tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41575087583071768792024-03-05T02:49:32.701-08:00Nils Asther(1897 - 1981)About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-4957688609141082382011-12-02T21:51:00.000-08:002011-12-02T21:51:00.088-08:00If I Were Free, 1933<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-55746842314549204732011-11-29T16:02:00.000-08:002011-11-29T16:02:00.139-08:00Topsy and Eva, 1927<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First, a disclaimer. Urgh - blackface! That's a pretty sensible modern-day reaction, I think, to <i>Topsy and Eva</i>, 1927, the first movie Nils Asther did after he sailed the seas from Europe to the golden land of Hollywood. </span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Worthless as entertainment, <i>Topsy and Eva</i> is nonetheless an invaluable record of the sorry state of race relations in the 1920s</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6XUyfSwljaI/TlPxhNnBHQI/AAAAAAAAAyw/xb9qYiguDX4/s1600/poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6XUyfSwljaI/TlPxhNnBHQI/AAAAAAAAAyw/xb9qYiguDX4/s320/poster.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Duncan sisters had been vaudeville stars for several years already touring the stage show of the same name, written specially for them by Catherine Chisholm Cushing in 1923. The sisters estimated that throughout their career they performed at least 1,800 shows of <i>Topsy and Eva</i>, and continued to adapt aspects of it for their repertoire right up to the 1950s. </span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Topsy and Eva were originally minor characters in the anti-slavery novel <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>. In the stage show, the sentimental story of the friendship between the two girls took centre stage, with most of the social commentary of the original was ditched in favour of slapstick, maudlin sentiment and close-harmony songs. Musical hits included <i>Rememb'ring</i>, <i>I Never Had A Mammy, Mean Cicero Blues</i> and <i>She Fell On Her Credenza</i>.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Topsy and Eva as a movie was a box office flop, but it was used for some time after as cheap children's matinee fodder. A </span><span style="font-size: small;">2-in-1 transformation toy, the </span><span style="font-size: small;">'Topsy and Eva' doll, became popular among girls, which</span><span style="font-size: small;"> changed character when its skirt was flipped. All combined</span><span style="font-size: small;"> with the long-running stage show, <i>Topsy and Eva</i> left long-term cultural effects.</span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">A review of the stage play by <i>The Boston Globe</i> critic in 1925... pointed out that while "every American" had heard about <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>, it was unlikely that "more than a small percentage of the present younger generation of theatre goers in the large cities of the country have ever witnessed a performance of the play" -- let alone read the novel.... In a way <i>Topsy and Eva</i> became the origin story for those who had neither read the novel nor were aware of its aims. </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-od2ax4gM41Q/TomBFtROH-I/AAAAAAAAA4Y/HdcLtQp3fbk/s1600/vivian+duncan+with+topsy+doll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-od2ax4gM41Q/TomBFtROH-I/AAAAAAAAA4Y/HdcLtQp3fbk/s320/vivian+duncan+with+topsy+doll.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vivian Duncan with a Topsy doll, 1926 <a href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/onstage/duncangall.html">(image University of Virginia)</a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRp5vDjQRi7i1qO8bQyjc4w5M2rW2D5Fkz664u6oyuqkbBPf0_ucKUVfLg46DzqMD8sfS1MP8y5sLsuUMq-LhV8sX38EQBTfs4NkNjUqNeVykYQ7EOvZRZEaExREr2gFruFnkmFmH48U/s1600/nils+asther+card+horse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRp5vDjQRi7i1qO8bQyjc4w5M2rW2D5Fkz664u6oyuqkbBPf0_ucKUVfLg46DzqMD8sfS1MP8y5sLsuUMq-LhV8sX38EQBTfs4NkNjUqNeVykYQ7EOvZRZEaExREr2gFruFnkmFmH48U/s320/nils+asther+card+horse.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The villainous Simon Legree (Gibson Gowland) whips Uncle Tom (Noble Johnson) while George Shelby (Nils Asther) protects little Topsy (Rosetta Duncan)</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Californian FB'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">December 7, 8 1931</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Californian FB'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Mabel’s friends <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/looking-for-mabel/duncan.htm" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Rosetta & Vivian Duncan</a></span></b>, who at one point were said to be worth over $4,000,000 were now bankrupt according to Vivian …”Gold mines with no gold, worthless stock, the fickleness of Wall Street and signatures on too many dotted lines’ were responsible.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>'TOPSY AND EVA' RIOT OF LAUGHS, BOTH IN FILM AND PROLOGUE</b></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>By Louella G. Parsons</b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> T</span><span style="font-size: small;">HE efferverscent personality of the incomparable Duncans permeated the atmosphere of Grauman's Egyptian Theater last night. Long before the curtain rose on a scene of picturesque old Southland, there was an electric air of expectancy. Rosetta and Vivian were presenting their first motion picture, "Topsy and Eva," to their severest critics, the Hollywood film colony. Moreover, they were being starred in the prologue, and the Duncan following would travel miles to hear those "two gals" sing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Rosetta's blackface Topsy and Vivian's angel face Eva are an old story, so far as the stage is concerned, but the motion picture is for the sisters a new and untried experiment. I felt reasonably sure when Sid Grauman elected to play "Topsy and Eva" at his theater it had merit, but I did not dream that a female Charlie Chaplin in black-face was to make her debut. Rosetta Duncan is a discovery. Her pantomime, her transition from nonsense to pathos, is something that has been needed in the comedy field. </span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ROSETTA UNEQUALED</b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> Vivian, with her fluffy blonde hair, is likewise good in her way. Although the comedy is all Rosetta's, Vivian photographs unusally well, and is what the producers would call camera material. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I am getting the cart ahead of the horse. I should really have gone into a detailed description of the prologue before I so much as mentioned the Duncans' work in the movie. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> To tell the truth, I was so delighted with Rosetta's Al Jolson stuff, that I had to get it out of my system. Rosetta is to the screen what Al Jolson is to the stage, a black-face artist without an equal. