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Life-Size Rita Hayworth Standup Cardboard Cutout

October 18, 2018 By Joi Leave a Comment

I’ve bellyached and bemoaned so long that maybe… just maybe… we’ll start seeing more collectibles, gift ideas, books, etc. for ALL our Golden Age of Hollywood favorites as opposed to just Marilyn, James, John Wayne, and Audrey.

Not that I don’t love them muchly, because I do. But let’s not forget Lucille (not just as Lucy), Ava, Rita, Barbara, Hattie, Veronica, Lana, Angie, Maureen, Joan Crawford, Joan Blondell, Joan Fontaine, Lauren, Bogie, Elizabeth, Bette, Claudette, Helen, Yvonne, James Stewart, Dorothy, Ginger, Fred, Jerry, Dean, Ray, Butterfly, Jane Wyman, Olivia… you get the idea.

There are far too many wonderful stars to settle for just four!

I just saw this glorious Rita Hayworth Standup Cardboard Cutout on Amazon and I had to come blog about it instantly.

Can you tell she’s one of my absolute favorites?

Printed on heavy duty cardboard
Can be mounted on wall or door or can be displayed standing with the included easel
Shipped folded and is easily assembled
Stands 68 inches tall and is 27 inches wide

I only hope we’ll start seeing more of all the stars we love so much. I’ll just keep bemoaning and bellyaching until we do.

Count on it!

Audrey Hepburn Chewing Gum Art Print (LOVE THIS!)

August 21, 2018 By Joi Leave a Comment

I’m not sure what it is about this Audrey Hepburn Canvas Print that I love so much, but it blows (see what I did there?) me away.

I guess it has something to do with the fact that she’s so elegant and refined and the print, by comparison, is totally unexpected. Whatever the reason, it doesn’t just speak to me, it screams!

The print is available in many different sizes.

From Amazon:

Audrey Hepburn Wall Art Canvas Print / Iconic Wall Art Canvas Print for Home Décor
High-quality canvases are printed and hand stretched (wrapped) by professionals MADE TO ORDER. All our items %100 handmade and made in the USA and shipped from California by SMILE ART DESIGN. Our products will never ship from China or overseas.
Our canvas prints are already perfectly stretched on wooden frame and READY TO HANG unless defined ROLLED UP in the size option.
Our modern canvas wall art prints perfect for living room, bedroom, kids room, kitchen, office, hotel, lobby, waiting room/lounge, dining room, office, bathroom, hall, bar, beauty salon, home, etc.
Best home decoration, framed wall art idea with our various choice of giclee canvas arts such as picture, artwork, photo, painting, abstract or digital arts printed on high quality canvas from small to large or over-sized size options. Find a unique perfect gift in our catalog for Christmas, birthday, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine’s Day, teacher appreciation, mother’s and father’s day, graduation, baby shower, anniversary or other special days or celebrations.

Click here for a closer look!

Barbara Stanwyck Posters

June 11, 2018 By Joi Leave a Comment

As I’ve often said on Hollywood Yesterday – I have no idea why some Old Hollywood actresses and actors are so much easier to find when shopping. If you’re looking for a Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn handbag, for example – your only problem will be deciding which one to buy! However, if you’re in the market for a Barbara Stanwyck, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, or Joan Crawford handbag… well… good luck.

Now don’t get me wrong… I love Marilyn and Audrey as much as anyone… but I want to see more collectibles and merchandise for my other favorites as well.

James Dean or John Wayne? No problem, Pilgrim. But Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford, or Clark Gable (outside of GWTW)? Not so easy.

I mean – who decides these things?!

Okay, I’ll climb down off of my soapbox and calm the heck down.

I’m going to start highlighting and posting more posters, collectibles, and “gifts” that feature some of these harder to find stars. Maybe if we buy up enough of them, people will get the idea and give us more.

I’m willing to try!

The gorgeous poster above and the one below are of a personal favorite, Barbara Stanwyck. They’re both available on Amazon – click through the links for a closer look.

How gorgeous was she??!

Amazon

Lana Turner: Glamorous and Gorgeous Giclee Posters

January 23, 2018 By Joi Leave a Comment

I’ve often wondered why some stars of Old Hollywood have collectibles and merchandise that seem to be everywhere, while merch for other stars… who are just as deserving!….. are sparsely (if at all) available.

