Today is Gloria Grahame’s birthday. She would be 100 today, had she survived the breast cancer and peritonitis that killed her in 1981, so I thought I should take this opportunity to celebrate her glamorous, glorious cinematic career. I first […]
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The book
A marvelous actress, Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) was also an iconic figure of film noir. Her talents are showcased in several classic motion pictures of the 1940s and 1950s, including It’s a Wonderful Life, Crossfire, In a Lonely Place, The Greatest Show […]
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A question I am frequently asked is why write about Gloria Grahame? What is it about her or her movies that demanded my attention? As happened with my second book project, Korean War Filmography, I was led to Gloria by […]
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