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> The Duncans and Sid Grauman are a great trio. The Duncans furnish the sparkling comedy and Sid offers the Graumanesque touch, now recognized as the Tiffany of showmanship. Certainly he took advantage of the way-down-south motive by giving us a generous measure of plantation life. There were the jubilee singers, tuneful and melodious; southern belles in their quaint costumes. Even the Mississippi flowed gently in the background. </span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>SONGS ALL GOOD</b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> Rosetta and Vivian just had to sing "Rememb'ring" along with the new numbers especially composed for this occasion. The audience not only expected it, but demanded it. Then there was that old favorite, "She Fell Down On Her Cadenza." The applause that greeted this effort must make the girls realize that no matter how many new songs they have, they must always keep a few old-time favorites in their repetoire. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Of the new songs, I like "I'm Glad My Mammy Don't Know Where I'm At." But any of their songs are good. It's not so much what the Duncans sing, as they way they sing. Their comedy is unfailing. Their burlesque on Aimee would make the saddest man in the world forget his troubles. It is riotously funny. As for their potpourri burlesqueing grand opera, I must hear it again. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> The prologue, mind you, lasted an hour and ten minutes. An evening's entertainment in itself. Larry Cabellos' dance presentation and "The Rounders" were especially pleasing. Marguerite Ricard, a girl with a voice, deserves special mention for her solo work. Al and Ray Samuels, Eleanor Bingham, Claire Van Nostrand, Esther Campbell, Norm Rathert and the Duncans were called out again and again, showing that sprightliness in these prologues is the better part of real success. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> "Topsy and Eva" is so short, at least it seemed to me, that one does not feel the lengthy prologue in this case is stealing precious time from the celluloid entertainment. Too often we jealously object to too much attention being given to the prologue. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Who but the Duncans would have thought of taking Harriet Beecher Stowe's serious propaganda against slavery and making a comedy out of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? The curious part is, the poignant note of pathos here and there is almost akin to hilarious fun. Catherine Chisholm Cushing is credited with the authorship of "Topsy and Eva," but the movie idea, I feel safe in saying, emanates from that wise little head of Topsy Duncan. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> It is remarkable that a production built of such flimsy material carries the interest through to the end. This is due entirely to the Duncans, whose charm and vivacity would support a much less frail scenario structure. The slapstick touches, I think, we can credit to Del Lord. There are a number that can be favorably compared to any slapstick comedy yet produced—then, there are a few that are not so funny. But even these are saved by Topsy, who never fails to get a laugh out of any situation. </span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>GRIFFITH'S TOUCHES</b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> David Wark Griffith was called in to add a little drama. I am willing to wager his part in "Topsy and Eva" was the great love between the ethereal Eva and her colored slavey. There are unmistakable Griffith bits here and there that have saved the picture from too much horseplay. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> The titles by Dudley Early are good. They please this reviewer because they are not unnecessarily wisecracking, a thing that always ruins a comedy. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> There just couldn't be a version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" without Simon Legree. He is present in the person of Gibson Gowland, ferocious and cruel enough to satisfy anyone. Henry Victor makes an aristocratic and kindly Mr. St. Clare. Myrtle Ferguson is pleasing in the part of Aunt Ophelia, while Nils Asher and Marjorie Daw furnish the love interest in roles that are not particularly big, but they do register. Noble Johnson's Uncle Tom seemed to me to be far too elegant and young. However, this Uncle Tom is only a background. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> "Topsy and Eva" does one thing for us. It makes us eager to see the Duncans in other comedies—and I have an idea that Joseph Schenck, who is releasing their first through United Artists, will see that this wish is gratified. Everyone in filmland was there last night—all of them properly introduced by Hollywood's master of ceremonies, Fred Niblo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Clips from Topsy and Eva featuring Nils Asther: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/onstage/films/cameos/fidunc03.mov">Clip 1</a> Introducing the characters at the start of the film - Uncle Sam and family, Marietta, ward of the villain Simon Legree, and George Shelby (Nils Asther).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/onstage/films/cameos/fidunc10.mov">Clip 2</a> Topsy comes down the chimney at Christmas dressed as Santa Claus. The assembled party laugh.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/onstage/films/cameos/fidunc13.mov">Clip 3</a> Topsy and Uncle Tom are carried away by Tom's owner, Simon Legree, in a sled through the snow. Eva, unable to bear the thought of Topsy leaving, runs after them until she falls in a fit. George Shelby (Asther) picks her up and carries her back to her house. </span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Further Information: </u></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/onstage/duncanhp.html">The University of Virginia: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture </a></span><br />
