Without mom, I’d never see any classic films

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Jnpickens

My mother has been instrumental in my classic film interest.

Without her, I wouldn’t have seen 501 musicals…or any classic films for that matter.

When I was five, my mom introduced “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1954) to my sisters and me. My sisters and I giggled at “The Lonesome Polecat” song but even in the “pan and scan” VHS format, I loved it.

When I was 10, we watched “The Philadelphia Story” (1940) and I remember laughing when Cary Grant pushes Katharine Hepburn in the face and knocks her down at the beginning.

One of our all-time favorites “Since You Went Away” (1944)

Along with life lessons and quizzing me on how photosynthesis works, Mom was my IMDB before I knew what IMDB was.

She told me about Ingrid Bergman’s exile from Hollywood because of her affair with Roberto Rossellini, about Annette Funicello’s battle with Multiple Sclerosis and that John Wayne was dying of cancer in “The Shootist.”

My mother has even been amazing enough to record movies off of Turner Classic Movies via VHS for nine years.

Since 2004, I’ve made lists of about 30 films a month that I would like to see.

An example of all the movies my mom records.

And since then, even when I’m not living at home, my mom still records movies for me and rarely misses any. I probably have at least 200 VHS recorded films waiting to be watched thanks to my mother’s help. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t see any movies.

Each night, when I’m picking out a movie to watch, I set aside movies that I know my mother would want to see.

“Oh this one has Loretta Young,” or “I don’t think she’d want to miss Myrna Loy in this one,” I think as I save the films to watch with her.

Colorful musicals, down to Earth stories and heartwarming romances are some of our favorites to watch together.

Here are a few movies that make me think of my mom:

–Since You Went Away (1944): My mom was dying to introduce “Since You Went Away.” She’s a huge Claudette Colbert fan. I saw it for the first time back in 2005 when TCM showed it during a “Films of the 1940s” series. Between us, there isn’t a dry eye in our living room when we watch this movie. After that, it became my favorite movie, replacing my past favorite, “West Side Story” (1961).

One of our favorite outfits in “Gidget”

–Gidget (1959): My mom and I categorize the Sandra Dee and James Darren movie as one that we never want to end. She showed it to me for the first time in 2004 and I was enchanted. Our favorite things about this film are Dee’s outfits, the lighthearted theme and looking at James Darren.

-Doris Day movies: When Doris Day was Star of the Month in January 2003, I had only seen “Pillow Talk” (1959). To make sure I was introduced to more Day films, my mom recorded several including “The Glass Bottom Boat” (1966), “The Tunnel of Love” (1958), “Julie” (1956) and “Love Me or Leave Me” (1955). After that, Doris Day became my favorite actress.
Since then, Mom has aided me and in seeing all but three of Day’s films. Our favorites to watch together are “On Moonlight Bay” (1951) and “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (1951).

-Jane Powell Films: Whether it’s “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1954), “Luxury Liner” (1948) or “Two Weeks With Love” (1950), we adore Jane Powell. One of my mom’s personal favorites is “A Date with Judy” (1948).

-MGM Series films: There isn’t a “Maisie” or “Dr. Kildaire” movie that we dislike, and we have seen them all. Ann Sothern, Lew Ayers and Lionel Barrymore brighten our evenings. Even though we aren’t huge Mickey Rooney fans, we also love the Andy Hardy series, especially “Love Finds Andy Hardy” (1938).

Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain’s dresses are just two of the reasons why we love “State Fair”

–State Fair (1945): We die for Jeanne Crain’s dresses and Dana Andrews in “State Fair.” We also mourn that no state or county fair is actually like the one in this Roger’s and Hammerstein musical. The colors, the music and the spiked mince meat scene always leaves us smiling.

-Classic Christmas films: I think it’s safe to say that my family has seen nearly every classic Christmas film, because we go out of our way searching for them. “Holiday Affair,” “Christmas in Connecticut,” “White Christmas” and “It Happened on 5th Avenue” are just a few we enjoy.

Other movies we like: Trashy 1950s ones such as “Susan Slade” or “A Summer Place,” Judy Garland Films, the “Four Daughters” trilogy, Hayley Mills films and most 1940s World War II era movies.

I could go on all day with movies my mother and I love, but instead I should thank her for introducing her to my hobby of classic films.

Even with my blog (which she is probably proof reading as she reads this), she’s been supportive of the beauty tips-even bathing in milk and washing my hair with champagne- just as long as I wash out the tub. She also helped me make my fruit hat when I was Carmen Miranda for Halloween in 2010.

I even got a little sad during the Turner Classic Film Festival, because she wasn’t there to hear Kate MacMurray talk about Fred MacMurray or to see Ann Blyth in person.

When I was a child, I’m sure she had no idea what sort of fanatic she was creating as she introduced us to old movies, but I don’t think she minds.

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!

Myrtle Beach with Mom

College graduation in 2011 from Winthrop University with my mom and gradmother

College graduation in 2011 from Winthrop University with my Mom and grandmother

Dressed as Ado Annie when my mom and sister came to see me in Oklahoma

Easter at the Hollywood Bowl

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Jnpickens

The Hollywood Bowl has held historic performances from Olivia de Havilland and Mickey Rooney in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1934 to the Beatles in 1964 and 1965.

It also holds an Easter sunrise service every year.

The tradition started in 1919 when silent film stars held a sunrise service near the area of the Hollywood Bowl. The service was then moved to the site in 1921, when the Bowl was basically a rocky, weedy hillside that had excellent natural acoustics, according to the Hollywood Bowl’s website.

Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in 1921.

At the 1921 service, the Los Angeles Philharmonic performed and over 800 people attended.

In 1922, the Los Angeles Philharmonic performed for 50,000 at the Easter Service and the Hollywood Bowl officially opened four months later on July 11, 1922.

Easter Service in 1922 with 50,000 people in attendance.

The shell on the stage at the Hollywood Bowl was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, Lloyd Wright, in 1928 but seems to have been removed for the service.

