Hollywood Studio Magazine (October 1972)

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DOWN MEMORY LANE NOSTALGIA By Jess Hoaglin Wynne Gibson f A native New Yorker, Wynne Gibson was born July 3, 1907 and attended the Wadley School for Girls where she was especially active in girl’s athletics and became an ace basketball player. She also won a prize for recitation and this eventually lead her to enter an amateur contest on a dare. She ran away from school and managed to get a job in the chorus line of a musical. This lasted only two weeks as she was seen by Ray Raymond, who employed her as his partner in a vaudeville act. Soon after she met Lew Fields and co-starred with him in Shubert’s Revue. She toured the country as the flapper in “The Gingham Girl” and soon after was given the leading role in “Little Jessie James” in New York. She then appeared opposite Richard Bennett in “Jarnegan” and this role won her Broadway acclaim. In 1929 Wynne made her motion picture debut in “Nothing But the Truth” with Richard Dix, filmed at Paramount’s Long Island Studios. The following year she came to Hollywood and had roles in “Children of Pleasure” and “The Fall Guy.” She signed a contract with Paramount and appeared with Jack Oakie in “The Gang Buster,” following this with roles in “June Moon,” “City Streets,” “Ladies of the Big House” and “The Strange Case of Clara Deane.” After leaving Paramount Wynne made films at Universal and RKO Studios and also found time to star in a stage play between film assignments. At the height of her career she went to Europe where she starred in two films which, according to Wynne, did not help her career to any great extent so she returned to Hollywood for a brief time, then back to New York where she formed a Theatrical Producing Company. This venture proved unsuccessful, so Wynne returned to the stage, and later appeared on a number of radio shows and eventually went into television. Now living in Babylon, New York, she maintains an active daily schedule with her painting, sculpturing and antiquing furniture. She also finds time to teach a Sunday School dass which she enjoys. For years she served on the Board of A.E.A. and A.F.T.R.A. in New York and was Chairman and then President of Equity Library Theatre. Unfortunately, very few of her füms have been shown on the late, late show on television as they have been tied up with the creditors’ assets of the film Company. Jack Oakie fBorn in Sedalia, Mo., Jack Oakie came to films from the Broadway stage. A former vaudevillian, he gained attention for his stage work in “Innocent Eyes” and “Artists and Models.” in 1927 he was lured to Hollywood by Paramount who signed him to a long-term contract. Jack made his motion picture debut in “Finders Keepers,” directed by Wesley Ruggles, and continued his rise to fame in a long list of films such as “Million Dollar Legs,” “If I Had a Million,” “Big Broadcast of 1936” and “Tin Pan Alley.” In 1940 he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as a result of his outstanding portrayal as Mussolini in Charles Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator.” Unfortunately, Walter Brennan was in the running that same year for his role in “The Westerner” and took the top honors. He continued his work in films but to a more lesser degree and accepted only roles to his liking, as he became interested in Real Estate and spent a great deal of his time and energy in that direction. One of his last appearances was a cameo role in “Around the World in 80 Days” and after an absence of eight years he accepted a role in “The Rat Race,” made in 1960. Married to former actress, Victoria Horne, the Oakie’s live in Northridge, in a spacious home which once belonged to Barbara Stanwyck. He is very active in community affairs and he and Mrs. Oakie are often among the celebrities attending theatre first nights and movie premieres. 19