Links 8.26.12

Classic News / Reading Roundup:

RIP Jeffrey Stone, He was a model for Prince Charming for Disney’s 1950 animated classic “Cinderella”, lots of film, TV

Mary Pickford Biopic Now Has a Title: ‘The First’

The Girl dramatizes the experience that a young Tippi Hedren had working with the British director during The Birds and Marnie. watch the trailer

Hitchcock Mania Continues With Brit TV Remake Of ‘The Lady Vanishes’ 

Remake of the Murder Mystery ‘The Last of Sheila’ 

Jean Marais Becoming Cocteau’s Beast via Bill Crider

BLOGS / REVIEWS:

yesterday’s TCM star was Tyrone Power, & I hope you enjoyed my post on his JOHNNY APOLLO. Today it’s Gary Cooper. Go to SUTS blogathon central Sittin on a Backyard Fence, to catch up on many many other great posts on the movies TCM is showing or the other HQ at ScribeHard’s blog

classic movie man reviews new book Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews by Carl Rollyson

Classic Film and TV Cafe - The Five Coolest Cars on Classic TV

Vince Keenan’s Cocktail of the Week: The Block and Fall

FUTURE SHOPPING LIST MATERIAL:

2-disc Billy Wilder set will contain Five Graves to Cairo (1943) and A Foreign Affair (1948)

cool pic of the day from Beguiling Hollywood- 1969 parade in New York City for astronauts; Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong