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Gloria Grahame, Robert Young, and Robert Mitchum: Crossfire (1947)

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Gloria Grahame, Crossfire

Gloria Grahame

The wonderful 1947 film-noir Crossfire was directed by Edward Dmytryk and boasts an extraordinary cast which includes Gloria Grahame, Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, George Cooper, and Jacqueline White. Gloria Grahame isn’t just one of my favorite film-noir actresses, she’s one of my favorite all-time actresses. She was wonderful in absolutely everything from comedy to film-noirs…. from Ado Annie to the femme fatales she played so deliciously.

I also love her co-stars in this film – the casting department worked magic with this group and it pays off in the film. It’s absolutely wonderful.

Gloria Grahame and Robert Young, Crossfire

Gloria Grahame and Robert Young, Crossfire

Robert Young fascinates me – he’s best-known for his wonderful classic television show Father Knows Best, but when you see him in a film role, you realize just how great an actor he was. He had an undeniable charisma about his as well.

You can find Crossfire on dvd (Amazon link) or watch the movie on Prime Video.

Gloria Grahame, Crossfire

Gloria Grahame

Today We Live: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone

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Joan Crawford, Today we Live

Joan Crawford

The gorgeous photo above is one of my favorite Joan Crawford photos. It’s a publicity picture from the wonderful 1933 film, Today We Live (directed by Howard Hawks).

The movie also starred three wonderful actors, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone.

Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone met while working on this picture and married two years later (her second marriage, his first). Unfortunately, the marriage didn’t survive – ending in divorce in 1939.
You can find Today We Live (link to the dvd) on Amazon.
Today We Live Lobby Card

I Met Him in Paris Lobby Cards: Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, and Robert Young

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I Met Him in Paris Lobby Card

Three of my absolute all-time favorite stars are Melvyn Douglas, Claudette Colbert, and Robert Young. Love them so much – I spend so much time with their various movies they almost seem like family.

Funny how that happens with stars of movies, television, radio, and music isn’t it? Their wonderful faces and voices become so familiar to us it seems as though we know them personally.

It’s certainly that way for me with these three wonderful stars.

Given my love for each, is it any wonder I’m crazy about I Met Him in Paris?! Although, I have to confess, I spend the entire film just wanting Robert Young to get lost!

Hoping he’ll forgive me for that one… but in this particular love triangle, I had a clear favorite. It has zero to do with the great actor Robert Young, of course. It has everything to do with his character.

If you’ve never seen this adorable and fun movie, I hope you’ll check it out. It is really, really special and these stars shine brightly from the first scene to the last.

Even Robert! (just kind of kidding… a little)

You can find I Met Him in Paris (link to the dvd on Amazon) on Amazon but I don’t believe it’s on Prime Video yet.

I Met Him in Paris Lobby Card


Joan Crawford, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone: The Bride Wore Red (Pictures of the Day)

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The Bride Wore Red: Joan Crawford Robert Young, and Franchot Tone

Joan Crawford Robert Young, and Franchot Tone, The Bride Wore Red (1937)

During filming of The Bride Wore Red (Amazon link to the dvd), an electrician fell from a catwalk high above the set (nearly landing on Joan Crawford). She refused to resume filming until she knew that he would be fully cared for, would remain on salary, and that his family would be provided for.
She also called the hospital each day to check on his condition.
Love this lady!
The Bride Wore Red: Joan Crawford Robert Young, and Franchot Tone

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.

When you click through an affiliate (product, book, dvds..) link, I earn a small portion of the money you spend IF you purchase anything. This does not cost you any extra money, of course. This is how I am able to work from home and support my cats! – Joi (“Joy”)