#patricia farr

[thedabara]

ACTRESSES WHO DIED 1948

Carole Landis at 29 from suicide

Elissa Landi at 43 from cancer

Mary Nolan at 45 from suicide

Beryl Wallace at 35 from plane crash

Edna May at 69 from cancer

Mary Eaton at 47 from heart attack

Helen Lee Worthing at 43 from barbiturate overdose

Nora Lane at 43 from suicide

Elaine Hammerstein at 51 from car crash

Patricia Farr at 35 from illness

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1997

[kwebtv]

Burke’s Law -  List of Guest Stars

The Special Guest Stars of “Burke’s Law” read like a Who’s Who list of Hollywood of the era.  Many of the appearances, however, were no more than one scene cameos.  This is as complete a list ever compiled of all those who even made the briefest of appearances on the series.  

Beverly Adams, Nick Adams, Stanley Adams, Eddie Albert, Mabel Albertson, Lola Albright, Elizabeth Allen, June Allyson, Don Ameche, Michael Ansara, Army Archerd, Phil Arnold, Mary Astor, Frankie Avalon, Hy Averback, Jim Backus, Betty Barry, Susan Bay, Ed Begley, William Bendix, Joan Bennett, Edgar Bergen, Shelley Berman, Herschel Bernardi, Ken Berry, Lyle Bettger, Robert Bice, Theodore Bikel, Janet Blair, Madge Blake, Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Carl Boehm, Peter Bourne, Rosemarie Bowe, Eddie Bracken, Steve Brodie, Jan Brooks, Dorian Brown, Bobby Buntrock, Edd Byrnes, Corinne Calvet, Rory Calhoun, Pepe Callahan, Rod Cameron, Macdonald Carey, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Carlson, Jack Carter, Steve Carruthers, Marianna Case, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, Tom Cassidy, Joan Caulfield, Barrie Chase, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dane Clark, Dick Clark, Steve Cochran, Hans Conried, Jackie Coogan, Gladys Cooper, Henry Corden, Wendell Corey, Hazel Court, Wally Cox, Jeanne Crain, Susanne Cramer, Les Crane, Broderick Crawford, Suzanne Cupito, Arlene Dahl, Vic Dana, Jane Darwell, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda Darnell, Dennis Day, Laraine Day, Yvonne DeCarlo, Gloria De Haven, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Richard Devon, Billy De Wolfe, Don Diamond, Diana Dors, Joanne Dru, Paul Dubov, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Robert Easton, Barbara Eden, John Ericson, Leif Erickson, Tom Ewell, Nanette Fabray, Felicia Farr, Sharon Farrell, Herbie Faye, Fritz Feld, Susan Flannery, James Flavin, Rhonda Fleming, Nina Foch, Steve Forrest, Linda Foster, Byron Foulger, Eddie Foy Jr., Anne Francis, David Fresco, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Reginald Gardiner, Nancy Gates, Lisa Gaye, Sandra Giles, Mark Goddard, Thomas Gomez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Sandra Gould, Wilton Graff, Gloria Grahame, Shelby Grant, Jane Greer, Virginia Grey, Tammy Grimes, Richard Hale, Jack Haley, George Hamilton, Ann Harding, Joy Harmon, Phil Harris, Stacy Harris, Dee Hartford, June Havoc, Jill Haworth, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Hugh Hefner, Anne Helm, Percy Helton, Irene Hervey, Joe Higgins, Marianna Hill, Bern Hoffman, Jonathan Hole, Celeste Holm, Charlene Holt, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Horne, Edward Everett Horton, Breena Howard, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Arthur Hunnicutt, Tab Hunter, Joan Huntington, Josephine Hutchinson, Betty Hutton, Gunilla Hutton, Martha Hyer, Diana Hyland, Marty Ingels, John Ireland, Mako Iwamatsu, Joyce Jameson, Glynis Johns, I. Stanford Jolley, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jones, Spike Jones, Victor Jory, Jackie Joseph, Stubby Kaye, Monica Keating, Buster Keaton, Cecil