The Silver Screen Oasis

mongoII wrote:
Orson Welles boy wonder

OMgosh, he does look like just a boy here (in spite of the cigar)! Any idea how old he was in this photo, Joe?

And wonderful pix of Newman & Hopper--thank you!

Bill Hopper obviously had all the trademarks to become a genuine "movie star". From what I've heard, though, that was a career he never really took to. Seems like he was a pretty down-to-earth fella.

And Orson Welles -- could we perhaps regard him (in a slightly less expansive way) as the Steven Spielberg of his day? The man truly was a genius.

Birthday gal Anne Jeffreys and Lawrence Tierney filming on the beach in 1946
(notice that Tierney's waist is slimmer than Jeffreys)

Yeah, Joe, it's tragic to see how Tierney completely changed in appearance in later years. Watching some of those latter-day and TV shows movies it's difficult to believe the bald, bloated fat man with the growl for a voice could have at one time been handsome movie star Larry Tierney.

Actually, brother Scott didn't fare much better . . . but at least he kept his hair.

I know what you mean, Stone. Lawrence was in mpressive in "Born to Kill.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TROY DONAHUE (1936 - 2001)


SABU (1924 - 1963)


DOLORES MORAN (1924 - 1982)


DONNA REED (1921 - 1986)


JOYCE COMPTON (1907 - 1997)

TROY DONAHUE - My girlfriend favorite actor and have a big heart for him :!:

Erik, in the 1960s my niece Annie won a spot with other girls to join Troy Donahue for Thanksgiving dinner in New York City. Needless to say she was on cloud 9 and still has memorabilia from the event.

Married couple Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette out on the town.

Susan Hayward & Jess Barker with theitr twins, Timothy and Gregory in 1947

Peter Lorre alone in his solitude in 1935

Wonderful Lorre shot, Joe.

Caption could read: Dr. Gogol in diabolical introspection.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TOM NEAL (1914 - 1972)


SAM McDANIEL (1886 - 1962)
Hattie's brother with Shirley Temple


MARY BOLAND (1880 - 1965)

Triangle: Franchot Tone, Barbara Payton and birthday boy Tom Neal

In 1951, in a dispute over the on-again / off-again affections and the wavering allegiance of notorious actress / "party girl" Barbara Payton, he mixed it up with Payton's paramour, the aristocratic actor Franchot Tone. The former college boxer Neal inflicted upon Tone a smashed cheekbone, a broken nose and a brain concussion. Hollywood essentially blackballed Neal thereafter, but he would come to find a livelihood in gardening and landscaping.

Hi,

I remember this scandal with Barbara playing both guys off each other.
She ended up marrying Franchot Tone but not for long and then ran off with Tom Neal... I think she was being given the 'big build-up' a la Marilyn Monroe; but afrter all this she was dropped fast and never amounted to anything.
Another guy she was involved with was Guy Madison and I think that hurt him too. I felt badly for Guy because I liked him as a film star...

And then in 1951, we had the Walter Wanger / Joan Bennett / Jennings Lang shooting!!!

Yes folks, even the classic scandals were better than todays - stupid Madonnas, repulsive Kanye & Kardasians, Rianna and what's his untalented name, and that little puke, Beiber....
Oh for the good old, bad old days....

Larry