George, Gracie & Bob - Radio Style

Gracie Allen gets all melty over Robert Montgomery, while George Burns carries on in this episode of The Burns & Allen Show from April 7, 1949. There's some seriously funny lines in of this show...

MP3 - 7 MB

A special thanks to Bantaskin for digging this one up!

Memorial Day

We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.

- Moina Michael

Photo Friday - Maybelline & Joan Crawford

To Maybelline -
The eye make-up
I would never be without

Sincerely
Joan Crawford

Larger photo

I've come across an absolute ton of Joan Crawford photos and clippings - so much so I could probably start up a Joan photo blog (which I won't). I plan to scan the interesting stuff for here.

Marvelously Indestructible

Early birthday wishes to John Wayne, who would have turned 100 on Saturday. IMHO, he's still kicking movie a** today.

Winterset, Iowa - the Duke's hometown - has a serious birthday party going on this weekend. Looks like a fun time actually...

Classic Coming Attractions

The Digital Bits web site has an updated classic DVD column up. New box sets reviewed include James Cagney, Tyrone Power, and Errol Flynn. Of particular interest on this end is the August 7 release of the William Powell/Myrna Loy Collection (Manhattan Melodrama, Evelyn Prentice, Double Wedding, I Love You Again, and Love Crazy).

And if you've held out all these years from buying To Catch a Thief (like me), it sounds like it's finally safe to buy the latest DVD issue.