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Two months later Davies married Horace Brown, an ex-stuntman. As for Louella Parsons, Davies ran into the gossip columnist at a party in 1948, and greeted her with “Hello, Louella, you old shit.” Marion Davies died at age 64 on Sept. 22, 1961, leaving...
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Luckily, there is a classic movie that highlights the need for family, and its importance: 1944's Meet Me In St. Louis. The movie stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport,...
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This movie is really a bit of a fudge as a Christmas/New Year’s themed one since the main emphasis of the film isn’t the holiday season. Instead, the film is set from right around Christmas until shortly after the new year begins. But, what the heck. Rea
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St. Louis. With anticipation at a fever pitch over the upcoming 1904 World's Fair, father Alonzo (Leon Ames) drops a bombshell by announcing he's accepted a promotion that will force the Smiths to move to New York City. The family, which in addition to...
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In St. Louis, Missouri, on the brink of the 1904 World's Fair, the well-off Smith family are living a comfortable life. Mr. Alonzo Smith (Leon Ames) and Mrs. Anna Smith (Mary Astor) have four beautiful daughters: Esther (Judy Garland), Rose (Lucille Brem
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And of course at the end of John Huston's film of Dashiell Hammett's novel, Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart) sends the woman he loves, the mendacious Brigid O'Shaughnessy (Mary Astor) to the electric chair. That's the thing with femmes fatales –...
About Mary Astor
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Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Most famous for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) opposite Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. Full Article
