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Rainy Day At The Waterfront
A balmy December day; except for the occasional rain, was the perfect day for a walk..
Karen and I grabbed our gear and umbrellas and made our way to Lake Ontario to Jack Darling Memorial Park.
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A pleasure boat passes below a pair of raised rail bridges near Ping Tom Memorial Park at sunset in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 360, f/5.6, 40mm, 1/125s
This piece of machinery has been parked behind my fence in the school yard for some time now.. They have been using it in their work of refitting the school for earthquakes..I tried a wide angle lens and couldn't get all the machine so got the fisheye and that accounts for the unusual curve.. Happy Fence Friday, Everybody!!!
It's now or never, held in my own hands
destiny is a touch away from a legacy
fathomed through a thicket of restraint
a feeling of falling into the calling
a subject upon a teaching -
within such Heavenly leaning
sent as in received with grace
a correlation of Natural correction
to swim is to see the dry land
when it is to fly...it's to envision -
the riverbeds of our deeper self
in flight with the fight of weightless mood
a wing is the offer of peace
in the truly instinctive migration -
of gravitational seasons of heart
there is no fight greater than greed
in which the pull of life
is contorted with fear for the natural self
attacked by war ravaged madness
that is not life !!!! that is not our world !!
the only right is the light you find at night
in dreams of preordained soulseeking
a pure comfort of roborant air, nothing more
the afflicted raise themselves once again
persecuted souls wave for freedom
disabled bodies stand tall again
vilified dreams touch reality this time
depleted reserves well up with lifegiving rain
tears fall for the hope upon you
cry for anything our leaders supressed
no hope is too big or too small
no life is too weak or too hopeless
as to be ignored from now on...
only you exist in this venerated mirror image,
veracious reflection of optimistic shadow
dance away the fears and the tears
suffice in the nature of you within you
it's enough! and nobody can take it!
you have within all that our leaders are without!
by anglia24
19h30: 19/03/2008
©2008anglia24
From the Skydeck at dusk from last week's Choose Chicago instameet.
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San Francisco 2008. Took this because I think it is the same type of machine Harry Callahan used to reach the jumper on top of the building in the original Dirty Harry. Seeing it just reminded me of that classic film.
Nikon F55. Fujifilm Superia Extra 400 35mm C41 film.
Scania R-730 von Johannes Matzhold Ges.m.b.H aus Unterfladnitz auf der A3 Regensburg - Passau bei Schwarzach transportiert eine Teleskoparbeitsbühne SJ45 T+ von Skyjack..
skyjack ...
in my Industrialscape Series 2 ; Pic # 2 ...
Taken Apr 9, 2019
Thanks for your visits, faves, invitesa nd comments ... (c)rebfoto
Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl (and received from him personally).
München-Riem
November 1975
HZ-ACF
Boeing 707-373C
18583/346
Saudia Cargo
HZ-ACF was noted at Riem on 30 October 1975, 31 October 1975 and 1 November 1975. Here it is parked in an unusual position, the engine run-up area. The airframe had been seen at Riem before as N374WA with World Airways on 19 February 1972 and 1 January 1973.
Delivered new to World Airways in August 1963 and went on to Saudia in August 1973 as HZ-ACF, TAAG Angola Airlines in July 1978 as D2-TAG (later re-registered D2-TOG) and Angola Air Charter in 1988 as D2-TOG. Scrapped at Manston in 1992.
This B707 appeared in two movies (in basic World Airways colours): "Skyjacked" (1972), with "Global Airways" titles, and "Magnum Force" (1973) with "Sovereign Airways" titles.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/HZ-ACF/490728
This airframe as N374WA with World Airways at SNN:
www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/12203518053
HZ-ACF with Saudia Cargo, starboard side view with Arabic titling:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/37153935595
This airframe as D2-TAG with TAAG Angola Airlines at BSL in August 1979:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/2/3/9/0167932.jpg
This airframe as D2-TOG with Angola Air Charter at DUB in April 1989:
www.flickr.com/photos/namcys11/8131256888
D2-TOG stored engineless at MSE in June 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/93373926@N04/24869484181
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit., no. 3184. Photo: Dear Film / Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Publicity still for Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (Richard Sale, 1955). Collection: Marlene Pilaete.
