bansi4 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Dale with Vincent Price in "Son of Sinbad" (1955) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Dale as Jim Hardie on TVs "Tales of Wells Fargo" (1957 - 1962) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Dale on TVs "Dynasty" (1981) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 In the Spotlight: EVELYN ANKERS The beautiful blonde screamer was born on August 17, 1918, in Valparaiso, Chile. The daughter of British parents, she was brought up in England, and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. By the time she completed her studies in school in the mid 1930s, Ankers was landing small roles in British film productions, including "Rembrandt" with Charles Laughton, and "Fire Over England" with Vivien Leigh, among others. She came to America in 1940, after Britain had been attacked by the Nazis. Her first success there came on the Broadway stage in "Ladies In Retirement", which starred Flora Robson. She came to Hollywood in 1941 and, after a brief contractual obligation to MGM which yielded not a single film role, she was contracted by Universal. She returned to the screen in "Bachelor Daddy", but her first big break came in the Abbott and Costello hit "Hold That Ghost". She is noted for playing the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most famously "The Wolf Man" at age 23 opposite Lon Chaney, Jr., a frequent screen partner. Known as "the Queen of the Screamers", her other horror films include "The Ghost of Frankenstein", "Captive Wild Woman", "Son of Dracula" good chiller, "The Mad Ghoul", "Jungle Woman", "Weird Woman" playing a villainess, "The Invisible Man's Revenge", and "The Frozen Ghost", her final Universal credit in 1945. Ankers also appeared in "Burma Convoy", "Eagle Squadron", "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" "The Great Impersonation", "Hers to Hold" with Deanna Durbin, "Ladies Courageous" with Loretta Young, "The Pearl of Death", "Pardon My Rhythm", "Queen of Burlesque", "Tarzan's Magic Fountain" looking for youth, and played Calamity Jane in "The Texan Meets Calamity Jane", for which she received top billing. Ankers was engaged to actor Glenn Ford, but she broke the engagement when she met actor Richard Denning while Ford was on location and in 1942, Ankers married the handsome Denning. While he went off to the Navy, Ankers' exercised her larynx in numerous Universal horror flicks. Their only child, a daughter Dee was born in 1945. Ankers made over fifty films between 1936 and 1950, then retired from movies to be a housewife (occasionally playing television roles) at the age of 32, returning ten years later to make one in 1960, the religious film "No Greater Love" with husband Richard Denning. She eventually retired to Hawaii with her husband (where Denning continued his career portraying the governor in the highly successful television series "Hawaii Five-O"). Sadly Evelyn Ankers died of ovarian cancer at the age of 67 on August 29, 1985 in Maui, Hawaii. Widower Denning would remarry a family friend just eight months later. The marriage lasted 12 years until his death in 1998. He was laid to rest in Hawaii beside his first bride Evelyn. If Fay Wray was the "Scream Queen" of the 1930s, then Evelyn Ankers surely held that title in the 1940s. Message was edited by: mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ankers (center) with Richard Carlson, Bud Abbott, Joan Davis, & Lou Costello in "Hold That Ghost" (1941) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ankers with Turhan Bey in "Burma Convoy" (1941) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ankers with Lon Chaney Jr. as "The Wolf Man" a superior chiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Ankers, Lon Chaney Jr. (the monster) Bela Lugosi (Ygor) in "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Ankers with Milburn Stone (Doc on 'Gunsmoke') in "Captive Wild Woman" (1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Ankers in a publicity cheesecake pose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Gus Schilling, & Ankers (1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargar Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Hi Mongo! 'HOLD THAT GHOST" is one our favorite Abbott & Costello movies. Evelyn Ankers & Richard Carlson, as the token romantic couple, held their own with the crazies like A & C and Joan Davis. I also enjoy the "wolf man" movie with Claude Rains & Lon Chaney, Jr. In the horror genre, I think this film is well-crafted. I also give credit to L.C., Jr. as I thought his acting was well-done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I've always loved Anne Gwynne and Evelyn Ankers. Thank you Mongo for spotlighting the beautiful Ankers. She really has a typical 1940's. And I say Hubba! Hubba! Wear can I buy some war bonds? Loved her in many movies. Always laughed in "Ghost of Frankenstein" when she runs...right into Frankenstein's arms. (Great dress too). What a handsome couple she and Denning were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I've always loved Anne Gwynne and Evelyn Ankers. Thank you Mongo for spotlighting the beautiful Ankers. She really has a typical 1940's. And I say Hubba! Hubba! Where can I buy some war bonds? Loved her in many movies. Always laughed in "Ghost of Frankenstein" when she runs...right into Frankenstein's arms. (Great dress too) What a handsome couple she and Denning were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Bargar, you hit the nail on the head with your summation. CineMaven, both Gwynne and Ankers were Universal beauties who were a joy to watch in the B films of the 1940s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Aikens sharing a light moment with Maria Ouspenskaya on the set of "The Wolf Man" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Ankers & Bruce Cabot in "Pierre of the Plains" ((believe it or not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 The lingerie girls including Ann Miller, Nina Foch & Ankers (2nd from right) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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