Hollywood Bowl Easter service in 1928

The Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service is held every year but has been canceled at least three times in recent years: in the mid-1990s for renovations, 2010 due to lack of funding and 2012 for maintenance on the Hollywood Bowl, according to a Los Angeles Times article.

Ariel view of the 1929 Easter service

Mary Pickford attends the Hollywood Bowl Easter Service in 1953 on her 61 birthday. She is recites the "Salutation to the Dawn."

Mary Pickford recites “Salutation to the Dawn” in 1953 on her 61 birthday.

17,000 attend the service in 1956

Easter service in 1962

Happy Easter everyone!

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In sickness and in health: Successful Hollywood marriages

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jnpickens

Please see Part 2 of this series, which features multiple acting couples.

This post was updated on Feb. 15, 2017, to note that Jeffrey Hayden, Shirley Temple Black and Joan Leslie had passed away since this post was published in 2013.

Last Valentine’s Day I reviewed the many unsuccessful relationships of actress Lana Turner. This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to look at some of the successful Hollywood relationships. As I started making my list of couples I was dumbfounded to find I had a list of over 60 long Hollywood marriages! Though this isn’t everyone and some of the marriages have a sprinkling of infidelity, here are a surprising amount of lengthy Hollywood couples of the Golden era.

With each marriage I tried to add some back stories or quotes. Some of the relationships have little information, due to the fact that I couldn’t find anything online.

Celebrity couples:

Mary Pickford and Charles Buddy Rogers on their wedding day in 1927

Mary Pickford and Charles Buddy Rogers on their wedding day in 1937

Charles Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford: (Married June 1937 to her death in May 1979) Adopted two children, Ronnie Charles (1937) and Roxanne (1944-2007). Mary Pickford and Roxanne were estranged when the daughter eloped with a man her parents didn’t approve of. “Wings” (1927) star Rogers said actor Clark Gable said that the marriage wouldn’t last 6 months since Rogers was 11 years younger than Pickford, America’s Sweetheart of the silent era. However, their marriage lasted 42 years. Rogers and Pickford met in 1927 on the set of “My Best Girl” and hit it off. However, Pickford was married to Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and she was trying to hold their marriage together, which ended in divorce in 1936. After Pickford’s death, Rogers remarried. He passed away in 1999.

The Lloyd Family. Harold with his wife Mildred and their children.

Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis: (Married Feb. 1923 to her death in Aug. 1969) Three children, Harold Jr, Gloria and Marjorie. Silent film actors Harold Lloyd and Davis met in 1921 while filming “Grandma’s Boy.” After the couple married, Davis retired from films.

Julie London and Bobby Troup

Bobby Troup and Julie London: (Married Dec. 1959 to his death in Feb. 1999) Seven children in between them from previous marriages but three children together: Kelly and twins Jody and Reese. London, a jazz singer, and Troup, jazz piano player, were both in the music business. They met in 1955 at the Celebrity Room and he encouraged her career and produced her “Cry Me a River” record. The couple starred in the 1970s medical TV drama “Emergency!” from 1972 to 1979. London played Nurse Dixie McCall and Troup played Dr. Early. Troup said the series was ideal for raising their children.

The Hope family in 1955

Bob Hope and Dolores: (Married on Feb. 1934 to July 2003) Adopted four children: Eleanor, Anthony, Linda and Kelly. Though Dolores wasn’t famous like Bob, the couple could be compared to American figure heads like a president. As of 2004, the Hopes hold the record for the longest Hollywood marriage at 69 years.

Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon with their daughter, Barbara Bebe, in 1933

Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon: (Married June 1930 till her death in March 1971) Two children, Barbara Bebe and Richard. The couple met in 1925 and Bebe didn’t like Ben until they met again in 1928, according to an article by Phil Watson. From 1950 to 1961, the couple had a radio show about raising their family called “Life with the Lyons.”

Fred MacMurray and wife June Haver with their adopted twin baby girl Laurie Ann and Katherine Marie in 1956

Fred MacMurray and June Haver: (Married June 1954 till his death in Nov. 1991) Two adopted twin girls, Laurie Ann and Katherine Marie. Musical star Haver left a nun convent to marry MacMurray, who was 18 years her senior. Haver retired from film in 1957 and MacMurray continued on a successful career on television and Disney films. Haver died in 2005.

Singers Phil Harris and Alice Faye with their daughters

Phil Harris and Alice Faye: (Married May 1941 to his death in August 1995) Two daughters, Alice and Phyllis. Faye’s career with Twentieth Century Fox ended in 1946. From 1948 to 1954 the couple had a radio comedy show called the “Phil Harris Alice Faye Show.”

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward: (Married Jan. 1958 till his death in Sept. 2008) Three children, Melissa, Nell and Claire. The couple met early in their acting in 1953, but Newman was married. They married after his divorce. Newman was once asked how he stayed true to his wife while being surrounded by beautiful women. He said, “Why go out for hamburger when I have steak at home?” He said their long marriage can be attributed to correct amount of lust and respect.

Tony Martin holding Cyd Charisse in 1953

Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin: (Married May 1948 until her death in June 2008) One child, Tony Jr. The couple met while Charisse’s fame was still growing at MGM. “She stepped out of a dream,” Martin said about Cyd.

Actress Mitzi Gaynor and her producer husband Jack Bean

Mitzi Gaynor and Jack Bean: (Married Nov. 1954 till his death Dec. 2006) The musical star married talent agent and producer Jack Bean; he called her Yummy and she called him Daddy. Bean helped Gaynor secure her memorable role in “South Pacific” (1958). Bean managed her career with successful television specials. His death nearly ended any desire she still harbored to resurrect her public career. However, Gaynor went back on tour in 2008. The couple had no children.

Comedic couple George Burns and Gracie Allen in 1936 with their children Sandra and Ronnie

Gracie Allen and George Burns: (Married Jan. 1926 to her death in Aug. 1964) Two children, Sandra and Ronnie. The comedic couple met in 1922 and Allen first played the “straight-man” and Burns had the jokes. Burns switched it he realized Allen was getting all the laughs.

Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling in 1954.The couple starred in the Topper TV series together

Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys: (Married Nov. 1951 until his death in May 2006) Three children, Jeffrey, Dana and Tyler. The couple acted on the television series “Topper” from 1953 to 1955.

Frances Dee and Joel McCrea in the 1930s

Joel McCrea and Frances Dee: (Married Oct. 1933 until his death in Oct. 1990) Three sons, Jody (1934), David (1935) and Peter (1955). The couple met on the set of “The Silver Cord” (1933) and he had a crush on her since seeing her in “An American Tragedy” (1931) and requested that she be cast in his movie. Joel and Frances began dating after the movie was completed. It was her relationship with McCrea that compelled her to sign with RKO. In 1935, Dee and her McCrea separated, but soon reconciled. Then in 1966, McCrea filed for divorce, charging Frances with cruelty, but they stayed married until McCrea’s death.

Gene Raymond and Jeannette MacDonald in 1955 at a circus themed benefit

Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond: (Married June 1937 till her death in Jan. 1965) No children. The couple made one movie together, “Smilin’ Through” in 1941.
MacDonald said in 1943, “I can’t believe how blessed I am! I’m married to the most wonderful man, Gene Raymond, whom I’m deeply in love with, and, my career is right where I want it to be. I can live like this forever!”
Raymond said in 1972, “We had 28 glorious years. Jeanette and I respected and loved each other, very deeply. We put one another before anyone or anything. I am blessed to have known her, loved her and been loved by her – absolutely, an incredible lady!”

Ann Rutherford and William Dozier: (Married Oct. 1953 to his death in April 1991) No children together. Rutherford, “Andy Hardy” series actress, married producer Dozier, who later produced and narrated the 1960s television series “Batman.” After their marriage, Rutherford retired from films to be a wife and raise her daughter Gloria, from a previous marriage.

1940s teeny bopper actress Jean Porter with director Edward Dmytryk and their daughter

Jean Porter and Edward Dmytryk: (Married 1948 to his death in July 1999) Three children: Richard, Victoria and Rebecca. Jean Porter was a teenage star of the 1940s who usually played Shirley Temple or Virginia Weidler’s friend. The couple had a difficult time during the 1950s when Dmytryk was blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before Joseph R. McCarthy’s House of Un-American Activities Committee. Dmytryk was in jail for 6 months. In the mid-1950s he was allowed to his direct again and he worked with Jean in her last movie, The Left Hand of God (1955). After her acting career, Jean became a real estate agent in the San Fernando Valley.

Newly weds child star Bonita Granville and producer husband Jack Wrather at the breakfast table

Bonita Granville and Jack Wrather: (Married Feb. 1947 to his death in Nov. 1984) Four children: Molly, Linda, Jack and Christopher. Wrather produced some of the former child star’s young adult films such as “The Guilty” (1947) and “The Lone Ranger” (1956). ‘The Guilty” was the first film he produced. As Bonita began to have children, she took a step back from acting. Wrather produced television shows such as “Lassie” and was convinced by Walt Disney to build the Disneyland Hotel.

Silent actors Vilma Banky and Rod La Roque in 1927

Rod La Rocque and Vilma Banky: (Married June 1927 until his death in Oct. 1969) Their wedding was paid for by producer Samuel Goldwyn and was considered one of the most extravagant of all Hollywood parties at the time. La Rocque retired from films in the 1940s and worked in real estate, and Bánky established an educational fund called the Banky – La Rocque Foundation.

John Farrow and Maureen O’Sullivan in 1936

Maureen O’Sullivan and John Farrow: (Married Sept. 1936 until his death in Jan. 1963) Seven children: Michael, Patrick, John, Mia, Tisa, Prudence and Stephanie.

Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur and son James. 1955

Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur: (Married Aug. 1928 to his death in April 1956) Adopted two children: James (of Swiss Family Robinson fame) and Mary (died in 1949 at the age of 19).

Bandleader Kay Kyser with his wife and girl singer, “Gorgeous” Georgia Carroll

Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll: (Married June 1944 until his death in July 1985) Three children: Kimberly, Carroll and Amanda. Carroll was the singer for Kyser’s jazz band, and he fell in love with her. The couple met during World War II and married two years after Carroll started singing for his band. After World War II ended, Kyser retired to Chapel Hill, N.C. with his wife in 1951. The couple remained there for the rest of their marriage.

Actresses:

Eva Marie Saint and Jeffrey Hayden

Eva Marie Saint and Jeffrey Hayden: (Married Oct. 1951 to until Hayden’s death in 2016) Academy Award winning Best Supporting Actress for “On the Waterfront has been married to director Hayden since 1951. The couple has two children together, Darrell (1955) and Laurette (1958) and three grandchildren. Saint gave birth to Darrell two days after winning her Oscar. Jeffrey Hayden passed away on Dec. 24, 2016.

Jeanne Crain and her husband Paul Brooks in 1953.

Jeanne Crain and Paul Brooks: (Married Dec. 1945 to his death on Oct. 2003) “State Fair” actress Crain met Brooks, real name Brinkman, in 1943 while he was a young actor and engineer graduate. The couple eloped in 1945, a marriage her mother was against causing the two to be estranged for several years, according to Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. The couple had seven children together: Paul (1947), Michael (1949), Timothy (1950), Jeanine (1952), Lisabette (1958), Maria (1961), Christopher (1965). Though the couple remain together for many years, some of it was rocky. Crain filed for divorce in 1956, but they reconciled. Despite the fact that they remained married for so long, from 1978 to 2003, the two live separately remaining friendly and stay married, because of their Catholic beliefs. Brooks dies two months before Crain does.

