speedracer5 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? I think it must be. I just googled "Ethel Merman Ernest Borgnine" and it brought up a bunch of pictures of the wedding, because really, that's pretty much all there was to that marriage and Ethel is wearing the same dress and veil. In Ethel's memoirs, she dedicated a chapter to her marriage with Ernest Borgnine. It consisted of one blank page. I'd be curious to know why they married in the first place. If they had dated for awhile and were getting along well enough to want to be married, I wonder what happened that it only lasted 1 day. The way that the wedding pictures look, it doesn't look like this was an impetuous decision. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY OTTO KRUGER (1885 - 1974)Superb character actor Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I always loved Otto Kruger. When I was young I fantasized that the guy I married would look like him in his old age. Handsome to the end. (Actually, that happened. My husband wasn't just handsome ... when he was dying one of the nurses came into the room, looked at him sleeping, and said, "Isn't he beautiful?" And he was.) Anyway, Kruger was superb in everything he did. He always seemed to me to be a very natural actor, who "was" the character much more than others like him. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Dothery, that was a heartwarming recollection. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER LAWFORD (1923 - 1984) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Y Young Peter Lawford, whose mother frequently dressed him as a female. Yikes! Link to post Share on other sites
wouldbestar Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Dothery: I'm in your corner. Mr. Kruger was great in everything he did and was a lot handsomer with grey hair than he was with it dark. I've been kidded a bit on the threads because I've said the same thing about other actors from the classic age and today's Richard Gere but if older is better what's the fuss about? Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Dothery: I'm in your corner. Mr. Kruger was great in everything he did and was a lot handsomer with grey hair than he was with it dark. I've been kidded a bit on the threads because I've said the same thing about other actors from the classic age and today's Richard Gere but if older is better what's the fuss about? I always loved the older guys. When Gary Cooper was playing leading roles when he was a bit older I thought he was more adorable than ever. I loved Stewart Granger with those white sideburns. Cary Grant NEVER got old, to me. A friend told me about the day years ago when he showed up at CBS to see Jeffrey Selznick, who worked there as a kid, and every secretary or receptionist in the building was suddenly in the hallway with errands to do. Seasoning, I calls it. Gregory Peck told the story James Mason had told him. He was walking along the street in Dublin and was stopped by a lady who said, "Excuse me, but wouldn't you be James Mason in his later years?" Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Y Young Peter Lawford, whose mother frequently dressed him as a female. Yikes! No wonder he couldn't stand her. Have you read his book? Talk about an indictment ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Photograph of John F. Kennedy and birthday boy Peter Lawford. Lawford was Kennedy's brother in law and was his connection to Hollywood. He served as a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy White House during the golden age of Camelot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER SELLERS (1925 - 1980)He is terrific in "Being There", on TCM now DENISE DARCEL (1925 - 2011) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Joe, just wondering if you could post a photo of Martin Milner for us. There are 2 pages about him in Gen discussions, so many of us liked him very much. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 MARTIN MILNER (1931 - 2015) R,I.P. Link to post Share on other sites
laffite Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Interesting picture of Peter Sellers. He almost looks out of character. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE GREER (1924 - 2001) CLIFF ROBERTSON (1923 - 2011) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Crooner Rudy Vallee on his wedding day to birthday gal Jane Greerin 1943 Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Incredible talent and humor, Rudy Vallee had. I doubled up at his performances; they were so nuanced and yet so funny. "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" and "Unfaithfully Yours" were both outstanding examples of his stealing the picture (at least to me). Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDMOND O'BRIEN (1915 - 1985) Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 Oscar winners Edmond O'Brien (The Barefoot Contessa) and Grace Kelly (The Country Girl) Link to post Share on other sites
Dothery Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I didn't know Edmund O'Brien won the award for "Contessa." I have it on my DVR because I loved his performance so much. I remember his daughter talking about the fact that he died of Alzheimer's; he who could recite reams of plays and poetry without forgetting a word suddenly couldn't remember anything. A terrible shame, but a wonderful talent while we had him. He was superb in that part. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 DICKIE MOORE (1925 - 2015) R.I.P. Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I didn't know Edmund O'Brien won the award for "Contessa." I have it on my DVR because I loved his performance so much. I remember his daughter talking about the fact that he died of Alzheimer's; he who could recite reams of plays and poetry without forgetting a word suddenly couldn't remember anything. A terrible shame, but a wonderful talent while we had him. He was superb in that part. It was an unusual contest for Supporting Actor that year. Tom Tully for The Caine Mutiny; 3 actors from On the Waterfront (Cobb, Malden, Steiger); and O'Brien. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARL HOLLIMAN is 87 today BETSY DRAKE is 92 today Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Birthday gal Betsy Drake about town with husband Cary Grant 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICKIE MOORE (1925 - 2015)Dickie died a few days ago. He would have been 90 today Link to post Share on other sites
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