Happy New Year - 1957!

Happy New Year 1957!  Ann Blyth starred in three films that were released in this one year by three different studios: Slander for M-G-M, The Buster Keaton Story for Paramount, and The Helen Morgan Story for Warner Bros.  In this amazingly productive year, no one could have predicted that The Helen Morgan Story was to be her last motion picture, but it was certainly a wonderful performance on which to conclude that part of her career.  The decades ahead would be busy with television, concerts, and theatre.

Ann's most recent television appearance seems to be a new interview segment she has filmed for Turner Classic Movies.  This Friday, December 29th, TCM will be showing Mildred Pierce (1946) at 6 p.m. ET.  Tune in, say, ten or fifteen minutes before the movie is to start when this taped interview about her work on this film is likely to be shown again, with Ann looking as lovely as ever.  

And may I wish all visitors to this blog a very Happy and Healthy New Year - 2018!

Jacqueline T. Lynch

Holiday Publicity Photo

Ann Blyth in a cheerful holiday publicity photo from Universal.  Neatly composed and tastefully low-key and natural, this pleasant example of the studio photo stills unit warms the heart.  May I wish all visitors to this site all the blessings of the season.

On the slopes, or in the studio?

Ann Blyth poses with skis in this wintry photo, though those of us in the northern climes don't need reminding that snow is piling on the back steps.  This photo shoot was likely another publicity chore, as the studio publicity departments kept a constant agenda of supplying newspapers and magazines with pictures and news tidbits to keep a star's name in front of the public eye in between movies.  This photo was released in 1946, a year of great tribulation for Ann when, after the triumph of her Oscar-nominated performance in Mildred Pierce (1945), she suffered a serious back injury, and then the death of her mother, as she tried to pick up the pieces and continue with her career.  She was 17, and would turn 18 this year.

I wonder if any of the "snow" melted under the hot lights?  Still, it's a lovely illusion.

Paperback Book Sale!

SALE!!! - For the month of December only, the paperback version of my book Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. will be reduced from its regular price of $25 to $15!  Hurry to pick up your copy at this low price, as there are only five copies available at this sale price.  When the supply is gone, the sale is over, and future restocked items will be sold at the regular price of $25.  All my books in paperback are on sale at my Etsy shop this month - both fiction and non-fiction. 

Go to LynchTwinsPublishing here.  Payment can be made through credit card, PayPal, or by check or money order.  Your book can be signed if you wish, or any special message enclosed either written in the book or on a card.

Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. is a big book - 8 1/2 x 11 "coffee table" size, 398 pages with over 250 photographs.  It's a fine holiday gift for the loved one on your list who loves classic films -- especially for one who admires this splendid actress.