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</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-85322752195377511002011-10-30T13:25:00.000-07:002011-10-30T13:25:00.509-07:00Picture of the day: what difference whether girl or man?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHFGY6jzsOmKuHTf_5JsLEBodi5Ayrh7kRuHgwDD-9NAszwY9dCoIUZZEzV2Rus5lU8PhaM6owJzIH87Z1SWkqYNO3gnOIMZl5ceRIDEGrej57Z6Q7FM3VfQvz5gGfaz44mupNxYsYv8/s1600/drawing+on+yacht.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHFGY6jzsOmKuHTf_5JsLEBodi5Ayrh7kRuHgwDD-9NAszwY9dCoIUZZEzV2Rus5lU8PhaM6owJzIH87Z1SWkqYNO3gnOIMZl5ceRIDEGrej57Z6Q7FM3VfQvz5gGfaz44mupNxYsYv8/s320/drawing+on+yacht.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Greta Garbo and Nils Asther in <i>The Single Standard</i>, 1929. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Asther plays a rich artist with a yacht. Garbo is a young socialite who resolves to reject hypocritical and out of date moral standards (The Single Standard) and so takes Asther as her lover and sails with him through tropical seas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KvJfM0BQqcQ/TdNxbdfaGHI/AAAAAAAAADM/YUdYL7wwQgY/s1600/single+standard+yacht1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KvJfM0BQqcQ/TdNxbdfaGHI/AAAAAAAAADM/YUdYL7wwQgY/s320/single+standard+yacht1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKCgor6Rs1sHVgTXi0HEAF-NJYIYII1vpp6A_8si-URtli6C-c-sqdzpzrsiVO0dS37vPMjDj-XNM_Oe-PURZwZ3Z5Issmjz1Cf43uV_JBrwFYlFRQNd_f3BZPCDeoZUtyTQ6uC41_cA/s1600/garbo+yacht.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKCgor6Rs1sHVgTXi0HEAF-NJYIYII1vpp6A_8si-URtli6C-c-sqdzpzrsiVO0dS37vPMjDj-XNM_Oe-PURZwZ3Z5Issmjz1Cf43uV_JBrwFYlFRQNd_f3BZPCDeoZUtyTQ6uC41_cA/s320/garbo+yacht.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0MFwl0PxhWY/Tf9msK1Z0lI/AAAAAAAAAY8/AADLTKRZsw0/s1600/single+standard+yacht+big.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0MFwl0PxhWY/Tf9msK1Z0lI/AAAAAAAAAY8/AADLTKRZsw0/s320/single+standard+yacht+big.jpg" width="320" /> </a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWINRoOT3C-KqNiN9So6YuJNX9G-Ui9syCwsexfCFyU-RmJet7j4LTXpb_6XjY_HhtKKrzSWJ5hYFaP_VfR3ZcNM8LVSjkWwyVes-r8sBIylYxoi7g91bdJVvvfA2zk3pqsqhfL6ZHW8/s1600/single+standard+yacht+big+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWINRoOT3C-KqNiN9So6YuJNX9G-Ui9syCwsexfCFyU-RmJet7j4LTXpb_6XjY_HhtKKrzSWJ5hYFaP_VfR3ZcNM8LVSjkWwyVes-r8sBIylYxoi7g91bdJVvvfA2zk3pqsqhfL6ZHW8/s1600/single+standard+yacht+big+closeup.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qwDGgV7P3A/TdNxe8N2gfI/AAAAAAAAADk/dH2yMy3JwRI/s1600/Single_Standard-55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qwDGgV7P3A/TdNxe8N2gfI/AAAAAAAAADk/dH2yMy3JwRI/s320/Single_Standard-55.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /> </span></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfOR9aZqAcJ7mCby0viRUmMm6EiKqYtHHi-ODzf2mH4ZtvViRhyj1pqIIe8MPLnsHUAZJNV8mq38wRf1ubdDM08VZALEa-19TisLvt7rg7IpxUdSAhuUbbL7z-11Ru42Lgqo3r3ZflUA/s1600/Single_Standard+yacht+closeup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfOR9aZqAcJ7mCby0viRUmMm6EiKqYtHHi-ODzf2mH4ZtvViRhyj1pqIIe8MPLnsHUAZJNV8mq38wRf1ubdDM08VZALEa-19TisLvt7rg7IpxUdSAhuUbbL7z-11Ru42Lgqo3r3ZflUA/s1600/Single_Standard+yacht+closeup.jpg" /></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9PNpQLz0rzQ/TdOqq3hvFUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/GEmYlGGoVwE/s1600/single+standard+caption1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9PNpQLz0rzQ/TdOqq3hvFUI/AAAAAAAAAEg/GEmYlGGoVwE/s320/single+standard+caption1.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-15672717949965971712011-10-29T12:02:00.000-07:002011-10-29T17:23:35.156-07:00Picture of the day: invitation to bed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaqK5KOP9UsQ-nxpIIMthMfhxXS2vuUqgqtFBoWl2A8Pw9jibFdPJvZ5FsnrNUoK8A9aN344cEPYkk2ZaMFTDUg6ebwpdQm8erc4d0OwF56KY49nIBk3LIT3GtOhw56byS6zKApHPVXQ/s1600/inviting+into+the+bedroom+big+closeup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaqK5KOP9UsQ-nxpIIMthMfhxXS2vuUqgqtFBoWl2A8Pw9jibFdPJvZ5FsnrNUoK8A9aN344cEPYkk2ZaMFTDUg6ebwpdQm8erc4d0OwF56KY49nIBk3LIT3GtOhw56byS6zKApHPVXQ/s320/inviting+into+the+bedroom+big+closeup.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Nils Asther invites Loretta Young to rest in his bedroom in the silent movie <i>Laugh, Clown, Laugh</i> (1928)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiecRDrCFLqzv0dutB-55kfvkWJMV85F7GDhf-Wb2Nqs-h5cyBeMXWtVnFZAcbQvHxEU2Ud5QDAGCQ8OROxjjldunT9cPwtTVvGJHCQ9lqMAIVRIQfohwbQfDe0TGNFRpZLiDLr1XjQHw/s1600/inviting+into+the+bedroom+big.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiecRDrCFLqzv0dutB-55kfvkWJMV85F7GDhf-Wb2Nqs-h5cyBeMXWtVnFZAcbQvHxEU2Ud5QDAGCQ8OROxjjldunT9cPwtTVvGJHCQ9lqMAIVRIQfohwbQfDe0TGNFRpZLiDLr1XjQHw/s320/inviting+into+the+bedroom+big.JPG" width="255" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201928%20laugh%20clown%20laugh">more about this film</a></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-40600278188655648632011-10-28T12:00:00.000-07:002011-10-28T12:00:07.386-07:00Picture of the day: Nils Asther as Schubert<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbrYaKhwUNqbG8k2Om2d-TdgW_Wh5Pn2tGdVv4gWuC7KeGIwORjiasZetxt2cJipBY1u11ZKx5KgtsK4FjMaV5izRt_IPWOzhZBtt-LLeCusjnTtc8B2ht0EqxkuTY6HJTX9jVc6Qe-M/s1600/asther+pat+patterson+piano+large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbrYaKhwUNqbG8k2Om2d-TdgW_Wh5Pn2tGdVv4gWuC7KeGIwORjiasZetxt2cJipBY1u11ZKx5KgtsK4FjMaV5izRt_IPWOzhZBtt-LLeCusjnTtc8B2ht0EqxkuTY6HJTX9jVc6Qe-M/s320/asther+pat+patterson+piano+large.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther and Pat Paterson in <i>Love Time</i> (<i>Serenade</i>),</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> biopic of the composer Franz Schubert</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5K6ijeO0rElDoCy_sopcZx6vEeZXX4KGdB2OoiE1Cq0btwoYrmZ61hgHKgtMWuFQ8207Wbb4SHTaIEBA_GPtEKrgHXHmGjqWDTYSldIUMfciX3kDOjJKan2IiOnrVrHxRZ1DAFuZc2g/s1600/asther+pat+patterson+piano+large+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5K6ijeO0rElDoCy_sopcZx6vEeZXX4KGdB2OoiE1Cq0btwoYrmZ61hgHKgtMWuFQ8207Wbb4SHTaIEBA_GPtEKrgHXHmGjqWDTYSldIUMfciX3kDOjJKan2IiOnrVrHxRZ1DAFuZc2g/s320/asther+pat+patterson+piano+large+closeup.jpg" width="183" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201934%20love%20time">more about this film</a></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-87528797398667687702011-10-26T12:07:00.000-07:002011-10-26T12:07:00.211-07:00Picture of the day: composer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfqCJgBliiYj3_0ToShj0XwNMxEb9Jj7Ig0O0bZP9cc4rZPffEEbcfsmkHs_txZhmVdKBom_bSWM2XH_qJno75r9eERjqG3_fshAE_hn6fh-f7rAQY_6X8j4Q3sw3Ng3SucBKMB7Hrdo/s1600/nils+asther+conductor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfqCJgBliiYj3_0ToShj0XwNMxEb9Jj7Ig0O0bZP9cc4rZPffEEbcfsmkHs_txZhmVdKBom_bSWM2XH_qJno75r9eERjqG3_fshAE_hn6fh-f7rAQY_6X8j4Q3sw3Ng3SucBKMB7Hrdo/s1600/nils+asther+conductor.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Nils Asther as Italian composer Lambardi in<i> Dr Kildare's Wedding Day</i> (<i>Mary Names the Day</i>), 1941</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7IClrhrwkbjZVAVr-ipHUTKH4T1TX1ECigjBaWQSFgzqyXC-8yTkYhb4Q9XBSzH4gnwL_bXfi8lWiU_Hl-UeG9soEhfPnUgEVcHfM4VJEHk0MxQ54cSeClAEh8Hk00i3BlMTu26aEVQ/s1600/nils+asther+conductor+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7IClrhrwkbjZVAVr-ipHUTKH4T1TX1ECigjBaWQSFgzqyXC-8yTkYhb4Q9XBSzH4gnwL_bXfi8lWiU_Hl-UeG9soEhfPnUgEVcHfM4VJEHk0MxQ54cSeClAEh8Hk00i3BlMTu26aEVQ/s320/nils+asther+conductor+closeup.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201941%20dr%20kildare%27s%20wedding%20day">more about this film</a></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-5300868897224208032011-10-25T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-25T11:59:00.344-07:00Picture of the day: tuxedo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLVL_RM140ZvUnkOXRF_DAQG4Q__RItNgi4VgVQJzAG6_SNj-X9umXJAlrNhdEB4kEUEGFRqp4LtPn8IEPw3Za9I3BmSs1QwN-iYlf_-HSbvJyP4kqYZfZvO1nCANnUEjIjtacfqn22k/s1600/nils+asther+tux.