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Hollywood Yesterday

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About Hollywood Yesterday

Ann Sheridan, It All Came True

Ann Sheridan

Hi! Welcome to my Old Hollywood and Classic TV blog. My name is Joi (“Joy“) and I am absolutely honored that you’re here. Before I get to the background and mission of Hollywood Yesterday, I want to let you know right up front how grateful I am that you’re here and how much I hope that Hollywood Yesterday can put a smile on your face. That’s my number one thought when I sit down to write a post, add a picture, review a biography… I want to make people smile and, hopefully, brighten their day, if only for 10 minutes.

My posts, reviews, and thoughts in general are usually fairly condensed. I know everyone is as busy as I am and I don’t want to keep you in one spot any longer than necessary. I try to keep my reviews and thoughts concise and to the point.

As for pictures of the day or quotes from the stars, I usually just throw the photo or quote at you and let you get on with your day!

Besides, I keep my three grandbabies on Monday – Friday (ages 2, 3, and 4… how fun’s that??!) and I have no intention of being a “MiMi” that sits at the computer or on her phone when she could be playing dinosaurs, Hot Wheels, or Godzilla vs King Kong.

I can race Hot Wheels with the best of them, let me tell you.

That’s why there will be the occasional mistype (I’m actually an excellent speller – never got anything less than an A+ in spelling or grammar  which meant more to my mom than me), but if I’m hurrying to get something posted before 7:30 am (arrival of two of the little men!), a doggone l may show up when I intended it to be a p… you know, nonsense like that. Doesn’t bother me, hope it doesn’t bother you!

I am also glaringly positive – seriously, I will often sit and look at a photo, quote, or piece of information for a good ten minutes before sharing it… asking myself, “Would (the star in question) want to be remembered this way?” If the answer is, “Probably not” or even “I’m not sure..” I simply don’t share it.

I toss it out.

I use far too many exclamation points and I write the same way I talk (very excitedly, very fast, and with a distinct Southern accent). If you knew how much coffee and black tea I drink, this would all make perfect sense to you. My mental activity is on par with a three year old on a playground. No… let me correct that… it’s on par with about 12 three year olds on a playground!

You’ve been warned, friends.

One more word of warning: I NEVER shut up about the fact that Dorothy Dandridge should have won the Oscar for Carmen Jones. It’s lovely that she received the nomination she deserved, but she should have won… and, basically, I will never drop the subject.

Ever.

A Little Backstory for Hollywood Yesterday

One of the greatest loves of my life is reading: Agatha Christie Mysteries, historical non-fiction, cookbooks, etc. But the type of book I’d walk three miles in sensible shoes to get my hands on would be a biography. I read my first biography, about a personal heroine Harriet Tubman, in Grade School, and I have been deliriously hooked on biographies and autobiographies since.

When you read about the life of someone who is no longer with us, it’s as though they are being given the chance to live again. Their voice can once again be heard and their emotions can be felt as though they were being felt for the first time.

By reading about their lives, we get to walk along with them in their steps and see the world through their eyes.

Some of the most fascinating biographies and auto-biographies are the ones from Old Hollywood…. Hollywood Yesterday. A day really doesn’t seem complete to me unless I’ve spent time with someone from this period of time on the pages of a great biography and watching them in their element in a great old movie or television classic. I say “and” because each and every one of my days include old Hollywood biographies as well as movies or classic television.

So how was this old Hollywood blog born? Years ago, while reading a Lucille Ball biography (love her, love her, love her), I realized how many priceless stories lie within these biographies and autobiographies. These remarkable stars have given so much joy to so many of us for so many years – they deserve to be kept alive and allowed to shine as brightly today as they did then.

This is where the idea for Hollywood Yesterday was born.

In the middle of this particular Lucille Ball biography – I closed the book, opened my train of thoughts, and BOOM… the deal was sealed. Hollywood Yesterday became a thing that very day, thanks to one of my all-time favorite stars.

{Continued Below Katharine, Cary, and “Baby”)

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby: One of  the Best Movies Ever Made

Hollywood Yesterday is, at its heart, my tribute to Old (or “Classic”) Hollywood, Classic TV, and old radio shows. More importantly it’s a tribute to the men and women who have, through the years, entertained us, made us laugh, made us smile, made us cry, and made us feel emotions we didn’t even know we had.

They’re the familiar faces we run to when we’ve had a bad day or life has dealt us a blow. They’re the ones we turn to when we’re on top of the world and simply want to feel all the happiness we can stand. These stars are always there for us, aren’t they?! Some people talk about their comfort foods and, while I love food as much as anyone, I’m more apt to talk about my comfort stars or comfort movies.

