Going Through the Era's {Matinee Saturday} - 1960s

 Because my ewes all decided to lamb this week, I unfortunately had to skip most of Ashley's Going Through The Era's 1960s week.   However, I had this post almost completed anyway, so I decided to finish it and share it with you all:)
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This week {March 25th-31st} is the 1960s.

Today's theme is...Matinee Saturday!

{do movie reviews of movies from the era. share your favorite Actors/Actresses, fun movie trivia, etc....}

I decided to do basically the same thing as my last week's Matinee Saturday post and list all of my favorite films from the 60s.

Enjoy:)

 

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The Magnificent Seven (Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach)

Pollyanna (Hayley Mills)

The Swiss Family Robinson (John Mills, Dorthy McGuire, James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran)

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The Absent-Minded Professor (Fred MacMurray)

The Guns of Navarone (Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Disney)

The Parent Trap (Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith)

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In Search of the Castaways (Hayley Mills)

The Longest Day (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, etc.)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (James Stewart & Maureen O'Hara)

The Music Man (Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett)

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Charade (Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn) {Warning: if you're easily scared, you will not like this film}

The Great Escape (Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough) {my review}

Son of Flubber (Fred MacMurray)

Summer Magic (Hayley Mills & Dorothy McGuire)

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Father Goose (Cary Grant & Leslie Caron)

Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews)

The Moon-Spinners (Hayley Mills)

My Fair Lady (Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison)

Robin and the 7 Hoods (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bing Crosby)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Burl Ives {voice})

Send Me No Flowers (Doris Day & Rock Hudson)

The Three Lives of Thomasina (Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, Karen Dotrice)

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The Sound of Music (Julie Andrews)

That Darn Cat! (Hayley Mills & Dean Jones)

Von Ryan's Express (Frank Sinatra) {note: I skip some scenes}

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The Rare Breed (James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills)

The Trouble With Angels (Rosalind Russell & Hayley Mills)

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The Happiest Millionaire (Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Lesley Ann Warren)
Monkeys, Go Home! (Dean Jones)

The Reluctant Astronaut (Don Knotts)

Wait Until Dark (Audrey Hepburn) {Warning: if you're easily scared, you will not like this film}

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (Dean Jones)

The Shakiest Gun in the West (Don Knotts)

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Hello, Dolly! (Barbra Streisand & Walter Matthau)

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And there you have it!

My favorite films from the 1960s.

Happy Trails, y'all:)

Going Through the Era's {Matinee Saturday} - 1950s

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

This week {March 18th-24th} is the 1950s.

Today's theme is...Matinee Saturday!

{do movie reviews of movies from the era. share your favorite Actors/Actresses, fun movie trivia, etc....}

The films that stand out to me from this era are the lavish Biblical epics (The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, The Robe, etc.) and, at the other end of the scale, the totally bizarre Science Fiction adventures (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Them!, This Island Earth, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Blob, etc.).

I loved watching The Ten Commandments when I was little and was delighted when I discovered the other wonderful Biblical epics.  They're big, colorful, and in many ways bring the Bible to life for me and encourage me.

I also grew up watching the old sci-fi films, thanks to my dad.  There's really nothing he likes better than to sit down with all of us and watch The Day the Earth Stood Still, Journey to the Center of the Earth, or When World's Collide.  All of that exposure to sci-fi fare at an early age must have had it's effect, because I'm right there with him enjoying every minute.  It makes for a rather startling contrast to my usual old-fashioned, girly self;)

I  was too lazy didn't have time to review a film today, so I thought I'd steal Ashley's idea (hope you don't mind, Ashley:) and just list my favorite films from the 50s.
I have included links to any films I have previously reviewed.

Born Yesterday

1950

Annie Get Your Gun (Betty Hutton & Howard Keel)

Born Yesterday (Judy Holliday & William Holden)

Broken Arrow (James Stewart)

Father of the Bride (Spencer Tracy & Elizabeth Taylor)

Harvey (James Stewart)

Winchester '73 (James Stewart)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn)

Bedtime for Bonzo (Ronald Reagan)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie & Patricia Neal)

Quo Vadis (Robert Taylor & Debora Kerr)

Royal Wedding (Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford)

When Worlds Collide (Barbara Rush)

Singin' in the Rain

 

1952

Bend of the River (James Stewart)

High Noon (Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly)

The Quiet Man (John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara)

 Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor & Debbie Reynolds)

Roman Holiday

 

1953

Calamity Jane (Doris Day)

The Naked Spur (James Stewart)

Peter Pan (Disney)

The Robe (Richard Burton & Jean Simmons)
Rob Roy, the Highland Rouge (Richard Todd & Glynis Johns)

Roman Holiday (Gregory Peck & Audrey Hepburn)

Stalag 17 (William Holden)

On the Waterfront

 

1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Kirk Douglas & James Mason)

Brigadoon (Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse)

The Caine Mutiny (Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray)

The Country Girl (Bing Crosby, William Holden, Grace Kelly)

