DownGoesFrazier Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Are you Warren William? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 ?Yes. I am Warren William. I was in ?Cleopatra? and ?Imitation of Life? (both with the beautiful Claudette Colbert) and ?Madame X?, which would all be remade. I was even in ?Satan Met a Lady,? which was a early telling of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. I hope you catch me on TCM when you can; I was in ?Arsene Lupin Returns? on Wednesday night.? Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I was spotted in an LA little theater production while still in high school, and signed by Goldwyn. I appeared in 2 WW II propoganda films, and then went to war myself. I returned to the screen after the war in a lead role in a film by a famous director, and then returned to the Goldwyn fold. Many predicted a successful future as a Hollywood star, but my mismanaged career failed to live up to expectations. Follwowing a series of minor vehicles after 1951, I went to Italy for a film in which many feel I gave my best performance. I returned to the US for 2 films, and then abandoned the screen for work on the stage and TV. Who am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Guy Madison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy17 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Farley Granger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I am Farley Granger. Your turn, Timothy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy17 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 ok. I was born in San Diego in 1938,my grandmother Myrtle had been a vaudeville performer and encouraged me to perform songs and dances for her, friends, and family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 That's it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Are you Victor Buono? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Helloooo timothy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenetico Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 HEY TIMOTHY Are you SHIRLEY TEMPLE??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I guess timothy17 is MIA. He didn't give us much to go on. Then reason that I guessed Victor Buono is what I read in Wikipedia. Here is part of it. Early life and career Buono was born in San Diego, California, the son of Myrtle Belle (n?e Keller; 1909-1979) and Victor Francis Buono (1907-1981). His maternal grandmother, Myrtle Glied (1886-1969), had been a Vaudeville performer on the Orpheum Circuit. When he was a little boy, she taught him songs and recitations and encouraged him to perform for visitors. Even though the young Buono enjoyed the polite applause of those captive audiences, he thought he wanted to be a doctor. When he was sixteen, Father John Aherne of St. Augustine High School in San Diego cast him as Papa Barrett in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Buono appeared in three plays a year while attending high school, which included Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp and Shakespearean dramas. He even played the title role of Hamlet. I am confident that I got it right so we will move on to a new one. I was born in England to a large show business family of Italian heritage. When I went into silent films, I used my surname as my first name and my great aunt's last name for my last name. My wife, my son, my brother, nephew, and cousin were all actors, but it was my cousin's daughter who became the biggest star in the family. I started out on the stage as a youngster. I got into silent pictures around 1915, and for several years I did a series of comedy shorts playing a character called "Nipper" My brother was cast in most of my short films as my rival. I was small (5'3") and extremely acrobatic and used it to my advantage in most of my films. I was sort of a British version of Buster Keaton, who started in films at about the same time. I worked for D.W. Griffith and many of the top directors of the day. When sound films came in my career waned a bit. I did appear in a musical with Jeanette MacDonald and I made a few movies throughout the 1930's. I did one very smart thing. I returned to the stage in the late thirties and had tremendous success with one play in particular. The play was so popular that I made a film version of it, as well as a very early television production. After World War II, I purchased a London theater which had been badly damaged in the blitz and was due to be demolished. I wanted a permanent place to produce comedic shows. However, I couldn't get the financial backing to completely restore it and a few years later it was sold. Now, after so many years, very few people know of me, yet, I was a fairly major star in my day. Do you know me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 are you LUPINO LANE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Yes, I am Lupino Lane. My real name is Henry Lupino. My brother Wallace was in many of my films. Ida Lupino is the daughter of my cousin Stanley. My father and her grandfather were brothers. I was in "The Love Parade" with Jeanette MacDonald in 1929. The stage production that was so popular was called "Me And My Girl" and it featured a dance that I did called "The Lambeth Walk". On November 10th of this year there will be a memorial service for me at Covent Garden on the fiftieth anniversary of my death. Good work visualfeast, it's your thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Thanks....I'll have a new one tomorrow. VF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I was a child model in my early teens, and married before I hit twenty. My good looks and savy attitude brought me to Hollywood, where I met the second of my husbands...a big star of the day. I starred in one of his biggest hits and after appearing in another hit of 1939, I was one of many stars who were tested for the lead in a much anticipated upcoming film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Vivien Leigh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Are you Paulette Goddard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Yes...That was quick! you're up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 But who's right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I?m going ahead, if that?s okay with laffite: ?I was born in Germany and started acting in theater at a young age, and made several films, too, when I was discovered by MGM. I was supposedly groomed by MGM, so they could create another star similar to that success of another European actress. But I am not like her. I am me. I am proud of my uniqueness and my petite frame. I made eight films between 1935 and 1938, until I became disenchanted with Hollywood and all that goes with it. I wish I had never won any Oscars. After one more film in 1943, which I was talked into, I pretty much left Hollywood. I was married to the playwright Clifford Odets for a few years, but it didn?t last. My second marriage in 1944 was to a publisher, who died in 1989. I am currently living in London, in the same apartment building another actress used to reside in, and I am considered to be the oldest living recipient of an Oscar in the acting field. Come January 2010, my birthday will be quite a milestone. I have endeavored into other appearances , since leaving Hollywood , but nothing compares to life. I am proud of my choices to do without, what one doesn?t need; to be true to myself; and to subsist on the basic things in life.? ?Do you know me?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Are You the malcontent Louise Rainer? You were correct with Paulette Goddard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Yes, it is Luise Rainer, who left Hollywood, never to look back. She was discovered by MGM, who hoped to make her another Greta Garbo. She did once say her Oscars were the worst thing to happen to her. She is living in an apartment building Vivien Leigh used to live in. I know it?s probably not polite to tell her age so I?ll just say in January 2010, she?ll be an age many people may want to live to see. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Miss Rainer groused about everything. She won two back-to-back Oscars (both undeserved) and complained about everything. She was only there, because her "beloved"Germany was at the time systematically eliminating all her former compatriots. As soon as it was safe to do so, she returned, only to continue complaining. Here's a new one. 1. I'm from London 2. I never won an Academy Award. 3. I, too lived a very long life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Are you Ralph Richardson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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