#Clara Blandick

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

Auntie Em to Ms Gulch if she wasn’t a Christian woman:

#wizard of oz #wizard of oz 1939 mgm #clara blandick #auntie Em #Margaret Hamilton #elmira gulch #ms gulch #Emily gale

[citizenscreen]

Clara Blandick (June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962)

#clara blandick #old hollywood #character actors

[vintage-every-day]

#vintage #old hollywood #golden era #Clara Blandick

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Shopworn (1932) Nick Grinde

April 13th 2024

#shopworn #1932 #nick grinde #barbara stanwyck #regis toomey #zasu pitts #clara blandick #oscar apfel #pre-code #PreCodeApril

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2023:

41. Romance (1930) - Dir. Clarence Brown

#Romance #Clarence Brown #Greta Garbo #Lewis Stone #Gavin Gordon #Elliot Nugent #Florence Lake #Clara Blandick #Henry Armetta #Films Watched in 2023 #My Edits #My Post

[mariocki]

Pillow of Death (1945)

"Are you bringing him into this house?"

"I certainly am. Mr. Fletcher is spending the night here at my request - and please don't be unpleasant about it."

"Don't worry, I'll be in my room with the door locked. And if anyone thinks of murdering me, I'm warning them: I sleep with a gun under my pillow."

"Pleasant, isn't she?"

#inner sanctum mysteries #pillow of death #american cinema #horror film #1945 #george bricker #dwight v. babcock #wallace fox #lon chaney jr. #brenda joyce #j. edward bromberg #rosalind ivan #clara blandick #george cleveland #wilton graff #bernard thomas #victoria horne #lee phelps #harry strang #j. farrell macdonald #a slightly flat ending to the Inner Sanctum series‚ choosing an odd way to invert the themes and patterns of the previous entries; not #least (SPOILER) in casting Hollywood's perennial slab of beef Lon Chaney as the actual villain this time‚ rather than the innocent having #a bad time he was in most of the others. the knock on effect of that decision is even worse‚ having Joyce's charming female lead end up #in a romantic 'happy' ending with the absolute creep who's spent the previous 70 odd minutes stalking and spying on her. alas #there's still fun to be found here tho; Bromberg is absolutely delightful as a seedy spiritualist‚ one of the best supporting characters #to appear in these films‚ and Lon's heel turn is well handled if not entirely shocking (tho the doubling down on a supernatural element is #quite unexpected after the setup). not a bad film by any means but something of a sad swansong for a highly entertaining little series #and probably the weakest of the six films all told. also this just has a dumb title. sorry‚ but it's a rubbish name for the film

[outoftowninac]

IT’S A WISE CHILD

1929 / 1930

It’s a Wise Child is a play by Laurence E. Johnson. It was originally produced and directed by David Belasco featuring Sidney Toler and Humphrey Bogart. 

The play takes place in the living room of the Stanton home. 

Joyce Stanton, the attractive daughter of a suburban family, discovers that her engagement to a stuffy old capitalist is distasteful, for she has fallen In love with a young bank clerk. In order to avoid her imminent marriage, she makes up a wild story that she Is about to become a mother. She gets Inspiration from an incident in the life of Annie the maid. Joyce's announcement causes a disturbance in the Stanton home because Joyce refuses to name the baby’s father. Her betrothal is broken off, but there are consequences to her imaginary indiscretion. Her mother is on the edge of collapse, her suitor (employed by her former betrothed) finds himself jobless, her younger brother is wildly indignant, and the whole house Is in an uproar. Only the family lawyer keeps his cool. He tries to straighten out Joyce’s  problems, but complications come too fast for him to handle. He must also unravel the mess that Annie the maid has gotten. He must also admit that he is in love with Joyce Stanton.

In mid-June 1929, the play was still untitled. Rehearsals started on June 24th. The title It’s A Wild Child was finally announced on July 10, 1929. 

The play had its world premiere at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City on July 22, 1929. During the Atlantic City try-out, Belasco celebrated his 75th birthday. 

Between AC and Broadway, the play was seen at Werba’s Jamaica in Brooklyn. 

Sidney Toler (1874-1947) is probably best remembered as the actor who played Charlie Chan on screen in 22 films between 1938 and 1946. In 1930, he was married to Vivian Marston. A month after her death in 1943, he married divorcee Viva (nee Vera) Tattersall, a British-born actress. Toler had been seen in Atlantic City in February 1930 in Ritzy, a play he also co-wrote. 

