imdb.com, of course) the actor was the same person who played "Uncle Billy" in It's a Wonderful Life. I also discovered that the 1959 version of Miracle on 34th Street had Ed Wynn starring as Kris Kringle, probably best known as "Uncle Albert" from Mary Poppins.
We also watched a short version of the classic Charles Dickens story Christmas Carol, in which the ever so suave Vincent Price narrated, another of my favorite classic stars. It truly is shame that people don't know more of his movies, but instantly think of horror movies, like The Pit and the Pendulum or House on Haunted Hill. I never realized how tall (6ft 4in) Vincent Price was until I saw his performance in the 1944 mystery Laura. To see the picture, click here
I shall now end my first blog and return next week with another classic star. There are so many to choose from, where shall I begin?
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