Charming, youthful and pretty American actress Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) was frequently cast in bright and breezy musicals. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Pinky (1949), in which she played the title role. Her career spanned from 1943 to 1975.
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was born in Barstow, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of George A. Crain, a high school English teacher and his wife, Loretta Carr. Not long after her birth, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles, where her father got another teaching position. Her parents divorced in 1934. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test for the role of Lucy Morgan in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1941). Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a film actress. After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, she won the 'Miss Camera Girl of 1942' title in Long Beach, Florida. She got a bit part, posing in a bathing costume, in the Fox production The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) starring Alice Faye, and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway, 1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighbouring Kentucky. The film was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in her next film, In the Meantime, Darling (Otto Preminger, 1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (George Cukor, 1944), opposite Lon McCallister. The audience loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical State Fair (Walter Lang, 1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Louanne Hogan dubbed Crain's singing numbers. After that, Crain often had singing parts in films, and they were dubbed, in most cases by Hogan. Another hit was Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945), where Crain was the 'good' sister of 'bad' Gene Tierney, both in love with Cornel Wilde. Now, Crain got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, she married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her devoutly catholic mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death, The marriage produced seven children. Brooks was a former RKO contract player who had briefly appeared in Those Endearing Young Charms (Lewis Allen, 1945). His real name was Paul Brinkman, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman for an arms manufacturing company. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear Brooks' first child. Although Crain, a practising Catholic, sued Brinkman for divorce in 1956, the decree never became final and they got back together again. In later years, they lived separately.
In 1949, Jeanne Crain appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) with Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) opposite Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders, and Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949) with Ethel Barrymore. It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949). Pinky was controversial because it told the story of a light-skinned African American woman who passes for white in the Northern United States until she is forced to admit her roots. Although Lena Horne and other black actresses were considered, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for fear of racial backlash. The following year, Crain starred in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (Walter Lang, 1950), as the eldest daughter of Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy. Crain paired with Cary Grant in the offbeat drama People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1951). Crain was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (Henry Levin, 1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, getting top billing this time. In 1953, Jeanne left Fox after starring in the Film Noir Vicki (Harry Horner, 1953), with Jean Peters. Denny Jackson at IMDb: "She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types." She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (George Marshall, 1954). The film was lukewarm at best. That same year she signed a contract with Universal Studios with promises of better, high-profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (King Vidor, 1955), starring Kirk Douglas, which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957) with Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (Robert D. Wenn, 1960) alongside Alan Ladd. The films were sporadic after that. In Italy, she played Nefertiti in the Peplum Nefertiti, regina del Nilo/Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, 1967) with Dana Andrews. Her final film was the thriller Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), in which she was a passenger on a plane piloted by Charlton Heston. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, in 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. Their son Paul Brinkman Jr. became a television executive, who is most known for his work on the television series JAG. Crain's youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
French postcard by Editions du Globe, no. 502. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Charming, youthful and pretty American actress Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) was frequently cast in bright and breezy musicals. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Pinky (1949), in which she played the title role. Her career spanned from 1943 to 1975.
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was born in Barstow, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of George A. Crain, a high school English teacher and his wife, Loretta Carr. Not long after her birth, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles, where her father got another teaching position. Her parents divorced in 1934. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test for the role of Lucy Morgan in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1941). Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a film actress. After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, she won the 'Miss Camera Girl of 1942' title in Long Beach, Florida. She got a bit part, posing in a bathing costume, in the Fox production The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) starring Alice Faye, and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway, 1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighbouring Kentucky. The film was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in her next film, In the Meantime, Darling (Otto Preminger, 1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (George Cukor, 1944), opposite Lon McCallister. The audience loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical State Fair (Walter Lang, 1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Louanne Hogan dubbed Crain's singing numbers. After that, Crain often had singing parts in films, and they were dubbed, in most cases by Hogan. Another hit was Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945), where Crain was the 'good' sister of 'bad' Gene Tierney, both in love with Cornel Wilde. Now, Crain got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, she married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her devoutly catholic mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death, The marriage produced seven children. Brooks was a former RKO contract player who had briefly appeared in Those Endearing Young Charms (Lewis Allen, 1945). His real name was Paul Brinkman, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman for an arms manufacturing company. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear Brooks' first child. Although Crain, a practising Catholic, sued Brinkman for divorce in 1956, the decree never became final and they got back together again. In later years, they lived separately.