The Long, Long Trailer (Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz)

On the Waterfront (Marlon Brando & Eva Marie Saint)

Sabrina (Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Jane Powell & Howard Keel)

Suddenly (Frank Sinatra & Sterling Hayden)

Them! (James Arness)

White Christmas (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Rosemary Clooney)

Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra & Doris Day)

This Island Earth

 

1955

Daddy Long Legs (Fred Astaire & Leslie Caron)

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (Fess Parker & Buddy Ebsen)

Guys and Dolls (Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons)

Rage at Dawn (Randolph Scott)

This Island Earth (Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue)

War and Peace

1956

Anastasia (Ingrid Bergman & Yul Brynner)

Friendly Persuasion (Gary Cooper, Dorthy McGuire, Anthony Perkins)

High Society (Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly)

The King and I (Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (James Stewart & Doris Day)

The Ten Commandments (Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, etc.)

War and Peace (Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer)

The Wrong Man (Henry Fonda) {my review}

Funny Face

1957

Battle Hymn (Rock Hudson)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (William Holden & Alec Guinness)

Designing Woman (Gregory Peck & Lauren Bacall)

Funny Face (Audrey Hepburn & Fred Astaire) {my review}

Johnny Tremain (Disney)

Love in the Afternoon (Gary Cooper & Audrey Hepburn)

Old Yeller (Dorthy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran)

The Spirit of St. Louis (James Stewart)

Tammy and the Bachelor (Debbie Reynolds & Leslie Nielsen)

The Big Country

1958

The Big Country (Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives)

The Blob (Steve McQueen)

A Night to Remember (Kenneth More) {my review}

North by Northwest

1959

Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (James Mason & Pat Boone)

Never So Few (Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Peter Lawford, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson)

North by Northwest (Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint)

The Shaggy Dog (Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran)

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Whew!  I thought I might not make it through to '59. ;)

Happy Trails, y'all!

P.S.
This comes under the heading of bragging rights rather than trivia, but I recently discovered that I share ancestors both with William Holden and with Ronald Reagan.  They're cousins 7x removed...or something like that.  I'm not exactly sure on that point, but...
I thought that was pretty cool and I just had to tell someone=)

Going Through the Era's {Random Wednesday} - 1950s

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

 This week {March 18th-24th} is the 1950s.

Today's theme is...Random Wednesday! 

{share photos/magazine scans/dishes/cleaning recipes/things you own from the era/etc...}

Today, instead of sharing more family pictures, I want to share some scans of my two Roy Rogers Comic books and one of my Roy Rogers music books.
These are all from the mid-fifties.
 

Click the images to enlarge.

an advertisement from the comic book

It can be very difficult to find Roy Rogers memorabilia that's in good shape and for a reasonable price.  

The guy was and is so popular and loved!

Roy and I think that's Roy Jr. "Dusty" with him.

Roy teaches you the basics of guitar

These pictures were also in the music book, although I'm not sure which film they're from.

That looks like Bob Hope with Roy, so possibly Son of Paleface?  I've never seen the film, so I don't really know.

And here's one of the songs from the book...

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Happy Trails, folks!

Going Through the Era's {Fun Monday} - 1950's

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

This week {March 18th-24th} is the 1950s.

Today's theme is...Fun Monday!

{share games, TV shows, music, radio shows and books from the era}

One of my newly discovered favorite singers is  

Pat Boone.

I just love his voice and his songs are so fun! 

 

During the 50s he was second biggest charting artist with only Elvis Presley coming in ahead of him.

He was known for his clean-cut, boyish image and as a Christian refused movie roles and songs that he felt might compromise his standards.

These two songs are my favorites...

Ain't That A Shame and A Wonderful Time Up There.

 Someone I've loved listening to ever since I first saw her in White Christmas, is  

Rosemary Clooney.

When I was just a kid, my mom would put Mambo Italiano on, and we'd dance around the room and sing to it.  My mom and her sisters used to do the same when they were kids:)

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Some of my absolute FAVORITE TV shows are from this era...

Wanted: Dead or Alive

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Starring the amazingly wonderful and totally adorable King of Cool: Steve McQueen!

Um, in case you couldn't tell...I'm a McQueen fan;D

Leave it to Beaver

 {1957-63}
Meet the Cleaver family!  Ward and June Cleaver, and their sons Wally and Theodore, who prefers to be called "Beaver".   My whole family loves this show.  Beaver (played by Jerry Mathers) is quite possibly the cutest little boy ever.    I absolutely adore June Cleaver's wardrobe - she wears the cutest clothes:)

And of course there's The Andy Griffith Show, Ozzie and Harriet, Dennis the Menace, What's My Line and The Roy Rogers Show...I love 50s TV shows:)

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And that's all for today.
Happy Trails, y'all!

Going Through the Era's {Matinee Saturday} - 1940s

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!



This week {March 11th-17th} is the 1940s.

Today's theme is...Matinee Saturday!

