Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Shining Victory (1941)



Starring Bette Davis, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Sig Ruman, and Ian Wolfe. Directed by Irving Rapper. A research psychologist escapes from Budapest after the nature of his work is discovered and resettles in Scotland where he resumes his work. He eventually marries his female assistant but she dies in a fire trying to protect his valuable notes. The doctor dedicates the rest of his work to her memory and heads to China to work as a medical missionary.

A Millionaire For Christy (1951)





Starring Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Madge Blake, Chris-Pin Martin, and Nestor Paiva. Directed by George Marshall. A secretary for a legal firm is sent to California to inform an overly sentimental radio host that he has just inherited two million dollars. Looking to raise her standard of living, she decides to court the man and marry him before telling him he's a millionaire.

Let's Make it Legal (1951)





Starring Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Wagner, Zachary Scott, Frank Cady, Kathleen Freeman, and Barbara Bates. Directed by Richard Sale. The daughter of a long-married couple who have decided to divorce hopes to bring her parents back together, which proves to be a difficult proposition when the wife's old flame, now a millionaire, arrives back in town.


The Moon is Blue (1953)





Starring William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven, Tom Tully, and Gregory Ratoff. Directed by Otto Preminger. A young actress romanced by a playboy architect refuses his invitation to become his mistress, holding out for marriage or nothing.


Meet the Stewarts (1942)



Starring William Holden, Frances Dee, Margaret Hamn, Anne Revere, Grant Mitchell, and Dick Elliott. Directed by Alfred E. Green. A wealthy socialite falls in love with a young man and agrees to marry him on his terms - that they survive on his salary alone.

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)





Starring Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante, Mary Wickes, and Billie Burke. Directed by William Keighley. A lecturer slips on the ice on his way into the home of a prominent Ohio family and breaks his leg. Confined to the home in a wheelchair, the man begins to meddle in the lives of everyone in the household.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)





Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond, Beulah Bondi, H.B. Warner, Gloria Grahame, Ellen Corby, Charles Lane, Frank Faylen, and Mary Treen. Directed by Frank Capra. On Christmas Eve a businessman who has long consid himself a failure faces financial ruin and is seriously contemplating suicide.

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)





Starring James Stewart, Joan Fontaine, Eddie Albert, Roland Young, Percy Kilbride, Porter Hall, Fritz Feld, and Jimmy Dodd. Directed by H.C. Potter. A wealthy heiress marries in haste and realizes her mistake on her honeymoon in New York. Thought it is her wedding night, she decides not to consummate the union and ends up hiding in the room of the guest next door.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Cruel to Be Kind
Nick Lowe (1979)

Driver's Seat
Sniff 'n the Tears (1979)

Deeper Than the Night
Olivia Newton-John (1979)

What a Fool Believes
The Doobie Brothers (1979)

Get Used to It
Roger Voudouris (1979)

Lotta Love
Nicolette Larson (1979)

Lonesome Loser
The Little River Band (1979)

The Devil Went Down to Georgia
The Charlie Daniels Band (1979)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO. . . . . . . . BARBARA EDEN




Born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona, on August 23, 1934, actress Barbara Eden turns 77 years old today.




HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO. . . . . . . . SHELLEY LONG




Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 23, 1949, actress Shelley Long celebrates her 62nd birthday today.





HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO. . . . . . . . VERA MILES




Born in Vera June Ralston in Boise City, Oklahoma, on August 23, 1929, actress Vera Miles is 82 years old today.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO. . . . . . . . RICK SPRINGFIELD




Born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949, in South Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia, singer and actor Rick Springfield turns 62 years old today.