It's a Shoot-'Em Sunday!

  
The Shades of Gray Gun Girls are busted (or perhaps just busty)!

Picture Perfect Special: Mary Astor

Mary Astor's screen acting career stretched from the silent era (landing her first film role at age 16, in 1921) through the advent of sound, the rise of television, and the coming of hippies in the 1960s (when she retired from acting in 1964, after playing a supporting role in the start-studded thriller "Hush Sweet Scarlet"). Her stoic, regal aura, coupled with a powerful screen presence and ability to convey a wide range of shifting emotions with only body language and facial expresssions, carried her through changing technologies, public tastes, and cultural fads until she had appeared 123 movies. Although she stated that her heart was never fully in acting (she was following her father's dream for his beautiful daughter), she was a stand-out part of every film she appeared, whether she was playing a bit part or the starring role.

Today, we offer a small gallery of publicity stills and portraits of Astor from the first two decades of her career. 

 

To see Mary Astor's skill in front of a camera, check out "Behind Office Doors" via the Shades of Gray Screening Room over at YouTube!

How we deal with Mondays at Shades of Gray...

Musical Mondays will resume shortly.. maybe even next week!

It's International Godzilla Day!

 There's a new Godzilla film premiering today (the 30th from Japanese production company Toho), and people are rejoicing and partying around the world!

When it's Friday the 13th in October...

 

If you want more inspiring quotes and images, check out the InspiroBot!

It's Shoot 'Em Sunday

Fall is here, so the Gun Girls have put on the overcoats.

It's Talk Like a Pirate Day!

 This is our annual post in observance of Talk Like a Pirate Day. This year is a special one, because it's the tenth anniversary of NUELOW Games NOT getting its long-planned follow up to ROLF: Pirates vs. Fairies. To mark the occasion, here's the character who may some day star in something. Maybe. We hope...

Meet Captain Kidd (Kandy Kidd), as given form by artist North Stuart.

Its Shoot-Em Sunday!

Elegant and deadly -- the Shades of Gray Gun Girls are ready to spend a night out on the town! 

Randomness Rules

 Sometimes, the random matching of pictures and semi-nonsensical phrases that the InspiroBot comes up with are perfection. Here's one of those times. Someone should write the story based on this. Maybe me.

Happy Birthday to Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis, one of the few who began acting as a child and managed to maintain a thriving career into adulthood, turns 40 years old today. We celebrate by bringing out photos of her through the years!

It's Shoot-'Em Sunday...

... but the lovely ladies are just lounging about with their guns.

Happy birthday to Sarah Jones!

American actress Sarah Jones turns 40 years old today. She is perhaps best known for her roles in television series such as "For All Mankind" (2019-2021), "Damnation" (2017-2019), and the Shades of Gray favorite--but a love not shared by many--"Alcatraz" (2012).

 

While we observer her birthday with a few pictures, we're also going to take the opportunity to demonstrate the Unifying Theme!

 

Musical Monday with Leo Moracchioli

The Shades of Gray Dancers are setting the mood for today's cover song by Leo Moracchioli--by being dust in the wind.