For the Ann Blyth fan on your holiday gift list: Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. is available in print, eBook, and audiobook.
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A book on the career of actress Ann Blyth. Available in paperback, eBook, or audiobook.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Ann Blyth 1950s studio portrait
Here is a studio portrait of Ann Blyth from the early 1950s. In this decade she would launch several new phases of her career with a switch in home studio from Universal to MGM, nightclub concert dates, and television guest appearances. Despite this versatility, her film career would come to a close toward the end of the decade. From my book Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.:
This
woman had been the flavor of the month all through the late 1940s and most of
the 1950s, on enough magazine covers to choke a horse, and as famous in her day
as any young star could be. Today, she is nowhere to be seen in that
kitschy souvenir shop universe where classic film fans can easily snag T-shirts
and coffee cups and posters of Clark Gable and The Three Stooges, Mae West and
Betty Boop, and, of course, the ever-exploitable Marilyn
Monroe.
Where
was Ann Blyth? She never retired from performing. She had, unlike
most other stars of that era, performed in all media from radio to TV to stage,
and was successful in all of them. Far, far more talented
than any other 1950s glamour girl, yet she is not as well known today among
younger classic film fans.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures receives a gown worn by Ann Blyth
A gown worn by Ann Blyth in The King's Thief (1955) has been donated to the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. It is from the Arnold R. Kunert Collection. Ann wore several period gowns in the film, and at this point, I don't know which of them is the one donated to the museum, but I'll let you know when I have more description.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is slated to open to the public next year at 6067 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.
For more on The King's Thief, have a look here at my post on Another Old Movie Blog, and here in my book on Ann's career:
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