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Classic Hollywood enthusiast. Frequent posts about Ida Lupino. // #IdaLupinoDirecting // 🇺🇦 🇨🇦

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For this premiere, the entrance of Grauman’s Chinese Theater was covered by an “enormous black canvas ceiling” due to wartime dimout restrictions.
Los Angeles Times article from Sep. 3, 1942 describing the premiere of “The Pied Piper.” Article begins: The enormous black canvas ceiling which canopied the entrance to Grauman's Chinese Theater last night, keeping the radiance of the bright lights from the sky, enabled the fans in bleachers and lined across the street to get an excellent view of their screen favorites as they entered to see "The Pied Piper." Proceeds of the Hollywood premiere of the picture will go to the Naval Aid Auxiliary. Rudy Vallee and his Coast Guard band provided the music for the arriving guests and the patriotic spirit was enhanced by the presence, as guests of hon-or, of Floyd Patten and his youngest son, Wayne. The Patten family, consisting of the father and his eight sons, are recent additions to the Navy. STAR ENTERTAINS Monty Woolley, star of the film, entertained with a theater party, followed by supper at Mo-cambo for Ida Lupino, Bette Davis and Arthur Farnsworth, Sir Charles and Lady Mendl, Mary Pickford and James Beck, Jeanette MacDonald and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brackett.
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Ida Lupino and Monty Woolley at the premiere of Woolley’s film “The Pied Piper,” Sep. 2, 1942. At the time, Lupino and Woolley were co-starring in “Life Begins at Eight-Thirty.”
Lupino in fashionable outfit , fur wrap draped over one shoulder looks up smiling at white-bearded Monty Woolley in tuxedo, who appears to be smiling back. Crowd mills about behind them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Ann Sothern, early 1940s
Glamour portrait of Sothern
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Here is the full article where Ida Lupino and Patricia Morrison discuss the over-40 men they find charming and why. Besides FDR, Ida mentions Jerome Kern, James Hilton, Noel Coward, Henry Clive, Andre Kostelanetz, Spencer Tracy and Fred Allen. She is particularly loquacious about John Barrymore.
November 10, 1940 article from Philadelphia Inquirer: How Men Over 40 Charm
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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“For top flight male charm which includes practically all of the desirable attributes, Ida [Lupino] picks President Roosevelt. ‘I admire him for his deep understanding, his tolerance, his great sense of humor,’ she explains. ‘He gives you a feeling of integrity, reliability, wisdom.’”
Excerpt from Philadelphia Inquirer article, Nov. 10, 1940, “How Men Over Forty Charm”: For top flight male charm which includes practically all of the desirable attributes, Ida picks President Roosevelt. "I admire him for his deep understanding, his tolerance, his great sense of humor." she explains. "He gives you a feeling of integrity, reliability, wisdom. Since exploring interesting minds is my special delight. I'd like to have a real talk with him. I'd like to know him well enough to go on a fishing trip with his party where everything would be informal and removed from politics." Points of Admiration JEROME KERN is among the men past forty admired by Ida. She describes him as a person easily overlooked at first glance who nevertheless dominates any company he may be in. Sympathy, understanding, kindness are the qualities she finds in his appeal. She puts James Hilton, the novelist, in the charm category for simplicity and sincerity. Noel Coward she considers fascinating because of his modesty and brilliance. "His music, his plays, his painting. the people he knows. the things he's done, his amazing ideas! Imagine any mere young man trying to compete!" says Ida. Ida Lupino, ca. 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt, ca. 1940
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Ginger Rogers in costume as Anytime Annie for “42nd Street” (1933)
Rogers in a glamour studio photograph, seated sideways in a chair with a huge puff of feathers around her shoulders.
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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I checked my notes and TCM has not aired “In Our Time” since August 2020—over five years ago! It’s an excellent romantic wartime drama. Not only does it have Lupino and Henreid, but also the great Alla Nazimova and Michael Chekhov.
Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid in a studio pose for “In Our Time” (1944) Alla Nazimova, Nancy Coleman and Michael Chekhov in a scene from “In Our Time” (1944)
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Four Ida Lupino movies on TCM this month, starting early tomorrow! “In Our Time” is notable since they air it so rarely.

