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2009-04-03
Posted by:Fred

#10  Joan is indeed one of the 'Burg's loveliest. Wholesome All-American looking but she allegedly knew how to have a good time (and her reputation didn't suffer for it).
Posted by: JDB   2009-04-03 17:47  

#9  Having first been introduced to Joan Blondel as an aging character actress in '50's and '60s TV, I am always amazed at how cute she was in the ealier days..
Posted by: Slats Speans7746   2009-04-03 12:50  

#8  Re: Jan Sterling... "High & Mighty", indeed..... uuf da!
Posted by: Jack Slusogum8158   2009-04-03 12:48  

#7  Zdraste! Vot takoi vot u vas horoshiy sait. Spasibki.
Posted by: ChabrellIgaN   2009-04-03 10:59  

#6  Zdraste! Vot takoi vot u vas horoshiy sait. Spasibki.
Posted by: ChabrellIgaN   2009-04-03 10:22  

#5  Joe's Bulgarian cousin?
Posted by: Raj   2009-04-03 08:18  

#4  Zdraste! Vot takoi vot u vas horoshiy sait. Spasibki.
Posted by: ChabrellIgaN   2009-04-03 07:50  

#3  Great photos of Joan Blondell!
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2009-04-03 06:14  

#2  Rose blossomed into a Joan. "Gam session!"



Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Ma Bell

Rosie cheeks

Net/Net

Best foot forward

Get your feet off the couch

That's no Rope-a-Dope

Tuck up call

Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-04-03 01:57  

#1  Happy Birthday: April 3rd

Iron Eyes Cody - died 1999 (94) "Born Espera de Corti, first generation Sicilian"

Jan Sterling - died 2004 (82) "The High and the Mighty"

Marlon Brando - died 2004 (80) "Vito Corleone"

Doris Day - 85 "Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff" (Now)

Marsha Mason - 67 "The Goodbye Girl" (Now)

Wayne Newton - 67 "Danke Schoen" (Now)

Doreen Tracey - 65 "The Mickey Mouse Club" (Now-Standing)

Sally Thomsett - 59 "The Railway Children" (Now)

Alec Baldwin - 61 "The Hunt for Red October" (Now)

Picabo Street - 38 "Alpine ski racer" (Now)

On this day in history: April 3rd
1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1882 - Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1895 - Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1942 - Japanese forces begin an assault on the Bataan Peninsula.
1946 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1969 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City.
1986 - IBM unveils their first laptop computer.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-04-03 01:15  

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