In 1949, Jeanne Crain appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) with Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) opposite Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders, and Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949) with Ethel Barrymore. It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949). Pinky was controversial because it told the story of a light-skinned African American woman who passes for white in the Northern United States until she is forced to admit her roots. Although Lena Horne and other black actresses were considered, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for fear of racial backlash. The following year, Crain starred in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (Walter Lang, 1950), as the eldest daughter of Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy. Crain paired with Cary Grant in the offbeat drama People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1951). Crain was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (Henry Levin, 1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, getting top billing this time. In 1953, Jeanne left Fox after starring in the Film Noir Vicki (Harry Horner, 1953), with Jean Peters. Denny Jackson at IMDb: "She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types." She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (George Marshall, 1954). The film was lukewarm at best. That same year she signed a contract with Universal Studios with promises of better, high-profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (King Vidor, 1955), starring Kirk Douglas, which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957) with Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (Robert D. Wenn, 1960) alongside Alan Ladd. The films were sporadic after that. In Italy, she played Nefertiti in the Peplum Nefertiti, regina del Nilo/Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, 1967) with Dana Andrews. Her final film was the thriller Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), in which she was a passenger on a plane piloted by Charlton Heston. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, in 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. Their son Paul Brinkman Jr. became a television executive, who is most known for his work on the television series JAG. Crain's youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
MAN TGX 18.510 der Wiesecker Group aus Weißenfels auf der A3 Regensburg - Passau bei Schwarzach transportiert eine Arbeitsbühne und eine Gelenk-Teleskopbühne von Skyjack.
Spanish postcard, no. 2885. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Publicity still for Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (Richard Sale, 1955). A gift from Marlene Pilaete (Thanks!)
Charming, youthful and pretty American actress Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) was frequently cast in bright and breezy musicals. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Pinky (1949), in which she played the title role. Her career spanned from 1943 to 1975.
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was born in Barstow, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of George A. Crain, a high school English teacher and his wife, Loretta Carr. Not long after her birth, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles, where her father got another teaching position. Her parents divorced in 1934. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test for the role of Lucy Morgan in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1941). Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a film actress. After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, she won the 'Miss Camera Girl of 1942' title in Long Beach, Florida. She got a bit part, posing in a bathing costume, in the Fox production The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) starring Alice Faye, and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway, 1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighbouring Kentucky. The film was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in her next film, In the Meantime, Darling (Otto Preminger, 1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (George Cukor, 1944), opposite Lon McCallister. The audience loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical State Fair (Walter Lang, 1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Louanne Hogan dubbed Crain's singing numbers. After that, Crain often had singing parts in films, and they were dubbed, in most cases by Hogan. Another hit was Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945), where Crain was the 'good' sister of 'bad' Gene Tierney, both in love with Cornel Wilde. Now, Crain got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, she married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her devoutly catholic mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death, The marriage produced seven children. Brooks was a former RKO contract player who had briefly appeared in Those Endearing Young Charms (Lewis Allen, 1945). His real name was Paul Brinkman, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman for an arms manufacturing company. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear Brooks' first child. Although Crain, a practising Catholic, sued Brinkman for divorce in 1956, the decree never became final and they got back together again. In later years, they lived separately.
