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To Moviejoe regarding Toby Wing: "The most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood" they called her in 1934. She had the figure, the dimpled smile, the lovely blonde hair which was all still intact toward the end of her life. She gave up her career, never to resume it, in 1937 when she became the wife of world-famed pilot Dick Merrill. It was a happy marriage, lasting until his death in 1982, though they experienced tragedy together. Their infant son, Henry, smothered to death in his crib in 1940. And their only other child, Richard, died a few months earlier than his father in 1982 and was survived by two daughters, Anna and Simone. Toby lived in the Miami area of Florida, in a magnificent house on De Lindo Island, and remained a faithful member of All Souls Espiscopal Church, where she taught Sunday school when her son was young. She also had summer house in both California and Maine. Only rarely has she returned to Hollywood, once it was for a festive affair given at Pickfair in celebration of the memory of Jack Oakie. She and the comice actor, never romantically involved, enjoyed one of Hollywood's rarest kinds of friendship. It was he who escorted her to parties so she would be 'noticed', engineered her original Paramount contract, and remained her confidant and adviser. And at the Pickfair party she joined with many old friends, including Alice Faye, Buddy Rogers, Bob Crosby, and Oakie's widow Victoria Horne, in saluting the good life of the comedian. On screen from 1932 she appeared in such films as "Gold Diggers of 1933", "42nd Street", "Too Much Harmony", "Murder at the Vanities", "The Women Men Marry", "True Confessions" etc. After an uncredited role in "Sweethearts" (1938) with MacDonald & Eddy, she left the screen. The lovely Toby Wing died in 2001 at age 85. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Mongo

Regarding Robert Osborne: The last article I read indicated that Mr. Osborne commuted to Atlanta where he would record a bunch of intro's for upcoming movies broardcast on TCM. Mongo

Info on Marni Nixon: The pretty brunette (ala Julie Andrews) is known as "The Voice of the Stars". It all officially began in 1955 when a singer who was contracted to dub Deborah Kerr as Anna in "The King and I" was killed in a car accident and a replacement was needed. Marni was hired and the rest is history. Her other milestones were dubbing Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" and Natalie Wood in "West Side Story". The lovely soprano was born in California in 1930 and just celebrated her 75th. birthday last month. She started out at the age of 4 as a violinist and had a singing act with her sister at age 8. She would eventually have some screen time in "The Secret Garden" (1949), "An Affair to Remember" and "The Sound of Music" as Sister Sophia. She won 4 Emmy Awards for her local TV show "Boomerang" in the late 1970s and early '80s. She also toured with both Liberace and Victor Borg. She was married 3 times including to composer Ernest Gold producing 3 children. The unsung hero almost always uncredited for her fine dubbing was last heard on screen as the singing voice of the grandmother in Disney's "Mulan". In 2003 she toured the U.S.A. as "The Voice of Hollywood" in one woman cabaret shows which were successful. Mongo

path I didn't forget about you and those lost films. I will be doing some research and will get back to you during the week. Thanks Mongo

To patypancake regarding Alicia Rhett: She was in her early 20s in 1939 when she played Leslie Howard's stern young spinster sister, India Wilkes, in "Gone With the Wind", her only movie. After it was all over, she returned to her native city, Charleston, South Carolina and has never again been back to Hollywood, though critics praised her performance and she could easily have continued as an actress. In 1992 she was a petite, friendly, rather shy gentlewoman with a salt and pepper feather bobwho wears mod wire-rimmed specs and has a total aversion to publicity. She lives graciously in a fine old house (inherited) in downtown Charlston. Asked what she has been doing since GWTW she says "Oh, I've been painting and having a good time". During WWII she spent time sketching servicemen's portraits at the Charlston USO and has become the South's finest and most successful portrait painters. Despite her shyness she is a gregarious woman, highly social, with many close friends. Asked about "Gone With the Wind" she says "A delightful memory, I enjoyed it". Of director George Cukor, who did her test and directed the Twelve Oaks barbecue scene, she says "A charming man". Has she seen the movie in recent years? "Oh-h, I don't want to talk about "Gone With the Wind". I'm tired of it". She never married and guards her privacy well. Mongo

To stoneyburke regarding Fredric March: Born Frederick Bickel (was later sorry he didn't use the name for his career) the illustrious classically handsome actor enjoyed the longest screen career of all the male stars who came in with talkies. He was an 'extra' in movies as early as 1921. He starred admirably in every variety of movie and was nominated 6 times for an Academy Award winning two best actor Oscars'. His first marriage lasted 10 years when he married actress Florence Eldridge and lasted 48 years until his death. It was a solid and happy marriage thanks to Mrs. March since Mr. March had a roving eye which resulted in affairs with other 'stars'. He had a rough time with Veronica Lake though on the set of "I Married a Witch" when she resorted to kneeing him in the crotch area while filming a scene, since she detested him. I believe he let it be known that she wasen't star quality which didn't sit well with the sultry blonde. Also a fine stage actor he won two Tony Awards. Eventually went into prestige character roles before his death of cancer at age 77 in 1975. Mongo

