Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Today's Blind Items - Old Hollywood

#1 This foreign born A+ list director is still known today for the style of film he created. He constantly cheated on his wife. The thing is, she used to cheat on him too. Primarily with this B list character actor who worked for decades. He was the lead in a movie that got a remake this year and also even had a cool little role on an 80's cult hit. Oh, and did I mention his wife was best friends with the director's wife. Makes things interesting.

#2 - This A list mostly movie actress was known for her looks, her posters and that A+ list director she married. At one point in her career she underwent an eye lift procedure that was botched and she could never fully close her eyes for the remainder of her life. Oh, and had to wear fake eyelashes 24/7.


25 comments:

  1. MontanaMarriott2:11 AM

    1.Hitchcock

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  2. Derek Harvey2:11 AM

    1. John Cassavattes Gena Rowlands

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  3. Tricia132:11 AM

    1)Orson Welles

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  4. Tricia132:11 AM

    2)Betty page

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  5. Tricia132:12 AM

    2)Hayworth/Welles.....did t they marry?

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  6. MontanaMarriott2:12 AM

    Rita Hayworth/

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  7. MontanaMarriott2:13 AM

    Orson Welles husband

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  8. Tricia132:13 AM

    1)Ferederico Fellini

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  9. Derek Harvey2:15 AM

    nvmnd not foreign born

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  10. MontanaMarriott2:15 AM

    Yes they had a daughter Rebecca Welles

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  11. MontanaMarriott2:22 AM

    Could the character actor be Ernest Borgnine who starred in the original All Quiet On The Western Front which is being remade this year? The cult 80's movie being Escape from NY?

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  12. Betty Grable for #2

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  13. TopperMadison3:44 AM

    I thought of Betty Grable for #2, but she wasn't married to an A+ Director.

    I think you got it with Hayworth/Welles!

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  14. TopperMadison3:47 AM

    I'm trying to make Frank Capra fit for #1.

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  15. TopperMadison3:49 AM

    I'm trying to make Frank Capra fit for #1.

    Eli Wallach as the character actor??

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  16. Kibble4:07 AM

    I'm tossing in Francois Truffaut for #1. Madeleine Morgenstern for wife.

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  17. I am going with Ray Walston for the actor. Remake of My Favorite Martian. Fast Times At Ridgemont High as the cult 80's movie.

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  18. Anna Carroll6:53 AM

    Back in the mid-80s I attended a memorial service where Helen Gurley Brown was present. I mentioned to someone that if she didn't stop smirking I was going to go over and knock it off her face. My boss, a close friend of hers said, "She isn't smirking, sweetie, she can't close her lips since her last face lift." I had to leave the room to keep from laughing.

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  19. Kibble7:16 AM

    Awesome story @Anna Carroll.

    Old What's My Line clip with E. Taylor, I think HGB is on the panel - prolly doesn't look like what you saw ;)

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1gR-vU44gd4

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  20. Kibble7:21 AM

    D'oh! HGB is not on this panel. My bad. Fell ino a YouTube hole watching old WML vids and HGB does appear in a few. Man, folks was classy back then ....

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  21. clary7:42 AM

    Second one is Rita hayworth.

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  22. lila fowler9:36 AM

    Gag at women actually sleeping with Hitchcock.

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  23. Lemon Swizzle (fka Princess Kate)9:47 AM

    I have no pertinent knowledge, and Welles and Hitchcock were obviously both A+++, but I do think Hitchcock might be more accurately described as being known for his style of film.

    Then again, I have never gotten Citizen Kane. ROSEBUD!!!!

    (Do kids today even know about that movie?)

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  24. rdmtimp9:51 AM

    Welles wasn't foreign born (unless Kenosha, Wisconsin just became a foreign country).

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  25. Carol1:15 PM

    Mo, Ray Walston is a good guess for #1. The director would be Billy Wilder.

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