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Love Me Tonight (1932)
Leave a commentOctober 13, 2013 by smumcounty
“Love Me Tonight” (1932) begins with scenes of the waking of Paris one early sunny morning. Eager to establish its …
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Know Your Character Actor – Una O’Connor
Leave a commentSeptember 22, 2013 by smumcounty
Una O’Connor was born Agnes Teresa McGlade in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1880. She changed her name when she joined …
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Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Leave a commentSeptember 8, 2013 by smumcounty
For a while now, I’ve been thinking about compiling a list of classic films that it would be impossible not …
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Know Your Character Actor – Charles Coburn
3August 18, 2013 by smumcounty
Born in Macon, Georgia in 1877, Charles Coburn began his love affair with acting doing odd jobs at the local …
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Caged (1950)
1August 2, 2013 by smumcounty
“Pile out, you tramps. End of the line.” Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) has had a tough break. At only, seventeen, …
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Know Your Character Actor – Edna May Oliver
1July 20, 2013 by smumcounty
Edna May Oliver was born Edna May Nutter in 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts, a direct descendant of the sixth President, …
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Hangmen Also Die (1943)
Leave a commentJuly 13, 2013 by smumcounty
“Hangmen Also Die” begins with a meeting of the Nazi occupiers of Czechoslovakia welcoming their leader Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich …
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Know Your Character Actor – Eric Blore
Leave a commentJune 28, 2013 by smumcounty
English actor, Eric Blore began a career as an insurance agent at age eighteen but after gaining theater experience while …
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
3June 20, 2013 by smumcounty
They seek him here. They seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in …
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Know Your Character Actor – Franklin Pangborn
Leave a commentJune 8, 2013 by smumcounty
Franklin Pangborn got his start in acting on Broadway in the 1910’s. But it wasn’t until he began working in …
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