Kellaway, Claire Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Kathy Kersh, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Kovack, Fred Krone, Lou Krugman, Frankie Laine, Fernando Lamas, Dorothy Lamour, Elsa Lanchester, Abbe Lane, Charles Lane, Lauren Lane, Harry Lauter, Norman Leavitt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruta Lee, Teri Lee, Peter Leeds, Margaret Leighton, Sheldon Leonard, Art Lewis, Buddy Lewis, Dave Loring, Joanne Ludden,  Ida Lupino, Tina Louise, Paul Lynde, Diana Lynn, James MacArthur, Gisele MacKenzie, Diane McBain, Kevin McCarthy, Bill McClean, Stephen McNally, Elizabeth MacRae, Jayne Mansfield, Hal March, Shary Marshall, Dewey Martin, Marlyn Mason, Hedley Mattingly, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Patricia Medina, Troy Melton, Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel, Dina Merrill, Torben Meyer, Barbara Michaels, Robert Middleton, Vera Miles, Sal Mineo, Mary Ann Mobley, Alan Mowbray, Ricardo Montalbán, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ralph Moody, Alvy Moore, Terry Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Morell, Rita Moreno, Byron Morrow, Jan Murray, Ken Murray, George Nader, J. Carrol Naish, Bek Nelson, Gene Nelson, David Niven, Chris Noel, Kathleen Nolan, Sheree North, Louis Nye, Arthur O'Connell, Quinn O'Hara, Susan Oliver, Debra Paget, Janis Paige, Nestor Paiva, Luciana Paluzzi, Julie Parrish, Fess Parker, Suzy Parker, Bert Parks, Harvey Parry, Hank Patterson, Joan Patrick, Nehemiah Persoff, Walter Pidgeon, Zasu Pitts, Edward Platt, Juliet Prowse, Eddie Quillan, Louis Quinn, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray, Martha Raye, Gene Raymond, Peggy Rea, Philip Reed, Carl Reiner, Stafford Repp, Paul Rhone, Paul Richards, Don Rickles, Will Rogers Jr., Ruth Roman, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Gena Rowlands, Charlie Ruggles, Janice Rule, Soupy Sales, Hugh Sanders, Tura Satana, Telly Savalas, John Saxon, Lizabeth Scott, Lisa Seagram, Pilar Seurat, William Shatner, Karen Sharpe, James Shigeta, Nina Shipman, Susan Silo, Johnny Silver, Nancy Sinatra, The Smothers Brothers, Joanie Sommers, Joan Staley, Jan Sterling, Elaine Stewart, Jill St. John, Dean Stockwell, Gale Storm, Susan Strasberg, Inger Stratton, Amzie Strickland, Gil Stuart, Grady Sutton, Kay Sutton, Gloria Swanson, Russ Tamblyn. Don Taylor, Dub Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Irene Tedrow, Terry-Thomas, Ginny Tiu, Dan Tobin, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tully, Jim Turley, Lurene Tuttle, Ann Tyrrell, Miyoshi Umeki, Mamie van Doren, Deborah Walley, Sandra Warner, David Wayne, Ray Weaver, Lennie Weinrib, Dawn Wells, Delores Wells, Rebecca Welles, Jack Weston, David White, James Whitmore, Michael Wilding, Annazette Williams, Dave Willock, Chill Wills, Marie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sandra Wirth, Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Dana Wynter, Celeste Yarnall, Francine York.

[beautifulactres]

Patricia Farr (1913-1948)

[annies-classic-beauties]

Julie Bishop, Rita Hayworth, and Patricia Farr (Girls Can Play, 1937)

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Lady Behave! (1937) Lloyd Corrigan

November 15th 2021

[classichollywoodactresses]

Patricia Farr

[folderolsoup]

Rita Hayworth and Patricia Farr walking with a cigarette smoking penguin

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Talented Husband (1.1, ITC, 1962)

"It's very simple. I don't like being a cog in the machine: being one of the millions of ants that devours the dragon is all very noble - but it's not half as much fun as being Saint George, is it?"

