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WHEN LEGENDS MEET —-
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Author: Joe Morella and Frank Segers
Who Was SIGNE HASSO?
She was brought over from Sweden. While she never became a Star she worked constantly and starred opposite some of Hollywood’s top leading men. Her given name was pronounced SIG-NEE. Ah, so! Signe Eleonora Cecelia Larsson was born in Stockholm in 1910, and began her career as a 12-year-old child extra at Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic […]
Remember NEIL HAMILTON?
He ran the gamut. From male model, to silent screen star to top leading man, to supporting player, then doing bits at poverty row studios, to being resurrected by television and introduced to a whole new audience. He could be remembered as the hardest working supporting actor you’ve never heard of. James Neil Hamilton was […]
JUNE ALLYSON Quiz — Answers
How much did you know about June Allyson? There they are, the bride and groom — in happier days. June Allyson married the first of her three husbands — actor/director Dick Powell — in 1945 when she was 28 (he was 41). Both had redirected their careers from movie musicals to more dramatic fare (although […]
JUNE ALLYSON — Girl Next Door — Or Was S
She portrayed the pure and innocent girl next door and later the ideal wife. Now, we ask: how could you NOT warm up to June Allyson. She was the epitome of marital fidelity in the Forties and Fifties, the lovingly supportive partner onscreen to bandleader Glenn Miller and baseball pitcher Monte Stratton (both played […]
When Legends Meet — Guess Who
These two were the biggest screen stars of the 1920’s. Know them? Well, then, how about these three from the 1930’s. Or, these two from the 1940’s. Or… feast your eyes on these three from the 1950’s. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Re-Visiting a Classic — RED RIVER
Let’s take another look at what may be John Wayne’s best film. That honor usually goes to the vehicle for the Duke’s intense performance (see below) as a righteously unhinged Civil War veteran out to avenge the kidnapping of his niece (Natalie Wood) by Comanche Indians — John Ford’s memorable 1956 western, The Searchers. We […]
Lest We Forget — JEANETTE
We’ve been thinking there may have been a few top stars of the Golden Era who we haven’t paid enough attention to in the nine years we’ve been blogging. Have we overlooked any of your favorites? Such as Jeanette MacDonald? Here she is above with her closest big screen comrade, Nelson Eddy. The two became part […]
ROLAND YOUNG Quiz — Answers
How much did you know about our man, Roland Young, pictured above as a young British actor on the rise? Young was born in London in 1887 (he died in 1953 at age 65), and spent requisite periods on the London and Broadway stages (the latter from 1912) before landing in Hollywood at MGM in […]
ROLAND YOUNG — Topper, But So Much More
Ok, we’ll get to our Roland Young Quiz in a moment. First, we want to wish you and yours a peaceful and prayerful Memorial Day, the beginning-of-summer holiday which commemorates all those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the U.S. armed forces. And… we can’t resist offering our modest suggestion as to which […]