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Rosemary Lane’s boss summoned her to his office. It was important, the doctor told her, and the young nurse followed without question. There, a small group of hospital staff gathered around a radio to listen to President Truman address the nation. There was a remarkable new development in the ongoing war, one many felt would end it once and for all. It was a new weapon, and it had just been deployed against Japan.

Rosemary heard Truman describe the power of this bomb, the “battle of the laboratories” and...

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Vintage magazines make a great collector’s item (or gift idea) for movie lovers, and anyone looking to capture that Old Hollywood aesthetic. But you don’t even have to leave the house to get your hands on these collectibles. If you’re not in the mood to visit a garage sale or thrift store, we put together a list of rare magazines that you can buy online.

From Photoplay to Movieland magazine, you might not be familiar with some of the publications listed but if you’re a fan of Hollywood’s Golden Era, then you’re likely to recognize some (if not all) of the screen legends captured on the covers,...

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After the great guitarist Bert Jansch died last week, Pete Paphides penned a lengthy tribute for Film&Music – a tribute a great many of you appreciated (and which brought tears to the eyes of gpwayne and steewart54). In fact, just about the only gripes were from those complaining that a musician of Jansch's stature did not need character references from mere rock musicians in order to persuade the world of his greatness. "I hate having to read about Johnny Marr, Neil Young and no-marks like Devendra Banhart in whatever few Jansch pieces I read," wrote DeathByEnnui. "Bert Jansch needs no validation, no stamp of approval. All you need to do is tell people that they simply must own a copy of Rosemary Lane because it's one of the greatest albums of all time."

Amid some discussion about who was the better guitarist,...

John Garfield on TCM: Humoresque, Four Daughters, We Were Strangers Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Four Daughters (1938) A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician. Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield. Bw-90 mins. 7:45 Am Blackwell's Island (1939) A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster. Dir: William McGann. Cast: John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell. Bw-71 mins. 9:00 Am They Made Me A Criminal (1939) A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he's killed an opponent in the ring. Dir: Busby Berkeley. Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson. Bw-92 mins. 10:45 Am Dangerously They Live (1942) A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents. Dir: Robert Florey. Cast: John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey. Bw-77 mins. 12:15 Pm Pride Of The Marines (1945) A blinded...

Joanne Siegel, the widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and the original model for the Man of Steel's love interest, Lois Lane, has died. Siegel passed away on Saturday, Feb. 12, in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 93. While still a teenager, Joanne (born Jolan Kovacs in Cleveland on Dec. 1, 1917) modeled for Siegel and his partner Joe Shuster. According to the New York Times obit, Lois Lane was inspired by the Torchy Blane character played on-screen mostly by Glenda Farrell in a series of B-movies at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s. Lola Lane, then a Warners contract player along with sisters Priscilla Lane and Rosemary Lane, played Torchy in one single 1938 entry, Torchy Blane in Panama. According to some sources, Lane's name was adopted for the comics' newspaperwoman Lois. The first Superman tales came out that same year. Now, if you look at Glenda Farrell, Lola Lane, or [...]...

Mickey Carroll, the last surviving actor who played a Munchkin in the Judy Garland classic The Wizard of Oz, has passed away. He was 89 and died after a period of declining health, a BBC report said.

In keeping with Carroll's own background, his was a multi-talented resident of Munchkinland. He was a Munchkinland town crier, a Munchkin soldier and a Munchkin Fiddler. It was as the last of these that Carroll earned recognition for saying the famous line, "Follow the yellow brick road".

The Wizard of Oz (1939) was the second and last film that Carroll is credited with appearing in. The other movie was the 1938 Warner Brother's musical Gold Diggers in Paris that starred Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane and was directed by Busby Berkeley.

Mickey Carroll was born on July 8, 1919 to Italian immigrant parents. As a child he took dance lessons at the St. Louis Fox Theater. He later worked...