John Cromwell’s THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, starring Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and David Niven, had its world premiere in New York City #OnThisDay in 1937. (Van Dyke uncredited director)
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John Cromwell’s THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, starring Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and David Niven, had its world premiere in New York City #OnThisDay in 1937. (Van Dyke uncredited director)
The first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the United States was installed on September 2, 1969, at a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Centre, New York.
80 years ago today: Japan formally surrendered to the Allies aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II. #OnThisDay in 1945
Yvonne De Carlo, Donald O’Connor and Harpo Marx guest starring on “The Colgate Comedy Hour” in 1951.
Doris Kenyon (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1979)
Ronald Colman and Ann Harding in CONDEMNED! (Wesley Ruggles, 1929)
James Dunn and Jean Parker featured on a 1937 John Sinclair Film Stars Tobacco Card #59
Grace Kelly and James Stewart on a bike break at Paramount during the filming of REAR WINDOW (1954)
I’m sorry to hear of Graham Greene’s passing. May he R.I.P.
Birthday remembrance - Richard Farnsworth #botd
Ethel Waters, Lillian Gish and Janice Rule in the “Playwrights ‘56” presentation of “The Sound and the Fury” (1955)
Birthday remembrance - Marilyn Miller #botd photo by Edward Steichen for Vanity Fair in 1925
Something's definitely afoot at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986), you shoulda closed the beaches
Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986), you shoulda closed the beach
After 2,000 jobs were made available for park improvements, about 5,000 unemployed people gathered outside City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1930.
Betty Hutton enjoying a cup of tea during rehearsals at the London Palladium in 1948.
Yvonne De Carlo applying her make-up in her dressing room while studied by Beverly Simmons. They were making Charles Lamont’s FRONTIER GAL (1945).
Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981)
Johnny Mack Brown was born today in 1904 #botd
Tyrone Power on Hollywood in September 1941.
James Dunn (November 2, 1901 – September 1, 1967)
Ginny Simms, star of the CBS Radio music variety program, “The Ginny Simms Show,” photographed at home on September 1, 1941.
Happy birthday, Lily Tomlin
Bette Davis for Archie Mayo’s THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
Richard Arlen was born on September 1, 1899 #botd
Alfred Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW hit theaters across the U.S. on September 1, 1954.
Sharing on Yvonne De Carlo’s birthday #botd aurorasginjoint.com/2017/09/01/y...
Remembering Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977)
Jeanne Crain takes a coffee break on set of THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE (Russell Rouse, 1956)
To the unbreakable spirit of the workforce. Happy Labor Day.
James Coburn and director Sam Peckinpah on set of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (1973).
John Ford and James Stewart on set of TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961)
Marguerite Chapman (March 9, 1918 – August 31, 1999)
“As a child, my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” – Buddy Hackett, #botd
Clara Bow and Fredric March for TRUE TO THE NAVY (Frank Tuttle, 1930)
Birthday remembrance - Richard Basehart #botd
Thomas Meighan and Agnes Ayres, silent film stars, eating sandwiches from a box lunch, ca. 1930 #NationalEatOutsideDay
Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh are having tea while Orson Welles breaks into Shakespeare. Or that’s what it looks like.
Dore Schary, playwright, director, producer, and mogul, was #botd in 1905. Pictured at MGM in 1955.
Remembering Billy Laughlin (July 5, 1932 – August 31, 1948), best known for playing Froggy in The Little Rascals (Our Gang) shorts.
Happy birthday, Richard Gere
“The Great Gildersleeve” premiered on NBC Radio on August 31, 1941, a radio sitcom that spun off from “Fibber McGee and Molly.” The show starred Harold Peary.
Remembering James Coburn on his birthday #botd
If you haven’t listened to #TCM ‘s ‘The Plot Thickens’ podcast dedicated to ‘Decoding John Ford,’ you must. It’s fantastic!
From Pictorial Parade, Kim Novak and Debbie Reynolds enjoying ice cream sundaes at a Hollywood party, circa 1955
Lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner was born on August 31, 1918 #botd
Irene Dunne in a publicity photo for “Port of Call,” an August 1952 episode of the CBS anthology series “The Schlitz Playhouse of Stars.”
Lionel Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002), musician, bandleader, jazz giant
Thomas Edison received the patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph, on August 31, 1897. #OnThisDay Pictured: Kinetograph in 1912, the original of which was patented in 1891 and designed by W K L Dickson working under the direction of Thomas Edison.
PSA: Don’t go in the water!