"With the sword in the hand and the foot on the neck of the dragon, eh?"

"And an arm around the fair maid."

[tabloidtoc]

Closer, December 30

Cover: Where Are They Now? 

Page 1: Contents

Page 2: The Big Picture -- The Three Stooges Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard playing Santa 

Page 4: Vanna White fills in for Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak 

Page 5: Billy Dee Williams returns to the Star Wars universe as Lando at 82, Ron Leibman -- farewell to a beloved actor 

Page 6: Hellos & Goodbyes 

Page 8: Picture Perfect -- Patricia Heaton 

Page 9: Melissa Joan Hart 

Page 10: Kate Flannery and Jane Lynch on Home & Family 

Page 11: James Van Der Beek and family, Ryan Seacrest in a hat given him by BTS, Debbie Harry at the Rainforest Fund benefit 

Page 12: Kelly Clarkson and John Legend duet on The Voice 

Page 13: Christie Brinkley and Santa, Joy Behar 

Page 14: Celine Dion and the Indiana Pacers mascot Boomer, Mindy Kaling recreates a scene from Legally Blonde 

Page 16: Reba McEntire is ready to conquer a world of fresh challenges 

Page 18: Cover Story -- Where Are They Now? Loni Anderson, Julie Newmar 

Page 19: Dennis Franz, Jimmie Walker 

Page 20: Dawn Wells, William Petersen 

Page 21: Susan Dey, Jamie Farr, Gene Hackman, Kristy McNichol 

Page 22: Elizabeth Taylor’s grandson and close friend share secrets of her life offscreen 

Page 24: Sally Field receives yet another honor and her colleagues’ adoration 

Page 27: Spot the Difference -- Ruthie Ann Miles on All Rise 

Page 29: Horoscopes -- Capricorn Susan Lucci 

Page 30: Entertainment -- Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live, Idina Menzel on A Home for the Holidays, In the Spotlight -- Molly Parker 

Page 32: Movies -- Daisy Ridley on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 

Page 33: DVDs, Books, Music 

Page 34: Television 

Page 36: Great Escape -- Jill Martin on the Hamptons 

Page 38: Good Food -- plant-based holiday classics from the cookbook Vegan Holiday Cooking by Kirsten Kaminski -- Roasted Acorn Squash with Quinoa 

Page 39: Chocolate Yule Log, Creamy Pumpkin Latte 

Page 40: How to avoid food poisoning, Martha Stewart 

Page 42: Whatever Happened to the Cast From The Santa Clause -- Tim Allen, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz 

Page 43: It Happened This Week 

Page 44: Kevin Pollak -- You’ve got to live in the present 

Page 48: Katharine Hepburn -- a new exhibit looks at how costumes helped shape the Hollywood icon’s image 

Page 50: Robert Urich’s eldest son shares memories of his kindness, work ethic and tragic death 

Page 52: Stars and Their Look-Alike Kids -- Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer 

Page 53: Clint and Scott Eastwood, Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson, Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber, Dennis and Jack Quaid, Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon and Ava Phillippe 

Page 54: Merry Everything -- Jaclyn Smith 

Page 58: My Life in 10 Pictures -- Sissy Spacek 

Page 60: Flashback 

[electricslytherindog]

I know, who can be perfect Patricia Rakepick in live action

April Bowlby, who played Rita Farr in "Doom Patrol"

[ogdensburgpubliclibrary]