{Continued Below Hattie’s Beautiful Smile…}

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

I have recently started focusing just as much attention on writing about and spotlighting stars and movies from the 70s and 80s. After all, the 80s are a lot further back than they feel. Is it just me or do they feel like they were, like, 10 years ago?! Let’s not dampen our day with math right now, but they’re truly “yesterday” right now.

Besides, some movies from this time frame are as wonderful as ANY from ANY time frame. Looking at you, Murphy’s Romance and The Poseidon Adventure.

(Continued below the perfect James Garner and perfect Sally Field in the perfect Murphy’s Romance)

Murphy's Romance Promo Picture

James Garner and Sally Field

Like everyone, I have my own particular favorites when it comes to the stars but I plan to devote time and space to everyone’s favorites, not just my own.

I will, no doubt, have to remind myself of this from time to time. 

I am utterly obsessed with all movies from Old Hollywood  – from Westerns to Musicals and from Barbara Stanwyck dramas to the side-splitting antics of Lucille Ball, Abbott & Costello, Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin, and Laurel & Hardy. From Louise Brooks and Mary Pickford to Dorothy Dandridge and Joan Crawford… from Maureen O’Hara and Lana Turner to Ann-Margret and Angie Dickinson. From Jimmy Stewart pulling at my heartstrings to Rita Hayworth making trouble for every man in town. From Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Henry Fonda to Rock Hudson, Harry Belafonte and Humphrey Bogart.

Utterly and completely obsessed with all things “old Hollywood” – oh you could tell?

{Continued below the wonderful Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, Carmen Jones….. She should have won the Oscar…}

Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones: Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte (Talk about Chemistry!)

I will say this, too… I will (undoubtedly) add to the my lists of favorites on this page from time to time. There are still wonderful stars I’ve yet to truly get to know. Often I’ll see an actor or actress in one or even two films but they may not crack into my favorites until the third film. Other times, I’ll see a single scene and know that I’ll love them forever and ever, amen.

Why the Amazon Links?

When I first began my web publishing business from home (many years ago!), I was homeschooling my three beautiful daughters and I wanted them to have the educational experience of coding html, making graphics, uploading images, using PhotoShop, setting up domains, etc. Given that I homeschooled my daughters rather than working outside of the home, it meant my husband was the only one bringing in a weekly check. For a family of five (plus cats!) being a one-income family is doable, but difficult.

I immediately looked for ways to monetize my (at that time) 3 blogs:

  • A Cat blog (Cat-Pause)
  • A Food blog (Get Cooking!)
  • A Dream Analysis blog I no longer have (it became much larger and more popular than I could handle)

I used Google ads for years but never cared for their appearance – worse, still, was the fact I couldn’t control what my visitors were shown or links they’d have offered to them. That bothered me. I found that using affiliate programs like Amazon could earn a little money while offering my visitors things I would highly recommend.

When showing any Amazon product or sharing a link, I always ask myself, “Would I, personally, want this or would I recommend it to one of my daughters?” To be honest, most of the time, I either already have what I’m showing you on this particular blog or have it in my Amazon cart!

The small amount of money I earn from Amazon links help pay for the cost of our server. I could earn more by publishing cheesy articles or by placing unsightly ads on the blog but I simply don’t want to annoy you or cheapen a blog dedicated to stars I love so much.

They deserve better.

Barbara Stanwyck 1920s

Barbara Stanwyck

30 FAVORITE CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ACTRESSES

First of all, I’ll answer a question that may be in the back of your mind when you see my list of favorites… “Why so many, girl?” Because there are so many to love! When you watch every genre (comedies, dramas, Westerns, musicals) and every decade (from Silents through the 1980s), you’re exposed to a great deal of actors and actresses. There are simply too many to narrow my favorites down to a neat little five or six or even 10. Many people are able to have a reasonable number because they focus on one or two decades or they  disregard one, two, or more genres. When you throw nothing out, it leaves a lot of stars to love.

Besides, the more the better..

