The original Funny Girl, Fanny Brice #BOTD, 1936. Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull.
Your Wednesday nightcap: Beautiful poster featuring Elsa Lanchester #BOTD as The Bride and Karloff (yes, he’s billed like that) as The Monster in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
A glamour photo of Elsa Lanchester #botd. It was taken in 1934 by Yvonne Gregory, a prominent British portrait photographer of the era known for her elegant and moody studio lighting.
Ms. Lanchester was twice nominated for Best Supporting Actress, first for COME TO THE STABLE (1949) and again for WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957).
Joan Plowright #BOTD and Laurence Olivier stroll through Shubert Alley, March 1961. They were married earlier in the day in a surprise ceremony in Wilton, Conn. (Photo by Pat Candido/NY Daily News Archive) Both working on Broadway at the time, Olivier was starring as Thomas Becket in BECKET, and Plowright was starring as Josephine in A TASTE OF HONEY. She won a Tony award for that role.
John Boles #BOTD, Jack Oakie, and Ida Lupino in FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY (1937)
Jack Soo #BOTD (as Sammy Fong) and Nancy Kwan (as Linda Low) in a publicity still from FLOWER DRUM SONG (1961).
Teresa Wright #BOTD and Dan Duryea in the episode of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR, "Three Wives Too Many" (1964), in which she takes care of the situation. They worked together decades before in THE LITTLE FOXES (1941) and PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942), although they had no scenes together in the latter.
Jack Carson #BOTD is wonderful in a dramatic role in Douglas Sirk's THE TARNISHED ANGELS (1957)
Teresa Wright #BOTD and Robert Mitchum in a publicity photo for noir western PURSUED (1947)
Ruby Dee #BOTD in a publicity photo for THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY (1950)
GM! Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, and Jack Carson #BOTD in TWO GUYS FROM MILWAUKEE (1946)
Your Monday nightcap: Bette Davis photographed at her home in Beverly Hills in 1939 by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE magazine
A lively German poster for ON THE TOWN (1949), released in Germany in 1952. Headline translations: "Heut' gehn wir bummeln!" Is "Today we go strolling/bumming around" (idiomatically meaning to go out for a fun night out or painting the town red). And "Das ist New York!" translates to "That is New York!"


















