Norman Lloyd, long a personal favorite of mine, was a fascinating man and performer.
Norman Lloyd Dead [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]
R.I.P. Norman Lloyd (1914-2021)
Movie Stars
Rest in Peace, Tab Hunter!
Rest in Peace to the extraordinary, gifted Tab Hunter (11 July 1931-8 July 2018).
Tab Hunter
Happy Birthday, Mr. Fairbanks!
Douglas Fairbanks, one of the most charismatic individuals to ever step foot in front of a movie camera, was born on this day in 1883. Cheers to you, sir!
Douglas Fairbanks in His Majesty, the American (1919)
R.I.P. Patricia Morison
Patricia Morison (1939)
Happy Birthday, Doris Day!
Ohio’s own Doris Day is 96 years young today!*
Portrait of Doris Day (Aquarium, NYC) circa 1946, by William Gottlieb.
*And a happy birthday to my lovely aunts Lauree and Linda, who share a birthday with Doris.
Happy New Year’s Eve from Font and Frock (with a little help from Joan Crawford)
Joan Crawford, circa 1929
Happy Birthday, Marlene!
Happy birthday, Marlene Dietrich!
(27 December 1901)
Marlene Google Doodle
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Font & Frock!
Angela Greene, 1946
Maureen O’Hara, 1945
Happy Belated Birthday, Ms. Lupino!
As a teenager, I was obsessed with the Ida Lupino films, The Light That Failed (1939) and Moontide (1942). The former had the bonus of Ronald Colman, the latter of Jean Gabin. Ida was magnificent in both.
Ida Lupino in The Light That Failed (1939)
Ida Lupino enriched cinema with some of the most nuanced performances of the 1940s, only to outdo herself as a pioneering director and writer. She deserves that rarest of titles: One of a Kind.
Happy Birthday, Joan Fontaine!
The talented and lovely Joan Fontaine was born on 22 October 1917. I love the WWII-era hair she is sporting in this photo from 1943:
Joan Fontaine, August 1943
Font and Frock 