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Old Hollywood photos & stuff   ///   mostly scans from my personal collection   ///   MAIN: @nelson-riddle-me-this

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Joan Crawford feeding cake to Rock Hudson at Hollywood event c. 1956

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joan crawford’s letter to barbara stanwyck, christmas, 1962 — the note at the bottom belongs to stanwyck

“Such Language! Really!!!”

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Vintage Menu - Warner Brothers Studio Cafe Menu (Feb17th1941)

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Gregory Peck's clavicle

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A letter written by Bette Davis to Bob Hope on behalf of the Hollywood Canteen, October 25, 1943

The letter reads:

Hollywood Canteen Affiliated With American Theater Wing, Inc. H O L L Y W O O D,  C A L I F O R N I A 

October 23, 1943

Mr. Bob Hope 10346 Moorpark Street North Hollywood, California

Dear Bob Hope:

Please accept our gratitude for your graciousness in greeting our British guests at the Canteen recently.

The hospitality extended to these men by Hollywood, cannot help but indicate to them our genuine friendliness and appreciation.

The many words of pleasure and gratitude expressed by the British service men, prove to us that it was a really success- ful welcome which you helped us extend.

Our best wishes and our kindest regards.

Sincerely, Bette Davis, President

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Main title from the Warner Bros. musical Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Sung by The Andrews Sisters

The Hollywood Canteen was founded by actors Bette Davis and John Garfield with businessman Jules C. Stein as a place where American military personnel could eat, drink, dance, and be entertained. It operated from 1942-1945 and was distinguished by the many Hollywood stars and famous entertainers who volunteered there.

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“They’re Either Too Young Or Too Old”

Sung by Bette Davis in the Warner Bros.WWII fundraising film Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Music by Arthur Schwartz Lyrics by Frank Loesser

This song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 16th annual “Oscars” but lost to “You’ll Never Know” from Hello, Frisco, Hello.

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“My Heart Belongs To Daddy”

Sung by Mary Martin in the Warner Bros. Cole Porter biographical musical Night and Day (1946)

Words and Music by Cole Porter

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Gregory Peck’s collarbones continue to be my most popular post, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Though Patricia Laffan getting choked by Peter Ustinov is getting lots of attention I somehow did not anticipate

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Gregory Peck’s collarbones continue to be my most popular post, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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AT LAST! In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), George Takei as Sulu gets his first command, the U.S.S. Excelsior. The actual promotion scene was filmed for Star Trek II, but cut from the final film.

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George Takei talking to director William Shatner on the set of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).

“Despite our sometimes strained personal history, I found working with Bill as a director to be surprisingly pleasant.”

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A behind-the-scenes look at the lost scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) when Sulu encounters his great-great-etc.-grandfather. George Takei writes of the experience:

“Here I am trying to cajole the young actor playing my ancestor into performing the scene. Both Lenoard Nimoy and I did our best to inspire him, but the young man clammed up. As the day progressed, we lost the daylight and the scene.”

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George Takei as Lt. Hikara Sulu “borrows” a helicopter in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

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George Takei’s mother, Fumiko Emily Takei takes the first step on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, just prior to the release of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).

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George Takei as Sulu at the helm  in Star Trek III (1984)

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ABOVE: George Takei as Sulu goes up against a Starfleet Security officer in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). BELOW: Sulu gets the better of the much larger man. Though initially opposed to this sequence, Takei liked it when he saw it on film.