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLVL_RM140ZvUnkOXRF_DAQG4Q__RItNgi4VgVQJzAG6_SNj-X9umXJAlrNhdEB4kEUEGFRqp4LtPn8IEPw3Za9I3BmSs1QwN-iYlf_-HSbvJyP4kqYZfZvO1nCANnUEjIjtacfqn22k/s1600/nils+asther+tux.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Nils Asther, probably 1930s</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-8246226010026051482011-10-24T07:25:00.000-07:002011-10-24T07:25:00.796-07:00Picture of the day: embrace with Garbo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UoRpvi0oOpg/TqA0codUgGI/AAAAAAAAA8A/gfcHnCWSoMs/s1600/still+garbo+lewis+stone+asther.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p9Cmp7t9Cy4/TgEsEVnfMxI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/z_EDpU1GEf4/s1600/Wild_Orchids-27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p9Cmp7t9Cy4/TgEsEVnfMxI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/z_EDpU1GEf4/s320/Wild_Orchids-27.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="255" /> </span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nils Asther, Greta Garbo, </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wild Orchids </i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1929</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9DMmc2F6wZQ/TqA1usBBLFI/AAAAAAAAA8I/rS0DcdG-95Y/s1600/garbo+asther+embrace+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9DMmc2F6wZQ/TqA1usBBLFI/AAAAAAAAA8I/rS0DcdG-95Y/s320/garbo+asther+embrace+closeup.jpg" width="318" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/p/films-1929-garbo.html" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">more about this film</a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-56458359104724802352011-10-23T14:01:00.000-07:002011-10-23T14:01:00.404-07:00Picture of the day: Nils the sailor and his pipe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq59JB1EUaM/Tp9BxD87TfI/AAAAAAAAA7o/lYx28c2hVm4/s1600/sailor+asther.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nq59JB1EUaM/Tp9BxD87TfI/AAAAAAAAA7o/lYx28c2hVm4/s320/sailor+asther.jpg" width="259" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Nils Asther, on set of <i>The Single Standard</i>, 1929</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HzOd8SCWim4/Tp9Bx9fY9cI/AAAAAAAAA7w/vWVpBG7a35g/s1600/sailor+asther+closeup+pipe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HzOd8SCWim4/Tp9Bx9fY9cI/AAAAAAAAA7w/vWVpBG7a35g/s1600/sailor+asther+closeup+pipe.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QNp77jzMfnE/Tp9ByVoYq1I/AAAAAAAAA74/hzNNQkXL1fA/s1600/sailor+card+asther.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QNp77jzMfnE/Tp9ByVoYq1I/AAAAAAAAA74/hzNNQkXL1fA/s320/sailor+card+asther.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gQb7gVIuqAs/TgE01sCr--I/AAAAAAAAAeg/8T_TodoJAYQ/s1600/nils+asther+sailor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gQb7gVIuqAs/TgE01sCr--I/AAAAAAAAAeg/8T_TodoJAYQ/s320/nils+asther+sailor.jpg" width="220" /></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2111601446"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201929%20the%20single%20standard"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">more about this film</span></span></a></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-61991259255115311792011-10-22T12:35:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:35:00.331-07:00The Crime Doctor (1934)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ExkOh_kq6jyhqQOJuqzCgDa0VeHlHROrbBVqQFi3uaSosjNkzVTB84UXLDaNZYXaQnpWEapH2Vp1AZsKrZXeDg4_Gb49w_XXNtDY3DMJgXd5cRb90_goyBe5lge9ofngzTi2pHuOwrU/s1600/kruger+asther.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ExkOh_kq6jyhqQOJuqzCgDa0VeHlHROrbBVqQFi3uaSosjNkzVTB84UXLDaNZYXaQnpWEapH2Vp1AZsKrZXeDg4_Gb49w_XXNtDY3DMJgXd5cRb90_goyBe5lge9ofngzTi2pHuOwrU/s320/kruger+asther.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther in <i>The Crime Doctor</i>, 1934</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrog0WP0Q7UWGn5OhxIvhGpugiTqqLeqWcrajvQRTFmvnogBEhROaiYm-UyyWJ9IV7AEKZhyW8LRE8vk3SUTOwb-Dq-SJVWoHQViLuJiTF5CCgsK1P1746s6XDD_UwntX-PBNrZmd6Xmo/s1600/kruger+asther+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrog0WP0Q7UWGn5OhxIvhGpugiTqqLeqWcrajvQRTFmvnogBEhROaiYm-UyyWJ9IV7AEKZhyW8LRE8vk3SUTOwb-Dq-SJVWoHQViLuJiTF5CCgsK1P1746s6XDD_UwntX-PBNrZmd6Xmo/s320/kruger+asther+closeup.jpg" width="294" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7BgrQkuYtJgO1RtayQ7M21D-rQ9cKVtZP21TFvQ9l0i6RfePAd1Dhc3yNNedGZOyIa6datkQPTYES-ZkGrtGIVSsdCVePo98779tSYMXtfbT27E6ECN4Ih029OLwOhJvL8fgHSf80J0/s1600/crimedoctor+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E89J0CgjUuA/TlzcCAKdyQI/AAAAAAAAA1g/2G0HHbVWlB8/s1600/crime+doctor.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E89J0CgjUuA/TlzcCAKdyQI/AAAAAAAAA1g/2G0HHbVWlB8/s320/crime+doctor.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Nils Asther in court as his character is accused of murder</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRDkD1QprJmV8y0S_cvrbQETCTmgB9n3uduQdqXu4Va6xn_H2rSmN_t_XdiGMKw_fxF5mvBJ_RLLx5MDcjbtwTkl70kMCTHzH2xKNDJtv514mrCVbsfYW6Ns77b2__qwOq1tz-s_WuRs/s1600/crime+doctor+court+closeup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRDkD1QprJmV8y0S_cvrbQETCTmgB9n3uduQdqXu4Va6xn_H2rSmN_t_XdiGMKw_fxF5mvBJ_RLLx5MDcjbtwTkl70kMCTHzH2xKNDJtv514mrCVbsfYW6Ns77b2__qwOq1tz-s_WuRs/s320/crime+doctor+court+closeup.JPG" width="273" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oO9jcuzFpJ8/TgbCVRV6DLI/AAAAAAAAAkM/Y4swvuABvO8/s1600/crime+doctor+bw+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oO9jcuzFpJ8/TgbCVRV6DLI/AAAAAAAAAkM/Y4swvuABvO8/s320/crime+doctor+bw+poster.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In <i>The Crime Doctor</i>, Asther plays the clandestine lover of Karen Morley whose husband, criminologist Otto Kruger, has revenge on their affair by designing the perfect murder so that Asther is implicated.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D07EFD9143FE53ABC4952DFB366838F629EDE"><span style="font-size: small;">New York Times, 1934 review </span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">May 11, 1934 </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the new picture at the Rialto, the perfect crime is engineered with such skill and imagination by a criminologist </span><span style="font-size: small;"> [Otto Kruger]</span><span style="font-size: small;">, who is also a jealous husband, that it becomes a fascinating thing to watch. Dan Gifford, long the scourge of careless murderers, forges each link in the homicide with such cold and deadly precision that his wife's lover [Nils Asther] is inescapably trapped in a circumstantial case. Even the victim seems to doubt his own innocence, so damning is the evidence against him. Unhappily for the cause of the perfect murder, Gifford finally confesses and shoots himself when he realizes the depth of his wife's affection for the doomed man.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Otto Kruger, who has not been so fortunate in his previous encounters with the cinema, helps "The Crime Doctor" measurably with the venomously exciting performance that he provides as the assassin. Asking no quarter from his audience by diluting the sheer reptilian quality of his behavior with sympathetic undertones, he provides a murderer who is admirably calm, cruel and intelligent.