Tag Archives: Hollywood

Kieran Monroe: Jayne Mansfield on Jack Benny (1956)

. Source:The New Democrat Wow! And I thought Jack Benny was pretty popular and that the Jack Benny Show was pretty popular. And then I hear that they have to grab the purses of women, including Jayne Mansfield in order … Continue reading

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From Cult Til Camp: Jayne Mansfield Interview by Wim Sonneveld

Source:The New Democrat Holland has a lot of English speakers, at least today and perhaps back then as well. Something like 9-10 Dutch speak English at least as their second language. And can travel to Britain, Scandinavia, Canada and America … Continue reading

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Jayne Mansfield: Interview in 1964

Source:The New Democrat I think part of Jayne Mansfield’s dumb blonde image had to do with the fact, one because of the roles she got. But two she never really grew up personally and was basically a big teenage girl … Continue reading

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The Hollywood Reporter: Victims of Hollywood’s Blacklist

. Source:The New Democrat I don’t think there’s anything more Un-American and Un-liberal democratic as punishing people simply because of what they believe and their politics. But that is what the U.S. House of Representatives decided to do in 1946-47 … Continue reading

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Matthew Hormann: The Hollywood Ten -1 950

. Source:The New Democrat I don’t want to sound overly partisan here, but this was one of the ugliest anti-American, anti-liberal democratic, illiberal periods in American history. Where Americans were judged by who they associated with and political causes they … Continue reading

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Jnuss Bau: The Hollywood Blacklist: 1947-1960

. Source:The New Democrat The late 1940s and all the way up to at least the mid-1950s or so was one of the most fascist illiberal and anti-liberal democratic periods of our time. I think elements of today’s Tea Party … Continue reading

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Richard Quine: The Notorious Landlady (1962) Starring Kim Novak & Jack Lemmon

Source:HD Retro Trailers– Hollywood Goddess Kim Novak starring in The Notorious Landlady. Source:The New Democrat “The original trailer in high definition of The Notorious Landlady directed by Richard Quine. Starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire and Lionel Jeffries.” From HD … Continue reading

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Columbia Classic’s: Pushover (1954) Starring Fred McMurray & Kim Novak

. Source:The New Democrat “Money isn’t dirty, just people are”. One of the better lines from Pushover delivered by the great Kim Novak who was great at delivering lines because she had a great voice and came off as so … Continue reading

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Run For Doom (1963) Starring Diana Dors

Source:IMDB– English Muffin Diana Dors on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1963. Source:The New Democrat “A young doctor continues to date a beautiful showgirl in spite of warnings that her three previous marriages ended badly for her past husbands.” From IMDB  … Continue reading

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Queen Latifah: Jaclyn Smith Ageless Beauty

Source:The Daily Press The title says it all about one of the best overall looking women of all time. Here’s a women whose going to be 70 in October, 70 years old. A gorgeous and still baby-faced adorable red-head who … Continue reading

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