
—Myrna Loy to MGM when they sent her a letter reprimanding her for speaking out on behalf of German Jews. Her call against Jew-hatred resulted in a loss of revenue for the studio when Hitler banned Loy’s movies in Germany.

—Anna May Wong, 1933

—George Raft

—Clara Bow in 1951 interview

—Jean Harlow

—John Ford

—Doris Day

On her studio’s attempts to promote her as “America’s Answer to Brigitte Bardot”:
“Anyone who’d want to build me up as a sex siren would have to be crazy. Why is it most actresses must be bizarre, vulgar or temperamental to make good copy? Everyone in Hollywood tells me I have to develop an interview personality if I want to keep the press happy. They want me to be something I’m not…I’m an actress and a woman and I hope, a lady. But I found being a lady is a hardship here. It’s not encouraged. What I should be is a glib person, quick on repartee, and full of colorful quotes I gleamed from the ‘Reader’s Digest’ just before the interview!’”
‘All I need are one or two good quotes, either controversial or funny, and I’ve got a column,’ I said.“
”’No,’ said Miss Remick firmly. ‘I can’t think of one!’ Then she brightened, ’I have it,’ she said, ‘you can compare me with Greta Garbo. I have big feet too.’
—excerpted from Joe Hyman’s 1959 New York Herald Tribune profile, “Lee Remick Boasts Garbo Feet”

—Paulette Goddard

“Grace doesn’t allow anecdotes to happen to her.”

—Sylvia Sidney

—anonymous MGM executive
“I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn’t is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.”
—Lana Turner

—Hedy Lamarr

—Louise Brooks

—Richard Burton

—Brigitte Bardot

When Mother first came to Hollywood, she immediately and politely sent Garbo some flowers and a note – she thought they could share some Swedish evenings: meatballs, aquavit, candles and relaxed conversation in their native tongue. Garbo sent a telegram accepting the invitation, but not until three months later, just as Mother was about to leave town. Mother told the director George Cukor, who was a friend of Garbo’s, about it and Cukor laughed. ‘Of course. Greta wouldn’t have sent the telegram unless she was certain you were leaving!’
—Isabella Rossellini
![“I’ll tell you one of the reasons I’m ready to leave [the movie business]. When I first came to Hollywood five years ago, my makeup call was at eight in the morning. On this movie it has been put back to seven-thirty. Every day I see Joan Crawford, who’s been in makeup since five, and Loretta Young, who’s been there since four in the morning. I’ll be goddamned if I’m going to stay in a business where I have to get up earlier and earlier and it takes longer and longer for me to get in front of a camera.”](http://www.seraphicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/grace.jpg)

“I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look. It became my trademark.”

—Marilyn Monroe

What an interesting post.
The Friday photos are a highlight of the week.
Charlie Chan was not a villain but he became a racist image and couldn’t be remembered.
David Niven had a couple of racy anecdotes about Grace Kelly.
I watched “Les Demoiselles de Montfort” again last night. Danielle Darrieux was gorgeous in that movie and was 50 ! I also love Francoise Dorleac and it was so sad that she was killed right after that movie. She was as beautiful as her sister.
I too,really get a kick out of the picture posts. The George Raft quote ““I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses, and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.” reminded me of an interview with an guy 109 yrs old. when asked his secret of longevity he replied “I didn’t drink, gamble, or chase wild women…………….until I was 12.”
On a side note I can’t watch gore (slasher movies) either, in person it doesn’t bother me. I often wonder if it’s because of my military past.
Just a note to say that each week I look so forward to and am grateful for Friday Photos.
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoy Friday Photos. I do too.
“vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.”
Amen. Too many entertainers go for the graphic, the gore, the explicit scene. I remember the “old movies” where assaults, rape or murder were implied in the plot, or if the film was really “explicit”, they portrayed the act by showing the actors’ shadows committing the vile act.
Alas, in my teens I discovered that modern movie makers wanted to shock the audience with graphic, horrific scenes. As a teenager, I went to see Dawn of the Living Dead (or was it Night of the Living Dead??) and it was SO graphic, so repulsive to the soul, that I got up and left the theater about half way through the film. I believe that’s the only time I’ve done that. It affected me. To this day, I have no interest in the Zombie craze.
Sadly, most creative types have lost the concept that one’s imagination is far more powerful, far scarier than the explicit scene. Too bad…
Robert, another excellent Friday Photos edition. Of course, it’s always fabulous when you lead with Myrna! 😉
I also can’t sit through gory movies and walked out of Night of the Living Dead.
Great sequencing, Robert.
Thanks so much.