Another woman known for her beauty in the 1920s was the model Marion Morehouse (who was married to poet E.E. Cummings from 1934 until his death in 1962). Considered by some to be the first “supermodel,” I include an image of Morehouse below (right) to demonstrate how artists exaggera...
While the New Yorker was happy to send singer Marion Talley packing back to Midwest (see last post), it was wholly embracing one of its own, Molly Picon. But as we will see, it had every reason to do so. April 27, 1929 cover by Rea Irvin. The daughter of Polish immigrants, Molly...
John Wayne, born Marion Morrison, has solidified himself as one of the most important figures both in Hollywood history and amongst the graduates of the University of Southern California. Wayne, a high school football player, entered USC in 1925 on an athletic scholarship, which at that time me...
The two worked together to adapt dozens of novels and stories into films, from classics like "Anne of Green Gables," to "The Big House," which won Marion her first Oscar (Adapted Screenplay). By the end of her career, Marion had written over 100 scripts. 1931: Jackie Mitchell strikes ...
1930: Frances Marion writes Oscar-winning 'The Big House As movies transitioned from silent black-and-white affairs into talkies and Technicolor, screenwriter Frances Marion and actress Mary Pickford became some of early Hollywood's biggest names. The twoworked together to adaptdozens of novels and...
DEAR OLD ALMA MATER…James Thurberattended The Ohio State University from 1913 to 1918. Clockwise, from top left, the football team during Thurber’s time featured some smart players as well, including All-American quarterback/halfbackGaylor “Pete” Stinchcomb(left) and All-American halfbackChic...
Bing Crosby with Marion Davies in the 1933 film Going Hollywood. (IMDB) …Brubaker also shared this prescient observation from American astronomer Vesto Slipher… …Slipher (1875–1969) would live long enough to confirm his statement…the first full-disk “true color” picture of the Earth ...
The death of the famed Notre Dame football coach had White pondering a new, safer path for aviation that seemed to be embodied in a contraption called the autogiro. White had previously written about the potential of the autogiro back in 1929 (Dec. 7 issue). Half-helicopter and half-airpl...
“The Talk of the Town” also featuredKitty Marion(1871-1944) in a mini-profile. The German-born Marion moved to London at age 15, where she gained some prominence as a music hall singer. She found greater fame, however, as an activist, first standing up for the rights of fellow women...
SEEING GREEN…Walt Disney’sFlowers and Treeswon the very first Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1932. (intanibase.com) …Mosher also took in light entertainment of the live-action variety withMarion DaviesandBillie Doveproviding some amusement inBlonde of the Follies,although the pi...