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gifford plans the crime—contradicting his own theory that a clueless murder is impossible—when his wife [Karen Morley] informs him that she loves Eric Anderson, an author. He plants a woman in an adjoining apartment, ostensibly to gather evidence of his wife's infidelity. The woman tries to blackmail the author, as Gifford knows she will, and the criminologist graciously offers to help the man he hates. When, finally, he puts two bullets into the woman with the author's gun, he has arranged the plot so neatly that on every point of motivation, clue and evidence Anderson seems to be the killer.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">When it is all over and the audience is properly lost in admiration and excitement, it turns out that the whole story is just something the criminologist has written—a piece of detective fiction. That is an unfortunate epilogue. It seems such a shame to excuse a crime so expertly managed. The players who support Mr. Kruger are entirely effective. Karen Morley is the wife, Nils Asther the lover and William Frawley a sleuth who solves the murder.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E89J0CgjUuA/TlzcCAKdyQI/AAAAAAAAA1g/2G0HHbVWlB8/s1600/crime+doctor.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7BgrQkuYtJgO1RtayQ7M21D-rQ9cKVtZP21TFvQ9l0i6RfePAd1Dhc3yNNedGZOyIa6datkQPTYES-ZkGrtGIVSsdCVePo98779tSYMXtfbT27E6ECN4Ih029OLwOhJvL8fgHSf80J0/s1600/crimedoctor+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7BgrQkuYtJgO1RtayQ7M21D-rQ9cKVtZP21TFvQ9l0i6RfePAd1Dhc3yNNedGZOyIa6datkQPTYES-ZkGrtGIVSsdCVePo98779tSYMXtfbT27E6ECN4Ih029OLwOhJvL8fgHSf80J0/s320/crimedoctor+poster.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-36096716151996326272011-10-22T12:03:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:03:00.379-07:00Picture of the day: jealous bellhop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B_Is4xUF9pI/Tp856KwC-eI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/juKQSFJ8EGc/s1600/jetta+goudal+asther+marion+davies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B_Is4xUF9pI/Tp856KwC-eI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/juKQSFJ8EGc/s320/jetta+goudal+asther+marion+davies.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Nils Asther, Jetta Goudal and Marion Davies in <i>The Cardboard Lover</i>, 1928</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2U1Nr7i_DwQ/Tp85601qwuI/AAAAAAAAA7g/v_aWQtEmve4/s1600/jetta+goudal+asther+marion+davies+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="269" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2U1Nr7i_DwQ/Tp85601qwuI/AAAAAAAAA7g/v_aWQtEmve4/s320/jetta+goudal+asther+marion+davies+closeup.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1293291580"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201928%20the%20cardboard%20lover"><span style="font-size: small;">more about this film</span></a></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-81857290782330610992011-10-21T07:20:00.000-07:002011-10-21T07:20:00.229-07:00Picture of the day: subtle, powerful attraction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rQhR3eXACZQ/Tp7cv9hgeZI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/Hg_6fMq2bAk/s1600/lobby+card+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rQhR3eXACZQ/Tp7cv9hgeZI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/Hg_6fMq2bAk/s320/lobby+card+closeup.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, <i>Wild Orchids</i>, 1929</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rajKlUTemNA/Tp7cvPYyIMI/AAAAAAAAA7I/f8VvaBwy1M4/s1600/lobby+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rajKlUTemNA/Tp7cvPYyIMI/AAAAAAAAA7I/f8VvaBwy1M4/s320/lobby+card.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Caption: "She responded to the subtle, powerful attraction of the Prince"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So much to enjoy here.</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-87154144994860819812011-10-20T11:05:00.000-07:002011-10-20T11:20:14.676-07:00Forced Landing (1941)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5vUEPiM5ts/TolhQ__MXNI/AAAAAAAAA4I/dt6vuBUvYjA/s1600/eva+gabor+asther.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5vUEPiM5ts/TolhQ__MXNI/AAAAAAAAA4I/dt6vuBUvYjA/s320/eva+gabor+asther.jpg" width="320" /> </a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther and Eva Gabor in <i>Forced Landing</i>, 1941</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Se-yP0UhGqY/Td-v4HhpDkI/AAAAAAAAAJM/preei7HS0kg/s1600/forced+landing+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Se-yP0UhGqY/Td-v4HhpDkI/AAAAAAAAAJM/preei7HS0kg/s1600/forced+landing+poster.jpg" /></a> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbzhdNd4F35-kAuTCwvVQbTsqO-Kp-AMcrn_bVDOxvro92SPktfZyglc0DCyQcG5az9fwKyinZqgcv9X08Z0qils7FWwd4TU_JOxO1xs_8EV1tBNZvoS9FL2gPfVV3aJ_p9VNYLfHYbw/s1600/forced+landing+lobby+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbzhdNd4F35-kAuTCwvVQbTsqO-Kp-AMcrn_bVDOxvro92SPktfZyglc0DCyQcG5az9fwKyinZqgcv9X08Z0qils7FWwd4TU_JOxO1xs_8EV1tBNZvoS9FL2gPfVV3aJ_p9VNYLfHYbw/s1600/forced+landing+lobby+card.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">From 1941-3, Nils Asther acted in a total of three war dramas for Pine-Thomas Productions, all with Richard Arlen as the hero and Asther doing service as chief villain, marked from the start by his suave manners and thick European accent.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Forced Landing</i>, 1941, was the first of these films. Asther played Colonel Jan Golas, a Pacific islands dictator vying with Richard Arlen for the affections of the beautiful Eva Gabor (in her first US picture). Ever treacherous, Asther decides that the best way to clear a path for himself is by sending Arlen on a suicide mission.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">In subsequent films, Asther was to repeat his role of untrustworthy foreigner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">In <i>Flying Blind</i>, 1941, he became Erik Karolek, a spy attempting to hijack Arlen's honeymooner charter plane after stealing military secrets. Later, in <a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201943%20submarine%20alert"><i>Submarine Alert</i>, 1943</a>, Asther was Dr Huneker, locking Arlen in a room with toxic gas for discovering his secret Nazi identity.