Happy Birthday, Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003)
Happy 105th Birthday, Jimmy Stewart
(May 20, 1908 - July 2, 1997)“I’ve sort of gotten into the habit of looking for the vulnerable guy, the guy who makes mistakes, the guy who can’t figure things out all the time but keeps at it.”
Happy 116th Birthday, Frank Capra
(May 18, 1897 - September 3, 1991)“Maybe there really wasn’t an America, maybe it was only Frank Capra.”
- John Cassavetes“When I see a crowd, I see a collection of free individuals: each a unique person; each a king or a queen; each a story that would fill a book; each an island of human dignity.”
“Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film. “
Happy Birthday Frederick Austerlitz Fred Astaire
10 May 1899 - 22 June 1987“When you talk about Fred Astaire, you talk about heaven. What more can I say?” - Johnny Green, Hollywood Speaks! An Oral History, 1974
“He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time.” - Rudolph Nureyev, 1987
Fred Astaire was simply one of the most influential performers in film history. Not only did he revolutionise the way dance was performed and captured on film, he also had a profound influence on music and hollywood in general. In a time when the world needed something joyous, they got Fred Astaire; a talented, charismatic performer whose charming smile was exactly what movie-goers wanted. Notorious for being a perfectionist and crippled with self-consciousness he floated across the screen with effortless grace that continues to amaze today. Though he was never convinced of it, there can be no doubt that he achieved perfection.
And at age seventy-eight, he broke his left wrist while riding his grandson’s skateboard.You know, you so-and-so, you’ve a little of the hoodlum in you. - James Cagney on Fred Astaire in Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, from Top Hat (1935)
“He was the most beautiful man I ever saw. No question.” - Anne Baxter
“He had an aura about him that set him apart from everybody else. I had an enormous crush on him and felt his feet never touched the earth.” - Coleen Gray
“There’s never been anybody else like him — that’s what makes stars — he was unique”- Roddy McDowall
Happy 99th Birthday Tyrone Edmond Power Jr. (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows. And the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.Audrey Kathleen Ruston aka Audrey Hepburn | 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY!
There is no doubt that the princess did become a queen — not only on the screen. One of the most loved, one of the most skillful, one of the most intelligent, one of the most sensitive, charming actresses — and friends, in my life — but also in the later stages of her life, the UNICEF ambassador to the children of the world. The generosity, sensitivity, the nobility of her service to the children of the world and the mothers of the world will never be forgotten. – Gregory Peck on Audrey Hepburn
Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn! (May 4th, 1929)
Happy Birthday Audrey Kathleen Ruston! May 4, 1929 -
January 20, 1993” How fortunate that our memories of her are good. They leave a gentle wake, like a sunny empty room that feels good. It’s there, at times stronger, at times gentler - the perfect combination of sweet and sad. The sweetness of her; the sadness of her. “
— Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn: An Elegant Spirit