• DEVOTION (1946) — Nov 9, 5am CT
• ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951) — Nov 17, 10am
• HIGH SIERRA (1941) — Nov 17, 1:15pm
• IN OUR TIME (1944) — Nov 20, 1:30pm

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Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland in a scene from “Devotion” (1946) Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan in a snow-covered rural outdoors scene from “On Dangerous Ground” (1951) Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino in a studio pose for “High Sierra” (1941) Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid surrounded by a supportive crowd in “In Our Time” (1944)
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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A reporter catches Ann Sothern in a grumpy mood, 1947:

“Kissing scenes fun? ‘They're worst of all,’ she says. ‘You have to powder your lips so you won't get lipstick all over the actor. Then you get powder down your throat and you're miserable.’”
Ann Sothern portrait in elaborate early 20th century style dress for “April Showers” (1947) Newspaper article, Nov. 3 1947: Glamorous Life? Nuts, Says Ann Hollywood, Nov. 3 (AP) - The glamorous life of a movie star? Nuts, says Ann Sothern. Annie, who has been around Hollywood since 1934 and is now going stronger thay ever, came out of a grueling scene of "April Showers" and unloaded with some realistic dope on the acting business: "I turn it on at 9 and turn it off at 6. "I've been crying in this scene for two days and I'm all cried out. I guess this business was fun at first, when you got a thrill out of seeing yourself, but now it's just work." Kissing scenes fun? "They're worst of all," she says. "You have to powder your lips so you won't get lipstick all over the actor. Then you get powder down your throat and you're miserable."
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Ida Lupino with Peter Potter — likely at one of several appearances she made on his television program, “Peter Potter’s Juke Box Jury,” in 1953
Lupino in a white dress, sits next to Potter in a suit. They are looking at each other, Potter smiling.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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The Andrews Sisters in “Private Buckaroo” (1942). Bandleader and trumpeter Harry James in the background.
Alt: Three women singers in matching outfits saluting while standing in front of a big band.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Howard Duff and Ida Lupino in a promotion for their 1957-‘58 sitcom “Mr. Adams and Eve”
Duff and Lupino on a lawn, standing back-to-back, croquet ball on ground between them, both holding croquet mallets up in air and eyeing each other suspiciously.
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Glenda Farrell portrait — I’m not sure of the year, but I’d guess mid-1940s or thereabouts
studio head shot of Farrell
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Next on #NoirvemberChallenge.. 3. The film noir that made you a fan:

“Moontide” (1942)
Nighttime image of outside of a bar in “Moontide” (1942) Nighttime image of Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino sitting and talking on a pier outside of a cabin in “Moontide” (1942). Ida Lupino comforts a tired Jean Gabin inside their cabin in “Moontide” (1942)
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Continuing to catch-up on the #NoirvemberChallenge… 2. Favorite film noir character introduction:

I don’t remember too many but this one o do. Mike Mazurki’s intimidating reflection in “Murder My Sweet” (1944)
Mike Mazurki looming in window reflection over seated Dick Powell in “Murder My Sweet” (1944)
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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I have a photo from the same shoot, but the caption on this one says it is corduroy “of the new elephant grey shade” rather than blue, as the newspaper caption says. A stamp identifies the photographer as Scotty Welbourne.
Photo of Lupino in same dress and slightly altered pose as above.
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Ida Lupino on the fashion page, Nov. 2, 1940
Newspaper fashion photo of ida Lupino in Toronto Star Weekly, with caption: “THIS SPORTS DRESS is of blue corduroy, has a cowhide belt and turned back cuffs. It is modelled by Ida Lupino. The formal afternoor hat (top right) is of brown soleil felt. It has gold braid that drapes across the forehead, a matching veil cascading down the back.”
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Here she is on the cover…
Cover of Life magazine with Claudette Colbert , November 13, 1939
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Claudette Colbert portrait by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine, 1939
Colbert standing in bright sunlight on edge of a patio next to a lawn with hills in the background. She is holding a cigarette and wearing a fashionable casual slacks outfit.
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons in “Elmer Gantry” (1960)
Closeup of Lancaster pleading with Simmons with a wide-eyed strained expression, while Simmons looks calm and lost in thought.
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Ida Lupino portrait for Warner Brothers, 1941. Photo by Scotty Welbourne.
Lupino poses for a studio portrait in a simple but fashionable dress with long sleeves.
November 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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These Halloween-themed photos were some of the first studio promotions that Ida Lupino did for Paramount after arriving in Hollywood in September 1933 at age 15.
Lupino stands in polka dot dress with short skirt, with tall shadow of skeleton behind her and a Jack-o-lantern on floor beside her. Newspaper photo from St. Louis Star-Times, Oct. 31, 1933. A young, very blonde Ida Lupino sits in a dress with short skirt, holding a jack-o-lantern. Caption: at top “Tonight Is Halloween”; at bottom, “Ida Lupino, film actress who came to Hollywood from England, is all prepared to scare away the witches with an illuminated pumpkin.”
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Dance director Hermes Pan works with Ginger Rogers on a routine in one of the RKO Astaire-Rogers films, perhaps “Swing Time” (1936).

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Pan crouches, looking at Rogers’ feet, while Rogers, in striped short-sleeved shirt and slacks, tries some dance steps.
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid in “Devotion” (Warners, 1946)
Lupino and Henreid in 19th century outdoor clothing. They appear to be in a mountainous setting, looking into distance beyond the camera, with Henreid holding Lupino from behind.
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Oh yes, she definitely liked to emphasize that in interviews. But she also often dressed very practically.
Lupino directing the Hitch-Hiker on desert location.
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM