Halloween Films 2

When I first started this blog, my second post was a list of Halloween Films. They were almost all comedies. Since then I have watched some scarier (to me) films that I would like to share with you:

The Leopard Man (1943) - another Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur classic, this one came out the year after the more well-known cult-film Cat People (1942). Set in New Mexico, it features Lewton's signature shadows and sounds, and even the same panther!

That moment when you show up to a party in a killer dress and with a panther

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The Uninvited (1944) - starring Ray Milland and Gail Russell, this haunting film is a must-watch. Milland and his sister (Ruth Hussey) buy a cheap mansion that happens to be haunted. At night they hear a woman moaning but no one can ever be found. Gail Russell is a neighbor who lived there as a child - until her mother fell, or jumped, of the nearby cliff. When Russell comes to visit her new neighbors she falls into a trance. 

A séance is always a good idea.

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The Innocents (1961) - a classic starring Deborah Kerr, a governess who is convinced that the two children in her charge are possessed by a couple that died there. I only watched a little bit of it on TCM, but I plan to watch the whole film soon.

 

Have a Happy Halloween!

Halloween in Hollywood

        

Frances Dee, 1931

 

         

Shirley Temple

 

Jane Withers, 1936

Carole Lombard

Myrna Loy

 

Jean Arthur

 

The Three Stooges

Paulette Goddard

Clifton Webb, Marlene Dietrich, & Elizabeth Allan at Basil Rathbone's Halloween party

Esther Williams

Ruth Roman

 

       

Debbie Reynolds

 

Vera-Ellen

 

                  

Janet Leigh

 

Ava Gardner

Jane Russell

 

Doris Day

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Gloria Swanson

 

    

Alfred Hitchcock

 

Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, & Vincent Price

Suzanne Pleshette

Deborah Walley

 

Shirley MacLaine, Artists and Models (1955)

 

All images found via Pinterest. Check out last year's post here.

Can't Miss Movies to Watch on TCM in October

Sorry for the lack of posts last month; I started teaching again and am just getting into the swing of things.

There's several exciting things going on this month. First of all, on the eighth is the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of my blog!!!! Then, the very next day I will kicking off my VERY FIRST BLOGATHON!!! That's right! You only have a week to finish up those posts!! After that we'll be diving right into spooky movies in anticipation of Halloween.

Other things to look forward to this month:

Oct. 6: My favorite Carole Lombard's Birthday

Oct. 12: John Wayne and the Two Pedros for the Hollywood's Hispanic Heritage Blogathon hosted by Once Upon A Screen.

Oct. 18: Post honoring Henry Travers (best known for his role as 'Clarence' in It's a Wonderful Life) on the 50th Anniversary of his death.

Oct. 29-31: The Universal Pictures Blogathon hosted by Silver Scenes.

TCM Schedule

 

5th @ 9:30pm - trailer

 

10 @6am - trailer

10th @ 1:15am Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (in case you missed it last month)

 

11th @ 11am Moguls and Movie Stars 1929-1941 - This 7-part documentary actually starts on the 4th and airs every Sunday. Read more about it here.

 

16 @ 8:45am - trailer

 

18th @ 10 & 11am Moguls and Movie Stars 1941-1950, 1950-1960

 

23rd @ 8pm - if you participated of the Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon you probably read CineMaven's amazing post.

 

25th @ 10am Moguls and Movie Stars 1960-1969

 

30th @ 8pm Cat People

Halloween in Hollywood

A collection of fabulous Classic Hollywood Halloween Photos

 



Vera Ellen in an amazing bat costume

 

and wearing a snazzy pumpkin sweater

 

Judy Garland with a cute little black cat

The poor girl just can't seem to get away from witches!

 

Paulette Goddard in a fabulous cat costume

 

 

 

Another cat costume modeled by Dusty Anderson

(I had to look her up)

 

Shirley Temple celebrating Halloween with Harold Lloyd's children, 1935

And all grown up wearing another interesting sweater

 

Ann Rutherford, 1940

Betty Grable, favorite WWII pin-up

Donna Reed, 1945

Esther Williams

Jane Wyman

Janis Paige - recently watched two Dennis Morgan movies with her in them,

Two Guys from Milwaukee (really good) and One Sunday Afternoon (boring) 

 

The uncomparable Myrna Loy

 

Jeanne Craine (who else thinks she looks a little bit like Hedy Lamarr?)

Joan Crawford

 

Unusual...

 

Mary Pickford

 

Ava Gardner, or "Two Ways to Look Glamorous while Riding a Broom"

Yvonne De Carlo

 

Madge Meredith, 1946 (another one I had to look up; her hat was too awesome to leave out.

Apparently she's an uncredited slave in The Ten Commandments)

 

I don't know who these actors are, but that backdrop is AMAZING!!!

Sandra Dee and a groovy skeleton

 

And now for a few men...

 

Peter Lorre - who else

 

Jimmy Durante

The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock

 

And let's not forget our friends from Television!

 

Barbara Eden from I Dream of Jeannie

Elizabeth Montgomery, Erin Murphy and Agnes Moorehead from Bewitched

This picture makes me smile :)

I just love her "witch" outfit

And Yvonne Craig as Batgirl in Batman

 

Happy Halloween!

 

All pictures were found via Pinterest and Chronically Vintage

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