Barbara Stanwyck Among Finest Film ... Nov 12, 2009
However, there also were reports he often strayed, with actresses Ava Gardner and Lana Turner, among others. They divorced in 1951. (Suite101.com)
No comments posted. Nov 10, 2009
World War II touched almost every life. by Jerry Sloat/Daily Democrat Columnist. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
World War II touched almost every life Nov 10, 2009
by Jerry Sloat/Daily Democrat Columnist. Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 12:26 PM CST To anyone under the age of 65 or 70, World War II is just part of history. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Wild is the 'wind' Nov 9, 2009
Tallulah Bankhead, Lana Turner and Susan Hayward tried out ... Tallulah Bankhead, Lana Turner and Susan Hayward tried out. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Obituary: Ernest B. Bonelli / Fullback, defensive back who played for Panthers, Steelers Oct 15, 2009
"He danced the night away with Lana Turner," his daughter said. "He always was a hoofer.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
View from this side: From Cary Grant to Kanye West Oct 9, 2009
We had Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Doris Day, Constance Bennett, Betty Grable, Lana Turner: immaculate long gowns, couturier dresses and hair expensively coiffed. What I see today are spangled, skin-tight suit-pants with obtrusively displayed bellybuttons. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
1950s housewife role is a good fit for Zellweger Sep 4, 2009
Her blondness, those muscular cheeks, that voice so full of twang and diction: At any given moment, she s Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Judy Holliday, Sandra Dee, Dorothy Malone, Marilyn Monroe, and Lana Turner. And so: She never seems entirely real or herself. (Boston Globe)
So long, cowboy Aug 16, 2009
"On the set of the television show "Wild, Wild West," Hughes made a big impression on star Bob Conrad. Hughes coordinated a fight scene in which he dove off a wine barrel. Conrad was so impressed that he later asked Hughes to be the stunt coordinator for the show.Standing at only 5 feet 7 inches and weighing no more than 130 pounds, Hughes often doubled for women and children. He doubled for famous leading ladies such as Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Stephanie Powers and Anne Baxter. Dotty... (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE FAMOUS Jul 26, 2009
That such a transformation seems likely to occur is, I contend, our culture's Big Lie, which keeps us all - at least many of us in this city and indeed many of you reading this now - held in a sort of suspended animation, as we wait, like Lana Turner at some Hollywood drugstore, for fame to swoop down on us. But why do we believe it. (New York Post -- Opinions)
German Tryst On 'postman' Plot May 15, 2009
GERMAN TRYST ON 'POSTMAN' PLOT - New York Post. Friday, May 15, 2009 Last Update: 06:00 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
DVD: 'Button's' worth savoring May 3, 2009
Like something Lana Turner or Gregory Peck might have embraced in the '50s, it's a lush romance filled with crusty characters and pregnant situations. Brad Pitt stars as the title character, an orphan afflicted with a rare disease. (Sioux City Journal)
Designer Valentino's dramatic exit on film Mar 23, 2009
Through the years, Valentino, whose early muse was Lana Turner, whom he grew up watching, has dressed everyone from Jackie Kennedy in the '60s to Anne Hathaway today. He's known for gowns and exquisite draping and fabrics, and his dresses are ubiquitous on the red carpet. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Warner Bros. launches 'on demand' DVD sales Mar 23, 2009
Scanning the initial list of titles, Weldon points to Homecoming, a 1948 romantic drama from MGM starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner. "Here's one right now," he says. (USA Today -- Life)
Oscar omissions Feb 22, 2009
This fatalistic film from director Tay Garnett is best known for one of the hottest portrayals of a sultry and seductive femme fatale it is one of Lana Turners finest performances ... Among the actresses who bombed at the Oscars although they were huge box office hits were screen legends like Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Deborah Kerr and Lana Turner. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
7 movies that glamorize business travel Feb 7, 2009
Weekend at the WaldorfAn Americanized remake of 1932s Grand Hotel, this 1945 version has a gorgeous cast (Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner and the almost-as-pretty Van Johnson and Walter Pidgeon) and a thousand beauty shots of New Yorks Waldorf-Astoria in its heyday. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Travel)