“Then there was Sidney Toler who played Cool Kelly the iceman. He had some of the best lines in the play and he was immensely funny.” ~ ROWLAND FIELD

Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) is probably best known for his film work in Casablanca (1942), The African Queen (1951) for which he won an Oscar, and The Caine Mutiny (1954). This play was his 10th Broadway production. His last  was in 1935. 

“Humphrey Bogart... as Baldwin, the bank clerk, was especially good.” ~ TIMES UNION

The play opened on Broadway at (unsurprisingly) the Belasco Theatre on August 6, 1929.

“Laurence E. Johnson is the author of the play, but it may be suspected that he wrote it to Mr. Belasco's order and that it is designed by that producer to repeat the success enjoyed the last two seasons by ‘The Bachelor Father’.” ~ DEMING SEYMOUR

“Humphrey Bogart, now playing in Belasco's ‘It's A Wise Child'... has been signed by Fox pictures for the lead In 'The Man Who Came Back’." ~ PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

Bogart was dismayed to find out that the role in the 1931 film went to Charles Farrell instead. At the end of April 1930, newspapers reported that Bogart would leave Broadway to film Broadminded. This, too, never came to pass. Mervyn LeRoy took over direction of the film, and hired his own cast. Instead, Bogart was cast in the film A Devil With Women (aka On the Make) and left the play before it closed. 

It’s A Wild Child played an impressive 378 performances, closing on July 2, 1930.

Immediately after closing on Broadway, the play returned to Atlantic City’s Nixon’s Apollo Theatre on July 7, 1930. Humphrey Bogart was no longer in the cast. 

In 1931 MGM released a screen version of the play starring Marion Davies. James Gleason took the role originated on stage by Sidney Toler. Lester Vail took the role originated by Humphrey Bogart. Clara Blandick, who would later play Auntie Em in MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, was also in the cast. Although the film made over a million dollars, it has never been shown on television due to copyright issues. Due to the theme of pregnancy outside of marriage, the film was banned in Ireland. 

The film opened in Atlantic City at the Stanley Theatre on the Boardwalk on May 1, 1931. 

#It's A Wise Child #1929 #David Belasco #Broadway Play #Comedy #Belasco Theatre #Laurence E. Johnson #Humphrey Bogart #Sidney Toler #Nixon's Apollo Theatre #atlantic city

[sporadiceagleheart]

Happy birthday darling I have no presents and fantasy cake but I hope I make you happy with everything I made like this edit right here with all of your pictures in it Shirley Jane Temple Black 1928-2014 April 23rd 1928-February 10th 2014 and special rest in peace to those who passed away Bishop Rance Allen, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Lisa Loring, Bob Saget, Betty White, Heather O'Rourke, Judith Barsi, baby Leroy, baby Peggy Montgomery, Peggy cartwright, Darla Jean Hood, Jean Darling, Peaches Jackson, Mary Ann Jackson, Dorothy DeBorba, Mary Kornman and Mildred Kornman, Kenny Rogers, Patsy Cline, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Eazy-E, rest in peace Ana Ofelia Murguía December 31st 2023, Jim James Edward Jordan, Lucille Ricksen, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton and Terry and Pal, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Sue Page, Pat Buttram, Joe Flynn, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Richard Belzer, Richard Harris, Bernard Fox, Raymond Burr, Perrette Pradier, Jeanette Nolan, Larry Clemmons, Bing Crosby, John Candy, John Heard, John Fiedler, Beate Hasenau, Billie Burke, Roberts Blossom, Billie Bird, Bill Erwin, Ralph Foody, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton, John Wayne, Clara Blandick,Charley Grapewin, Buddy Ebsen, Angelo Rossitto, Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, Bridgette Andersen, Dominique Dunne, Dana Plato, Robbie Coltrane, Lance Reddick, Betty Ann Bruno, Betty Tanner, Elizabeth Taylor, Helen McCrory, Ray Liotta and Tom Sizemore and Burt Reynolds, Zari Elmassian, Frank Cucksey, Vyacheslav Baranov, Vladimir Ferapontov, Carol Tevis, George Shephard Houghton, Irving S. Brecher, Richard Griffiths, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, Joe Conley, Alan Arkin, Jerry Heller, Fred Willard, Mary Ellen Trainor, Morgan Woodward, Anna Lee and John Ingle, David Lewis, Ken Curtis, Ed Asner, James Caan, James Arness, Amanda Blake, Avicii, Jane Withers and Virginia Weidler, Milburn Stone, Natasha Richardson, Joanna Barnes, Cameron Boyce and Tyree Boyce, Cammack"Cammie"King, Denny Miller, Jane Adams, June Marlowe rest in heavenly peace to all of them actors and actresses this is Shirley Temple birthday edit of the year

[lifewithaview]

Jean Muir in "As The Earth Turns" (1934)

As the Earth Turns is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jean Muir and Donald Woods, based on a Pulitzer Prize-nominated best-selling novel by Gladys Hasty Carroll.