In 1949, Jeanne Crain appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) with Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) opposite Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders, and Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949) with Ethel Barrymore. It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949). Pinky was controversial because it told the story of a light-skinned African American woman who passes for white in the Northern United States until she is forced to admit her roots. Although Lena Horne and other black actresses were considered, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for fear of racial backlash. The following year, Crain starred in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (Walter Lang, 1950), as the eldest daughter of Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy. Crain paired with Cary Grant in the offbeat drama People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1951). Crain was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (Henry Levin, 1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, getting top billing this time. In 1953, Jeanne left Fox after starring in the Film Noir Vicki (Harry Horner, 1953), with Jean Peters. Denny Jackson at IMDb: "She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types." She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (George Marshall, 1954). The film was lukewarm at best. That same year she signed a contract with Universal Studios with promises of better, high-profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (King Vidor, 1955), starring Kirk Douglas, which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957) with Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (Robert D. Wenn, 1960) alongside Alan Ladd. The films were sporadic after that. In Italy, she played Nefertiti in the Peplum Nefertiti, regina del Nilo/Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, 1967) with Dana Andrews. Her final film was the thriller Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), in which she was a passenger on a plane piloted by Charlton Heston. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, in 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. Their son Paul Brinkman Jr. became a television executive, who is most known for his work on the television series JAG. Crain's youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
hey guys! this is a preview of my banshee design from halo 3. Stay tuned for the actual pics! ~Spencer
Spanish postcard. no. 3088.
Charming, youthful and pretty American actress Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) was frequently cast in bright and breezy musicals. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Pinky (1949), in which she played the title role. Her career spanned from 1943 to 1975.
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was born in Barstow, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of George A. Crain, a high school English teacher and his wife, Loretta Carr. Not long after her birth, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles, where her father got another teaching position. Her parents divorced in 1934. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test for the role of Lucy Morgan in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1941). Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a film actress. After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, she won the 'Miss Camera Girl of 1942' title in Long Beach, Florida. She got a bit part, posing in a bathing costume, in the Fox production The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) starring Alice Faye, and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway, 1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighbouring Kentucky. The film was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in her next film, In the Meantime, Darling (Otto Preminger, 1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (George Cukor, 1944), opposite Lon McCallister. The audience loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical State Fair (Walter Lang, 1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Louanne Hogan dubbed Crain's singing numbers. After that, Crain often had singing parts in films, and they were dubbed, in most cases by Hogan. Another hit was Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945), where Crain was the 'good' sister of 'bad' Gene Tierney, both in love with Cornel Wilde. Now, Crain got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, she married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her devoutly catholic mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death, The marriage produced seven children. Brooks was a former RKO contract player who had briefly appeared in Those Endearing Young Charms (Lewis Allen, 1945). His real name was Paul Brinkman, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman for an arms manufacturing company. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear Brooks' first child. Although Crain, a practising Catholic, sued Brinkman for divorce in 1956, the decree never became final and they got back together again. In later years, they lived separately.
In 1949, Jeanne Crain appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) with Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) opposite Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders, and Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949) with Ethel Barrymore. It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949). Pinky was controversial because it told the story of a light-skinned African American woman who passes for white in the Northern United States until she is forced to admit her roots. Although Lena Horne and other black actresses were considered, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for fear of racial backlash. The following year, Crain starred in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (Walter Lang, 1950), as the eldest daughter of Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy. Crain paired with Cary Grant in the offbeat drama People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1951). Crain was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (Henry Levin, 1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, getting top billing this time. In 1953, Jeanne left Fox after starring in the Film Noir Vicki (Harry Horner, 1953), with Jean Peters. Denny Jackson at IMDb: "She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types." She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (George Marshall, 1954). The film was lukewarm at best. That same year she signed a contract with Universal Studios with promises of better, high-profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (King Vidor, 1955), starring Kirk Douglas, which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957) with Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (Robert D. Wenn, 1960) alongside Alan Ladd. The films were sporadic after that. In Italy, she played Nefertiti in the Peplum Nefertiti, regina del Nilo/Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, 1967) with Dana Andrews. Her final film was the thriller Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), in which she was a passenger on a plane piloted by Charlton Heston. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, in 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. Their son Paul Brinkman Jr. became a television executive, who is most known for his work on the television series JAG. Crain's youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
American actress Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (1925 – 2003) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in "Pinky" (1949). She also starred in the films "In the Meantime, Darling" (1944), "State Fair" (1945), "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945), "Centennial Summer" (1946), "Margie" (1946), "Apartment for Peggy" (1948), "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949), "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950), "People Will Talk" (1951), "Man Without a Star" (1955), "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" (1955), "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956), and "The Joker Is Wild" (1957).