<b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTZrFE1bZdQ/ThXKrpdAFmI/AAAAAAAAAvM/3gB-JIaXjE4/s1600/submarine+alert+poster1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTZrFE1bZdQ/ThXKrpdAFmI/AAAAAAAAAvM/3gB-JIaXjE4/s320/submarine+alert+poster1.jpg" width="320" /> </span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--9CEqoft_vI/TgC0UG1DOkI/AAAAAAAAAco/Zyb2G9eDOoA/s1600/emergency+landing+flying+blind+forced+landing+robot+pilot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--9CEqoft_vI/TgC0UG1DOkI/AAAAAAAAAco/Zyb2G9eDOoA/s320/emergency+landing+flying+blind+forced+landing+robot+pilot.jpg" width="152" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-68337862882634014992011-10-20T05:12:00.000-07:002011-10-21T13:18:03.381-07:00Night Monster (House of Mystery) 1942<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JU5CGQBRVCo/Td_sPTgWHbI/AAAAAAAAANo/seFXefbCPHU/s1600/night+monster+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JU5CGQBRVCo/Td_sPTgWHbI/AAAAAAAAANo/seFXefbCPHU/s320/night+monster+poster.jpg" width="320" /></a></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KWovRhXNv5M/Tp6_OYGxNTI/AAAAAAAAA6o/XrfzIQ4jxss/s1600/film+still.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YXYfC-CVHAw/Tp6_O5J3rbI/AAAAAAAAA6w/A9q8aTLBwNg/s1600/lobby+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In this B-picture horror, Nils Asther plays Agor Singh, a mystic who is summoned along with other specialists to the creepy mansion of a rich paraplegic. Also present are Bela Lugosi (the stiff butler) Lief Erikson (an over-sexed chauffeur) Irene Hervey (a psychologist) and Lionel Atwill (as a sleazy doctor).<br />
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Police are investigating a series of murders in the neighbouring countryside, and the scares, shadows and sudden deaths soon begin to pile up inside the old house. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fbJirpEx4Bk/Tp6_QFT18bI/AAAAAAAAA7A/7znX3XwwphE/s1600/screencap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fbJirpEx4Bk/Tp6_QFT18bI/AAAAAAAAA7A/7znX3XwwphE/s320/screencap.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The suave mystic explains his methods:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i>“A little knowledge of the occult is dangerous. Unless it’s used for good, disaster will follow its way, that is cosmic law.” </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YXYfC-CVHAw/Tp6_O5J3rbI/AAAAAAAAA6w/A9q8aTLBwNg/s1600/lobby+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YXYfC-CVHAw/Tp6_O5J3rbI/AAAAAAAAA6w/A9q8aTLBwNg/s320/lobby+card.jpg" width="320" /> </a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Agor Singh (Asther) summons a skeleton </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">using his amazing power of 'cosmic substance control'</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/c5_50csa6Pc/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c5_50csa6Pc&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c5_50csa6Pc&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Watch Agor Singh (Nils Asther) demonstrating his powers in this clip</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7vZq1B3ew4k/Td-xFTc0-sI/AAAAAAAAAJg/seyJX7dI_dw/s1600/night+monster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7vZq1B3ew4k/Td-xFTc0-sI/AAAAAAAAAJg/seyJX7dI_dw/s320/night+monster.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bela Lugosi, Lief Erikson, Nils Asther, Irene Hervey, Don Porter,<br />
Ralph Morgan in wheelchair</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/eoaL3ClDuX4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trailer for <i>Night Monster</i>, 1942</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-75655165281288330912011-10-19T05:08:00.000-07:002011-10-19T05:08:41.595-07:00The Blue Danube (Honor Above All) 1928<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zf4nrYKM5Rk/Tp6xkCQMLDI/AAAAAAAAA54/Lc-bhdC03no/s1600/nils+asther+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zf4nrYKM5Rk/Tp6xkCQMLDI/AAAAAAAAA54/Lc-bhdC03no/s320/nils+asther+card.jpg" width="196" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther, promotional card for <i>Honor Above All</i> (<i>The Blue Danube</i>), 1928</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In this silent romantic melodrama, Asther plays Erich von Statzen, a young Hungarian baron who is called away to WWI on the eve of his wedding day to Marguerite (Leatrice Joy). Marguerite is then left alone to fend off the lies peddled by Ludwig, an elderly violin maker, who tries to convince her that the baron has been unfaithful and she should marry him instead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cecil B D Mille was executive producer and a copy of this film is kept in the Library of Congress.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKI10rKPWJsYQI_Nv3gjW8nrrm-S2Y_BLuvu0FqO4NT_p95X8s1YllxzIoQvVe-MCnSAtCqcsJe8KgUPno_492AlQvFkABqnBJEAMYhIYbCHQDVTuWau1eVRYEHY_xuYsUxRsC-pbmA_g/s1600/prisoner+of+corbal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKI10rKPWJsYQI_Nv3gjW8nrrm-S2Y_BLuvu0FqO4NT_p95X8s1YllxzIoQvVe-MCnSAtCqcsJe8KgUPno_492AlQvFkABqnBJEAMYhIYbCHQDVTuWau1eVRYEHY_xuYsUxRsC-pbmA_g/s320/prisoner+of+corbal.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxLuTkSH0Xk/Td-zpHyOXOI/AAAAAAAAAKc/xJTOTku9XeA/s1600/prisoner+of+corbal+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LxLuTkSH0Xk/Td-zpHyOXOI/AAAAAAAAAKc/xJTOTku9XeA/s320/prisoner+of+corbal+card.jpg" width="204" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PvrGYbvcQBU/TlY0fB6A-fI/AAAAAAAAAzE/mhCUtrrsS80/s1600/blue+danube+leatrice+joy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PvrGYbvcQBU/TlY0fB6A-fI/AAAAAAAAAzE/mhCUtrrsS80/s320/blue+danube+leatrice+joy.jpg" width="258" /></a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Leatrice Joy and Nils Asther</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p6WgQtoA-ok/Tp62GUielII/AAAAAAAAA6A/WafkK1DvLjo/s1600/the-blue-danube-1928-leatrice+joy+crowd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p6WgQtoA-ok/Tp62GUielII/AAAAAAAAA6A/WafkK1DvLjo/s320/the-blue-danube-1928-leatrice+joy+crowd.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ludwig (Joseph Schildkraut) has eyes for tavern girl Marguerite (Leatrice Joy)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDwuRVrmeiY0NuIXwN-4FlrwC09y5JgROqtDX6z1Bmjn6ICeWZNIzdtfcKH8c44FgoNEl0jYz4lwujR_0VFZKfmeW3suJC0aGtsko7HhEn56HP-PdkIVYx5IldeBZ-tOPhPndUgoKXtI/s1600/leatrice+joy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDwuRVrmeiY0NuIXwN-4FlrwC09y5JgROqtDX6z1Bmjn6ICeWZNIzdtfcKH8c44FgoNEl0jYz4lwujR_0VFZKfmeW3suJC0aGtsko7HhEn56HP-PdkIVYx5IldeBZ-tOPhPndUgoKXtI/s320/leatrice+joy.JPG" width="250" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B07E3DC1E3FE73ABC4850DFB2668383639EDE&pagewanted=print">New York Times review from 1928:</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="timestamp_print" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">April 30, 1928</span></div><div> </div><h1 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">'BLUE DANUBE' IS SHOWN; Film at the Strand Employs Girl and-Hunchback Theme.</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This picture is another reiteration of the sentimental Marguerite theme, made a bit more pleasant than most by the actors in the three leading rôles.