Just to let you know that I went to Cypress Gardens here in Florida over the weekend and the park had a radio museum which was very interesting. The glorious old radios on display from Zenith, RCA, Philco etc. were a joy to see once again especially the models from the 1930s, '40s and '50s. They also had pictures of all the radio stars plastered on the walls including Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy, Crosby, Sinatra, Fibber McGee and Molly, Roy Rogers, the mystery and soap stars etc. Those were the days. Mongo

Brackenhe, your on a roll. You just about ran the gambit on the stars who appeared in multiple Oscar winning movies even catching Morgan Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby". The one actor I thought for sure who would be in at least 4 or 5 Oscar winning movies was Ward Bond. However he only appeared in 3 including "It Happened One Night", "You Can't Take it With You" and "Gone With the Wind" altough he did appear in many Oscar nominated films. That was some good stuff brackenhe. Thanks. Mongo

Brackenhe if my calculations are right you are very close in your analysis. Good work. I got in late today so I will do further research on your question for tomorrow afternoon since I am getting ready to watch the Oscars. The same goes for the questions from stoneyburke and path. Thank you all. Mongo

Maurice Chevalier was Paris's inimitable bouleverdier with his trademark straw hat, tux and cane he is most fondly recalled for his early 1930's musicals "The Love Parade" for which he was Oscar nominated best actor. Other major films include "The Smiling Lieutenant", "One Hour With You", "Love Me Tonight", "The Merry Widow" etc. His theme song was "Louise". Was married only once to Yvonne Vallee whom he divorced in 1932 after only 5 years of marriage. His later films included "Love in the Afternoon", "Can Can" and the delightful "Gigi". Unfortunately his final movie was the dismal "Monkeys, Go Home!". He died of cardiac arrest after surgery for a kidney problem in 1972 at age 83. For a more informative biography of Mr.Chevalier go to IMDb.com which also has a list of his films and a bio by Leonard Maltin. Mongo

Arthur McLean in "Drums o' Voodoo" w/ Laura Bowman Laura Bowman in "Miss Susie Slagle's" w/ Lillian Gish Lillian Gish in "The Whales of August" w/ Bette Davis Bette Davis in "Death on the Nile" w/ Maggie Smith Maggie Smith in "Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing" w/ Timothy Bottoms Timothy Bottoms in "The Girl Next Door" w/ Sean Riblett Connect Eddie McGee to Alice Gentle

Ken, actress Helen Holmes kicked off her serial career with the 48 episode "The Hazards of Helen" (1914-15). She appeared in episodes 1 thru 48 although it was more like a series rather than a serial. She made a total of 8 serials of which 6 are listed here: "The Girl and the Game" (1915) 15 episodes. "The Lass of the Lumberlands" (1916) 15 episodes. "The Lost Express" (1917) 15 episodes "The Railroad Raiders" (1917) 15 episodes "The Fatal Fortune" (1919) 15 episodes "Battling Brewster" (1924) 15 episodes Most of Miss Holmes serials featured a railroad background. She made some feature length films before leaving the screen and died in 1950 at age 58. ********************************************************* I don't have much to offer you about the film "Johnstown Flood" (1926) with George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor. It was nice to know that it was bit player Clark Gable's last silent film and it also had Carole Lombard in the cast. I will continue to research the film for you. Mongo

Although Doris Day had designers such as Edith Head and Helen Rose for some of her films, it was Jean Louis and Irene who created some of the best sensations for her in the hit films "Pillow Talk", "The Thrill of it All", "Send Me No Flowers", "Midnight Lace" and "Lover Come Back". And yes these designers had an impact on the fashions of that time which culminated into copies for some leading department stores and salons, just as they do today. ML thanks for your interest in this thread. Mongo

Marucascully you are correct. Just as I posted another clue you posted at the same time. Congratulations! It's your turn.

Clue # 11 Help from 7 debutantes

Clue #10 A feisty maid

Clue # 9 A romance blossoms

Clue # 8 A pesty newspaper reporter

Clue # 7 A missing body

Clue # 6 A police inspector

Clue # 5 A murder scene

That's good news indeed lolite. Disney's "Bambi" is my very favorite of the animated films. Of course Thumper is my favorite character. The artwork and animation is superb. What on earth are they going to fit on a 2-disc set since the movie wasn't that long to begin with? Mongo

Clue # 4 A deserted house

Clue # 3 Walking the dogs at night

Clue #2 Wealth and society