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The Spiral Staircase (1946), Starring Dorothy McGuire and Ethel Barrymore

December 28, 2022 By Joi

Dorothy McGuire, The Spiral Staircase

Dorothy McGuire

One of my favorite suspense films is The Spiral Staircase (1946, directed by Robert Siodmak). The wonderful cast includes one of my absolute favorites, Ethel Barrymore, Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester (magnificent as always), and Sara Allgood.

The suspense, directing, and acting in this film are sheer perfection. This is the type of movie that makes you fall in love with classic films all over again and I simply could not recommend it enough.

You can watch The Spiral Staircase above or on YouTube. You can also find The Spiral Staircase on dvd or Blu-ray (Amazon link)

George Brent, Kent Smith, Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore

George Brent, Kent Smith, Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore

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McLintock! Starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara…. Love This One!

June 27, 2019 By Joi

Stefanie Powers and Maureen O'Hara McLintock

Stefanie Powers and Maureen O’Hara McLintock

While I have a great number of “favorites”when it comes to actresses and actors from Old Hollywood, Maureen O’Hara and Lucille Ball are my measuring sticks. All others are held up to them as a means of determining if they’ve achieved “absolute favorite” status or not.

Some make it. Some don’t.

I had just as soon be sitting in front of a Maureen O’Hara movie as anyplace in the world. Even one I’ve seen far more times than I could even begin to count. Which, if we’re being honest is most of them.

It’s just that way with measuring sticks, you know.

The Quiet Man, McLintock, How Green Was My Valley, Rio Grande, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Parent Trap, The Black Swan… she has had some incredible movies – which makes being a fan extra fun.

McLintock (1963) is one of my favorites. John Wayne is one of those stars who passed the measuring test and made “absolute favorite” status – which means I watch movies he and Maureen were in together often… make that OFTEN. It’s actually playing right now as I work online.

It may or may not be the third time I’ve seen it just this year. It is.

Continued Below…

John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara McLintock

John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara McLintock

Westerns are just in my blood. Sometimes I think I’d rather watch a bad Western than a good movie from another genre. Naturally, a good Western is preferable and, cowboy oh cowboy, is McLintock ever a good one?!

It’s hilarious, fun, colorful, and just an awful lot of fun.

I think of McLintock as a Comedy-Romantic Western because it’s quite a bit different from Action Westerns (or Traditional Westerns) such as Stagecoach, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, The Undefeated, etc. If you go into McLintock looking for lots of action and shoot-outs, you’ll be left wondering what in the heck happened.

But if you go into it looking for an awful lot of fun and laughs and a little bit of romance, you’ll have a great time.

I should know!

The movie stars John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara as an estranged married couple. Stephanie Powers is their daughter.  Patrick Wayne (John Wayne’s son), Yvonne DeCarlo, and Jerry Van Dyke are part of the excellent cast. Jerry Van Dyke’s role isn’t a big one but it’s a heckuva memorable one.

You can see the movie below in its entirety, so grab your popcorn and kick back for a fun ride.


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Heidi (1937): Watch the Full Movie

April 15, 2019 By Joi

I grew up watching (and loving!) Shirley Temple and all of her wonderful movies. I still watch them… and you’d better believe I still love them.

And her!

Below is the wonderful movie Heidi from 1937. I honestly believe we tend to take Shirley Temple for granted, simply because she made it look so easy. But this was a child with a tremendous amount of talent!

Grab some popcorn and enjoy Shirley Temple in this beautiful classic.


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Father Was a Fullback with Maureen O’Hara and Fred MacMurray: Watch the Movie Online

March 28, 2019 By Joi

Father Was a Fullback

I collect the filmographies of my favorite actors and actresses on DVDs and buy my favorite movies as well. However, I also get a HUGE kick out of finding full movies on YouTube – whether they’re movies that are new to me or movies I’ve seen at least a dozen times. Many times, I actually own the DVD but watch it conveniently on my iPad or iPhone if I can find it on YouTube.

At least the DVD lasts longer this way!

Father Was a Fullback (1949) is one of those wonderful and delightful movies that somehow is more enjoyable each time you watch it. Fred MacMurray and Maureen O’Hara worked perfectly together… they both tended to work perfectly with their co-stars, didn’t they?!

This is actually one of the Maureen O’Hara films I don’t have on DVD, yet… the horrors! While I’m thinking about it, I need to just go toss it directly into my Amazon cart. I actually have a Judy Garland biography, Maureen O’Hara coffee mug, and Katharine Hepburn dvd waiting for me anyway.

Me and my redheads!

Father Was a Fullback has a phenomenal cast. In addition to Maureen O’Hara and Fred MacMurray, the cast includes Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou), Natalie Wood, Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III), Thelma Ritter, and Rudy Vallee.

Plot: College football coach George Cooper (Fred MacMurray) not only has his hands full with his football team, but with his wife (Maureen O’Hara) daughters, Ellen (Natalie Wood) and Connie (Betty Lynn) as well!

Maureen O’Hara was only 6 years older than Betty Lynn, who played her daughter.

Enjoy the movie – it’s a lot of fun.

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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

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

Old Hollywood Actors

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

Old Hollywood Book Reviews

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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.

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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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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!

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Old Hollywood Movies

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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”)

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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??)

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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)

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

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