Thank you to everyone who donated items to the Silent Auction! Kathy Farr Blue Heron Reality Ogdensburg Area Zonta Club Truax Insurance Agency Johnstown Duty Free Shop Hosmer's Smuggler's Cafe NBT Bank Diane & Don Clark Cindy's Cake Shop Thomas Robarge Dan Skamperlee - City Counsellor Town & Country Veterinary Clinic The Cutting Edge Thale Sandwich Warehouse Cam's Pizzeria Origami Owl Debbie Ormasen Dr. Patricia Mahoney The Law Office of Marcia Lemay Lin Griffin Kimro's Medicine Place And an anonymous Friend of the Library #OgdensburgPublicLibrary #Fundraising #SweetheartSoiree (at Ogdensburg Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8T_Ve6A1RD/?igshid=16yapn1l0j7mi

[beanarie]

for the TV Show Ask Game: 3, 50, 51

also including questions from @sickrey3, @kshaar, and @katherinebarlow thank you!

2. if you could have saved one TV show from cancellation, which one would it be? my so-called life, like, a million times. it was the only prime-time drama that spoke to my existence at the time and losing it so soon affected my choice of media for years afterward. i’m still so bitter.

3. have you ever quit a show before it finished? why? i quit things like it's my job. fuck them if they're not entertaining me anymore. shits not worth it. the big one, which took me years, was elementary. i watched fewer eps per season until i realized i didn't wanna come back anymore. they just don't care about joan and marcus as much as i wish they did. (edit: i wrote this answer weeks ago just before leaving on vacation and now i have to admit i did watch the final three eps. they were okay. it was a good place to leave them.)

11. which TV show has the best musical soundtrack, in your opinion? this is limited to shows that i paid enough attention to that i got to know the soundtrack--very small sample size ftr--but skins had some great music. also steven universe is wooonderful.

16. do you feel like there are any underrated TV show formats? not really underrated at all but i am a sucker for shows set in quirky small towns or insular communities where there's a constant undercurrent of shenanigans, like letterkenny, northern exposure, picket fences, schitt's creek, and community

24. how do you feel about bottle episodes? amazing, fantastic, groundbreaking. giving the plot a break often leads to the most interesting character development

26. favourite TV show theme song? tie: black sails and orange is the new black

28. who would be your dream cameo on your favourite show? ooh, basically every lgbtq actor on doom patrol. a short, non inclusive list: laverne cox, candis cayne, briana hildebrand, eddie izzard, angelica ross, fiona shaw, russell tovey, victor garber, wentworth miller, billy porter, sean maher, patricia velasquez, holland taylor, sarah paulson, shannon purser, jamie clayton, jen richards, saffron burrows, maria bello, and definitely neil patrick harris, nathan lane, billy eichner, etc.

35. who are your top 5 TV characters right now? rita farr (doom patrol), dean fogg (the magicians), clive babineaux (izombie), john silver (black sails), david rose (schitt's creek)

50. what’s one TV cliche you love? groundhog day episodes!!!! i die when the trapped character finally gives in to despair, like, just totally breaks, and suddenly dawn breaks and they get this tiny reason to hope that things will be okay

51. what’s one TV cliche you despise? pointless het drama. leverage is the only show i can think of that kept their couples apart for reasons explicitly tied to the woman's character development rather than "oh it's the second tuesday of the month so we're having a massive blowout then breaking up until right before the winter finale! in three breakups, we'll make up by getting engaged and we'll only split a couple more times after that! true love!"

[burlveneer-music]

Duo Zuber - Blackbird Redux  - Flute & Marimba

Belarca presents the album debut of Duo Zuber featuring Patricia Wolf Zuber, flute and Greg Zuber, marimba performing 20th and 21st century music from four continents

Patricia Wolf Zuber and Greg Zuber, a husband and wife duo, have been exploring and expanding the flute and marimba duo repertoire for over thirty years. They are passionate about this music, having played countless pieces for this combination and commissioning and arranging over 30 works. They are both winners of numerous Grammy Awards for their performances with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra of New York, Patricia as an Associate Flutist and Greg as Principal Percussionist, a position he has held for more than 25 years.

