A Couple of Scream Queens

It's Julie Adams, scream queen of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Janet Leigh, scream queen from... well, if you don't know you really shouldn't be here, at the November 1951 premiere of Bright Victory in which the talented Adams co-starred. And judging from the look on his face it appears Tony Curtis is achieving victory simply by not collapsing while holding Janet. With Julie is her screenwriting husband Leonard Stern, a man who brought joy to children everywhere and annoyance to parents the world over when he co-invented Mad Libs in 1953. Financially speaking, that was the brightest victory of any of them.

Orson Welles: Man About Town

Orson with Nancy Valentine

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Orson with Lucille Ball

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Orson with Lovely Rita (the actress, not the meter maid).

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Orson with Tony and Janet.

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Orson with someone. Not sure who, the photo doesn't credit it. It doesn't look like Paola Mori his wife at the time but her head's down so who knows? I don't. Anybody?

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Orson with Gary Graver and Oja Kodar.

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It's the New Year...

... so let's start working off that holiday fudge. Tony and Janet have already started. Tony clearly knows how to dress for a workout.

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If you start now you could look like silent star Francis X. Bushman by March. He was the original Ben-Hur and no offense to Chuck, but he actually looks like he could've spent a year rowing as a slave in the bowels of a Roman ship. He also looks like he could kick Chuck's butt.

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