Film Stars’ Television Projects
Pilots and Series of 50+ Movie Greats, 1948–1985
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About the Book
Bette Davis as a madam. Orson Welles hosting The Twilight Zone. Mae West voicing a cartoon character. Shirley Temple playing a social worker. While Hollywood stars like Lucille Ball, Loretta Young and Donna Reed successfully transitioned to television in its early days, many others tried and failed to become TV regulars. Drawing on contemporary interviews and other sources, this book profiles more than 50 actors—including Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd and Buster Keaton—and their unsuccessful pilots and short-lived series roles.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Richard Irvin
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 236
Bibliographic Info: 20 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2017
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6916-8
eISBN: 978-1-4766-2843-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Preface 1
Introduction 3
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 7
Joan Blondell 15
Stephen Boyd 22
Claudette Colbert 25
Gary Cooper 28
Joan Crawford 30
Bette Davis 35
Irene Dunne 45
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald 48
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 51
Jose Ferrer 57
Geraldine Fitzgerald 61
Joan Fontaine 64
Janet Gaynor 68
Stewart Granger 70
Kathryn Grayson 73
Susan Hayward 76
Betty Hutton 79
Van Johnson 84
Buster Keaton 91
Alan Ladd 95
Hedy Lamarr 101
Janet Leigh 105
Peter Lorre 110
Myrna Loy 114
Chico, Groucho and Harpo Marx 118
Roddy McDowall 128
Ethel Merman 134
Pat O’Brien 137
Maureen O’Hara 141
Anthony Perkins 145
Walter Pidgeon 147
Jane Powell 150
Basil Rathbone 153
Edward G. Robinson 155
Jane Russell 157
George Sanders 160
Randolph Scott 162
Zachary Scott 164
Ann Sheridan 166
Alexis Smith 170
Barbara Stanwyck 173
Gloria Swanson 182
Shirley Temple 187
Orson Welles 189
Mae West 200
Esther Williams 208
Shelley Winters 210
Chapter Notes 215
Bibliography 222
Index 223