Rosalind Russell and Frederick Brisson at the Stork Club after Brisson returned from Europe, serving as General Arnold’s chief of radio activities during the war. (1941)

Rosalind Russell and Frederick Brisson: (Married Oct. 1941 to her death on Nov. 1976): “His Girl Friday” actress Russell and producer Brisson were married until Russell’s death and had one son, Lance in 1943. Brisson died in 1984

Priscilla Lane and Joseph A. Howard: (Married May 1942 to his death on May 1976): “Arsenic & Old Lace” actress Priscilla Lane met Howard, an Army Air Force lieutenant, in 1942. After World War II ended, the couple lived in New Mexico and then moved to California where Howard was a building contractor. Lane retired from movies, a decision her husband left to her, in 1948 and the couple had four children together: Joseph (1945), Hannah (1950), Judith (1953) and James (1955). The couple later moved to New England where Lane was a Girl Scout troop leader, went to church and volunteered at hospitals. She said she never regretted leaving Hollywood. Howard died in 1976, something Lane never got over. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery in Virginia and Priscilla was buried with him when she died in 1994.

Shirley Temple and Charles Black in Washington, DC in 1953.

Shirley Temple and Charles Black: (Married Dec. 1950 to his death on Aug. 2005): On their way to get married, Black admitted he had never seen any of the child actress’s films. Shirley Temple said it’s corny but it was love at first sight when they first met in Honolulu where he was working for a shipping company. Black served on a Commerce Department advisory committee and National Research Council panels. He co-founded a Massachusetts-based company that developed unmanned deep-ocean search and survey imaging systems. He also served in the Navy during the Korean War. The couple had two children together: Charlie (1952) and Lori (1954) and Black adopted Temple’s daughter from her marriage with John Agar, Linda (1948). Shirley Temple passed away on Feb. 10, 2014.

Claudette Colbert and Joel Pressman in 1938 at the “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” premier

Claudette Colbert and Dr. Joel Pressman: (Married Dec. 1935 to his death on Feb. 1968). The “It Happened One Night” actress Colbert married Pressman, a surgeon at UCLA, and were married for 33 years. The couple had no children.

Joan Leslie and Dr. William G. Caldwell: (Married March 1950 to his death on April 2000): “Yankee Doodle Dandy” actress, Joan Leslie, married the UCLA graduate and retired from acting when she had her twin daughters Patricia and Ellen. Caldwell passed away in 2000 and Leslie passed away on Oct. 15, 2015.

Irene Dunne and Francis Dennis Griffin in 1952

Irene Dunne and Frances Dennis Griffin: (Married July 1928 to his death on Oct. 1965) “The Awful Truth” actress married a New York dentist and kept a long distance relationship with him in the first few years of their marriage. Frances finally gave up his dental practice and joined Dunne in Hollywood. The couple adopted their daughter named Mary Frances 1936.

Dorothy McGuire and John Swope: (Married July 1942 to his death on May 1979): The “Old Yeller” actress married LIFE Magazine photographer Swope in 1943 and the couple had two children: Mark and Topo. McGuire died in 2000.

Ann Blyth and Dr. James McNulty

Ann Blyth and Dr. James McNulty: (Married June 1953 to his death on May 2007) The couple had five children:Timothy, Maureen, Kathleen, Terence and Eileen. “I picked the right man. He has a great sense of humor, and has always been very supportive,” she said about being able to keep a successful relationship in Hollywood.

Actors:

Fredric March and his wife Florence in 1946.

Fredric March and Florence Eldridge: (Married May 1927 to his death April 1975) Adopted two children: Penelope (1932) and Anthony (1934). Though Florence was not as big of a star as her “The Best Years of Our Lives” acting husband, the couple acted alongside each other in films, on the radio and in plays. These include The Studio Murder Mystery (1929), Les Misérables (1935), Another Part of the Forest (1948), An Act of Murder (1948), Christopher Columbus (1949), and Inherit the Wind (1960). On TV, she appeared with him in the “Producers’ Showcase” (1954) presentation of ‘Dodsworth’ on April 30, 1956.

Robert Mitchum in 1945 with his wife Dorothy and sons, Christopher and James

Robert Mitchum and Dorothy: (Married March 1940 to his death on July 1997) Three children Christopher, Trini and James. Though the couple was together for many years, unfortunately Robert had several affairs throughout the 60 year marriage.

Don Ameche and Honore Prendergast: (Married Dec. 1932 to her death in Sept. 1986) The couple had 6 children: Ronald, Dominic, Thomas, Lonnie, Bonnie and Connie.

Dan Duryea with wife Helen and their two children

Dan Duryea and Helen Bryan: (Married April 1932 to her death on Jan. 1967). two children: Peter (1939) and Richard (1942). Though Dan Duryea usually played a slimy character in movies, he was a friendly fellow in real life. He enjoyed gardening and was active as a Boy Scout master and in the school PTA. His gravestone even reads, “Our pop-A man loved by everyone.”

Walter Brennan and Ruth Wells: (Married Oct. 1920 to his death on Sept. 1974). Three children: Ruth, Arthur and Andy,

Walter Pidgeon and his wife Ruth

Walter Pidgeon and Ruth Walker: (Married Dec. 1931 to his death on Sept. 1984) Ruth Walker was Pidgeon’s secretary when they got married in 1931. They had no children together.

Danny Thomas wife his wife and three daughters

Danny Thomas wife his wife and their children

Danny Thomas and Rose Marie Mantell Thomas: (Married Jan. 15, 1936 to his death on Feb. 6, 1991). Three children: Tony, Terre and Marlo, of “That Girl” fame. Danny met Rose while performing on the radio show “The Happy Hour Club.” His children continued to work as actors and producers.

Robert and Rosemarie Stack in 1961

Robert Stack and Rosemarie: (Married from Jan. 1956 to his death in March 2003). Two children: Charles and Elizabeth. Both acted in Hollywood, but Rosemarie was not as successful in acting as Robert. Rosemarie gave up her acting career temporarily while their children were young. The couple enjoyed outdoor activities such as sailing and riding.

