bansi4 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 A sultry Alexis Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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whistlingypsy Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 moirafinnie6: You are right about Alexis playing society ice maidens, but she plays such a good one in ONE MORE TOMORROW. She intimidated Ann Sheridan and kept her running, and poor Dennis Morgan didn?t know which way to turn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 Director Mervyn LeRoy, Alexis & Gable "Any Number Can Play" Alexis with Audrey Totter (1949) Message was edited by: mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 Glamourous Alexis Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Alexis with Punkins in "One Last Fling" (1949) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Alexis with Deborah Raffin in "Once Is Not Enough" (1975) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimpunkrock Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Mongo thank you so much for posting the lobby cards of The Two Mrs Carrol's and Conflict!! Thank you so much. I was so stoked to see Conflict since I do not have it on DVD or VHS and it is hard to find and not even released on DVD yet. I do however have The Two Mrs. Carrol's burned to DVD from TCM. I am waiting for them to play Conflict. Thanks again. You are great! - kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 It was my pleasure Kim. Glad that you liked the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Alexis with Robert Young & hubby Craig Stevens on TVs "Marcus Welby, M.D." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Alexis in her Tony Award winning part in "Follies" Message was edited by: mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 In the Spotlight: HERBERT MARSHALL The distinguished actor was born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, in London, England, on May 23, 1890. His parents were Percy F. Marshall and Ethel May Turner. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Harrow and worked for a time as an accounting clerk. Marshall overcame the loss of a leg during the Great War (World War I), where he served in the London Scottish Regiment. He was rehabilitated with a wooden leg. This did not stop him making good the stage vocation. He used a very deliberate square-shouldered and guided walk, largely unnoticeable, to cover up the limp, which was kept a secret to the public for most of his career. His stage debut took place in 1911, and spent 20 years in distinguished stage work in London before motion pictures, which he entered with "Mumsie" in 1927. He had a wonderful mellow baritone British accent which he rolled out with a minimum of mouth movement and a nonchalant ease that stood out as unique. Initially he played romantic leads and later character roles. The suave actor spent many years playing romantic leads opposite such stars as Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis. He was almost 40 when he appeared in his first Hollywood sound picture "The Letter" (1929), a worthwhile comparison (but for the primitive sound recording) with the more famous second version in 1940 with Bette Davis. Marshall is the murder victim in 1929 and the betrayed husband in 1940. He was heavily in demand in the 1930s, sometimes in five or six pictures a year. Perhaps his best suave comedic role was in "Trouble in Paradise" (1932), the first non-musical sound comedy by producer/director Ernst Lubitsch. That same year Marshall did one of his most warmly human romantic roles in the marvelously erotic "Blonde Venus" with the captivating Marlene Dietrich. Other films included, "The Painted Veil" with Garbo, "The Good Fairy" with Margaret Sullavan, "Angel" with Dietrich, Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent", "The Little Foxes" with Davis, "Crack-Up", "The Enchanted Cottage", "Duel In the Sun" in which Marshall's small but standout performance as Scott Chavez, with his nonchalance, calmly shoots his cantina entertainer Indian wife for her cheating ways. Also in "The Razor's Edge" as Somerset Maugham, "The Secret Garden", and His voice was perfect to lend credence to some early sci-fi classics: "Riders to the Stars" and "Gog" and the "The Fly". He also fitted comfortably into episodic TV into the 1960s. Marshall was married five times, including marriages to the actress Edna Best, with whom he appeared in a few films. Their daughter Sarah Marshall is an actress. Also wed to actress Boots Mallory to whom he was married from 1947 until her death in 1958. He was the father of two other children. His mistresses included Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, and Gloria Swanson. Herbert Marshall died of a heart attack on January 22, 1966 (aged 75). Burial took place at Chapel Of The Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. Although the gent never received an Oscar nomination, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 "BLONDE VENUS" (1932) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 A dashing Herbert Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Marshall with Kay Francis (1932) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitter45 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Love this guy! Joe, which of his movies was the one where he played a man pretending to be a butler? He would "scamper" up and down a trellis outside his living quarters at night to do his "real" job. I remember thinking how sad it must have made him to have to have a stunt man do the climbing for him. My favorite of his roles was in "The Enchanted Cottage". It was my first glimpse of this versatile actor, and I really believed he was blind. Thanks for another great spotlight. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks for your input, Nancy. Mr. Marshall played an executive pretending to be a butler in the movie "If You Could Only Cook" (1935) with Jean Arthur. I also enjoyed his performance in "The Enchanted Cottage", among many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Marshall with Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil" (1934) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Marshall with Ann Harding in "The Flame Within" (1935) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Marshall with Margaret Sullavan in "The Good Fairy" (1935) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Marshall with Sylvia Sidney in "Accent on Youth" (1935) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashette Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hi Mongo, My two favorite Herbert Marshall roles are his evil father to a loving daughter in "Foreign Correspondant" and his loving father to an evil daughter in "Angel Face". Herbert graced every movie that he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Marshall escorting Gloria Swanson to the premiere of "Anthony Adverse" (1936) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Marshall with Jeanne Eagels in "The Letter" (1929) Message was edited by: mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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