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#I can barely keep up with this one!

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i love every pixel of you my dear mutual

Van Heflin and Mervyn LeRoy discuss their approach to Jeff Hartnett, the philosophical wastrel in "Johnny Eager" (1941). Van also commented about the character in this post.

#van heflin #johnny eager #jeff hartnett #mervyn leroy #old hollywood #van article #so wonderful to get these insights from van!

Van Heflin tells of how he adapted the role of Jeff Hartnett into something more quiet, restrained and philosophical for "Johnny Eager" (1941).

#van heflin #johnny eager #old hollywood #van article #jeff hartnett #this is the first time i've seen him really describe his approach to playing jeff hartnett #nailed it #give that man an oscar!

10 of my favorite movies: pick your fave!

Rear Window

His Girl Friday

The Time Machine (1960)

Sunday in New York

Johnny Eager

The Princess Bride

Time Bandits

12 Monkeys

3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Darling Lili

Voting ended onJul 21

Tagged by film aficionado @bicolumbo and, like him, I will tag everyone!

#this is a list my brain produced on a half cup of coffee so far today #i leaned fairly heavily into time travel it seems #ask me again in a few hours and there would be lots more noir #and more van #and i put darling lili because of nostaglia/ julie andrews/ and the concert sequences *adores*

Article about Van Heflin and Gene Kelly on the set of "The Three Musketeers" (1948).

#van heflin #gene kelly #the three musketeers #the three musketeers 1948 #old hollywood #van article

A behind-the-scenes photo of Van Heflin in "Tomahawk" (1951).

#van heflin #tomahawk #i really need to gif or screencap this movie

It's cocktail time with Van Heflin!

"Love Lies Bleeding" is "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946). "Jovanka and the Others" is "Five Branded Women" (1960).

#van heflin #van article #i should have a van heflin drinking game tag

ohwhatagloomyshow

do you remember why you followed prev

yes :)

no :)

Voting ended onJul 23

#to watch someone fall in love with all character permutations of beecher/keller/drake/stabler/etc!

yesornopolls

Are you in denial about a characters death to the point you pretend it never happened?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 20

#johnny eager didn't die #lalalalala i can't hear you!

My mother's favorite song of all time was "Begin the Beguine" and her favorite singer of all time was Tom Jones. In searching around one day, I was amazed to discover that Tom did a rendition of "Begin the Beguine" (and it's really good!). So I burned it to a CD with other of his greatest hits to play for her.

The next time I was driving Mom around on errands, I told her I had a surprise for her and hit "play" on the CD I'd created. She couldn't believe it! And when the song gets to the point around 1:56 where Tom really starts to belt it out, Mom gave such a exultant whoop of pure joy that it is one of my very favorite memories of her.

Anyway. It would have been Mom's birthday today. She died 6 years ago, but started fading into dementia about 10 years ago. I played this song for her 'til the very end.

Tom Jones sings Begin the Beguine, YouTube link.

#irl #tom jones #mom

wonderstruck

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

#book: Florida on Film -- which gives good history lessons along with its movie examinations #audiobook: Twenty Years After -- which is taking a long time getting back to the Athos bits. hmph.

This photograph accompanied an newspaper item at Oklahoma University, where Van was a student. The caption: Leonard Good, faculty artist, at his "Eighteenth Century" canvas, and E. Van Heflin, posing. (December 11, 1931.)

#van heflin #van at 23 #van art

littledeviantsworld-deactivated

bilf (book i'd like to finish)

Let's go coat shopping with Van.

#van heflin #hard-hitting journalism!#it's a crime that these photos are not in color #it's even more of a crime that the third photo was a nothing more than a black rectangle #also? a $200 coat is the equivalent of about $2000 today #so i really want better pictures of these damn coats!#van article

Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn uses a dinner roll to demonstrate his baseball grip to luncheon honoree Van Heflin.

#van heflin #17-time all-star warren spahn #timely for baseball's all-star break #tempest movie

Two tiny newspaper doodles of Van Heflin: (1) from the Midland Reporter Telegram, 1956 and (2) from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 1949.

#van heflin #van art

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