Happy birthday to John Payne today. #BOTD in 1912. Let's celebrate shall we?? 😉
In Kansas City Confidential, he's in a robe for 8 minutes. EIGHT minutes.
Long before I was a classic film fan, I knew him as that suave hunky older guy (Ok, at 9, everyone was old, shut up) in Columbo with Janet Leigh. I love this episode. It's so heartbreaking.
I don't know what's wrong with John Payne in To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) but we don't really care, do we?
I mean, look come on how adorable is he in To the Shores of Tripoli? It deserves another gif.
Did you know that John Payne and Maureen O'Hara also made another Tripoli themed film: Tripoli (1950). *blah blah blah* get to the gif

no maureen o'hara is not in this gif i can't imagine why

[*yes I know they made 4 films together, I'm commenting on the Tripoli connection]
Kid Nightingale (1939). Some of the best publicity photos for any movie EVER
Hell's Island (1955)
And a few more to wind up with...

Enjoy John Payne day, I hope you celebrate accordingly!
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