Some stars just hanging out at the beach

Here are some photos of classic stars hanging out at the beach. Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Ava

Barbara

Cary

Kay

Natalie and friend

and finally Marilyn bids us farewell..

What a day at the beach!

Let's watch...ELMER GANTRY (1960)

 Burt Lancaster is all fire and brimstone as a traveling salesman who crosses path with a lady preacher named Sharon Falconer (played by Jean Simmons in an Award worthy performance) and becomes part of her traveling roadshow. Burt gives a showy and deserving Oscar winning performance as Gantry, who manages to smooth talk just about everyone he meets. But his past catches up with him later on in the form of Lulu Bains, a prostitute (played by Shirley Jones, who won an Oscar for her work here) who brings down her fury on Gantry in the final act. It's hard to mix religion and film and come away with everything working so well. The three leads: Lancaster, Simmons, and Jones are all top notch. There is also strong support from Arthur Kennedy as a local newspaper man who doesn't fall for Gantry's theatrics. I liked Elmer Gantry. It doesn't beat you over the head with the ideas of religion but does make you think about all the things that go along with it. All the music, preaching, etc combine to make a very solid film.





 I do believe Simmons was overlooked by the Academy by not even being nominated for her amazing performance as Sister Sharon. Her scenes preaching to the masses will hook you in immediately with her soft and delicate features but strong and commanding voice. Jones part was small but very effective. She doesn't enter the film until about 90 minutes in, but makes quite the impression as Lulu. She is very smart and very capable of taking down anyone who wrongs her such as Gantry did in their past. And finally Lancaster is top notch with this show stopping role that lets him cut loose with some big attention grabbing scenes and also with some quieter effective moments as well. If you have never seen Elmer Gantry, you need to check it out.

 Count our lucky stars

Monty

The Little Things Gene Tierney Does Just Like Regular People

I try to do a post of photos featuring the star of the month for very occasion. This month it's Gene Tierney and the topic is everyday things that regular people do. That Gene did also. Enjoy!

 Listening to some records

 Walking the dogs

 Playing cards

 Feeding the animals

 Horseback riding

 Drinking coffee

 Rowing a boat

 Some light reading

 Riding a bike

And Gene just being simply beautiful!

Count our lucky stars

Monty

Some great film couples showing some love...

In honor of Valentine's Day, here are photos of some of the great film couples of all time:

Greta and John

Clark and Jean

Tony and Janet

Fred and Ginger

Doris and Rock

Spencer and Katharine

Grace and Cary

Olivia and Errol

Gene and Tyrone

Veronica and Alan

James and Margaret

John and Maureen

Audrey and Gregory

Clark and Vivien

Humphrey and Lauren

William and Myrna

Lana and John

Carole and Clark

Cary and Irene

Greer and Walter

Count our lucky stars

Monty

The Many Moods of Humphrey Bogart

For fun I decided to post some pics showing our star of the month, Humphrey Bogart, showing all the ranges of emotion a person can show. Take it away Bogie.

PLAYFUL

INQUISITIVE

EASY GOING

CHEERFUL

FATHERLY

DEPRESSED

HELPFUL

MYSTERIOUS

DANGEROUS

WEIRD

HELPLESS

DEMANDING

PASSIVE

ANGRY

AND FINALLY

UNDERSTANDING

Monty

Thank our lucky stars