Basil Rathbone and his wife on their wedding day

Basil Rathbone and Ouida Bergère: (Married on April 1926 to his death in July 1967). Adopted one daughter, Cynthia in 1939. Swashbuckling actor Basil Rathbone met scriptwriter Ouida in 1923. They fell in love and Rathbone had to divorce his current wife before they could marry. Basil and Ouida enjoyed reading books and watching boxing, baseball and golf. Ouida gave up her writing career to help Basil manage his acting.

James Cagney’s family visiting him on the set of “Run For Cover” in 1955.

James Cagney and Frances: (Married on Sept. 1922 to his death in March 1986): Two childre: Casey and James Jr. Cagney married dancer Frances after meeting in the chorus line of “Pitter Patter.” Though Merle Oberon tried to seduce Cagney, he never cheated on his wife.

Charles Boyer and his wife Pat

Charles Boyer and Pat Paterson: (Married on Feb. 1934 to her death in Aug. 1978) One child, Michael. The couple met at a dinner party in 1934 and married after a three month courtship. Pat had a few small roles in Hollywood while Charles was more successful in acting. Boyer was described by friends as a “happily married book-worm and a stick in the mud.” Boyer committed suicide two days after his wife died of cancer. Their only son died in 1965 by committing suicide after having a fight with his girlfriend. At the time of Michael’s death, Charles was filming a movie in Europe. Pat and Charles never recovered from their son’s death.

Joseph Cotten and Patricia Medina: (Married Oct. 1960 to his death in Feb. 1994) In Cotten’s autobiography “Vanity Gets You Somewhere,” he said Medina was the love of his life.
Joseph once said: “My wife told me one of the sweetest things one could hear: “I am not jealous. But I am truly sad for all the actresses who embrace you and kiss you while acting, for with them, you are only pretending.”

Louis Jourdan with his wife

Louis Jourdan and Berthe Quique’ Frederique Jourdan: (Married March 1946 to present.) One child, Louis Henry who predeceased his parents in 1981. Louis met Berthe through the Underground with the French Resistance. The couple married in Paris, which was a day Jourdan said was “the happiest day of his life.”

Gregory Peck and Veronique in 1962

Gregory Peck and Veronique: (Married Dec. 1955 to his death in June 2003) Two children, Tony (1956) and Cecilia (1958). The couple met while Veronique, a young journalist, was interviewing him in 1953 for France Soir in Paris. Veronique became a U.S. citizen in 1976. The couple raised over $50 million for the American Cancer Society in the 1960s and were actively involved in politics.

James and Gloria Stewart with their twin daughters

James Stewart and Gloria Stewart: (Married Jan. 1949 to her death in Feb. 1994) Two children, twin girls Judy and Kelly. Stewart adopted his wife’s children from a previous marriage as well, Ronald and Michael. Stewart married Gloria, a former model, after returning from serving in World War 2. “I pitched the big question to her last night and to my surprise she, she, she said yes,” he said. Their son Ronald was killed in action during the Vietnam War. Throughout his time in Hollywood, James was always faithful to his wife.

Jack Benny and Marry Livingstone

Jack Benny and Margaret Livingstone: (Married Jan. 1927 to his death in Dec. 1974) One child. Jack met Mary Livingstone in Vancouver British Columbia when he was appearing there, at the Orpheum there as well. Ten years younger than him, Benny feared Margaret was to young to marry him. However he eventually proposed. The two performed on the radio together. The comedian delivered a rose to his wife almost every day until he died.

Dennis Morgan and Lillian Vedder: (Married Sept. 1933 to his death in Sept. 1994) Three children. “It’s not the easiest thing in the world to be a success in Hollywood and still be the ordinary husband and father,” Morgan said.

Dana Andrews and his wife Mary

Dana Andrews and Mary Todd: (Married Nov. 1939 to Dec. 1992) Three children: Stephen, Katharine and Susan.

Kirk and Anne Douglas in 1957 at the Golden Globes

Kirk Douglas and Anne Douglas: (Married May 1954 to present) Two children: Peter and Eric. Douglas married the German producer, Anne, after ending his first marriage with Diane. This past Thanksgiving, the two helped serve Thanksgiving Dinner to the homeless in Los Angles.

Ricardo Montalbon and his wife Georgiana in 1951 with their children Laura, Mark and Anita

Ricardo Montalban and Georgiana Young: (Married Oct. 1944 until her death in Nov. 2009) Four children: Victor, Laura, Mark and Anita. Georgiana was the sister of Loretta Young, making Montalban her brother-in-law. Ricardo nicknamed his wife “Georgie.”

Paul Henreid and Elizabeth “Lisl” Camilla Julia Gluck: (Married Jan. 1936 until his death in March 1992) Two children.

Eddie cantor and his wife Ida

Eddie Cantor and Ida Tobias Cantor: (Married June 1914 to Aug. 1962) Four children: Marilyn, Marjorie, Natalie, Edna and Janet. The comedian had a running joke in his jokes about his “five un-marriageable daughters” which didn’t always please his daughters.

Donald O’Connor and his wife Gloria on their wedding day

Donald O’Connor and Gloria Noble: (Married Oct. 1956 until his death in Sept. 2003) Three children: Alicia, Donald Frederick and Kevin.

Cecil B. DeMille with Hestons: DeMille makes a contract for baby Frazer to play Moses with his dad in “The Ten Commandments”

Charlton Heston and Lydia Clarke: (Married Mach 1944 until his death in April 2008) Two children: Frazer and Holly. Charlton married Lydia the same year he joined the military. After the war, the couple tried to find work as actors in New York until they decided to manage a theater in Asheville, NC, before Charlton became famous in Hollywood.

Robert Young in 1954 with his wife and daughters.

Robert Young and Elizabeth Louise Henderson: (Married 1933 until her death in April 1994) Four children: Betty Lou Gleason, Carol Proffitt, Barbara Beebe, and Kathy Young. Young, 17, met Elizabeth, 14, when they were in high school, according to his New York Times obituary. Though Young played the perfect father and husband, he also had alcoholism problems and bitterness towards Hollywood. With the help of his wife Elizabeth, he was able to overcome it.