{do movie reviews of movies from the era. share your favorite Actors/Actresses, fun movie trivia, etc....}

And I thought choosing a film from the 30s was difficult. Ha!

But then, I have so many favorite movies that I think any era is going to involve hard decisions. :) 

A popular genre during the 40s was what is now called film noir.
Detectives, double crosses, trench coats, fedoras, crime, black & white, shadows, mystery, and the femme fatale are what characterize the film noir genre.

I must confess that there's nothing I love more than a good detective story, especially when you get to figure out whodunit as the main character discovers clues.

The Maltese Falcon (Humphrey Bogart), Call Northside 777 (Jimmy Stewart) and Laura (Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews) are three of my favorites.

The 40s are also when all of my absolute favorite Alfred Hitchcock films were made.
{many of these would also be in the film noir genre}

Shadow of a Doubt

Notorious

Saboteur

Rebecca

Spellbound

Suspicion

 

After much pacing of the floor, muttering to myself, and some careful consideration, I finally decided on...

"We just sort of go along and nothing happens. We're in a terrible rut. It's been on my mind for months. What's gonna be our future?"  So muses Charlotte "Charlie" Newton (Teresa Wright), a typical teenager living in a typical family in a typical 1940s American home.

Charlie impulsively decides to send Uncle Charlie, her mother's younger brother whom young Charlie is named after, a telegram begging him to come for a visit.   But he's already on his way, having suddenly decided to pay them a visit.

Suddenly, the world seems bright, new and exciting once more! 

Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten

  

But all is not as it seems.   What secret is Uncle Charlie hiding?  Why did he tear an article out of the newspaper, that he doesn't want young Charlie to see?  What are the two men working on a "national survey" really up to?  Could young Charlie's life be in danger when she finally discovers the terrible truth?

Joseph Cotten

 

Called Hitchcock's finest film by some, and Hitch's personal favorite, Shadow of a Doubt will keep you in suspense right to the very end!

Have you ever watched Shadow of a Doubt?  What did you think of it?

I'd love to know!

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Happy Trails, y'all!

P.S.
Another of my absolute favorite films from the 40s is Random Harvest.

You can read my review here, if you want to:)

P.S.S.
I feel like I neglected so many of my favorite films...oh well.

Going Through the Era's {Fashionable Friday} - 1940's

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

This week {March 11th-17th} is the 1940s.

Today's theme is...Fashionable Friday!

{Sew something from the era using vintage, or reproduction patterns. Share your vintage clothing that you own. Do a hairstyle and/or makeup look/tutorial from the era. Do an outfit post.}

I decided to do a 40s inspired outfit today.

My darling red gingham dress that I'm sewing using a 40s pattern isn't finished yet, plus it's definitely a summer dress.  I'd rather wait and share it when we finally get warm weather up here.

Without further ado, my 40s inspired ensemble...

As it was raining/snowing/sleeting/whatever, I decided an umbrella was in order.

It was also approximately 36*F outside.

Charming.

 

o u t f i t

broken umbrella.....who knows?!

black & white polka dot dress - Goodwill

vintage gloves -antique store

red bow belt - made by me (available from my Etsy shop)

black flats - Fred Meyer

Happy Trails y'all!

P.S.

As shameless as this may be, I wanted to let those who don't usually read my blog know about...

the Silver Screen Blog Party!

{March 18th - 31st}

Please forgive the advertising, but as it's a complimentary theme to Ashley's Going Through the Era's event, I thought I'd risk it;)

I have some marvelous giveaway sponsors.

Giveaways are always fun=)

Going Through the Era's {Random Wednesday} - 1940's

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

 This week {March 11th-17th} is the 1940s.

Today's theme is...Random Wednesday! 

{share photos/magazine scans/dishes/cleaning recipes/things you own from the era/etc...}

Ready for more old family photos?!

Well ready or not, here we go...

First off, this one should have gone in the 30s post, but for some reason didn't make it in...

Clifford Raymond Miller

That little cutey is my Grandpa Cliff. :)

In my 30s post, you meet my Great Grandpa Anton "Tony", Great Grandma Ann "Annie" and their daughter Barbara.

Here they are in the 40s, although I have no pictures of Tony from this era.

Barbie Kern

My Grandma still plays the violin, also the piano and guitar.
A love of music is something I definitely inherited from her.

Barbie

The Kern family car, a Chevy

According to the note on the back, this car was wrecked sometime around 1945-ish.

Barbie and her dog Toy

Ann and Barbara Kern - 1946

Ann Kern and Toy -1946

Barbie and Toy - 1946

Remember the cute little boy in the first picture?  

Well here's his family during the 40s...

Loretta, Clifford and Yvonne Miller 

(I'm not sure who the little boy is - maybe a cousin)

I believe they were dressed up for a school play.

Clifford and Loretta in the back with Yvonne and Eileen in the front.

The baby of the family, Eileen, was tragically hit by a car and killed when she was very young.

The Miller kids

And that's all for the 40s.

Happy Trails y'all!