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Image: Fay Wray 1936 R95 Linen-Textured Premium Photo

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Fay Wray 1936 linen-textured "EMO Movie Club" 8" X 10" premium photo. From a large set issued 1935-38. Checklist and many others are pictured on this guide and gallery page.

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Image: Charles Boyer Boys Cinema Postcard

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Charles Boyer pictured on a circa 1939 Boys Cinema Postcard from Australia.

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Image: Ruby Keeler 1930s Warner Bros. Promotional Still Photo

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Ruby Keeler early 1930s Warner Bros.-First National 8x10 Promotional Still Portrait. Unfortunately I did not scan the captions on the group of photos that this came from, but they were all Warner Bros. stars circa 1931-34.

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Image: Bing Crosby 1940s EKC Postcard

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Bing Crosby pictured on a mid-1940s World War II-era EKC Postcard.

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Image: Jean Arthur Picturegoer “Colourgraph Series” Postcard

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Jean Arthur pictured on a 1930s Picturegoer "Colourgraph Series" Postcard from England.

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Behind the Green Lights (1935), Cops Vs. Mouthpiece in Mascot Indie

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Behind the Green Lights was a logical place for me to go after watching Red-Haired Alibi (1932), as it’s another, slightly later, Poverty Row entry reuniting director Christy Cabanne with supporting actors Theodore von Eltz and Purnell Pratt. The geeky payoff for doing this was to witness director Cabanne put von Eltz’s sleazy criminals through very familiar paces after the law begins closing in on him in each movie:

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Cliff’s Notes for Sunday, May 1, 2016

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News, notes, May 1 birthdays, and a brief look at May 2016 on Turner Classic Movies follows ...

Born on this date, May 1: in 1875; in 1883; in 1888; in 1894*; in 1900; in 1900; in 1905; in 1906; in 1906; in 1907; in 1916; and in 1917.

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Anti Red-Head League Targets Wanton, Faithless, and Ruthless Women

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We bump into so many cute and perky redheads on TV today that it's sometimes disconcerting to journey into the past and be menaced by the likes of Clara Bow, Millie ("the red-headed woman"), Red-Headed Woman, Red-Haired Alibi, etc. Indeed, redheads seem to be one of the most fearsome menaces during the early years of the Great Depression, so I was in no way shocked to discover the attempted formation of club intended to ta...

Image: Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in The Pride of the Yankees, 1942 Still Photo

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Gary Cooper in uniform as Lou Gehrig with Walter Brennan in The Pride of the Yankees (1942).

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Image: Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees, 1942 Still Photo

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Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig with Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942).

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