Pat O’Brien and wife

Pat O’Brien and Eloise Taylor: (Married Jan. 1931 to Oct. 1983) One child, three adopted: Sean, Terry, Brigid and Mavourneen.

Though this is not a complete list of long Hollywood marriages, this is a pretty good example that some acting marriages can survive. Others not included are Harry Carey Jr. and Marilyn Fix, Randolph Scott, Harry Carey and Olive Carey, and Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan.

Who are some long marriages you can think of?

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My gift to you: More Hollywood Christmas photos

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Jnpickens

As a reporter, sometimes you have to do things like work Christmas Day.

So as I am here at work, I will entertain all of you good people with more classic Hollywood Christmas photos.

Gloria Swanson

Mary Martin in 1940

Louise Brooks, sort of matching her Christmas tree

Jean Arthur and Lillian Roth fighting over toys by the tree

Joan Crawford with charity Christmas presents in 1943

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Eddie Cantor as Santa at the Hollywood Canteen with Service men and Shelly Winters, Lynn Merrick, Maxine Fifie and Leslie Brooks.

Diana Lynn with Frosty the Snowman. She’s always been a favorite of mine.

Peter Lorre dressed as Santa in between takes while playing Mr. Moto.

Bette Davis in “The Man Who Came to Dinner.”

Annette Funicello

Bela Lugosi, famous for playing Dracula, dressed as Santa Claus

Merry Christmas from Comet Over Hollywood

Me here at the Star being festive for all of you!

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Tyrone Power Santa: Merry Christmas from Comet

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Jnpickens

Merry Christmas!

A Christmas card from me to you. Screencapped from Summer Place by Me

With some help from my coworkers at the Shelby Star, I recorded a Christmas Eve video for everyone.

As my present to all of you, here is an anecdote I found from the official Tyrone Power page: King of 20th Century Fox. David Niven tells how Tyrone Power plays Santa at a children’s Christmas party (sadly I have no photos):

One Christmas I gave a party for my two small sons, and Tyrone Power offered to play Santa Claus. He lived a few blocks from me, and I went over to help him dress and brief him on the impending operation.

He was extremely nervous.

“This is worse than a first night on Broadway,” he said, helping himself liberally to the scotch bottle. “I’ve never performed for a bunch of kids before.”

I pushed and pulled him into the padded stomach, bulky red outfit, and high black boots rented from Western Costume Company and helped him fasten on a black belt, a huge white beard, and little red cap.

“Don’t worry about it,” I said. “It’s all fixed. I’ve left the gate open at the bottom of the garden. I’ve rigged up some sleigh bells down there and stashed away the presents, and at exactly six o’clock we’ll give ’em the bells; then you pick up the sack and make it up the lawn to the house — they’re all expecting you.”

After discovering he would be entertaining 50 children- including the offspring of Gary Cooper, Rosalind Russell, the Fairbanks’, Deborah Kerr, Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Edgar Bergen and Jerry Lewis- Ty was drinking a great deal of scotch.

During the five minute drive to the party Ty begged me to let him off the hook.

“Why don’t you do it? he asked. “It’s your party.”

“You suggested it,” I said firmly.

By six o’clock Santa Claus was loaded; sack on shoulder and hidden in some bushes at the bottom of my garden.

“Off you go,” I said to Ty. “Lots of luck!”

When he was spotted by the excited children, shrill shrieks and applause broke out. At that point I had intended to turn on the garden lights to illuminate the scene but for some reason I missed the switch and turned on the sprinklers. Ty fell down. He picked himself up, gave me a marked look and squelched on toward the shining, expectant faces in the windows.

Like all actors, once the curtain was up and the adrenaline had started pumping, Ty was relaxed and happy in his work.

“HO! HO! HO!” he boomed. “And who is this lovely woolly lamb for, eh? Candace Bergen. Come here, little girl. HO! HO! HO!”

He was doing beautifully by the time I had sneaked in by the back door, seated in a big chair in the hall with excited children climbing all over him.

“Maria Cooper! My, what a pretty girl! HO! HO! HO! You tell your daddy that old Santa thought he was just dandy in High Noon and ask him for Grace Kelly’s phone number while you’re about it. HO! HO! HO!”

Maria Cooper was a little more sophisticated than the other children. “Where did you see the picture, Santa?” she asked sweetly.

“Oh,” said Ty, pointing vaguely above him, “Up there!”

After a while Santa made his good-byes and staggered off down the lawn. Some of the children cried when he left.

Back at the bottom of the garden, I helped him out of his outfit. He was as excited as if he had just given a triumphant Broadway performance of King Lear.

“I really enjoyed that!” he said. “Weren’t the kids a great audience?”

And Merry Christmas from one of my favorites- Annette Funicello

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“Merry Christmas, Mama”: Christmas scenes in non-Christmas films

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Jnpickens

For me, it’s always a treat when there is a Christmas scene in a film that isn’t considered a holiday film.

Not only is it because I’m a lover of Christmas, but usually something important or climatic happens during Christmas related scenes.

Below are a few non-Christmas films with important holiday scenes:

1. Battleground (1949): “Battleground,” starring a plethora of stars such as Van Johnson, John Hodiak and George Murphy, is a World War II film set during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne. The Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 16 to Jan. 25) is when the Allies were surrounded by the Germans and were unable to get airborne assistance due to heavy fog and snow.

During one scene, a Lutheran Chaplain played by Leon Ames delivers a Christmas sermon for the men. It is a particularly moving scene, because he describes the importance of why they are fighting this war. It’s my favorite scene in the whole movie and still holds meaning today.

2. A Summer Place (1959): “Summer Place” is a stereotypical late-1950s sleezy melodrama. Already married Sylvia Hunter (Dorothy McGuire) and Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) were teenage sweet hearts and rekindle their romance one summer when their families meet on vacation in Maine. This breaks up their marriages with Bart Hunter (Arthur Kennedy) and Helen Jorgenson (Constance Ford). To complicate things further, Sylvia’s son Johnny (Troy Donahue) and Ken’s daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) fall in love.

