Cinema Poster Art - Jean Adrien Mercier

Patrick McGoohan R.I.P.

Not pre-code related, but a favorite actor of mine:

Wired - R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner's TV Visionary

Some Came Running Blog - Patrick McGoohan, 1928-2009

Guardian TV and Radio Blog - Be seeing you: remembering Patrick McGoohan

STEVENHARTSITE - Patrick McGoohan

Six of One: The Prisoner Appreciation Society

The Prisoner Online .com

The Prisoner U.S. Home Page

Cinema Poster Art - Richard Dix

Cover by Albert Vargas

Thanks to Carteles de Cine for the images

For more info on Dick Dix go to The Richard Dix Website

Virginia Bruce Biography

Actress Virginia Bruce is the subject of an upcoming bio by writer Scott O'Brien. Scott is the author of Kay Francis - I Can’t Wait To be Forgotten.

From the author’s website:

‘Virginia Bruce - Under My Skin by Scott O'Brien is the first full-length biography to delve into the fascinating, turbulent life and career of one of Hollywood's most under-rated stars. In James Robert Parish's foreword for the book, he notes Bruce's quiet charisma, the haunted, distracted look of her eyes, her vibrant voice, and her "off screen life ... far more exciting and exotic than any role she experienced on camera"’.

Go to www.virginiabrucebiography.com for more info.

cover Virginia with veilDonald Ogden Stewart Party 9/12/33. John Gilbert as Rasputin, Virginia as Vilma Banky, Kay Francis as Nita Naldi, and Kenneth MacKenna as Maurice Chevalier.Virginia and producer J. Walter Ruben’s wedding 12/18/37 – Kay Francis and Jack Warner’s wife put on the reception.Virginia and Gilbert from Downstairs Virginia with long hair – publicity for Jane EyreVirginia and her mother on the set of KongoVirginia and Conrad Nagel in KongoThanks to Scott for the images and descriptions.