The episodic plot, involving three farm families and marked by the seasons within a little over one year, takes place in rural southern Maine. The main character, Jen Shaw (Jean Muir), is a young woman who has primary responsibility for her family while her father Mark (David Landau) deals with the hardships of farming. Despite such hardships and the complaints of her step-sister Margaret (Emily Lowry) and step-mother Cora (Clara Blandick), who dream of returning to city life, Jen seems largely satisfied with her life. In contrast, Mill, the wife of Jen's unambitious uncle George (Arthur Hohl), is increasingly embittered by her unhappy marriage.

In the winter, a Polish immigrant family, the Jankowskis, arrive to take possession of a nearby farm, making a home in the barn. Stan (Donald Woods), the family's eldest son, has given up a promising future as a musician to live in the country. When the Jankowskis have a chance to move back to a city, Stan stays behind to continue farming. He and Jen are attracted to each other, but she is reluctant to accept love and winds up rejecting his offer of marriage.

After a fire destroys Stan's barn, he returns to the city to make a living as a musician and agrees to take Doris with him. Resigned to a life of loneliness, Jen continues to care for her family, but at last Stan returns and the two embrace.

#As the earth turns #1934 #film #movie #pre-Code drama film #drama #romance #Alfred E.Green #Jean Muir #Donald Woods #based on a novel #countryside #Maine #farm families #love #30s #just watched

[mrpsclassictelevision]

🎥Life With Father (1947) William Powell | Irene Dunn | Elizabeth Taylor ..

The movie "Life with Father" is a 1947 American Technicolor comedy film.  The movie was adapted from the 1939 play of the same name, which was inspired by the autobiography of Stockbroker and The New Yorker essayist Clarence Day. It tells the true story of Day and his family in the 1880s. The Cast: William Powell as Clarence Day Sr. Irene Dunne as Vinnie Day Elizabeth Taylor as Mary Skinner Edmund Gwenn as Rev. Dr. Lloyd ZaSu Pitts as Cousin Cora Cartwright Jimmy Lydon as Clarence Day Jr. Emma Dunn as Margaret the Cook Moroni Olsen as Dr. Humphries Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Whitehead Martin Milner as John Day Johnny Calkins as Whitney Day Derek Scott as Harlan Day Heather Wilde as Annie, 1st maid Mary Field as Nora, 3rd maid Monte Blue as The Policeman Queenie Leonard as Maggie, 4th maid Nancy Evans as Delia, 2nd maid Clara Blandick as Miss Wiggins, the Maid Service Employment Agent Frank Elliott as Dr. Somers Douglas Kennedy as Reverend Morley Never Miss An Upload, Join the channel: cutt.ly/MrPsClassicTV .

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[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

Auntie Em is so iconic and I feel like we need to acknowledge that more.

#wizard of oz #l frank baum #Auntie em #Emily gale #clara blandick

[citizenscreen]

Birthday remembrance - Clara Blandick #botd

#clara blandick

[wahwealth]

Original "A Star is Born" (1937) | Janet Gaynor | Frederich March |

his is the first and original move of "A Star Is Born".  The film has been remade three times: in 1954 (directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason), in 1976 (directed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson), and in 2018 (starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who also directed). A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell, and starring Janet Gaynor (in her only Technicolor film) as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March (in his Technicolor debut) as a fading movie star who helps launch her career. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, and Owen Moore. The Cast: Janet Gaynor as Esther Blodgett Fredric March as Norman Maine Adolphe Menjou as Oliver Niles May Robson as Grandmother Lettie Blodgett Andy Devine as Daniel "Danny" McGuire Lionel Stander as Matt Libby Owen Moore as Casey Burke Peggy Wood as Miss Phillips Elizabeth Jenns as Anita Regis Edgar Kennedy as Pop Randall J. C. Nugent as Mr. Blodgett Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as posture coach Clara Blandick as Aunt Mattie Never Miss An Upload, Join the channel.

#youtube

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Mr. Soft Touch (House of Settlement) (1949) Henry Levin & Gordon Douglas

December 18th 2022

#mr. soft touch #house of settlement #1949 #henry levin #gordon douglas #glenn ford #evelyn keyes #john ireland #clara blandick #percy kilbride #angela clarke #beulah bondi

[ednajoness]

#Edna Jones

[classiccinemadelights]

#Crime Ring (1938) | Gripping Noir Drama | Allan Lane & Frances Mercer