Today is the 87th birthday of the crown prince of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) film movement: Jean-Paul Belmondo. Eschewing the popular subject matters
Tag: Humphrey Bogart
Happy 120th Birthday Humphrey Bogart
Today is the 120th birthday of the actor Humphrey Bogart. You can’t help but love him in his films, he draws you in and makes
Happy 119th Birthday Humphrey Bogart
Today is the 119th birthday of the actor Humphrey Bogart. You can’t help but love him in his films, he draws you in and makes
Happy 126th Birthday William Powell
Today is the 126th birthday of the actor William Powell. I adore his performances in the Thin Man films and My Man Godfrey. His mid-century mid-atlantic accent
Happy 130th Birthday Raymond Chandler
Today is the 130th birthday of the writer Raymond Chandler. If you are a fan of film noir and/or crime dramas set in Los Angeles
Happy 92nd Birthday Marilyn Monroe
Today is the 92nd birthday of the woman that is an American icon, even fifty years after her death: Marilyn Monroe. Do yourself a favor and
Happy 122nd Birthday Howard Hawks
Today is the 122nd birthday of the film director Howard Hawks. He directed one of my very favorite films Bringing Up Baby as well as
Happy 124th Birthday Dashiell Hammett
Today is the 124th birthday of the man that wrote some of the best detective novels of the early 20th century: Dashiell Hammett. A lot
Happy 112th Birthday Mary Astor
Today is the 112th birthday of the actress Mary Astor. Have you seen Red Dust, The Palm Beach Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Hush… Hush, Sweet
Happy 85th Birthday Jean-Paul Belmondo
Today is the 85th birthday of the crown prince of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) film movement: Jean-Paul Belmondo. Eschewing the popular subject matters and
Happy 118th Birthday Spencer Tracy
Today is the 118th birthday of the actor Spencer Tracey. Have you seen Adam’s Rib or Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? or Woman of the Year?
Happy 111th Birthday Irving Paul “Swifty” Lazar
Today is the 111th birthday of Swifty Lazar. I am a sucker for a person in a pair of gigantic glasses (think of Iris Apfel and
