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2013-08-28

Posted by Fred 2013-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 December 12, 1991) was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boardman was originally on stage but, after temporarily losing her voice, in 1922, she entered silent films. There followed months of fruitless effort until one day Rupert Hughes saw her riding a horse and gave her a part in a film and she quickly began to attract audiences. She was chosen by Goldwyn Pictures as their "New Face of 1922," through which she signed a contract with the company. After several successful supporting roles, she played the lead in 1923's Souls for Sale.

Her growing popularity was reflected by inclusion on the list of WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. She appeared in fewer than forty films during her career, achieving her greatest success in Vidor's The Crowd in 1928. Her performance in that film is widely recognized as one of the outstanding performances in American silent films.

Unable to make the transition from silent to talking pictures, Boardman retired in 1935, and retreated from Hollywood. Her only subsequent appearance was in an interview filmed for the Kevin Brownlow and David Gill documentary series Hollywood in 1980.

Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 September 22, 1961) was an American film actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist.

Davies was already building a solid reputation as a film comedienne when newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, with whom she had begun a romantic relationship, took over management of her career. Hearst financed Davies pictures, promoted her heavily through his newspapers and Hearst Newsreels, and pressured studios to cast her in historical dramas for which she was ill suited. For this reason, Davies is better remembered today as Hearst's mistress and the hostess of many lavish events for the Hollywood elite. In particular, her name is linked with the 1924 scandal aboard Hearst's yacht when one of his guests, film producer Thomas Ince, died.

In the film Citizen Kane (1941), the title character's wifean untalented singer whom he tries to promotewas widely assumed to be based on Davies. But many commentators, including Citizen Kane writer/director Orson Welles himself, have defended Davies' record as a gifted actress, to whom Hearst's patronage did more harm than good. She retired from the screen in 1937, choosing to devote herself to Hearst and charitable work.

In Hearst's declining years, Davies provided financial as well as emotional support until his death in 1951. She married for the first time eleven weeks after his death, a marriage which lasted until Davies died of stomach cancer in 1961 at the age of 64.

Posted by Au Auric 2013-08-28 00:39|| 2013-08-28 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Birthday Gam Shot

Vera Jordanova [Finnish][Filmography][Modelography](age 38)

Peekaboo Design

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-08-28 06:59|| 2013-08-28 06:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Needs a few trips to Golden's Country Buffet, but a cute smile nonetheless.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-28 07:40|| 2013-08-28 07:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Finnish?! Hell, I can't even get started....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-08-28 15:05|| 2013-08-28 15:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Yea Uncle Phester she looks good now, but wait until she is your age !

Posted by Au Auric 2013-08-28 16:04|| 2013-08-28 16:04|| Front Page Top

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