I love Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball, John Wayne, and James Dean as much as the next person BUT where are all of the Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Veronica Lake, Betty Grable, Fred Astaire, Claudette Colbert, Helen Hayes, Ray Milland, Ginger Rogers, Glenn Ford, and William Powell figurines, dolls, posters, wall quotes, handbags, statues, and whatnot?!

Where can I find merchandise as a fan of Olivia de Havilland, Butterfly McQueen, Hattie McDaniel, Vivien Leigh, and Clark Gable – aside from just the GWTW collectibles?

Where are the collectibles for Abbott and Costello and Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin?? How about Humprhrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall?

Okay, enough ranting. You get the point. I truly wish there were collectibles and posters for a wider (much wider) variety of Hollywood’s Golden Era’s stars. There were so many of them and those of us who love and cherish this period want to remember and embrace more of them.

Fortunately, if you look hard enough (do I ever?!), you can find a lot of the stars I mentioned above – as well as others I simply ran out of time to type.

The gorgeous Lana Turner is one of my absolute favorites. She was out of this world talented and had so much onscreen charisma – honestly, she had more than most actors/actresses of her time or ANY time. How she isn’t on as many posters and hanging on as many walls as Marilyn is beyond me.

I’m ranting again, aren’t I?

I have found some remarkably beautiful (how could they be anything but, given the subject?) posters of Lana on Amazon and they’re very affordable. Click through any of the links to see the entire collection.

Amazon

The Three Stooges Cardboard Standups: Yes, Please….

August 10, 2017 By Joi Leave a Comment

We used to visit a restaurant that had “Old Hollywood” cardboard stand ups in the front – I couldn’t take my eyes off of them. At least not until the food came, that is. They’re just so much fun – how can you go wrong when nostalgia meets whimsical?

There are a variety of Three Stooges Cardboard Standups on Amazon for those of us who absolutely love them to distraction. There’s one of the boys golfing (actually, they’re posing, but I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt, here) that I love. There’s also a “graduate” stand up and a really great-looking one of them in tuxedos. Curly isn’t featured in the tuxedo one, so it’s kind of out for me.

Can you tell my favorite Stooge? Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk….

Click through the link above to have a look at each of the stand ups.

The Prince and The Showgirl with Marilyn Monroe and a Legendary Actor…

May 24, 2017 By Joi Leave a Comment

Okay, first of all, I know the legendary actor’s name as well as anyone – Sir Laurence Olivier. Many people (I’m not among them I’m afraid) consider him to be the greatest actor of all time. Don’t get me wrong, he was magnificent and I certainly believe he is “one” of the best ever… even if I hesitate to give him the title “the best.”

The man’s name is synonymous with fine acting and for good reason.

Oddly enough, however, the name Marilyn Monroe is synonymous with beauty and sex appeal (again, for good reason) but it’s the rare bird who’d associate her with good acting, let alone great acting.

I guess I’m among the rarest of birds.

Marilyn Monroe was so much more than just a beautiful face. Some was good (her intelligence, beauty, and talent) and some was horrible (apparently she was notorious for holding up and inconveniencing others on set and let’s not even get into the whole JFK fiasco). Her intelligence led to her ability to bring so much to each character she portrayed. She simply knew what each character would feel and how they would react to everything and everyone around them.

The Prince and the Showgirl is one of my personal favorite Marilyn Monroe performances, which kind of sucks because Laurence Olivier’s performance makes me cringe. I understand he’s portraying royalty, here, but I’d have preferred royalty with a pulse!

The performance is one of my least favorites in any movie, to be honest. Leslie Howard in Gone With the Wind is right up there too. The thought of both characters being appealing to ANYONE is hard to buy into.. and yet both characters had beautiful ladies fawning over them.

As if!

Somehow, in spite of a lackluster, stiff performance by one of the greatest actors of all-time, The Prince and The Showgirl is still a pretty cute and enjoyable movie. It is, of course, primarily thanks to MM and her adorable portrayal of the “showgirl.” In fact, the entire rest of the cast did a fine job – even those who had only one or two scenes.

I’ve read that MM and LO did not get along at all – he took all kinds of exception to her consistent tardiness and “moods.” I don’t want to believe that this affected his performance, however, because he was the very definition of a professional. Their relationship actually makes me want to read “The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me: Six Months on the Set With Marilyn and Olivier” by Colin Clark.

