FDR

by Finis Farr

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870001280
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Arlington House
• Length: 439 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.

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A Reference Directory to the Golden Age of Hollywood with Details and Photos!

From Front jacket: "June Allyson was born in the Bronx. Edward Arnold once considered running for Republican Senator from California. Brawny Wallace Beery entered show business as a chorus boy. At 61, Marie Dressler made a comeback and became MGM's highest paid star. A clerk in MGM's legal department saw young Ava Gardner's photo in the window of a New York photographer and distributed 60 copies throughout the MGM offices. Stewart Granger's real name is James Stewart. These are just some of the thousands of cinematic facts in the 'MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era.' This reference directory to gigantic MGM is a cornucopia of film lore, with carefully detailed biographies and career studies of nearly 150 MGM greats from June Allyson to Robert Young. Plus--film listings for each star by year (over 6,875 movies in all!). Plus -- a photo gallery of more than 350 pictures.. Rich in quotes form the stars themselves, replete with fascinating salary statistics and contemporary reviews." *** Sample Stars: * June Allyson * Leon Ames * Pier Angeli * Edward Arnold * Fred Astaire * Mary Astor * Lew Ayres * Fay Bainter * Lucille Ball * Ethel Barrymore * John Barrymore * Lionel Barrymore * Freddy Bartholomew * Wallace Beery * Marie Blake * Ann Blyth * Lucille Bremer * Virginia Bruce * Billie Burke * Spring Blyington *Louis Calhern * Leslie Caron * John Carroll * Marge & Gower Champion * Cyd Charisse * Jackie Cooper * James Craig * Joan Crawford * Hume Cronyn * Arlene Dahl * Marion Davies * Laraine Day * Floria DeHaven * Melvyn Douglas * Tom Drake * Marie Dressler * Jimmy Durante * Nelson Eddy * Mel Ferrer * Anne Francis * Clark Gable * Greta Garbo * Ava Gardner * Judy Garland * Greer Garson * Connie Gilchrist * Stewart Granger * Jean Harlow * Helen Hayes * Van Heflin * Katharine Hepburn * John Hodiak * Fay Holden * Lena Horne * Marsha Hunt * Jose Iturbi * Rita Johnson * Van Johnson * Howard Keel * Gene Kelly * Deborah Kerr * Hedy Lamarr * Fernando Lamas * Angela Lansbury * Mario Lanza * Laurel & Hardy * Peter Lawford * Janet Leigh * Myrna Loy * Jeanette MacDonald * Marjorie Main * Marx Brothers * Una Merkel * Ann Miller * Robert Montgomery * Agnes Moorehead * Frank Morgan * Maureen O'Sullivan * Reginald Owen * Cecilia Parker * Walter Pidgeon * Eleanor Powell * Jane Powell * Frances Rafferty * Rags Ragland * Donna Reed * Debbie Reynold * Ann Richards * Mickey Rooney * Selena Royale * Rosalind Russell * Ann Rutherford * Norma Shearer * Frank Sinatra * Red Skelton * Ann Sothern * Robert Sterling * James Stewart * Dean Stockwell * Lewis Stone * Margaret Sullavan * Elizabeth Taylor * Robert Taylor * Audrey Totter * Spencer Tracy * Lana Turner * Robert Walker * Johnny Weismuller * James Whitmore * Dame May Whitty * Esther Williams * Keenan Wynn * Robert Young. Includes Genesis of MGM, Capsule Biographies of MGM Executive & MGM Academy Awards/Nominations & winners