Saturday, January 25, 2025

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Vivien Leigh (𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅) Best Actress, Olivia de Havilland (𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅) nominated for Best Supporting Actress, at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles 1940.

 


9 comments:

  1. Hollywood should have made a movie about Doug Fairbanks Jr's wartime escapades, but they hated that he actually served in combat, so he went from the #1 moviestar prior to the war, to someone who had trouble getting a job afterwards due to their antiwar sentiments.

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    1. Fairbanks was a BAMF. Hollyweird is managed, or mastered, by creeps.

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    2. Roger that.

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  2. Those two young (at the time) ladies are heart throbs to the max.

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  3. Frankly I don't give a damn

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  4. WWII awards
    Silver Star
    Legion of Merit
    American Defense Service Medal with "A" device
    American Campaign Medal
    European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
    World War II Victory Medal
    Naval Reserve Medal
    Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1949 (KBE, United Kingdom)
    Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ, United Kingdom)
    Knight of the Legion of Honor (France)
    Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
    Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
    Croix de Guerre, 1939–1945 with bronze palm (France)
    War Cross for Military Valor (Italy)
    Federal Cross of Merit, Commander's Cross (West Germany)

    He didn't get those out of a Cracker Jack box.

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    1. That Silver Star was originally written up for a higher award, but then they realized he was "an actor", and it was downgraded a couple levels. IIRC, it was originally the Navy Cross. I think this was for going head to head with a much more heavily armed German warship with his MTB . One of those situations where if they didn't stop it, the island invasion he was working on was going to be in big trouble.
      The military/Pentagon types didn't care for hollywood individuals in general.

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  5. it was a party back then.
    the golden globes the same until they televised (and wrecked) it.

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  6. Got a tour of the Grove and the hotel before they tore it down.
    Saw the mezzanine hangout where the Rat Pack used to watch each other perform to decide when to wander down and step in.
    Saw the doorway where RFK got Kennedy-cided.
    Saw the Presidential Suite that was used by five presidents.
    Cool place.

    Then L.A. tore it down to make a substandard high school for gang bangers.

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