First of all Happy Late Mom's day! I was at family reunion so no computer. Was supposed to post this Sunday..
April and I do part 2 of Stage Moms. Today we talk about Ginger Rogers mom Lela. She would do anything to make her daughter a star, and she did. Ginger as we all know was amazingly talented, she trusted her Lela and Lela was not only her mom, she was her BFF. That wasn't too great for any of Gingers 5 hubby's. Studio execs loathed her, and it's alleged the movie The Hard Way was based on Lela and Ginger. Ida Lupino starred as Joan Leslies big sister that will do anything to make sis a star...and she did.
The picture of Ginger and Lew Ayers in front of their wedding cake..I'll post.. RUN LEW, RUN. Their marriage lasted under two years. Lew thought three's a crowd and literally told her to back to Lela's home..
Again thanks to Deborah for the idea. Our final four are pretty rotten moms. Next up Betty Grable, then Shirley Temple, Natalie Wood, and Gypsy Rose Lee's mom, Rose Hovick..
Thanks to my partner in crime April. You are the best..
her website
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Mostly thanks so much to the listeners..YOU ARE THE BEST!!
Much Love,
Grace
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I'll be talking to George Stevens Jr. on Thursday. What a life. He knows all classic Hollywood peeps, then moves to Washington and knows JFK, RFK, Jackie O, and Grace Kelly. What a life!!!
I TALK TO AUTHOR STEPHEN MICHAEL SHEARER ABOUT HIS BIOGRAPHY OF HEDY LAMAR...SHE WAS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL BUT AN INVENTOR..........
I TALK TO AUTHOR ERIC GANS ABOUT HIS BOOK CAROLE LANDIS:A MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL..WE TALK HER LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH...
I TALK TO ACTOR, AUTHOR, ARTIST AND PLAYWRITE RICK LENZ... HE HAD SUCH GREAT STORIES ON CLASSIC MOVIE STARS
MY DREAMBOAT DAVID SELBY IS BACK WITH SOME MORE GREAT STORIES..HE EVEN SINGS A BIT..FUN SHOW
JESSICA RAINS COMES ON AGAIN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM FANS OF HER DAD CLAUDE RAINS...WE TALK LOTS OF FUN STUFF. FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF NEIGHBOR JAMES STUART WAS.
I TALK TO THE WONDERFUL DAVID SELBY. THIS TIME I GET HIM TO MYSELF…
WE TALK TO THE FABULOUS DAVID SELBY ABOUT DARK SHADOWS, THE TRUTH OF MANIACAL LAUGHS, WORKING WITH BARBRA STREISAND, MEETING THE OBAMAS AND SO MUCH MORE…. February 14, 2018
I TALK TO AUTHOR AND FILM HISTORIAN JOSEPH EGAN ON HIS BOOK THE PURPLE DIARIES: MARY ASTOR AND THE MOST SENSATIONAL HOLLYWOOD SCANDAL OF THE 1930S...FUN SHOW..
I TALK TO FILM HISTORIAN AND EX NEW YORK POST FILM CRITIC LOU LUMENICK ABOUT THE PROPAGANDA FILM MISSION TO MOSCOW…..A MUST SEE…PLUS SOME FUN OLD HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP..
I SPEAK TO AUTHOR MICHAEL DRUXMAN ABOUT IDA LUPINO, HIS MANY BOOKS AND THREE ACT PLAYS, KATE SMITH VERSUS DINAH SHORE AND MUCH MORE....
I TALK TO THE ADORABLE JESSICA RAINS, THE DAUGHTER OF CLAUDE RAINS. LOTS OF GREAT STORIES. SHE WAS A LOT OF FUN...
True Stories OF Tinseltown: I SPEAK TO THE LOVELY ALEXIS HUNTER ABOUT HER BOOK JOI LANSING...A BODY TO DIE FOR..A LOVE STORY...REALLY GREAT STORY...
NO DONNIE OR DANNY EITHER. IT WAS JUST GRACE AND HER NOT SELF PROCLAIMED CZAR OF NOIR CRUSH EDDIE MULLER FROM TCM’S NOIR ALLEY. WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THINGS NOIR AND HIGH-WATERS TOO..FLIRT ALERT……..
MY GUEST IS JOHN O’DOWD THE AUTHOR OF KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE :THE BARBARA PAYTON STORY. WE DISCUSS HER INCREDIBLY TRAGIC LIFE HER ALMOST STARDOM TO HER DESCENT TO SKID ROW……
I TALK TO AUTHOR PATRICK C BYRNE ABOUT HIS BOOK DOUBLE ENTENDRE..THE PARALLEL LIVES OF MAE WEST AND RAE BOURBON.. FUN PODCAST...
Lou Part 2 Lou Lumenick ex New York post Movie reviewer is Back with more great stories!
Al AND I TALK TO EX NEW YORK POST FILM CRITIC LOU LUMENICK WE TALK MOVIES, BEING A CRITIC AND SOME OLD HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP…FUN SHOW!!
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