Final postcards of the day. Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall made two films together: The Sea Hawk (1940) and Footsteps in the Dark, the following year.
Brenda was married to William Holden for thirty years and had two sons by him.
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Final postcards of the day. Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall made two films together: The Sea Hawk (1940) and Footsteps in the Dark, the following year.
Brenda was married to William Holden for thirty years and had two sons by him.
Ann Sheridan is best known for the likes of Angels with Dirty Faces & They Drive by Night or my favourite I was A Male War Bride with Cary Grant.
Richard Carlson was the leading man in the Creature from the Black Lagoon & was also in the Little Foxes.
Both appeared together in Winter Carnival (1939)
A promo postcard set for A Complete Unknown.
30.10.2025 15:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Moving on to movies with some Star Trek
30.10.2025 13:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Everybody loves an 80's mix.
30.10.2025 11:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Day 201 of traipsing through my music and movie postcards. As always we start with music. Some more in store /mail out freebie promo postcards. Bloody internet just ruined everything.
30.10.2025 09:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Final postcards of the day. John Howard Davies best known for David Lean's Oliver Twist and Tom Brown's Schooldays. He later moved into TV production & directing
Shirley is best known as Jill Masterson in Goldfinger & was also in a number of Carry On films before retiring from acting in 1969
Back to vintage postcards with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Yolande Donlan. Although both were American, they both spent time making films in the UK and strarred in the comedy Mister Drake's Duck in 1951 with Jon Pertwee. Yolande was also in Expresso Bongo with Cliff Richard.
29.10.2025 18:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some foreign films next.
29.10.2025 16:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Moving on to movies with more Madagascar and Shrek too. Or rather Shrek 3.
29.10.2025 14:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Four promo postcards next.
29.10.2025 13:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Day 200 of traipsing through my music and movie postcards. Yep folks we've got there. Will be pausing on day 210 but til then thanks for all your likes.
As always we start with music.
German born actress Tamara Desni made several British pictures from the early 30s with her last being Dick Barton at Bay in 1951. She and Binnie Barnes were both in the 1934 film Forbidden Territory. Barnes was also in the original Last of the Mohicans & played pirate Anne Bonny in the Spanish Main.
28.10.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back to vintage postcards with Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich.
28.10.2025 18:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0From the makers of Shrek, I believe.
28.10.2025 18:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Moving on to movies with this cracking foursome.
28.10.2025 16:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Some more pop postcards.
28.10.2025 12:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Day 199 of traipsing through my music and movie postcards as always we start with music. Starting off with some Rush postcards from Prog magazine.
28.10.2025 10:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Final postcards of the day. Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Currently I'm watching Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in My Favorite Brunette and I can't remember if Bing ends up with the girl too in a cameo role. Dorothy appeared in all seven 'Road To . . . ' movies with Bob and Bing.
27.10.2025 20:05 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back to vintage postcards. Gary Cooper and Joan Leslie who starred together in Sergeant York. Cooper won the Oscar for his performance in it and went on to win for High Noon too.
Joan Leslie was also in High Sierra as well asYankee Doodle Dandy and went on to star in a number of Westerns.
Got to say there's not enough love out there for Tom Thumb. Me? I love it.
27.10.2025 15:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#5debutalbums1014. The first one out the box for me and a definite contender for my top five. Shine by former Nightwish singer Anette Olzon.
27.10.2025 13:33 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Moving on to movies with this comedy foursome. Two from the UK and two from the US.
27.10.2025 13:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More Pink Floyd.
27.10.2025 12:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Day 198 of traipsing through my music and movie postcards as always we start with music. Some mo' Floyd to begin with.
27.10.2025 10:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Final postcards of the day. Richard Dix and Irene Dunne starred together in 1931's Cimarron. It was to be the first of only four Westerns ever to win the Best Picture award. Both actors were nominated too. For Dix it was his only nomination. Dunne was nominated another four times but never won.
26.10.2025 18:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Vintage postcards with Constance & Joan Bennett. Born to acting parents they were perhaps destined for Hollywood. Joan played Amy in the 1933 version of Little Women & was the wife in Father of the Bride & Father's Little Dividend.
Constance was in Topper & Topper Takes a Trip as Marion Kerby.
I really like the second Kane Gang album Miracle. I know it's more American sounding than the first album but I prefer it.
26.10.2025 16:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A wee bit of Superheroes and Sci-Fi in this lot.
26.10.2025 15:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Moving on to movies with this foursome that have absolutely no connection other than that orange tint.
26.10.2025 13:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0