While over-bearing Helen is decorating their Christmas tree, she discovers her daughter Molly has been writing and meeting up with Johnny.

In a rage, Helen slaps her daughter and sends her hurtling into their plastic Christmas tree which she earlier described as “solid plastic” and that it should “last for 10 years.”

Helen Jorgensen angrily slaps her daughter Molly in “A Summer Place” sending her into their plastic Christmas tree- Screen capped by Hollywood Comet

In this unintentionally hilarious scene, Molly looks up from behind the strewn Christmas tree branches, tinsel and ornaments and says, “Merry Christmas, Mama.”

Helen looks at 18 stockings in “Yours, Mine and Ours”

3. Yours, Mine and Ours (1968): Frank (Henry Fonda), who has 10 children, marries Helen (Lucille Ball), who has 8 children, putting entirely too many people into one home.

The comedy follows the adventures of how a family that large serves breakfast, gets to school and how the older children accept their new parents.

Christmas also gets complicated. Frank is up all night playing Santa trying to put toys together and is still working when the children get up in the morning. Christmas morning is chaos with one daughter eating candy canes off the Christmas tree and a bicycle breaking as a child rides it around the house.

But the real climax comes when Helen finds out that she is pregnant again…with their 19th child.

4. Since You Went Away (1944): A film that is my all-time favorite movie, “Since You Went Away” follows Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) and her two daughters Bridget (Shirley Temple) and Jane (Jennifer Jones) as they adjust to life on the home front during World War II. Though this film gets shown frequently during the Christmas season, it really isn’t a Christmas movie.

It begins when Anne’s husband leaves for war and goes through fall, summer, spring and ends at Christmas.

The last 20 minutes of the movie is Christmas making you laugh and cry. Jane has transformed from a selfish young teenager to a young lady, who has lost her boyfriend to the war and is now working as a nurse. Anne has come to terms that her husband is lost in action and is trying to have a normal Christmas with her family.

Christmas party scene in “Since You Went Away” with everyone playing charades. -screencapped by the Hollywood Comet

The Hiltons throw a Christmas party with a woman Anne met through her war work, a soldier Jane helped nurse, a family friend Lt. Tony Willet (Joseph Cotton) and his friend (Keenan Wynn) and their boarder Col. Smollett (Monty Woolley).

The party scene is fun and happy, but after all the guests leave Anne sees their servant Fidelia (Hattie McDaniel) putting presents under the tree that Tim sent her both he was reported missing.

Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) receiving the cable gram that her husband is home safe. -screen capped by the Hollywood Comet

Anne opens her gift from her husband, a musical powder box that plays their song, and starts to cry. Then the phone rings and it’s a cable gram saying Tim has been found and is coming home.

The movie ends with happy tears, hugging and excitement.

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The years Margaret O’Brien ruined Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Jnpickens

Though some people find 1940s child actress Margaret O’Brien cute and spunky, I think she is a nuisance. Particularly at Christmas time.

1940s child actress, Margaret O’Brien

O’Brien can really put a damper on the Christmas season from attacking snowmen to nearly killing her pregnant mother.

Her brattiness particularly shines through in two Christmas films, “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) and “Tenth Avenue Angel” (1948):

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944):

“Meet Me in St. Louis,” a personal favorite, is simply the story of a family, set in the early 1900s when the World’s Fair is coming to St. Louis. The family has four daughters: Rose (Lucille Bremer), Esther (Judy Garland), Agnes (Joan Carroll) and Tootie (Margaret O’Brien)

Though Garland is the true star of this film, O’Brien steals several scenes by simply being a brat.

I’m fairly convinced that Tootie manipulates her family by being an obnoxious brat and turning on the waterworks in order to get what she wants.

O'Brien as Tootie telling lies to Mary Astor, playing her mother-saying that John Truitt tried to kill her on Halloween.

As Tootie telling lies to Mary Astor, O’Brien played her mother-saying that John Truitt tried to kill her on Halloween.

At the start of the film, Tootie tells the iceman (Chill Wills) that her doll has “four fatal diseases” and how she will bury her and have a funeral for a perfectly good doll (maybe this is just a ploy to get new toys?).

At Halloween, she really is a little hellion. She throws flour in the face of an unsuspecting neighbor and shouts, “I hate you!”-part of a turn-of-the-century Halloween tradition that we never should bring back.

Still, on Halloween, she nearly turns her sister Esther (Judy Garland) against her boyfriend, John Truitt (Tom Drake).

Tootie and Agnes stuff a dress and put it on the trolley tracks. John Truitt drags Agnes and Tootie out of the way, so they don’t get hurt or caught by police. As a result, Tootie splits her lip and loses a tooth.

She is carried into the house sobbing and saying, “John Truitt tried to kill me!” prompting Esther to go next door and beat him up. Her family comforts Tootie by letting her wear one of Esther’s nightgowns and giving her a gigantic piece of cake (has anyone else noticed the cake in classic films is HUGE?). Even after her mother (Mary Astor) discovers Tootie was lying, they let her keep the cake and nightgown because she was a “good girl when the doctor was there.”

But the real clincher is the Christmas scene.

O’Brien attacking snowmen early Christmas morning (screencapped by me)

Understandably, Tootie is upset about leaving their home in St. Louis to move to New York. Esther comforts her younger sister by singing, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

Does this calm the child down? No! Inexplicably, she runs outside in the snow after midnight, starts attacking snowmen they worked so hard to build earlier that day.

Because of Tootie’s crazed snowman moment, their father (Leon Ames) changes his life plans to make his family happy, again Tootie getting her way.

Tenth Avenue Angel (1948):

In “Tenth Avenue Angel,” O’Brien plays Flavia, a little girl who lives with her pregnant mother Helen (Phyllis Thaxter) and Aunt Susan (Angela Lansbury).

Steve and Flavia wait to see if a cow will kneel for baby Jesus on Christmas morning. (screencapped by me)

Flavia was told that Susan’s boyfriend Steve (George Murphy) has been on a trip around the world, but really he has been in jail.

