bansi4 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN BLONDELL (1906 - 1979) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 BIrthday gal Joan Blondell with Dick Powell on their wedding day in 1936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Norma Shearer, birthday boy Fredric March, wife Florence Eldridge and wonder boy Irving Thalberg enjoying the Hollywood night life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Years ago I met Joyce Reynolds, who lived here on the Big Island of Hawaii, and typed a screenplay for her. She told me that she and Joan Fontaine had loved Charles Boyer so much when they made "The Constant Nymph" that they used to wait for him to come in every morning and would greet him joyfully, to spend as much time with him as they could. Apparently he was a delightful man, both to know personally and to work with. R.I.P. Dothery, it's my understanding that Joan Leslie was originally to be cast as the lead in The Constant Nymph, replaced by Joan Fontaine. Joyce Reynolds and Joan Leslie had a striking similarity in appearance and would have been completely believable as sisters. I believe (I could be wrong here) that Reynolds was cast in her part before Fontaine became the female star of the film, but, fortunately for her, she was not replaced, as well. Thanks very much for your anecdote about Joyce Reynolds, a real little cutie back in the '40s, who never had quite the same luck as did Joan Leslie at Warner Brothers. I well recall Reynolds as part of the female chorus supporting Ann Sheridan in her "Love Isn't Born" number in Thank Your Lucky Stars. Plus, of course, after Reynolds's film, Janie, was popular enough for a sequel, Janie Gets Married, who replaced her in the title role? Joan Leslie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks for the info about Joyce Reynolds, Tom. She was a delightful person. I used to run into her now and then in Kona. She never went into those things when I knew her. I asked her once why she didn't write a book about her film career like everyone else, but she indicated she didn't want to relive those years, which I take it weren't her favorite time in her life. I remember her as a sweet, smiling lady who had a firm grip on her life and was pleasantly situated here in Hawaii. Her name was Joyce White by that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 YVONNE DE CARLO (1922 - 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks for the info about Joyce Reynolds, Tom. She was a delightful person. I used to run into her now and then in Kona. She never went into those things when I knew her. I asked her once why she didn't write a book about her film career like everyone else, but she indicated she didn't want to relive those years, which I take it weren't her favorite time in her life. I remember her as a sweet, smiling lady who had a firm grip on her life and was pleasantly situated here in Hawaii. Her name was Joyce White by that time. Thanks Dothery. It looks like Joyce Reynolds may have found a satisfaction in her later liife that was denied her during her Hollywood years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Dynamic duo Burt Lancaster and birthday gal Yvonne De Carlo posefor a still. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 DEAN JONES (1931 - 2015) R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGE CHAMPION is 96 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 DEAN JONES (1931 - 2015) R.I.P. A fine actor and wonderful Christian gentleman who turned his life around and made it count for not just himself but others. I also remember his wife, Lori Patrick, from her TV work in the 60's. He is somebody the industry can be proud of. I still remember Marge Champion from the 2011 Festival. She has more energy that I have and she has 26 years on me. What's this about "only the good die young"-glad it's not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Thank you for the input, Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAN LADD (1913 - 1964) suicide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I never thought of Alan Ladd as having committed suicide deliberately. It sounded like more of an accidental death due to too much alcohol and perhaps meds. He called Bill Bendix to see if he could come over the night before but Bendix couldn't come, which he regretted forever afterward. Sad, sad. Whatever it was, God rest his soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Birthday boy Alan Ladd wife Sue, daughter Alana and son David in 1952 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Dothery, according to his biography, the end of his love affair with June Allyson, his co-star in The McConnell Story (1955), led to Ladd's late-life depression. In November 1962 he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart. In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives. Sad indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Dothery, according to his biography, the end of his love affair with June Allyson, his co-star in The McConnell Story (1955), led to Ladd's late-life depression. In November 1962 he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart. In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives. Sad indeed. Ladd was drinking a lot and depressed as his looks bloated and his career was clearly in decline. There's been a lot of speculation as to how "accidental" was his death. He was, by anything that I've read, a terrific father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITZI GAYNOR is 84 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Birthday gal Mitzi Gaynor out on the town with Ethel and Lucy(not Ethel Mertz) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAN LADD (1913 - 1964) suicide? Well, there are still some like me who remember his immortal acting in Shane. Time has its way and many great moments in the past are forgotten. But not this: Shane: So you're Jack Wilson. Jack Wilson: What's that mean to you, Shane? Shane: I've heard about you. Jack Wilson: What have you heard, Shane? Shane: I've heard that you're a low-down Yankee liar. Jack Wilson: Prove it. Thanks, Mongo for all the history you have given us. Jake Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. D. W. Griffith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITZI GAYNOR is 84 today Thanks for this great picture of Mitzi, Bansi. I love her, she's fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapphiere Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Dothery, according to his biography, the end of his love affair with June Allyson, his co-star in The McConnell Story (1955), led to Ladd's late-life depression. In November 1962 he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart. In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives. Sad indeed. I like this photo of Alan and June taken while they were filming THE MCCONNELL STORY 1955. Alan and June had chemistry on the screen, and at least he was happy for a short period during his later career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAQUEL WELCH is 75 today GLORIA HOLDEN (1903 - 1991)wonderful as "Dracula's Daughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 After Her Performance on Broadway, birthday gal Raquel Welch isvisited backstage by friend Andy Warhol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Isn't that Ethel/Mitzi/Lucy photo from Ethel's wedding to Ernest Borgnine which lasted only a month and neither would write or talk about afterwards? The papers reported she wore yellow and she's wearing a veiled headpiece. While Mitzi and Lucy are smiling she looks a bit perturbed; trouble already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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