Crain appeared in fewer films in the 1960s as she entered semiretirement. She was Nefertiti in the Italian production of "Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile" (1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price; and in "Madison Avenue" (1962) with Dana Andrews and Eleanor Parker. She again co-starred with Dana Andrews in "Hot Rods To Hell" (1967). Her last films were "The Night God Screamed" (1971) and "Skyjacked" (1972) with Charlton Heston. -- Wikipedia
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 90.
American actress and writer Yvette Mimieux (1942) is known for The Time Machine (1960), and several other popular films of the 1960s. She was nominated for three Golden Globe awards during her acting career.
Yvette Carmen Mimieux was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1942. Her French father was René Mimieux and her Mexican mother Maria Montemayor. She has at least two siblings: sister Gloria and a brother. The blonde, well-proportioned Mimieux was a beauty contest winner and model when talent manager Jim Byron suggested she become an actress. Her first acting appearances were in episodes of the television shows Yancy Derringer and One Step Beyond. In 1960, she made her film debut, the Science Fiction film The Time Machine (George Pal, 1960). In George Pal's production of the H.G. Wells novel about time travel Wells (Rod Taylor) travels 800,000 years into the future and falls for Weena (Mimieux) of the peaceful Eloi who are threatened by the Morlocks, cannibalistic mutations. It was made for MGM, which put her under a long-term contract. Her breakthrough role was followed by roles in Platinum High School (Charles Haas, 1960), with Mickey Rooney and Terry Moore, and the first beach-party movie, Where the Boys Are (Henry Levin, 1960) with George Hamilton. Where the Boys Are was one of the first teen films to explore adolescent sexuality and the changing sexual morals and attitudes among American college youth. Aimed at the teen market, it inspired many American college students to head to Fort Lauderdale for their annual spring break. MGM put Mimieux in the ingenue role in Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Vincente Minelli, 1961), an expensive flop. She had a central role in Light in the Piazza (Guy Green, 1962) with Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, and George Hamilton, playing a mentally disabled girl. The film lost money but was well regarded critically. She had a small part in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (George Pal, 1963), another commercial disappointment. Also later that year, she appeared in Diamond Head (Guy Green, 1963) for Columbia, billed second to Charlton Heston. She went to United Artists for Toys in the Attic, based on the play by Lillian Hellman and co-starring Dean Martin. On TV, Mimieux guest-starred on two episodes of Dr. Kildare alongside Richard Chamberlain. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "An appearance as a terminally ill girl on the 1964 Dr. Kildare episode "Tyger Tyger" drew a great deal of press attention for Mimieux, principally because she spent most of her early scenes in a bikini. The actress's subsequent roles showed promise, but she generally found herself playing second fiddle to the leading man." Mimieux made a cameo as herself in the comedy-musical Looking for Love (Don Weis, 1964) starring popular singer Connie Francis and played Richard Chamberlain's love interest in the romance Joy in the Morning (Alex Segal, 1965).