Other harmless white lies and old wives’ tales are told to Flavia, such as mice turn into money, cats all have nine lives, and wishes on stars come true. When Flavia finds out none of these are true- including that Steve really didn’t travel around the world- she is sent over the edge.

“If it isn’t the truth, then it’s a lie, isn’t it,” she says to her pregnant, bed-ridden mother. “I don’t know who to believe or what to believe. Everybody lies to me.”

In a Margaret O’Brien moment of hysterics complete with sobbing, she runs out of the apartment with her mother running behind her, who falls down the stairs and becomes ill…basically because of Flavia.

However, regardless of her bratty moment, Flavia finds a miracle in order to save her mother.

And the cow kneels. This scene is utterly ridiculous. (screencapped by me)

The movie ends ridiculously with Flavia and Steve waiting at the stroke of midnight on Christmas morning to see if a cow will kneel to honor the newborn king-another old wives’ tale her mother told her.

If the cow kneels, it will be a miracle to make her mother better and will restore Flavia’s faith in her family. Lo and behold, the cow kneels, and everyone lives happily ever after.

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Maybe I’m unnecessarily harsh because I’m simply not a fan of Margaret O’Brien. I’m not sure if O’Brien is the brat or if it’s the characters, but regardless I can’t take the sobbing and would be really angry if a hysterical little girl knocked down my snowman.

**2020 edit: I don’t mind Margaret O’Brien as much these days, but I do still like to joke that she ruins Christmas in these films. I clearly understand that these are the roles MGM cast the child in.

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Classic Christmas Addiction

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Jnpickens

Part of why I love Christmas is getting to watch my favorite classic holiday films such as “Christmas in Connecticut”, “White Christmas” and “Remember the Night.”

But I also love looking at Christmas related photos with classic actors and actresses.

Every day since December 1, I’ve been posting a Christmas related photo on Comet Over Hollywood’s Facebook Page, and searching for the day’s photo can be an addicting task.

Even long after I find the photo of the day, I keep browsing-marveling at the ridiculousness of vintage Christmas photos.

I’ve found these classic photos can be divided into categories. Here are some examples:

Glamour: These photos show actors looking beautiful and wealthy at their homes during Christmas.

Gina Lollabrigida looking glamorous in her Christmas tree

Carole Lombard

Paulette Goddard

Jean Harlow

Anita Page in 1932

Jennifer Jones

Adorable and cute: These involve child actors or actresses looking sweet and angelic.

Jackie Cooper

The Bogart: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and their son Stephen.

Joan Leslie

Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge with Junior and Bob

The children of Our Gang

Little Natalie Wood

Shirley Temple in 1935

Priscilla Lane

Rita Hayworth

Ridiculous or funny: Photos that try way to hard to make a photo Christmasy or make it a sexy Christmas photo.

Dorothy Jordan and Gwenn Lee, I don’t even understand what’s happening.

Joan Crawford flirting with Santa in 1932

Janet Leigh with a Christmas tree hat

Esther Williams in unreasonable winter clothing

Maureen O’Sullivan…..dressed as a choir boy.

Margaret O’Brien…wrapped as a package?

Clifton Webb as the most unlikely Santa Claus

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Classic films in Music Videos: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Kenny G

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jnpickens

This is December’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s classic film references in music videos.

Going with the Christmas season, is the song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” played by Kenny G in 1997.

Though I’m not a Kenny G fan, I have to admit this is a very heartwarming video.

It stars classic film star Burgess Meredith, who’s career ranged from “Idiot’s Delight” (1939) to his role of the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV show.

Meredith appears to be a projectionist at a movie theater who is sad, lonely and missing his family at Christmas.

He reminisces on past Christmases by watching clips of classic holiday films such as “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944), “Miracle on 34th Street (1947), “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), “Little Women” (1949), “A Christmas Carol” (1938) and “Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945).

Meredith was 90 when this video was filmed. He died that same year of melanoma and Alzheimer’s disease, making this video a little more heartbreaking than it already is.

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Happy Thanksgiving from Comet

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Jnpickens

Here we are, celebrating our third Comet Over Hollywood Thanksgiving together. And as the Bing Crosby song from “Holiday Inn” (1940) says…I have plenty to be thankful for.

Along with being thankful for my new job in Shelby, N.C., my family and friends, I am also thankful for classic films.

Cast of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1938) David Holt, Ann Gillis, Georgie Billings, Jackie Moran, Tommy Kelly, Byron Armstrong, Cora Sue Collins and Mickey Rentschler

Since 2002 when classic films actively became part of my life, they have consistently brought joy into my life. But classic films haven’t just given my entertainment, its taught shown me snapshots of pop culture in the past and given me history lessons.

I am also thankful for all of the wonderful classic film fans who I’ve met through my blog and on Twitter. It’s wonderful to know there are other like-minded fans out there who cry during “Since You Went Away” or swoon over Joel McCrea.

So dear reader, in my 200th blog post, I am thankful for YOU.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Shirley Temple cooking the Thanksgiving turkey

Margaret O’Brien serving up dinner in 1947

Frank Sinatra carving the turkey

And Comet brought the pumpkin pie. Happy Thanksgiving, love Jessica

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Glamour: These photos show actors looking beautiful and wealthy at their homes during Christmas.

Adorable and cute: These involve child actors or actresses looking sweet and angelic.

Ridiculous or funny: Photos that try way to hard to make a photo Christmasy or make it a sexy Christmas photo.

Classic films in Music Videos: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Kenny G

Happy Thanksgiving from Comet

So dear reader, in my 200th blog post, I am thankful for YOU.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Merry Christmas from Comet Over Hollywood

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Glamour: These photos show actors looking beautiful and wealthy at their homes during Christmas.

Adorable and cute: These involve child actors or actresses looking sweet and angelic.

Ridiculous or funny: Photos that try way to hard to make a photo Christmasy or make it a sexy Christmas photo.

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So dear reader, in my 200th blog post, I am thankful for YOU.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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