Fredric March was born on August 31, 1897 #botd
I’m having friends over today for a Cubarican mashup feast. Arroz con gandules, masitas de puerco, y tostones. 😋
I say, the legendary Foghorn Leghorn made his debut on August 31, 1946 with the release of the Warner Bros. short WALKY TALKY HAWKY. He was created by Robert McKimson and writer Warren Foster.
#NationalEatOutsideDay
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), rough and tough and poetic #GOAT 🎥
Diana, Princess of Wales (July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)
Today in 1888, Mary Ann Nichols was murdered; the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
#TCM ends this year’s #SummerUnderTheStars with a tribute to one of the best to ever do it, IRENE DUNNE. Enjoy the day.
Robert Mitchum and Linda Darnell in SECOND CHANCE (Rudolph Maté, 1953)
Dack and Dirk Rambo publicity photos for “The New Loretta Young Show” in 1962.
Agnes Moorehead as Endora for Season 5 of “Bewitched” in 1968.
Lionel Hampton, Harry James and Betty Grable photographed by Bob Willoughby at the Hollywood Palladium in 1951.
Vera-Ellen and Norman Wisdom demonstrate a proper curtsey at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. They and Brigitte Bardot, Belinda Lee, and Joan Crawford are among the stars to be presented to the Queen. (1956)
Jean Seberg and director Mervyn LeRoy promoting MOMENT TO MOMENT at Cannes in 1965.
Joan Blondell behind the scenes of Wellman’s NIGHT NURSE (1931)
Fantastic shot of Shirley Booth tossing the congratulatory telegrams she received after winning the Best Actress Academy Award for COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA in 1953. (Photo by Al Pucci/NY Daily News)
Valerie Harper as everybody’s best friend, Rhoda Morgenstern. Harper passed away on August 30, 2019.
Glenn Ford leans on Edith Head to autograph one of the sketches she created for Capra’s POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES on which they both worked, 1961.
"Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on." - Thurgood Marshall
Cary Grant chatting with Mike Romanoff, owner of Romanoff's Restaurant, in 1953
Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard in publicity photos for TRUE CONFESSION (Wesley Ruggles, 1937)
Wes Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015)
Kitty Wells was born on August 30, 1919 #botd 🎤
Tea time with the Beatles backstage at London's Prince of Wales Theatre in 1963.
Remembering Peggy Lipton on her birthday #botd
Vera-Ellen (February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981)
Lana Turner and Sean Connery during filming of ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE (1957). Rumor has it that Turner’s boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was jealous of Connery, confronted him and was knocked out with one punch.
I grew up #InTheHeights two blocks from the stunning United Palace. Thanks to @TCM for spotlighting it. ❤️ 🎥
Birthday remembrance - Shirley Booth #botd
Jean Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979)
Philip Yordan's stage drama "Anna Lucasta," starring Hilda Sims, Canada Lee, and Alice Childress, and featuring the Broadway debut of Ruby Dee, opened at the Mansfield Theatre on August 30, 1944. It ran for 957 performances
Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006)
High energy duo. #SUTS #TCMparty
Fred MacMurray would have celebrated a birthday today #botd
Longtime friends Lillian Gish and Helen Hayes enjoy tea in Miss Gish's New York apartment in August 1977.
Enjoy it while you can. #NationalBeachDay
F. W. Murnau, Yvette Guilbert, Goesta Ekman, Francesco von Mendelsohn, and Emil Jannings on a coffee break during production of FAUST (1926)
The delightful Joan Blondell would have celebrated a birthday today #botd
It’s #NationalFrankensteinDay to commemorate the birthday of author Mary Shelley #botd
Remembering Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003)
The final episode of ABC’s “The Fugitive” starring David Janssen aired on August 29, 1967 and was watched by an estimated 78 million viewers.
On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American judge to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. #OnThisDay
To all a good a good night.
Son and father Corleone
Basil Rathbone, Evelyn Ankers, and Nigel Bruce for THE PEARL OF DEATH, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill in 1944.
Director Preston Sturges reads a scene to Brian Donlevy on set of THE GREAT McGINTY (1940).
It looks like someone may be asking a question by phone to Barry Sullivan and George Murphy in NO QUESTIONS ASKED (Harold F. Kress, 1951)
Lurene Tuttle, Tommy Cook, and John Garfield discuss last minute changes in the script prior to a CBS Radio special presentation of “Operation Nightmare” in 1947.
Paul Newman and Lee Marvin for Stuart Rosenberg’s POCKET MONEY (1972)
