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Today's featured movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of the final episode of SOS Coast Guard! Chapter 12, titled, The Deadly Circle, stars Bela Lugosi, Ralph Byrd and Maxine Doyle: https://youtu.be/xKOKMEdE5P4

On this day on July 19, 1907, American actress, Isabel Jewell [A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Ceiling Zero (1936), Marked Woman (1937), Lost Horizon (1937), Gone with the Wind (1939)], was born in Shoshoni, Wyoming.

“I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor.”

Attributed to Leslie Howard, film actor, producer and director

--- 📸: Publicity photo made by Selznick International Pictures, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #LeslieHoward, #cinema

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Today's featured movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “Action In the North Atlantic”, a 1943 War Drama starring Raymond Massey and Humphrey Bogart, Alan Hale Senior, Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon and Sam Levene: https://youtu.be/6wODHeHHQlA

More historical dramas from our collection? https://shorturl.at/EVfTk

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On this day on July 18, 1891, Canadian/American actor, Gene Lockhart [By Your Leave (1934), The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), Too Many Wives (1937), Algiers (1938), His Girl Friday (1940)], was born in London, Ontario.

“To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you're okay.”

Attributed to Ann Rutherford, film actress

--- 📸: Publicity photo made by MGM, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #AnnRutherford, #cinema

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Today's featured movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of #Algiers, a 1938 American romance crime drama starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie and Hedy Lamarr: https://youtu.be/dw_ni8AUAJk

More Dramas from our collection? https://shorturl.at/OI5Qd

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On this day on July 17, 1899, American actor, James Cagney [The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), White Heat (1949)], was born in New York City.

“You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.”

Attributed to John Cassavetes, film actor, producer and director --- 📸: Publicity photo made by NBC Television, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #JohnCassavetes, #cinema

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Welcome to Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of How Green Was My Valley, a 1941 American Drama starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara and a very young Roddy McDowall! https://youtu.be/e3TDb3dCvbM

More historical dramas from our collection? https://shorturl.at/EVfTk

On this day on July 16, 1911, American singer, dancer and actress, Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath) [Queen High (1930), Kitty Foyle (1940), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Shall We Dance (1936), Monkey Business (1953), was born in Independence, Missouri.

“A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm and at 40 she is hot.”

Attributed to Gina Lollobrigida, film actress, photojournalist --- 📸: Publicity photo made by United Artists, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #GinaLollobrigida, #cinema

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Today's featured movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “Love Laughs at Andy Hardy”, a 1946 feature starring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Lina Romay and Bonita Granville: https://youtu.be/lf7bkYTFOEk

More comedy films in our collection? https://shorturl.at/Xvfwf

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On this day on July 15, 1889, American film and stage actress, Marjorie Rambeau [Primrose Path (1940), Torch Song (1953), A Man Called Peter (1955), The View from Pompey's Head (1955)], was born in San Francisco, California.

“I believe the more successful an actor becomes, the more chances he should take.”

Attributed to John Garfield, film actor

--- 📸: Publicity photo made by Warner Bros., now in the Public Domain.

Today's featured movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “A Date with Your Family”, a 1950 Hygiene Film narrated by… wait for it… Hugh Beaumont, the dad in the “Leave it to Beaver” TV series: https://youtu.be/XbWD53_Xb3Y

More hygiene films in the Greasy Popcorn collection? https://shorturl.at/UAHFM

On this day on July 15, 1942, The Pride of the Yankees, starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth and Walter Brennanz, premiered in New York (and on August 18 in Los Angeles).

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