  • Maureen O’Hara
  • Lucille Ball
  • Ann Sheridan
  • Lena Horne
  • Ethel Barrymore
  • Margaret Lindsay
  • Ann Dvorak
  • Gloria Grahame
  • Claudette Colbert
  • Barbara Stanwyck
  • Rhonda Fleming
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Olivia de Havilland
  • Rita Hayworth
  • Donna Reed
  • Fay Wray
  • Shirley Jones
  • Ann-Margret
  • Dorothy Dandridge
  • Ava Gardner
  • Yvonne De Carlo
  • Eve Arden
  • Marlene Dietrich
  • Bette Davis
  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Hattie McDaniel
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Clara Bow
  • Angie Dickinson
  • Judy Garland

(My favorite actors and movies are below the beautiful redhead AND inspiration for Hollywood Yesterday…)

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

30 FAVORITE CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ACTORS

  • Henry Fonda
  • James Stewart
  • Lionel Barrymore
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Buster Keaton
  • Victor McLaglen
  • Melvyn Douglas
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Frank Sinatra
  • James Cagney
  • James Garner
  • Errol Flynn
  • John Wayne
  • John Garfield
  • Paul Henried
  • Gregory Peck
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Robert Montgomery
  • Gene Kelly
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Cary Grant
  • Gary Cooper
  • Barry Fitzgerald
  • Sydney Greenstreet
  • S.Z. Sakall
  • Dean Martin
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Vincent Price
  • Boris Karloff

(Favorite Old Movies are below the gorgeous Olivia de Havilland…)

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

PERSONAL FAVORITE OLD MOVIES

This list is forever growing…. and isn’t presented in any particular order – the ones at the end are as dearly loved as the ones at the beginning. Links lead to the dvds, when available, on Amazon. If you’d be more interested in watching the film on Prime Video (a personal obsession in spite of the fact that I collect dvds), simply click through the link and see if it is available on Prime. Most are!

    • The Quiet Man (Maureen O’Hara, John Wayne)
    • Murphy’s Romance (James Garner, Sally Field)
    • Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant)
    • An American in Paris (Gen Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary)
    • Stage Door (Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Ann Miller)
    • Key Largo (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Lionel Barrymore)
    • Christmas in Connecticut (Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet)
    • It’s a Wonderful Life (James Stewart, Donna Reed)
    • Some Like it Hot (Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis)
    • Carmen Jones (Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey)
    • Top Hat (Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire)
    • Casablanca (Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains) – This movie is a classic for a reason! Everything about it is exceptional. Bogart is one of my absolute favorite stars, so the fact that I don’t mind him losing the girl is a huge testament to Paul Henreid. He creates his own memorable and very lovable character within a movie of larger than life characters.
    • Lured (Lucille Ball, George Sanders)
    • Lone Star (Clark Gable, Ava Gardner)
    • It Happened One Night (Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert)
    • You Were Never Lovelier (Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire)
    • Gilda (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford)
    • Rio Bravo (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ricky Nelson)
    • The Undefeated (John Wayne, Rock Hudson)
    • Stagecoach (John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine)
    • The Lady Eve (Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn)
    • The Stooge (Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Polly Bergen)
    • El Dorado (John Wayne, James Caan, Robert Mitchum, Charlene Hole, Michele Carey, Arthur Hunnicutt, Ed Asner)
    • Miracle on 34th Street (Maureen O’Hara, Natalie Wood, William Frawley)
    • My Fair Lady (Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison)
    • The Big Sleep (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers)
    • Autumn Leaves (Joan Crawford) Admittedly not a movie you see pop up on favorite movie lists, but I love, love, love, love this one. Joan is so wonderful and vulnerable – she’s mesmerizing in this role.
    • The Major and the Minor (Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland)
    • Lilies of the Field (Sidney Poitier)
    • The Lost Weekend (Ray Milland, Jane Wyman) – The acting in this rather dark movie is exceptional. You find yourself glued to both Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. Wonderful film, directing, and acting.
    • The Pirate (Judy Garland, Gene Kelly) – Not a film you hear much about when people talk about Judy Garland or Gene Kelly, but I love it. It’s zany, off beat, colorful, a little crazy… and I adore it.
    • Speed (James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel) – An underrated, wildly fun and entertaining movie.
    • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders)
    • Hearts Divided (Marion Davies, Dick Powell) – I cannot find this wonderful movie on DVD anywhere!
    • Yours, Mine, and Ours (Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda)
    • The Passionate Plumber (Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran)
    • Steamboat Bill, Jr (Buster Keaton, Marion Byron)
    • The Cameraman (Buster Keaton, Marceline Day)
    • The Strawberry Blonde (James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth)
    • Gone With the Wind (Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen
    • The Big Clock (Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan)
    • ALL Charlie Chaplin Movies
    • ALL Buster Keaton Movies
    • ALL Abbott and Costello movies
    • ALL Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin movies
    • ALL Laurel and Hardy movies
    • ALL Elvis movies…  except for the one where he plays identical cousins (Kissin’ Cousins)! I’d rather eat glass than watch that one again.

