“Some films are slices of life. Mine are slices of cake.” — Alfred Hitchcock
Ten Films by George Cukor
Dinner at Eight | Little Women | Camille | Holiday | The Women | The Philadelphia Story | Gaslight | Adam’s Rib | Born Yesterday | A Star is Born
Ten Films by Anthony Mann
T-Men | Raw Deal | Reign of Terror (The Black Book) | Side Street | Winchester ‘73 | The Furies | Devil’s Doorway | The Naked Spur | The Man from Laramie | The Tin Star
MGM’s 20th Anniversary group photo. 1943.
Front Row: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lemarr, Katharine Hepburn, Louis B. Mayer, Greer Garson, Irene Dunne, Susan Peters, Ginny Simms, Lionel Barrymore.
Second Row: Harry James, Don Levy, Red Skelton, Mickey Rooney, William Powell, Wallace Beery, Spencer Tracy, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Taylor, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lewis Stone, Gene Kelly, Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins.
Third Row: Tommy Dorsey, George Murphy, Jean Rogers, James Craig, Donna Reed, Van Johnson, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Robert Benchley.
Fourth Row: Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Keenan Wynn, Diana Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Esther Williams, Ann Richards, Marta Linden, Lee Bowman, Richard Carlson, Mary Astor.
Fifth Row: Blanche Ring, Sara Haden, Fay Holden, Bert Lahr, Frances Gifford, June Allyson, Richard Whorf, Frances Rafferty, Spring Byington, Connie Gilchrist, Gladys Cooper
Sixth Row: Ben Blue, Chill Wills, Keye Luke, Barry Nelson, Desi Arnaz, Henry O’Neill, Bob Crosby, Rags Ragland.
Vivacious Lady // dir. George Stevens
(Watched this the other day. Wonderful, laugh out loud funny. James Stewart and Ginger Rogers! I’m amazed that it’s all but forgotten instead of being spoken of in the same breath as films like The Philadelphia Story or His Girl Friday.)
“There is a dreadful story that I hate actors. Imagine anyone hating James Stewart. I can’t imagine how such a rumor began. Of course it may possibly be because I was once quoted as saying that actors are cattle. My actor friends know I would never be capable of such a thoughtless, rude and unfeeling remark, that I would never call them cattle. What I probably said was that actors should be treated like cattle.”