“We have been performing together since we first met in college. Along with busy careers based in New York City, at the Metropolitan Opera, on Broadway, and with other prestigious ensembles, we have continued our duo performances, building repertoire with newly discovered works, commissioned pieces, and adapted and arranged music.

We take inspiration from genius composers whose vocation is to translate ideas of life into form and sound. Our passion has been to present the most inspired, stylish, intelligent, expressive works from which to craft our programs.

We hope this album, with works created over a 60 year span, entertains and inspires listeners everywhere.” - Patricia and Greg Zuber

Composers: Gareth Farr Olivier Messiaen William Susman Heitor Villa-Lobos

[migleefulmoments]

A CrissColfer Mystery Solved

One of the longest CrissColfer “FACTS” is that Fox Studio actors are under contract for 7 years. They have repeated this “facts” for years and it forms the basis of why Darren is not running around screaming “I’m Gay” and walking arm-and-arm with Chris Colfer down the red carpet. 

Today an anon ribbed them over their recent claim that Kevin McHale came out this year only after his 7-year Fox contract was up. The ask was hardly “mean” but of course they attacked like rabid prairie dogs. 

Anon: Kevin McHale had a contract with fox until this year? HAHAHAHHAHAHAH Yes, Fox sign contracts with actors for years, even after they stop working with them. Or when they work with other networks such as Kevin who did a miniseries with ABC. Did your little google search on PR teach this nonsense?

You are this stupid for real or you only pretend to be like this when you write to me? Anyway I feel generous: my dear mean and with a lack of intelligence anon, standard F/ox contracts are 7 years long and they have “options” able to give them the possibility to work with others network. But who knows maybe you are too stupid even to check this not only to understand how this business works. Search in my blog, I think you can find the info here.

:) and we wanna talk about NDA?

I am actually a much better researcher than the CCers AND I am not stupid so let’s see what I found when I did some research...and let’s be real, I DIDN’T go to her CC blog to read HER Blog to “find the info”. Cuz I’m feeling generous, I have some advice for her- BEFORE you self righteously call someone “stupid” and question their intelligence, you should be sure you aren’t full of shit. 

All I did was Google “How long are Fox Studio Contracts” and this is what I saw 

Wikipedia

“The contracts included a studio option for renewal for as long as seven years. For many years, 20th Century Fox claimed to have been founded in 1915, the year Fox Film was founded”  

Interesting...THAT sounds an awful lot like EXACTLY what CCers have claimed - including the “OPTIONS”- albeit completely misconstrued. 

So. let’s do what NOT STUPID people do and actually READ the post. Let me set the scene....We are reading in the section about the founding of 20th Century Fox...specifically regrading the 1935 merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Films after which the company became known as 20th Century-Fox Films and established a special training school. Here we find the part we saw on the Google Result page:   

Lynn Bari, Patricia Farr and Anne Nagel were among 14 young women "launched on the trail of film stardom" on August 6, 1935, when they each received a six-month contract with 20th Century Fox after spending 18 months in the school. The contracts included a studio option for renewal for as long as seven years

The Wikipedia articles goes on to say 

After the merger was completed, Zanuck quickly signed young actors who would carry Twentieth Century-Fox for years:[9]Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Sonja Henie, and Betty Grable. Also on the Fox payroll he found two players who he built up into the studio's leading assets, Alice Faye and seven-year-old Shirley Temple. 

For years studios hired actors for long-term, exclusive contracts in what is referred to as “the Studio System”. Wikipedia says: 

 ...summer of 1962, Fox released nearly all of its contract stars, including Jayne Mansfield 

Fox let go of its long term contracts in 50 years ago. 

The 7 years the CCers have referenced for YEARS was apparently found in a Wikipedia reference to the version of Fox that existed in 1935. 

