EPISODE 49 - “Birthday Tribute to Classic Cinema Star Ann Blyth ” - 08/19/2024

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With her crystal clear soprano voice, porcelain doll face, and fierce acting talent, ANN BLYTH became a much-in-demand star in the 1940s and 1950s. While known mostly as a romantic musical comedy star in films such as “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid” (1948), “Rose Marie” (1954), and “Kismet” (1955), she was also a deft dramatic actress when given the chance. Who can forget her as Veda, the daughter who made JOAN CRAWFORD’s life a living hell in “Mildred Pierce” (1945), or as the downtrodden alcoholic singer in “The Helen Morgan Story” (1957)? Blyth turns 96 on August 16th and is truly a living legend. Listen this week as we pay tribute with an episode about Ann Blyth’s remarkable life and career.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Ann Blyth: Singer, Actress, Star (2018), by Jacqueline T. Lynch;

“Ann Blyth: Official Biography,” July 1956, Paramount Pictures;

“Film Actress Breaks Back in Accident,” March 10, 1945, LA Examiner;

“Actress Ready to Work After Skiing Accident,” January 18, 1946, LA Examiner;

“Ann Blyth’s Mother Dies,’ July 23, 1946, Los Angeles Times;

“Bright Future Visioned For Youthful Ann Blyth,” September 10, 1949, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times;

“Angelic Annie,” September 27, 1952, by Richard G. Hubler, Collier’s Magazine;

“The Blyth Spirit,” October 12, 1952, by William Brownell, New York Times;

“Ann Blyth: Bride of the Year,” June 1953, Photoplay Magazine;

“A Blyth Spirit From An Earlier Error,” February 28, 1985, by Jack Hawn, Los Angeles Times;

“She’s Still Singing Just As Beautifully,” March 19, 1989, by Mitchell Smyth, Toronto Daily Star;

“Looking Back: Ann Blyth” June 5, 1990, by Ann Blyth, The Hollywood Reporter;

“Playing Thier Songs,” October 14,1994, by Libby Slate, Los Angeles Times;

“Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That,” September 29, 1997, by Candace A. Wedlan, Los Angeles Times; 

“Not Like Veda,” August 12, 2013, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

Chip Off The Old Block (1944), starring Donald O’Connor, and Peggy Ryan;

Babes On Swing Street (1944), starring Peggy Ryan;

Mildred Pierce (1945), starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, and Eve Arden;

Swell Guy (1946), starring Sonny Tufts;

Brute Force (1947), starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Ella Raines;

Killer McCoy (1947), starring Mickey Rooney;

A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) starring Charles Boyer;

Another Part of The Forest (1948), starring Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Edmond O’Brien, and Dan Duryea;

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948), starring William Powell and Irene Hervey;

Top O’ The Morning (1949), starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald;

Once More My Darling (1949), starring Robert Montgomery;

Free For All (1949), starring Robert Cummings:

Our Very Own (1950), starring Farley Granger;

Katy Did It (1951), starring Mark Stevens;

The Great Caruso (1951), starring Mario Lanza;

Thunder On the Hill (1951), starring Claudette Colbert;

All The Brother’s Were Valiant (1953), starring Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger; 

Rosie Marie (1954), starring Ann Blyth;

The Student Prince (1954), starring Mario Lanza;

Kismet (1955), starring Howard Keel;

Slander (1957), starring Van Johnson and Steve Cochran;

The Buster Keaton Story (1957), starring Donald O’Connor;

The Helen Morgan Story (1957), starring Paul Newman;

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