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like its sisters, which are legion, the plot concerns itself with Marguerite, the daughter of an innkeeper, the baron of the district and the village hunchback. The baron and the girl fall in love while the orchestra plays "The Blue Danube" Waltz, but before they can be married the young man departs for war. He tries to send messages back by Ludwig, the hunchback, but they never arrive. An uncle of the baron complicates matters by forcing Marguerite to marry Ludwig. It ends cheerfully, with the hunchback stabbing himself, and the girl and her baron falling into each other's arms.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Miss Joy has the chief rôle and manages to instill a manner into the threadbare character which makes it not only graceful but intelligent. Her baron, Mr. Asther, ranges quite well from tenderness to bravery without losing his stride in the process.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">About Mr. Schildkraut, in the difficult part of Ludwig the hunchback, there is something of Germanic symbolism. Ludwig is by trade a violin maker and as he sits and meditates on his love and on his wrongs, the knife and small hammer are never idle. His eyes stare fitfully, changing from sorrow to the glare of intense hatred.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are in the picture certain bits of good direction—things fading out and merging into others of similar nature. Many ideas are suggested lightly rather than being heavily painted in the "stop-go" manner.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uSU-S7K5uk0/Tp68ksswrDI/AAAAAAAAA6g/wBjS-CUglY4/s1600/music+score.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uSU-S7K5uk0/Tp68ksswrDI/AAAAAAAAA6g/wBjS-CUglY4/s320/music+score.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Promotional sheet music for the film </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLDcydX6gIk">Listen to an 1928 LP record of this theme music on YouTube </a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZxyybQHOBU/Tp65qSmxIWI/AAAAAAAAA6I/hjMlI87YLso/s1600/la+fille+du+danube.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZxyybQHOBU/Tp65qSmxIWI/AAAAAAAAA6I/hjMlI87YLso/s320/la+fille+du+danube.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X7S0KuycZ94/Tp65rbWu1_I/AAAAAAAAA6Y/Nyhe7d0tYG8/s1600/lombard+spectator.+jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-15063612051219692862011-10-19T04:08:00.000-07:002011-10-19T04:08:22.033-07:00Picture of the day: hand tinted card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVmZedJMAnM/Tp6n8ECbjUI/AAAAAAAAA5o/YztOHauQt4A/s1600/postcard+young+colorised.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVmZedJMAnM/Tp6n8ECbjUI/AAAAAAAAA5o/YztOHauQt4A/s320/postcard+young+colorised.jpg" width="219" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther, hand tinted (colorised) film star card by Ross Verlag, Berlin</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Original photograph by <a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/photographer%3A%20clarence%20sinclair%20bull">Clarence Sinclair Bull</a> for MGM Studios, c 1920s</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-517103548620286182011-10-06T03:56:00.000-07:002011-10-06T03:56:00.073-07:00Picture of the day: photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1ZEaUBVdHf4ETigM7Mrr_Sie2lGKzQIqThlUqBuLcbV9vr7qYUh_7NDSld6Kn4XqB5jm7hvXElW0X9UVxJYMAIAHugFEMSpFt2pHCzcu9R1zPkP3mLj8-aNP7treyWaWa0YXpp8vY3k/s1600/niels_asther_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1ZEaUBVdHf4ETigM7Mrr_Sie2lGKzQIqThlUqBuLcbV9vr7qYUh_7NDSld6Kn4XqB5jm7hvXElW0X9UVxJYMAIAHugFEMSpFt2pHCzcu9R1zPkP3mLj8-aNP7treyWaWa0YXpp8vY3k/s320/niels_asther_edited.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Nils Asther, photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull for MGM Studios c 1928</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LKErrCJ37Dk/ToaXmyySJxI/AAAAAAAAA38/E2or3MlSFYY/s1600/white+suit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LKErrCJ37Dk/ToaXmyySJxI/AAAAAAAAA38/E2or3MlSFYY/s320/white+suit1.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s3ViJzqES4k/Tg2KTDXITlI/AAAAAAAAArs/fq1x5ycHgBY/s1600/nils+asther+white+suit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s3ViJzqES4k/Tg2KTDXITlI/AAAAAAAAArs/fq1x5ycHgBY/s320/nils+asther+white+suit.jpg" width="251" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've just noticed this is a different white suit. Even more dashing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4cg6R63sGNg/ToaX9KAAJxI/AAAAAAAAA4E/RepOZYVPw90/s1600/white+suit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4cg6R63sGNg/ToaX9KAAJxI/AAAAAAAAA4E/RepOZYVPw90/s320/white+suit2.jpg" width="222" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f0mFquFpDzQ/ToaXnxDyI-I/AAAAAAAAA4A/EffcFFwp4p0/s1600/white+suit+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f0mFquFpDzQ/ToaXnxDyI-I/AAAAAAAAA4A/EffcFFwp4p0/s320/white+suit+card.jpg" width="208" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm guessing these photos are from the early 1930s. I don't know which film(s) he is promoting.</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-76436768945405959582011-10-03T20:58:00.000-07:002011-10-03T20:58:00.091-07:00Picture of the day: Chinese general 1933<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3kKmiMyODo/ToaQ2v6piiI/AAAAAAAAA30/7QPKMEmY4_I/s1600/general+yen+lobby+card3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3kKmiMyODo/ToaQ2v6piiI/AAAAAAAAA30/7QPKMEmY4_I/s320/general+yen+lobby+card3.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Walter Connolly, unnamed actress, and Nils Asther in <i>The Bitter Tea of General Yen</i>, 1933</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201933%20the%20bitter%20tea%20of%20general%20yen">for more about this film (and about Asther's 'Chinese' makeup) click here </a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wgx1O-zyhR8/ToaRh8Nox5I/AAAAAAAAA34/AXwj1yM5fK8/s1600/general+yen+lobby+card3+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wgx1O-zyhR8/ToaRh8Nox5I/AAAAAAAAA34/AXwj1yM5fK8/s320/general+yen+lobby+card3+closeup.jpg" width="248" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-53721707137618356422011-10-02T20:34:00.000-07:002011-10-02T21:50:42.628-07:00Picture of the day: 1929 prizefighter, sailor, painter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q5Y2rxluZF0/ToaLVdAYBcI/AAAAAAAAA3k/LufzGu4ZfdY/s1600/single+standard+yacht+nils.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q5Y2rxluZF0/ToaLVdAYBcI/AAAAAAAAA3k/LufzGu4ZfdY/s320/single+standard+yacht+nils.jpg" width="248" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nI6eJVuTIG8/ToaLEBBK6gI/AAAAAAAAA3g/3wK689Dirhc/s1600/packy+cannon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Nils Asther on the set of <i>The Single Standard</i>, 1929</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1230918151"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201929%20the%20single%20standard">more about this film </a>(review coming eventually)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Asther plays Packy Cannon </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3NMmRmmz8s/ToaMETE7ZQI/AAAAAAAAA3s/H7qdGykzkoQ/s1600/single+standard+caption+prizefighter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3NMmRmmz8s/ToaMETE7ZQI/AAAAAAAAA3s/H7qdGykzkoQ/s320/single+standard+caption+prizefighter.