@nicoley132 Thanks... I saw this one, but it was a long time ago. No particular memory, except that Edward G. Robinson had a moustache and that the director was Mankiewicz.
Good video - thanks , great to see all the Fox stars. I was lucky enough to be at the British (ITV) Alice Faye / Dennie Norden TV recording and met her afterwards - Alice was a lovely looking and charming 66 year oldwho became a friend. She was a real lady.
I moved out to Frisco from Detroit last year since the weather is so much nicer. Since moving out here I would like to see Hello Frisco Hello and get into the singing spirit of my new home town but it isn't available from BLOCKBUSTER ON LINE.
Just read book by Brit' comedy writer Dennis Norden (born 1922). He recalls interviewing his fav' movie star & singer, Alice Faye on UK live TV show many years ago & got her to sing this wonderful song again. Then, as the show's closing tune "Seems Like Old Times" started she stood up, took his hand & said "dance with me." Fantastic movie clips. Thanks for the upload
Another wonderful tribute and I must say I'm especially happy you managed to get Sonja Henie, lovely Ty Power and especially Maureen O'Hara in there! Keep up the good work!
Some promising newcomers at Fox in the late forties included Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Barbara Lawrence, Glenn Langan and Dale Robertson. Alas, none fulfilled their initial promise. Perhaps the concurrent theater divorcement and coming of television made it more difficult to get studio support.
Dale Houston (of Dale and Grace) and I were working on a local bio for the late Dana Andrews. (I was Dale's personal manager.) Dana and Dale came from our same area orignally. I see where your friend was in the Oxbow Incident, and I am certain they would have know each other. I wish I could have known Dana. You are very lucky to have som much wonderful history and I just want to say from one artist to another I wish you the best.
John at Greenbriar has become such a great friend -- and I've gotten such a kick out of reminiscing about all the various people I've been lucky enough to have known -- or my family worked with or knew. John didn't know at first about the connection I had with my fathers' book -- turned out it was one of his all-time fav Hollywood Memoirs -- and he's boosted it to the skies! Shows you what a really good book it is. And, in my opinion, it is!
I'm so glad you had the opportunity to see him. Bill was really at his best as a light comedian -- you will find him on Youtube in a clip from "A Royal Scandal" with the redoubtable Tallulah. Something happened. None of us knows quite what, not even his niece Rosemary, with whom I've become very close. Only Lon McCallister, who finally just took care of him at the end, knows what really went wrong. Poor Bill -- he was so wonderfully self-destructive, but so beautiful & charming! All best. R.J.
Thanks for the additional information! This stuff is really very interesting.
And I also thought I'd mention that I just figured out where I've "seen" you... You're the R.J. who sometimes contributes comments at Greenbriar Picture Shows, right? Thanks for all of your wonderful information there too.
Thank you for both responses. Bill Eythe has been a major part of my life these last several-years, because of a project I have been immersed-in about both he, and his dearest-friend, the late actor Lon McCallister. Bill's life was actually far more interesting and dramatic than any film he ever did, but he was a very underrated personality, who might have gone much farther, had he not made the almost suicidal-error of getting-on the wrong side of Darryl Zanuck! Thanks again. R.J.
I just got a chance to see him in Wing and a Prayer -- I know him as the son in The Ox-Bow Incident; ringing a few more bells now... He definitely had movie star good looks.
Sounds very interesting... How'd he get on the wrong side of Zanuck?
Another player out-there during the war years was William Eythe, who appeared in "House on 92nd Street" and "A Royal Scandal". According to Bill's niece, he would refer to the studio in later-years derisively as "Penitentiary Fox"! (I can still remember as a little boy, by the way, when all Hollywood was laying-bets as to when the Fox lot, on Pico Blvd. in Beverly Hills, was going to have to shutdown, because of the runaway-budget on "Cleopatra"!)
William Eythe -- I've seen him in a couple things I guess, but not someone who's on my radar. I shall keep a lookout for him; thanks for the informative comment. And thanks for sharing your memory about the Cleopatra days!
Loved the video but missed some essential 20th Fox personalities from that same period like Jane Withers, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Dan Dailey and Ann Baxter
Knowledgeable person. Should've included a few more Fox stars, hey? Was going to use State Fair and Anne Baxter but left them out in the end. Glad you liked it though, and thanks very much for the comment.
0:22 >Richard Conte with ? In which film, please? Thank you ! (can't be Cry of The City)
freddiefreejazzify 1 day ago
@freddiefreejazzify House of Strangers (1949), with Susan Hayward
nicoley132 1 day ago
@nicoley132 Thanks... I saw this one, but it was a long time ago. No particular memory, except that Edward G. Robinson had a moustache and that the director was Mankiewicz.
freddiefreejazzify 1 day ago
@freddiefreejazzify That's the one!
nicoley132 11 hours ago
Good video - thanks , great to see all the Fox stars. I was lucky enough to be at the British (ITV) Alice Faye / Dennie Norden TV recording and met her afterwards - Alice was a lovely looking and charming 66 year oldwho became a friend. She was a real lady.
filmsprockets 1 week ago
@filmsprockets She sounds like a swell gal. I certainly enjoy her in movies. :)
nicoley132 1 week ago
I moved out to Frisco from Detroit last year since the weather is so much nicer. Since moving out here I would like to see Hello Frisco Hello and get into the singing spirit of my new home town but it isn't available from BLOCKBUSTER ON LINE.
denny906 8 months ago
What a beautiful song! Love the movies you chose. :)
FlaxenHairedBeauty 11 months ago
Just read book by Brit' comedy writer Dennis Norden (born 1922). He recalls interviewing his fav' movie star & singer, Alice Faye on UK live TV show many years ago & got her to sing this wonderful song again. Then, as the show's closing tune "Seems Like Old Times" started she stood up, took his hand & said "dance with me." Fantastic movie clips. Thanks for the upload
Rowland108 1 year ago
Another wonderful tribute and I must say I'm especially happy you managed to get Sonja Henie, lovely Ty Power and especially Maureen O'Hara in there! Keep up the good work!
KarinPluss 1 year ago
J'adore cette chanson. Elle est très belle et romantique, c'est la façon que toutes les chansons devraient être!
Amitiés,
julianallees
6iem Decembre, 2009 22h 44
julianallees 2 years ago
Great clips. The song by Alice Faye is both beautiful and haunting. She truly is one of the great stars of cinema.
faye5515 2 years ago
Alice sends chills up my spine.
is1531 2 years ago 2
Some promising newcomers at Fox in the late forties included Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Barbara Lawrence, Glenn Langan and Dale Robertson. Alas, none fulfilled their initial promise. Perhaps the concurrent theater divorcement and coming of television made it more difficult to get studio support.
jbrut 3 years ago
Dale Houston (of Dale and Grace) and I were working on a local bio for the late Dana Andrews. (I was Dale's personal manager.) Dana and Dale came from our same area orignally. I see where your friend was in the Oxbow Incident, and I am certain they would have know each other. I wish I could have known Dana. You are very lucky to have som much wonderful history and I just want to say from one artist to another I wish you the best.
Nite30889
Nite30889 3 years ago
John at Greenbriar has become such a great friend -- and I've gotten such a kick out of reminiscing about all the various people I've been lucky enough to have known -- or my family worked with or knew. John didn't know at first about the connection I had with my fathers' book -- turned out it was one of his all-time fav Hollywood Memoirs -- and he's boosted it to the skies! Shows you what a really good book it is. And, in my opinion, it is!
Take care & God bless. "R.J."
bchfront 3 years ago
I'm so glad you had the opportunity to see him. Bill was really at his best as a light comedian -- you will find him on Youtube in a clip from "A Royal Scandal" with the redoubtable Tallulah. Something happened. None of us knows quite what, not even his niece Rosemary, with whom I've become very close. Only Lon McCallister, who finally just took care of him at the end, knows what really went wrong. Poor Bill -- he was so wonderfully self-destructive, but so beautiful & charming! All best. R.J.
bchfront 3 years ago
Thanks for the additional information! This stuff is really very interesting.
And I also thought I'd mention that I just figured out where I've "seen" you... You're the R.J. who sometimes contributes comments at Greenbriar Picture Shows, right? Thanks for all of your wonderful information there too.
nicoley132 3 years ago
Dear nicoley,
Thank you for both responses. Bill Eythe has been a major part of my life these last several-years, because of a project I have been immersed-in about both he, and his dearest-friend, the late actor Lon McCallister. Bill's life was actually far more interesting and dramatic than any film he ever did, but he was a very underrated personality, who might have gone much farther, had he not made the almost suicidal-error of getting-on the wrong side of Darryl Zanuck! Thanks again. R.J.
bchfront 3 years ago
I just got a chance to see him in Wing and a Prayer -- I know him as the son in The Ox-Bow Incident; ringing a few more bells now... He definitely had movie star good looks.
Sounds very interesting... How'd he get on the wrong side of Zanuck?
nicoley132 3 years ago
Another player out-there during the war years was William Eythe, who appeared in "House on 92nd Street" and "A Royal Scandal". According to Bill's niece, he would refer to the studio in later-years derisively as "Penitentiary Fox"! (I can still remember as a little boy, by the way, when all Hollywood was laying-bets as to when the Fox lot, on Pico Blvd. in Beverly Hills, was going to have to shutdown, because of the runaway-budget on "Cleopatra"!)
bchfront 3 years ago
William Eythe -- I've seen him in a couple things I guess, but not someone who's on my radar. I shall keep a lookout for him; thanks for the informative comment. And thanks for sharing your memory about the Cleopatra days!
nicoley132 3 years ago
Loved the video but missed some essential 20th Fox personalities from that same period like Jane Withers, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Dan Dailey and Ann Baxter
Rafows19 3 years ago
Knowledgeable person. Should've included a few more Fox stars, hey? Was going to use State Fair and Anne Baxter but left them out in the end. Glad you liked it though, and thanks very much for the comment.
nicoley132 3 years ago