Post-MGM, Yvette Mimieux was in the Western The Reward (Serge Bourguignon, 1965) with Max von Sydow, the Disney comedy Monkeys, Go Home! (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1967) with Maurice Chevalier, and the heist film The Caper of the Golden Bulls (Russell Rouse, 1967) starring Stephen Boyd. She was reunited with Rod Taylor in the action film Dark of the Sun (Jack Cardiff, 1968). Mimieux was top-billed in the hit Three in the Attic (Richard Wilson, 1969) with Christopher Lee, and appeared in the critically acclaimed film The Picasso Summer (Serge Bourguignon, Robert Sallin, 1969) alongside Albert Finney. Mimieux was the female lead in the action film The Delta Factor (Tay Garnett, 1970), based on the 1967 novel by Mickey Spillane. She then had one of the leads in The Most Deadly Game (1970–1971), a short-lived TV series from Aaron Spelling. Around this time Mimieux had a business selling Haitian products and she studied archeology and would travel several months of each year. In 1971 she sued her agent for not providing her with movie work despite taking money. She was an air hostess in the disaster film Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), starring Charlton Heston, and appeared in the Science-Fiction film The Neptune Factor (Daniel Petrie, 1973). By the early 1970s, Mimieux was unhappy with the "one-dimensional" roles offered to female actors: "There's nothing to play. They're either sex objects or vanilla pudding." Mimieux had been writing for several years, mostly journalism and short stories. She wrote a thriller, which she took to producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, who then produced it for ABC as a television film. It aired as Hit Lady (Tracy Keenan Wynn, 1974). Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "she is undeniably impressive as a scantily clad professional assassin". Mimieux starred in The Legend of Valentino (Melville Shavelson, 1975), in which she played Rudolph Valentino's (Franco Nero) second wife, Natacha Rambova. Also in 1975, she made the Canadian thriller Journey into Fear (Daniel Petrie, 1975), a remake of the spy film Journey into Fear (Norman Foster, 1943) starring Orson Welles. Mimieux was a falsely imprisoned woman victimised by a sadistic guard in the exploitation film Jackson County Jail (Michael Miller, 1976) with Tommy Lee Jones. The 'drive-in' film has become a cult film and was selected by film director Quentin Tarantino for the first Quentin Tarantino Film Festival in Austin, Texas, in 1996. Mimieux co-starred in the first PG-rated Walt Disney Productions feature, The Black Hole (Gary Nelson, 1979) starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins. She had the lead as the chief executive of a giant corporation called "Mystique" in Circle of Power (Bobby Roth, 1981). She appeared in several TV movies and guest-starred on The Love Boat (1984), Lime Street (1985), and Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990). Her last appearance was in the TV mini-series Lady Boss (Charles Jarrott, 1992), based on a novel written by Jackie Collins. After this role, she retired from acting. Yvette Mimieux married three times. In 1959, she married Evan Harland Engber but kept the marriage secret for almost two years. She was married to film director Stanley Donen from 1972 until their divorce in 1985. In 1986, Mimieux married Howard F. Ruby, chairman emeritus and founder of Oakwood Worldwide.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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Charming, youthful and pretty American actress Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) was frequently cast in bright and breezy musicals. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Pinky (1949), in which she played the title role. Her career spanned from 1943 to 1975.
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was born in Barstow, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of George A. Crain, a high school English teacher and his wife, Loretta Carr. Not long after her birth, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles, where her father got another teaching position. Her parents divorced in 1934. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test for the role of Lucy Morgan in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1941). Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a film actress. After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, she won the "Miss Camera Girl of 1942" title in Long Beach, Florida. She got a bit part, posing in a bathing costume, in the Fox production The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) starring Alice Faye, and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway, 1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighboring Kentucky. The film was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in her next film, In the Meantime, Darling (Otto Preminger, 1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film, but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (George Cukor, 1944), opposite Lon McCallister. The audiences loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical State Fair (Walter Lang, 1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Louanne Hogan dubbed Crain's singing numbers. After that, Crain often had singing parts in films, and they were dubbed, in most cases by Hogan. Another hit was Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945), where Crain was the "good" sister of "bad" Gene Tierney, both in love with Cornel Wilde. Now, Crain got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, she married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her devoutly catholic mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death, The marriage produced seven children. Brooks was a former RKO contract player who had briefly appeared in Those Endearing Young Charms (Lewis Allen, 1945). His real name was Paul Brinkman, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman for an arms manufacturing company. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear the Brooks' first child. Although Crain, a practising Catholic, sued Brinkman for divorce in 1956, the decree never became final and they got back together again. In later years, they lived separately.
