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Marilyn Monroe in the 'Ballerina' sitting, Lexington Avenue, New York, September 1954. Photo by Milton Greene.

Every Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Dance Number “The Continental” in THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

RICKY STARKS: AEW Dark, August 17, 2021 — photographed by Scott Lesh

They? A wonderful word. And who are they? They’re the nameless ones who kill people for the great whatsit. Does it exist? Who cares? Everyone everywhere is so involved in the fruitless search for what? Kiss Me Deadly (1955) dir. Robert Aldrich

THE APARTMENT (1960) dir. Billy Wilder

Your mind has not been on the cooking. Your mind has been elsewhere. You’re in love. And I will venture to go a step further — you’re unhappily in love. Does it show? Very clearly.

Shirley Jones learned she was pregnant with her son Patrick three months into filming The Music Man. She met with director Morton DaCosta over lunch to inform him of the situation. Her concern was that she would begin “showing” during its filming. He assured her that they could work through it with costumes and also by filming her from the waist up, if necessary. He did have one request, that she tell no one about it. Robert Preston did figure it out before filming had concluded, when Shirley’s character, Marion, and his character, Professor Hill, kissed for the first time in the romantic footbridge scene. As he leaned in for the kiss, the baby kicked. He jumped back, asking her, “What was that?” to which she replied, “That is Patrick Cassidy! Say, ‘Hello!’ ” Years later, her son Patrick had the opportunity to meet Preston. He walked up and introduced himself saying, “Hello. I’m Patrick Cassidy.” Preston took three steps backwards and replied, “I know, I know. We’ve already met.”

Brief Encounter (1945) dir. David Lean

Top Hat (1935) dir. Mark Sandrich

Relax, Sparky, I was on the bomb squad for 10 years. Jingle All The Way (1996)

Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.

↳ The beautiful Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

'Sheer luck. Luck! That’s what it is,’ Woodward repeated, ignoring her husband’s unresponsiveness.”