And to Charles:
I'm glad you enjoyed the discussion. I'm looking forward to yours now that I've joined the Oasis.
(P.S. Am figuring my answer to the question about my siblings and I eschewing acting careers answers yours as well. )
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- November 5th, 2013, 10:09 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
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- November 5th, 2013, 10:05 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
I've really, really enjoyed chatting with all of you. And, my apologies to Erik, who sent a great question about my Dad's role as Lex Luthor. I had written an answer but somehow failed to post it. Anyway, what I was going to say is: thank you. My Dad was indeed the first Lex Luthor on screen. He pla...
- November 5th, 2013, 9:50 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Thank you so much, Professional Tourist, for those leads on my Dad's radio days. I really appreciate it.
- November 5th, 2013, 9:48 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Thank you so much, Professional Tourist, for these leads on my Dad's radio days. I really appreciate it.
- November 5th, 2013, 9:47 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Okay, I'll avoid the Me-Network in the interest of future productivity! You asked whether it was a fluke that none of my siblings or I went into acting as adults. That's an interesting question. My parents did give us two messages that probably worked against it. One was how important education was,...
- November 5th, 2013, 3:47 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi Moira, Thank you for these excellent questions. On Carole Lombard and "No More Orchids" : This was a movie he made while on loan to Columbia from Warner Brothers. It was a romantic comedy (though it actually has a rather dark, Depression-era plot turn) and he thought it was the kind of ...
- November 5th, 2013, 1:30 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
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Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Professional Tourist--Thank you for your question about whether my Dad was active during the golden age of radio, and for sending the link to "The Unexpected." To tell you the truth, I didn't look very deeply into the radio stuff, but I am fairly sure he did radio guest spots in the late 4...
- November 5th, 2013, 1:10 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi there, Vienna asked about "One Night of Love" and Grace Moore. Yes, that was a movie he was proud of, and we had a GIANT poster from it on our house. It did well at the box office internationally (it apparently played for a full year in one theater in Australia) and was nominated for se...
- November 5th, 2013, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hello there, sue sue applegate-- I love Barbara Stanwyck and Lillian Roth as prison pals in "Ladies They Talk About" and I love the scene where Lillian Roth sings. There's an interesting backstory to the movie. It was based in part on a play by the actress Dorothy Mackaye, who had done tim...
- November 5th, 2013, 12:44 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi Elliot, So great to hear from you! I was SO sad to miss that night at the Roxie, one of my favorite theaters in the world. But yes--my brother Steve stood in for me, in good-old-fashioned- backstage- musical fashion. My 20-something nephew Joe Talbot was also there--he looks a lot like the young ...
- November 5th, 2013, 12:35 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi Everybody, So glad to be back, and thank you for the great questions. This is such an awesome group. Just arrived in Providence, on a blessedly unbumpy flight ( I hate to fly.) Anyway, WesternGuy, I am so happy to hear from you, and about the story you heard from the delightful Dolores Fuller, of...
- November 4th, 2013, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi again, First, to Mongo, who asked about people Lyle worked with whom he might not have cared for much. In general, my father was not a critical or judgmental person--or maybe not all that discerning or discriminating. He had good things to say about the vast majority of people he worked or social...
- November 4th, 2013, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi there, Nutella is a great idea :D JackFavell. I think I may nip into my daughter's Halloween candy, though. (Ah, the hazards and pleasures of working from home.) To continue with your questions: The research did present some challenges given that most of the players in this story, including my Da...
- November 4th, 2013, 11:28 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Hi Moira, Yes, as you say my Dad was one of the original 21 founding members of the Screen Actors Guild, in 1933, and he devoted a lot of time to organizing, and hosting fundraising galas for it. His main motivations were the innate sense of fairness you refer to, the sense of collegiality he felt h...
- November 4th, 2013, 11:01 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
- Replies: 39
- Views: 66440
Re: Welcome to Margaret Talbot, Our Guest on 11/4 & 11/5
Okay, I'm back, with a fresh cup of coffee, a jar of peanut butter, and a spoon. Heaven. To answer your question, Wendy, about my father's early days, touring with carnivals and tent shows through the small towns of the Midwest in the teens of twenties--I loved those stories and that material, that ...