Book Description: When Colin Clark left college in the 1950s, he got a job as a gofer on the set of the movie The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. The film should have been a box office smash, but even before cameras rolled, things began going wrong–and Clark recorded it all in this beguiling, fly-on-the-wall diary.

New and used copies are available on Amazon, so I’m going to order one SOON.

I recently re-watched The Prince and The Showgirl and came away with the same thing I think each time…. “Why is he making his character so painful to watch?!?! Is he trying to win her over or bore her to tears?!”

Marilyn is so fun, lively, and energetic – she makes the screen sizzle and pop when she’s on it. Then, here he comes.

If you’ve never seen the movie, I hope you’ll watch it soon and see what you think. As I’ve said a million times, old movies and old performances are worth watching even when we don’t love or even like them. There’s always something good or worthwhile about every single movie and in this particular movie, MM and a very strong, lively cast make it worth watching.

In spite of that one.

Also See:

More The Prince and The Showgirl Movie Posters on Amazon
The Prince and The Showgirl DVDs on Amazon

GORGEOUS Rita Hayworth Poster

April 21, 2016 By Joi Leave a Comment

I’ve always griped and complained that there are FAR too few Rita Hayworth collectibles, art prints, posters, etc. We’re lucky that we can find Marilyn, Audrey, and James all over the place – but others remain pretty elusive – Rita, include.

Fortunately, I’ve noticed more Rita merchandise coming out and I love it. Hopefully some of the other elusive stars will follow suit.

The uncommonly gorgeous Rita Hayworth 1943 by Karl Black Art Print is available on Amazon and I’m (as you’d expect) doing a happy dance. I mean, how beautiful is this???

Printed on Heavy Giclee stock GLOSS paper
Printed using 12 Color Giclee Inkjet Printer – Highest Quality
PACKED TO ARRIVE IN PERFECT CONDITION
Paper Size: 19×13 – Image Size: 18×12
This image AVAILABLE in other Formats

Click here to take a closer look at this beautiful print.

“Audrey Rocks” by Kimberly Godfrey

February 9, 2016 By Joi Leave a Comment

Audrey Rocks by Kimberly Godfrey

I am absolutely loving the new “Handmade” department on Amazon. The talent of these artists is otherworldly – including the creative artist behind this beauty, “Audrey Rocks.”

See Audrey Rocks Poster for more information. Audrey Rocks would make any room, office, or dorm positively crackle with personality!

While on the page, be sure to check out the artists other works. Phenomenal.

Set of Nine Chris Consani Posters

November 11, 2015 By Joi 2 Comments

I’m fortunate enough to have some Chris Consani prints and, as someone completely obsessed with old Hollywood, I’m always looking to add to my collection.

The Nine Chris Consani Posters bundled in a set (pictured here) would be the ideal way to get a jump on your own collection. If you aren’t familiar with Consani’s work, let me assure you this – they are pure joy and unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

This set would be a gorgeous way to bring the fun of the Golden Age of Hollywood into your own home – they’d also make pretty darn amazing gift ideas for other fans of Marilyn, Humphrey, James, and Elvis.

Click through the link or picture for more information.

Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal: A Face in the Crowd

July 9, 2012 By Joi Leave a Comment

Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal made a movie together (before Griffith became Andy Taylor and long before Matlock ever suited up). The 1957 movie was titled “Face in the Crowd” and also starred Anthony Franciosa, Walter Mathhau, and Lee Remick.

Synopsis: An Arkansas hobo (Andy Griffith) becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?

A Face in the Crowd was directed by Elia Kazan. Other Kazan movies included:

A Streetcar Named Desire (Vivien Leigh, Malon Brando, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter)
On the Waterfront (Marlon Brando, Karl Malden)
East of Eden (James Dean, Burl Ives)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell)
Splendor in the Grass (Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty)
Man on a Tightrope (Gloria Grahame – better known as adorable Ado Annie in Oklahoma and Violet Bick in It’s a Wonderful Life)
Baby Doll (Karl Malden – again, Carroll Baker)

Elia Kazan also directed “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway. Why isn’t this man a household name?!

As someone who has grown up with Andy Griffith reruns and never missed an episode of Matlock live or in reruns, it’s bizarre to see Andy Griffith as a character like Larry ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes in Face in the Crowd. But it’s actually great for all of us Andy Griffith fans to see that, when the actor had something to really sink his teeth into, he could chomp down with the best of them.

Buy A Face in the Crowd on DVD: