April 9, 2015
This triple threat (actress, singer, and dancer) was A+ list for a short period of time and is mainly remembered today for possibly the most reproduced photos of a classic star which was originally intended as an innocent publicity photo for one of her movies. She slipped to B-list for the second half of her career moving into the world of Broadway, Vegas and summer stock, but still retained that A-list name recognition. For most of her years as a star, she was married to an A/B-list musician who was really popular during those same years but was reduced to playing Vegas and the nightclub circuit for the rest of his career. He was also a heavy drinker and heavy gambler (a habit which his wife also picked up), and was basically a deadbeat dad to their kids. Not to mention he could be physically and verbally abuse to his wife. Towards their end of their long marriage, she snapped. He brought home a hooker and the wife shot out the tires of her car with a pistol (which she always had on her just in case).. which he rode home in. The hooker threatened to press charges (I know, stupid idea…), but the incident was hushed up by the wife’s PR people.
Betty Grable/Harry James
They were always on Merv Griffin Harry James and his Orchestra with Buddy Rich as the drummer and her to dance and sing..
ReplyDeleteMerv Griffin...my stepfather getting dinner ready as he was up, worked third, mom worked 2nd. I love How to Marry a Millionaire.
ReplyDeleteNutbolted it ! ; )
ReplyDeleteI would have shot the hooker and framed the husband.
ReplyDeleteFinally something I could guess correctly (never saw it as a blind) and it's a reveal, curses!
ReplyDeleteThat is sad... I always heard she was very sweet and gracefully accepted being replaced by Marilyn Monroe in Hollywood. Agree with Groaning, hooker shows up at a woman's home and is upset her tires were shot? She got off easy.
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