bansi4 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 During World War II, Hayward enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and commanded a photographic unit that filmed the Battle of Tarawa in a documentary titled "With the Marines at Tarawa". Hayward was awarded the Bronze Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 (1945) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Haywaed with Zachary Scott in "Ruthless" (1948) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hayward as Capt. Sirocco in "The Pirates of Capri" (1949) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 (1950) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hayward in "Fortunes of Captain Blood" (1950) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hayward as "The Son of Dr. Jekyll" (1951) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 (1953) aka "The Saint's Return" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Paul Kelly with Haywad in "Duffy of San Quentin" (1954) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Louis Hayward (1909 - 1985) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 In the Spotlight: DAME MAY WHITTY The distinguished actress was born Mary Louise Whitty on June 19, 1865 in Liverpool, England, to Alfred Whitty a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife, Mary Louisa Ashton. May Whitty made her first stage appearance in Liverpool in 1881 before moving to London to appear on the West End. She married the actor-manager Ben Webster in 1892 in St Giles Parish, London, England, and in 1895 they visited the United States where Whitty appeared on Broadway. After nearly 25 years as one of the leading actresses of the British stage, she appeared in her first film "Enoch Arden" in 1914. She did not care much for the experience, and appeared in only a few silent films afterward. After a string of 1930s Broadway successes, she went to Hollywood, following the example of many of her British contemporaries. She found herself usually cast in high-born roles, which were sometimes crotchety, sometimes imperious, but often warmhearted. Classic examples of these were the dowdy phony psychic in "The Thirteenth Chair", the crotchety Mrs. Bramson, an invalid who falls for the homicidal Robert Montgomery in "Night Must Fall" for which she was Oscar nominated, Miss Froy in Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" where she plays the title character enduring great physical exertion while maintaining her poise and dignity, and as Lady Beldon in "Mrs. Miniver", a role which garnered another Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. she also was given the award for Best Acting by the National Board of Review for the 1937 film, "Night Must Fall". She moved permanently to the USA (although she never became a U.S. citizen) in 1939 and continued to appear both on stage and in Hollywood films where she usually played wealthy dowagers. She proved herself equally capable of playing working-class roles. Her other films include, "Raffles", "A Bill of Divorcement" with Maureen O'Hara, "Suspicion", "Forever and a Day", "Crash Dive", "The Constant Nymph" with Joan Fontaine, "Lassie Come Home", "Madame Curie", "Gaslight", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "My Name Is Julia Ross", "Devotion", "Green Dolphin Street", "If Winter Comes", "The Return of October", etc. The grand dame continued to act for the remainder of her life and died in Beverly Hills, California from cancer shortly after completeing her scenes in the film "The Sign of the Ram" at the age of 82 in 1948; her husband had died the previous year during surgery. Their only child, a daughter born in the USA in 1905, Margaret Webster, was a stage actress and held dual US/UK citizenship. She died in 1972. She was quoted: "I've got everything Betty Grable has . . . only I've had it longer." Message was edited by: mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Whitty, a stage actress before Hollywood beckoned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargar Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Mongo...The last image I have in MY mind is Dame Whitty sitting on the steps feeding the birds in "Mary Poppins". When I was young, I thought her full name was DAME MAY WHITTY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Bargar, I'm confused. I thought Jane Darwell was the one feeding the birds at the end of *Mary Poppins*. Am I mis-remembering again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Bargar, it was Jane Darwell in "Mary Poppins". Izcutter is correct. As a matter of fact I did a spotlight on Miss Darwell and posted a picture of her as the Bird Woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 (1937) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Whitty with Robert Montgomey (1937) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Whitty, Margaret Lockwood, & Michael Redgrave in Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" Whitty as Miss Froy in "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) Message was edited by: mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Whitty with Olivia de Havilland in "Raffles" (1939) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Whitty arriving in America in 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargar Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thanks, Izzie....You certainly aren't "mis-remembering, I AM!!! They are somewhat similar. However, I am partial to Dame Whitty, so maybe I was wishing it was her!! Thanks for the heads up. We all need a little help from our friends!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Whitty with Maureen O'Hara in "A Bill of Divorcement" (1940) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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