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQ5x-y8usUY/ToaMDx1nhaI/AAAAAAAAA3o/TbWLM5W5eHA/s1600/single+standard+boxing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQ5x-y8usUY/ToaMDx1nhaI/AAAAAAAAA3o/TbWLM5W5eHA/s320/single+standard+boxing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oielSRH7CS4/ToaMa2NU2AI/AAAAAAAAA3w/U085ATzbvY4/s1600/single+standard1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oielSRH7CS4/ToaMa2NU2AI/AAAAAAAAA3w/U085ATzbvY4/s320/single+standard1.jpg" width="253" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Greta Garbo, Nils Asther in <i>The Single Standard</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(I love this film.)</span></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-18523754530325020742011-10-01T20:10:00.000-07:002011-09-30T20:11:31.961-07:00Picture of the day: dinner jacket, 1934<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8EnDfzMMzpA/ToaDUNzZaII/AAAAAAAAA3Y/eUp-jVs9JLQ/s1600/nils+asther+in+suit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8EnDfzMMzpA/ToaDUNzZaII/AAAAAAAAA3Y/eUp-jVs9JLQ/s320/nils+asther+in+suit.JPG" width="258" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther, promotional photo for <i>Madame Spy, </i>1934, Universal</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201934%20madame%20spy">for more about the film <i>Madame Spy</i> with Nils Asther and Fay Wray, click here</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56YF8C6eNOQ/ToaESvFRDuI/AAAAAAAAA3c/AHnsok2_cUk/s1600/nils+asther+in+suit+closeup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56YF8C6eNOQ/ToaESvFRDuI/AAAAAAAAA3c/AHnsok2_cUk/s320/nils+asther+in+suit+closeup.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-43207859028120552422011-09-30T19:55:00.000-07:002011-09-30T19:57:04.773-07:00Picture of the day: sailing with Garbo, 1929<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n6O9k66bWMg/ToZ_Ohk6XoI/AAAAAAAAA3U/853L5v1CVBk/s1600/garbo+asther+profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n6O9k66bWMg/ToZ_Ohk6XoI/AAAAAAAAA3U/853L5v1CVBk/s320/garbo+asther+profile.jpg" width="262" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Greta Garbo, Nils Asther in <i>Wild Orchids</i>, 1929</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Asther plays the Prince de Gace, who seduces Garbo away from her older husband while on board ship sailing to Java.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201929%20wild%20orchids">more about this film</a></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-54688911860926404912011-09-24T05:32:00.000-07:002011-10-29T17:27:06.169-07:00Picture of the day: kissing her feet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g-9oFpqHTro/TnnZ9DIGRGI/AAAAAAAAA3M/xadCwLNeYow/s1600/lobby+card+foot+kiss+close+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HxAXW_SGMXM/Tnnbu7UuZsI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/RMxbE4by5F0/s1600/lobby+card+foot+kiss+close+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HxAXW_SGMXM/Tnnbu7UuZsI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/RMxbE4by5F0/s320/lobby+card+foot+kiss+close+up.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Nils Asther and Loretta Young in <i>Laugh, Clown, Laugh</i>, 1928</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Detail of a lobby card</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-40mdMWZfmDU/TgyQup32NTI/AAAAAAAAArE/e5gaRD6uwuE/s1600/Poster+-+Laugh%252C+Clown%252C+Laugh_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-40mdMWZfmDU/TgyQup32NTI/AAAAAAAAArE/e5gaRD6uwuE/s320/Poster+-+Laugh%252C+Clown%252C+Laugh_10.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://nilsasther.blogspot.com/search/label/film%3A%201928%20laugh%20clown%20laugh">more about this film</a></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-26541300277458781832011-09-23T05:05:00.000-07:002011-09-23T05:05:00.597-07:00Picture of the day: by Clarence Sinclair Bull<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vW2iIvhkePs/TnnTK5vX92I/AAAAAAAAA3E/ot3TmClIj70/s1600/still+by+clarence+sinclair+bull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5cbJnV-usNA/TnnTfuizUeI/AAAAAAAAA3I/7YliAti2JLc/s1600/still+by+clarence+sinclair+bull1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5cbJnV-usNA/TnnTfuizUeI/AAAAAAAAA3I/7YliAti2JLc/s320/still+by+clarence+sinclair+bull1.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull for MGM Studios, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">probably taken late 1920s or early 1930s.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157508758307176879.post-12255395710765329372011-09-22T04:53:00.000-07:002011-09-22T04:53:00.315-07:00The Man in Half Moon Street, 1945<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CQxGmQrnKlQ/TnnQm0gdJMI/AAAAAAAAA24/6qLQ9ht9Y5Y/s1600/man+in+half+moon+street+negative+still1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U9EhPwmOfYA/TnnQt1WziGI/AAAAAAAAA3A/kft9w04bD44/s1600/nils+asther+woman.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U9EhPwmOfYA/TnnQt1WziGI/AAAAAAAAA3A/kft9w04bD44/s1600/nils+asther+woman.jpeg" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils Asther and Helen Walker in <i>The Man in Half Moon Street</i>, 1945, Paramount Pictures</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Asther plays a 120 year old London doctor who has found a way to prolong life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f9LQx8Wi3ok/TgLDeppEl3I/AAAAAAAAAic/-Er9bJYPm3U/s1600/the+man+in+half+moon+street+still.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f9LQx8Wi3ok/TgLDeppEl3I/AAAAAAAAAic/-Er9bJYPm3U/s1600/the+man+in+half+moon+street+still.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tww3AGRLEPc/Td_HPYc6_SI/AAAAAAAAAMA/GjAORy4Jglc/s1600/The_Man_in_Half_Moon_Street+poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tww3AGRLEPc/Td_HPYc6_SI/AAAAAAAAAMA/GjAORy4Jglc/s320/The_Man_in_Half_Moon_Street+poster.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7jOu5FlAis/TnnQtTdP_ZI/AAAAAAAAA28/V7wKDpaZa60/s1600/lobby+cards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7jOu5FlAis/TnnQtTdP_ZI/AAAAAAAAA28/V7wKDpaZa60/s320/lobby+cards.jpg" width="268" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-etwYFrjc0qE/TgCumqpRZqI/AAAAAAAAAcI/NZvS8LCqEqU/s1600/man+in+half+moon+street+negative+still.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-etwYFrjc0qE/TgCumqpRZqI/AAAAAAAAAcI/NZvS8LCqEqU/s320/man+in+half+moon+street+negative+still.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CQxGmQrnKlQ/TnnQm0gdJMI/AAAAAAAAA24/6qLQ9ht9Y5Y/s1600/man+in+half+moon+street+negative+still1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CQxGmQrnKlQ/TnnQm0gdJMI/AAAAAAAAA24/6qLQ9ht9Y5Y/s320/man+in+half+moon+street+negative+still1.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6_6SjPRJA">watch this film in full on YouTube</a></span></div></div>About Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661923306684708885noreply@blogger.com0