Roz Accepting Award for Helen Hayes
Yesterday, I found new footage of Roz I had never seen. It is from the year 1971 and she accepts an award for Helen Hayes, who was not present. She says a few words and is charming as always. You can...
View ArticleRemembering Roz 35 Years Later
Rosalind Russell died 35 years ago today, on November 28, 1976. This seems rather significant because 35 years is a long time. Sometimes I can’t believe that she had already been dead just over 13...
View ArticleA Farewell to Classic Actress Tourney 2013
Dear readers, I have had so much fun co-hosting this tournament this year. In fact, I think I had more fun this year than last year, my first time at bat. I think this is because I knew more about my...
View ArticleThe Night is Young (1935)
The Night is Young, released in 1935, is a combined comedy/musical/romance. It stars Ramon Novarro and Evelyn Laye with a supporting cast that includes the always wonderful Una Merkel, funny Charles...
View ArticleHappy anniversary, Rosalind Russell and Frederick Brisson
Photo edit by Josie Miller of Roz and Freddie during their wedding ceremony On October 25, 1941, Rosalind Russell and Frederick Brisson were married in the Santa Inés mission in Solvang, California....
View ArticleReckless (1935)
“My word, I thought, a ten- or eleven-year-old having that bright red polish put on, and suddenly the hood of the dryer went back and the child stood up and it was Jean. She was probably twenty-three...
View ArticleRendezvous (1935)
When Rosalind Russell was told she was going to be William Powell’s leading lady in the 1935 film Rendezvous, she automatically felt bad for him. “I felt self-conscious. Powell and Loy had been a hit...
View ArticleLive, Love and Learn (1937)
Rosalind Russell and Helen Vinson in Live, Love and Learn (1937) Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in Live, Love and Learn (1937) After Night Must Fall finished production, Robert Montgomery and...
View ArticleFour’s a Crowd (1938)
Rosalind Russell and Errol Flynn filming a scene of Four’s a Crowd (1938) Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland became a popular, bankable screen couple starting in 1935 with the film Captain Blood and...
View ArticleThe Citadel (1938)
Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell in The Citadel (1938) The Citadel, a film released in 1938, marked a few important events. First of all, it was the last time Rosalind Russell would play a British...
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