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A very few film actors (Orson Welles, Linda Darnell, Warren Beatty, Janet Leigh come to mind) became stars overnight and received star billing in their first movie. But most Hollywood stars of the golden era come up through the ranks playing supporting parts first and being groomed for stardom. Hello everybody. Mr. Joe Morella […]
Just in case you’ve come in late, and this is your first or second visit to Classic Movie Chat, we’d like to remind you that one of our treasures is The Donald Gordon Collection of Never Before Seen Photos. Hello again. Joe Morella and Frank Segers here to bring you […]
Hello again. Morella and Segers here. Captured in yesterday’s photo was Linda Darnell, one of Fox studio head Darryl F. Zanuck’s stable of promising young actresses in the early 1940’s. Some might say in retrospect that her life off-camera often was far more interesting than many of the movies she made. Gorgeous from birth […]