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She was everything you could want in a love interest -- pretty, wholesome, reliable, true blue. Porcelain blonde Florence Rice would come to films in the mid '30s but disappear within a decade, having made little of the impression she might have made. She was introduced to the limelight practically from the beginning as the daughter of famous sportswriter, documentary producer and radio commentator Grantland Rice (1880-1954). Rice was known for his many "Grantland Rice Sportslights" shorts in the 1920s and 1930s and would win an Oscar for Best Short Subject for Amphibious Fighters (1943).
Florence, who was born in Cleveland, OH, in 1907, attended grammar and boarding schools in Englewood, NJ, and developed an early interest in acting. Gracing such Broadway stage productions as "June Moon" and "She Loves Me Not," she began appearing regularly on the big screen in the mid '30s and would work primarily for MGM in the light, sparkling comedy department over the years. Equally agreeable Robert Young would be a frequent co-star, appearing with her in such films as The Longest Night (1936), Sworn Enemy (1936), Married Before Breakfast (1937), Navy Blue and Gold (1937) and Paradise for Three (1938). Florence's best known role would come as the somewhat vapid singing ingénue (Kenny Baker was her bland male counterpart) in one of The Marx Brothers' lesser vehicles At the Circus (1939) (unlike Baker, her vocals were dubbed).
As was usually the case, Florence was overshadowed in most of her pictures by flashier dames or zany comedians. Following her role as the bride in the spooky "B" comedy The Ghost and the Guest (1943), she left films altogether and found some work waiting for her on radio and TV. Three prior marriages, including one to actor Robert Wilcox, failed, but in the postwar years she happily met and married Fred Butler and retired to Hawaii. She died of lung cancer in 1974.- Music Department
- Writer
- Actor
As 'Harry Ruby', Harry Rubenstein was a 'song plugger' for Gus Edwards and for George Gershwin at Jerome H. Remick's, the Detroit music publishing firm. He had unfulfilled ambitions to become a professional baseball player and had previously worked the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with The Bootblack Trio and The Messenger Boys Trio. Ruby's luck was to change after meeting the lyricist Bert Kalmar at a Tin Pan Alley publishing house. By 1918, the duo had formed a songwriting partnership which was to endure for almost three decades, resulting in numerous popular hits for Broadway shows and movies. Some of their best-known numbers included "I Wanna Be Loved by You", "Who's Sorry Now?", "Three Little Words", "Give Me the Simple Life", "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and many more. A fictionalised biopic of Kalmar & Ruby, Three Little Words (1950) (in which Ruby was played by Red Skelton), was released by MGM three years after Kalmar's death. Ruby lived on until 1974, but managed just one hit song on his own, the 1949 chart topper "Maybe It's Because".- Raymond Glendenning was born on 25 September 1907 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for This Is the BBC (1959), Asking for Trouble (1942) and Dry Rot (1956). He was married to Sheilagh Millar. He died on 23 February 1974.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Arleigh Everett (Eddie) Sutherland was born in Colorado to Archibald & Verba (Hutchison) Johnson. He had one older brother, Harry, and one younger brother, Lester (Bus). The family moved West when Eddie was 9. Soon after arriving in Los Angeles, his father took on the stage name of Dick Sutherland, the name of his uncle. Dick Sutherland went on to appear alongside some of Hollywood's greatest stars in many different roles. As a result Eddie was no stranger to film sets growing up and would often tag along with his father while working. Eddie and his brothers attended Hollywood High School and lived in a modest home a few blocks away. As a young man during World War ll Eddie gained editing experience working on propaganda films of the day. After the war he transitioned into short films, features and eventually television where he enjoyed a long career. He was married to his loving wife Mary Jo until his death in Long Beach at the age of 63. He was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.- Robert Jahns was born on 29 April 1899 in Illinois, USA. He was an editor, known for The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936), The Charlatan (1929) and The French Key (1946). He died on 23 February 1974 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Barbara Koscieszanka was born on 23 December 1900 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Spotkanie w 'Bajce' (1962). She died on 23 February 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.