Azure Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 4.) He is best known for appearing in the Thin Man films with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 5) Before Lassie, the Weatherwax Brothers, Rudd and Frank, trained Asta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 6.) He made his feature film debut (uncredited) in The Half-Naked Truth (1932). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 7) He had the courage to work with a leopard in Bringing Up Baby-- apparently more courage than Cary Grant had. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 8.) His weekly salary was $250. (Rumor has it that he blew all his money on bones and chew toys. LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 9) Asta had a run-in with one of his co-stars during the filming of After the Thin Man. Reportedly he bit Leading Lady Myrna Loy, but he was not suspended from production, after receiving a one (rolled up newspaper) swat warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 10) Skippy, Asta's real name, was such a talented actor that Thin Man director, WS Van Dyke hired him, even though the original Asta in the Dashiell Hammett book, The Thin Man, was a female schnauzer. Next: Rossano Brazzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 1. Rossano Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy on September 18, 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 2.) He attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 3) Rossano Brazzi was a veteran of Italian Cinema, when he became the latest Hollywood Latin lover in 1954 after appearing in 20th Century Fox's Three Coins in the Fountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 4.) In 1955 Brazzi got the lead male role opposite Katharine Hepburn in Summertime directed by David Lean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcar Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 5.) Brazzi said "Sometimes my face is more beautiful than the leading lady's." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 6.) He had a featured role in "Little Women". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 7.) He made his feature film debut (uncredited) in Il destino in tasca (1938). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 8) He starred in A Certain Smile with Christine Carère, filmed in Paris and the Riviera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 9.) Although he had the male lead in "South Pacific", his singing voice was dubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 10.) He died in Rome on December 24, 1994 due to complications from a neural virus. Next: Wendy Hiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 1.) She won an Oscar for "Separate Tables". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 2.) She was born on August 15, 1912 in Bramhall, England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 3.) She had the role of the Russian in the original "Murder on the Orient Express." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 4.) At Shaw's insistence, Hiller starred as Eliza Doolittle in the 1938 film Pygmalion, a performance which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, which was a first for a British actress in a British film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcar Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 5.)She was director Sidney Lumet's second choice to play Princess Dragonmiroff in MOTOE. His first choice was Ingrid Bergman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 6.) She made her feature film debut in Lancashire Luck (1937). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 7) Wendy Hiller had the title role in the movie adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 8.) Wendy Hiller starred as the lonely Catherine Sloper in the 1947 production of "The Heiress" which premiered at The Biltmore Theatre on September 29, 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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