(Continued Below the Wonderful Shirley Jones…)

Shirley Jones in The Music Man

Hollywood Yesterday’s “Vibe”

I do not have any intention of publishing anything ugly, gossip-y, or in any way overly personal or unduly negative. For one thing, I’m a ridiculously positive person (to the tune of being an annoyingly Mary Poppins type, by nature). For another, it isn’t remotely fair to speak negatively of someone who is no longer here to defend or explain themselves.

When we haven’t walked in another’s shoes, who are we to judge where they stepped?

Mostly, however, if I’m going to do my part to keep these beautiful stars shining brightly, I want them to do so at their very best. With each post I publish on this blog, I keep and old quote by Rita Hayworth in the back of my mind. She once told someone, “Whatever you write about me, don’t make it sad.”

I have no intention of casting a sad or negative shadow on Rita or any of the rest. They wouldn’t want it that way and neither would I.

I hope you enjoy walking down Memory Lane on Hollywood Yesterday as much as I enjoy it from this side of the words.

Joi (“Joy”)

Contact information below Mr. Stewart….

Jimmy Stewart Photographed by Carl Van Vechten

James Stewart photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934

Contact Me

If you’d like to contact me – whether it’s in regard to Old Hollywood book reviews (an obsession!), information or photos you’d like to share, or simply to say, “Hi!” – please feel free to e-mail me any time. The best e-mail to reach me at is actually my personal e-mail – joitsigers@gmail.com (please notice the middle initial t is between my first name Joi and last Sigers).

Hollywood Yesterday Twitter: You can also find me (OFTEN) on Twitter – a Twitter page entirely for Old Hollywood, https://twitter.com/HollywoodYeste1, where you’ll find all of my favorite classic actresses, actors, and movies and (hopefully) your favorites as well!

Thank you so much for visiting Hollywood Yesterday and for doing your part to keep these magical stars, films, and television classics alive and shining as brightly as ever!

In closing, Dorothy Dandridge should have won the Oscar for Carmen Jones, Lucille Ball was one of the greatest geniuses ever, and I am honored you are here! ~ Joi (“Joy“)

Instagram: I am also on Instagram (joi_sigers). More family, cats, food, coffee, and old Hollywood!

E-mail: joitsigers@gmail.com

DISCLAIMER: I do not own all of the celebrity pictures I use on Hollywood Yesterday. I find them through searches for “Public Domain” images of celebrities. I also use photographs that fall under the “Fair Use” heading.  Many come from Wikimedia Commons. I also take photographs of pictures, collector’s cards, lobby cards, and photos I buy on eBay.

I exercise extreme caution when using pictures I feel are free to use – however, if any picture of an actress or actor slips in that is not free to use, please, please, please let me know and I’ll remove it immediately. Also, if you are a photographer (or a family member of a photographer) and have taken any of these wonderful pictures and would like credit for them, let me know! I’d love to be able to give the photographers the credit they richly deserve. The contributions photographers have made to keeping these stars alive and well cannot be stated enough – I am grateful for their talents every single day of my life.

I use these photos for one reason and one reason alone – to promote these stars (along with their films) and keep them with us for generations to come.

Lena Horne

The Talented and Exquisitely Beautiful Lena Horne


Welcome to Hollywood Yesterday!

Ann Sheridan, It All Came True

Ann Sheridan
My name is Joi (“Joy”) and I created Hollywood Yesterday as my personal tribute to Old Hollywood. It’s my effort to help keep the stars from Old Hollywood, Classic Television, and Old Radio Shows alive and shining forever. Old Hollywood was positively magical and I see no reason for the magic to ever die.

Be warned, I am (by nature) overtly positive, I never take anything too seriously, I say extraordinary so often you’d think I invented the word, and I overuse exclamation points to distraction. I’m perpetually over-caffeinated.. we’ll blame that.

Read more about Hollywood Yesterday (and see my personal favorites) here!

Old Hollywood Actresses

Lena Horne, Meet Me in Las Vegas

See the Old Hollywood Actresses page for the index of Classic Hollywood Actresses and Classic TV Actresses.

Old Hollywood Actors

Henry Fonda, Behind the Scenes The Grapes of Wrath

See the Old Hollywood Actors page for the index of Old Hollywood and Classic TV actors.

Old Hollywood Book Reviews

Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel by Christina Rice

I love reading old Hollywood biographies and memoirs as much as I love watching classic movies, and that’s truly saying something!