It looks to me like they DIDN'T actually READ the full post to fully understand it but took the info straight from the Google result page where it clearly was taken out of context!  As for the explanation that actors like Kevin McHale were given “Options” to allow them to work with other networks-it’s completely made up. For one thing there is nothing about this in the Wikipedia piece, actors today aren’t under exclusive long-term contracts and the studio system was used  before Television was a big thing so there was never a need for “options” to allow an actor to work with other networks.    

I also found an article in Forbes in 2014 called “How The Studios Could Benefit By Putting Stars Under Contract” in which the author, Schuyler Moore argues that studios would be wise to again retain actors for long-term contracts. To truly understand his argument, you should read the piece but here are some take aways:

...film companies have abandoned the most valuable property that they finance and create – the stars themselves... in the 1930’s and 40’s, MGM operated under the “star system,” where it nurtured stars under long-term contracts...

Film companies should revert to the studio system and sign relatively unknown actors to long-term contracts...Imagine the benefits to Fox if it had put Leonardo DiCaprio under a seven-year contract before “Titanic”...the film company should retain the value it has created by using them on future films for the fixed compensation or even loaning them out to other film companies at higher rates. 

Under the laws of most states (including California), employment contracts can not last beyond seven years, so this is the maximum amount of time that the film company could “own” the actor...

Fox doesn’t have standard 7-year contracts. Fox contracts with actors for shorter periods of time based on the project and the actor. But more importantly when the project ends, the contract ends. They don’t pay their actors to work for them long-term like they did in 1935!

[kultguy]

Congrats once again to Eureka Entertainment for bringing another trio of classics from the silent comedy genius that is Buston Keaton on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. And once again it’s packaged with a host of extras and a fantastic collector’s booklet.

Our Hospitality (1923) – 2k restoration In this gag-filled take on the infamous Hatfield and McCoy feud, Keaton stars as the luckless William McKay, who is lured into a trap by a rival clan, the Canfields. But knowing that he won’t be killed as long as he remains inside their homestead, he tries to stay put against all obstacles. This was one of Keaton’s most significant features and a breakthrough in his career – it also features a rather scary climax involving some dangerous rapids. Included is a new audio commentary by silent film historian Rob Farr, and the shorter (55min) work-print, Hospitality, presented with a  commentary by film historian Polly Rose. Plus, the video essay Making Comedy Beautiful by Patricia Eliot Tobias.

Go West (1925) – 4k restoration In this one, Keaton plays the penniless Friendless who ride the rails to work on an Arizona ranch. But when his beloved cow, Brown Eyes (who gets her own credit), seems set for the slaughterhouse, Friendless intervenes… The stand-out scene in this little beauty is a cattle stampede. You also get an audio commentary by film historians Joel Goss and Bruce Lawton, a video essay by John Bengtson on the filming locations, and another one, A Window on Keaton, by David Cairns. Plus, the short film Go West [1923, 12 mins], and a stills gallery.

College (1927) – 2k restoration Keaton followed up 1926’s The General with this higher education comedy in which he plays the scholarly anti-sports Ronald who tries to win the heart of schoolgirl Mary (Anne Cornwall) by becoming the one thing he is not – an athlete. But when Mary’s jock beau Jeff (Harold Goodwin) tries to force her into marriage, Ronald comes to the rescue… Filled with inventive physical gags, this is my favourite in the set. Also included is a video essay by John Bengtson on College’s filming locations, The Railrodder [1965, 24 mins] starring Keaton in one of his final film roles, optional audio commentary with director Gerald Potterton and cameraman David De Volpi, and an audio Q&A with Potterton [55 mins]. Plus, the documentary Buster Keaton Rides Again [1965, 55 mins], and stills galleries.

Out now on Blu-ray as part of Eureka’s The Masters of Cinema Series.

Buster Keaton: Three Films – Volume 3 (1923-1927) | Our Hospitality, Go West and College on Blu-ray Congrats once again to Eureka Entertainment for bringing another trio of classics from the silent comedy genius that is Buston Keaton on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK.