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Lucy Punch, wearing the latest dress from the makers of the Dyson Air Multiplier, with rumpled zaydeh Woody Allen, and Gemma Jones, fresh from an arts & crafts fair in Ventura, as seen at a promo event in Spain for “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.”
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Lana Turner turned out a pretty good turban in the noir classic, “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” with John Garfield. Here’s the trailer… “If he hung for it!”
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Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth in “Young Frankenstein.”
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Oscar winner Patricia Neal left the earth last night, following an eight decade visit.
Goodbye, and thanks for inspiring others to carry on, no matter what.
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Oh man, I just love Shirley Bassey, here she is in 2007, age 70.
Billie Burke was born on this day in 1885. Here she is in “Dinner at Eight.”
I’ve been waiting for someone to post some Libby Holman video on YouTube, but I just learned that Libby Holman never allowed herself to be filmed. Her Reynolds tobacco heir husband died of a bullet in the head; his family asked that charges against Holman be dropped. Their only son, Christopher, fell off a mountain to his death in 1950. Holman was one of the best torch singers of the era. Here she is with “Moanin’ Low.”
Sid Caesar (88 next month) and Nanette Fabray (90 in October) — live TV, baby.
Bonus! Bitter:Sweet with “The Mating Game.”
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As part of my exciting weekend, I took a nap while watching 1962′s “Convicts 4” on TCM, where Ben Gazzara plays a lifer with artistic talent. One of the wardens was played by Stuart Whitman… and I wondered whatever happened to him.
He’s 82 now, hasn’t made a film or done TV since 2000, and is said to be worth $100 million, thanks to some shrewd investing.
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That gorgeousness is the original “It” girl… not some Lohan trash imitation. Bow was the real deal, from Brooklyn too, born on this day in 1905. An abused and impoverished child, she somehow managed to become America’s first sex symbol.
The story about her taking on the entire USC football team was proven false by someone who interviewed members of the alleged dalliance team, and they all denied it. Among her many affairs, however, was Bela Lugosi.
Clara got into pictures by winning a contest and was a top box office star in the waning days of the silents — she exemplified the Flapper era, although she was making $35,000 a week during the Depression.
She made a few sound pictures and quit the business at 26, married cowboy actor Rex Bell and had two kids. She never attempted a comeback.
Bow died in Los Angeles of a heart attack at age 60. Her remains are at Forest Lawn, near those of George Burns and Nat King Cole, and right below Alan Ladd.
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Ruth Buzzi is 74 today… check out this fearless performance on an old Dean Martin Roast with legend Jimmy Stewart.
Everybody loves Disco, everybody loves Paul Lynde, everybody loves Florence Henderson… put ‘em all together — you judge. This may be why people started using drugs.
And speaking of Old Black Magic… over 30 years since his death, Louis Prima will finally get his star on the Walk of Fame on Sunday, July 25 at 11:30 a.m. in front of The Montalbán Theatre at 1615 N. Vine. Louis Jr. will appear. Here’s Louis Sr. with Keely Smith.
From 1982′s “Koyannisqatsi: Life out of Balance.” The restaurant at 6:48 was Ship’s Coffee Shop in Westwood, Calif., which met with the wrecker’s ball in 1984.
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“Titanic” star Gloria Stuart, 100, and Carla Laemmle, 101, niece of the Universal Studios founder and co-star of the soon-to-be-released gay indie “Pool Time” with adorably hunky Marcus Harwell (below), as seen last night at the Centennial Celebration at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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That’s the fabulous Dorothy Fields, born in New Jersey on this day in 1905, who in her 68 years on earth wrote lyrics for some of the most memorable tunes in the American songbook, over 400 in all, including:
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love • Don’t Blame Me
On The Sunny Side of the Street • A Fine Romance
I’m in the Mood for Love • The Way You Look Tonight
Big Spender • If My Friends Could See Me Now
In his inauguration speech, Barack Obama paraphrased Fields’ lyrics when he said, “Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.” The song is “Pick Yourself Up,” from the 1936 film “Swing Time,” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who sang, “Pick yourself up; dust yourself off; start all over again.”
Fields was honored in 1995 with a U.S. postage stamp in the Songwriters series.
Here’s Gwen Stefani with the Pussycat Dolls singing “Big Spender” from 1966′s “Sweet Charity.”
And Billie Holiday with “A Fine Romance.”
LIFE, USPS
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"These are simple people. The common clay. You know... morons."
--Gene Wilder as "The Waco Kid" in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles"