In 1949, Jeanne Crain appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) with Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) opposite Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders, and Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949) with Ethel Barrymore. It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949). Pinky was controversial because it told the story of a light-skinned African American woman who passes for white in the Northern United States, until she is forced to admit her roots. Although Lena Horne and other black actresses were considered, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for fear of racial backlash. The following year, Crain starred in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (Walter Lang, 1950), as the eldest daughter of Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy. Crain paired with Cary Grant in the Joseph L. Mankiewicz film of the offbeat drama People Will Talk (1951). Crain was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (Henry Levin, 1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, getting top billing this time. In 1953, Jeanne left Fox after starring in the Film Noir Vicki (Harry Horner, 1953), with Jean Peters. Denny Jackson at IMDb: "She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types." She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (George Marshall, 1954). The film was lukewarm at best. That same year she signed a contract with Universal Studios with promises of better, high profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (King Vidor, 1955), starring Kirk Douglas, which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957) with Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (Robert D. Wenn, 1960) alongside Alan Ladd. The films were sporadic after that. In Italy, she played Nefertiti in the Peplum Nefertiti, regina del Nilo/Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, 1967) with Dana Andrews. Her final film was the thriller Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), in which sghe was a passenger on a plane piloted by Charlton Heston. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, in 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. Their son Paul Brinkman Jr. became a television executive, who is most known for his work on the television series JAG. Crain's youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Dutch postcard, no. 3107. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
Charming, youthful and pretty American actress Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) was frequently cast in bright and breezy musicals. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Pinky (1949), in which she played the title role. Her career spanned from 1943 to 1975.
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was born in Barstow, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of George A. Crain, a high school English teacher and his wife, Loretta Carr. Not long after her birth, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles, where her father got another teaching position. Her parents divorced in 1934. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test for the role of Lucy Morgan in The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1941). Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a film actress. After high school, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, she won the 'Miss Camera Girl of 1942' title in Long Beach, Florida. She got a bit part, posing in a bathing costume, in the Fox production The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943) starring Alice Faye, and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in Home in Indiana (Henry Hathaway, 1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighbouring Kentucky. The film was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in her next film, In the Meantime, Darling (Otto Preminger, 1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, Winged Victory (George Cukor, 1944), opposite Lon McCallister. The audience loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical State Fair (Walter Lang, 1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Louanne Hogan dubbed Crain's singing numbers. After that, Crain often had singing parts in films, and they were dubbed, in most cases by Hogan. Another hit was Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945), where Crain was the 'good' sister of 'bad' Gene Tierney, both in love with Cornel Wilde. Now, Crain got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, she married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her devoutly catholic mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union lasted until her husband's death, The marriage produced seven children. Brooks was a former RKO contract player who had briefly appeared in Those Endearing Young Charms (Lewis Allen, 1945). His real name was Paul Brinkman, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman for an arms manufacturing company. The year 1947 was an off year for Jeanne, as she took time off to bear Brooks' first child. Although Crain, a practising Catholic, sued Brinkman for divorce in 1956, the decree never became final and they got back together again. In later years, they lived separately.
In 1949, Jeanne Crain appeared in three films, A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) with Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern, The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) opposite Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders, and Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949) with Ethel Barrymore. It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949). Pinky was controversial because it told the story of a light-skinned African American woman who passes for white in the Northern United States until she is forced to admit her roots. Although Lena Horne and other black actresses were considered, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for fear of racial backlash. The following year, Crain starred in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (Walter Lang, 1950), as the eldest daughter of Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy. Crain paired with Cary Grant in the offbeat drama People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1951). Crain was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (Henry Levin, 1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, getting top billing this time. In 1953, Jeanne left Fox after starring in the Film Noir Vicki (Harry Horner, 1953), with Jean Peters. Denny Jackson at IMDb: "She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types." She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of Duel in the Jungle (George Marshall, 1954). The film was lukewarm at best. That same year she signed a contract with Universal Studios with promises of better, high-profile roles. She went into production in the film Man Without a Star (King Vidor, 1955), starring Kirk Douglas, which was a hit with audiences and critics. After The Joker Is Wild (Charles Vidor, 1957) with Frank Sinatra and Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in Guns of the Timberland (Robert D. Wenn, 1960) alongside Alan Ladd. The films were sporadic after that. In Italy, she played Nefertiti in the Peplum Nefertiti, regina del Nilo/Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, 1967) with Dana Andrews. Her final film was the thriller Skyjacked (John Guillermin, 1972), in which she was a passenger on a plane piloted by Charlton Heston. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, in 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. Their son Paul Brinkman Jr. became a television executive, who is most known for his work on the television series JAG. Crain's youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sources: Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ronald Bergan (The Guardian), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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