To see my Old Hollywood book reviews, please see the index listed here: Book Reviews.

Pictures of the Day

Maureen O'Hara, The Parent Trap

Maureen O’Hara

The Old Hollywood & Classic TV Pictures of the Day are published as regularly as possible. If I miss a few days, please just know that the husband, daughters, sons-in-law, grandbabies, and/or my cats were demanding my attention. I’ll be honest, nothing comes before any of them! Not even Maureen O’Hara or Henry Fonda.

Priorities, y’all.

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  • Rest in Peace, Beautiful Gina Lollobrigida
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Movie Night, ANY Night…

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Arthur Hunnicutt in El Dorado
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Thank You for Visiting!

Paulette Goddard and Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times
Thank you so much for visiting Hollywood Yesterday! You truly HONOR me with your presence. ~ Joi (“Joy”)

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland, The Adventures of Robin Hood

My main goal with Hollywood Yesterday is to keep the names, faces, and films of the stars that mean so much to me shining brightly. When I’m guilty of focusing more time on my personal favorites (such as Olivia de Havilland) than other stars, I hope you’ll forgive me. I am, by all indications, very human!

Also, please know that I try to keep my posts (except for book reviews) short and to the point, so you can enjoy the pictures, grab the information, and get back to your life. I don’t appreciate anything that’s overly wordy, so I don’t want to do that to others. For better or worse, I write as I talk, so if you ever feel like you’re reading the words of someone who’s a cross between Lucy Ricardo, Daisy Duck, and a Jerry Lewis character, that’s just because you are!

Wait. What did I just admit to?? 

Barbara Stanwyck Quotes

Another personal absolute favorite of mine is Barbara Stanwyck. Not only was she beautiful and outrageously talented, she was exceptionally bright, charismatic, and colorful. This growing collection of Barbara Stanwyck Quotes will give you an idea of just how colorful she was!

Old Hollywood Movies

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire Top Hat Cheek to Cheek

There’s nothing quite like watching a movie from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Whether it’s a Musical, Western, Comedy, Romance, Film Noir, or Drama – if it’s on, I’m not too far away… with popcorn and raspberry tea in hand and a couple of cats nearby.

Below are a few Old Hollywood movie reviews I’ve done on the blog. There are, as you’d imagine, a lot more to come. – Joi (“Joy”)

We’re in the Money (Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell)

The Naked Spur (James Stewart, Janet Leigh)

The Prince and the Showgirl (Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier)

The White Sister (Helen Hayes, Clark Gable)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, Julie Newmar)

Rio Bravo (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan)

El Dorado (John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey)

Rio Grande (John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara)

Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (What is it With Me and These Movies??)

The Stooge (Jerry Lewis’ favorite Lewis and Martin Movie… for good reason.)

Critic’s Choice (Hilarious movie starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball)

To Please a Lady (Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck team up in a fast track movie)

Grand Hotel (Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore)

Hearts Divided (Marion Davies, Dick Powell)

The Quiet Man (John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald)

More Old Hollywood Movie Reviews

Classic Hollywood Books & Biographies (Reviews)

Maureen O'Hara's Autobiography 'Tis Herself

‘Tis Herself by Maureen O’Hara
I Know Where I'm Going (Katharine Hepburn Biography) and Princess

I Know Where I’m Going: Katharine Hepburn

 

Debbie Reynolds Unsinkable
Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds

 

Ginger Rogers Autobiography - Ginger: My Story

Ginger by Ginger Rogers
Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball

Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball
Vitagraph by Andrew A. Erish
Vitagraph by Andrew A. Erish
More Old Hollywood Book Reviews!

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge Carmen Jones Poster

Getting to Know the Gorgeous and Talented Dorothy Dandridge

My Lucy Obsession

Lucille Ball

Find out just how much I (truly) Love Lucy in the Lucille Ball category. I’m warning you, I call it an obsession for a very good reason…

Legalities…

Aside from pictures of books I review, I do not claim to have taken any of the pictures on this website, nor do I own the pictures – the ones of the stars or the affiliate (product) pictures.  Other, far more talented photographers than me have the credit for the beautiful photos you see. If you would like credit for a photograph or would like one removed, please e-mail me (joitsigers@gmail.com).

Movie posters and promotional photos are used in the belief that they qualify for the Fair Use law. Fair use is a doctrine in the law of the United States that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder. Fair use is one of the limitations to copyright intended to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public interest in the wider distribution and use of creative works by allowing as a defense to copyright infringement claims certain limited uses that might otherwise be considered infringement.

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