Hollywood Studio Magazine (1978)

OBITUARIES Time Stops—The Memory Goes On Edgar Bergen is dead at age 75, and there is a sense of loss — the loss of a good man and his gift of laughter. There also is a sense of abruptness about his death. What caught us off guard, we think, was the fact that Charlie McCarthy did not get any older and Mortimer Snerd did not get any smarter and Edgar Bergen practiced his schizophrenic act so superbly that they were the ones we were watching, not him. We remember Sunday drives, perched on the edge of the back seat, the car radio glowing in the dark, spilling out the cocky little voice that elevated banter and backtalk at times to a level of memorable American humor. We remember the more recent appearances on television, still crisp and contemporary after more than 50 years on the road. Among them, they managed to freeze time in its place, and so we naturally assumed that they would go on forever. Edgar Bergen was arare entertainer who both gave and took so much pleasure in performing for a small group on a remote campus as in performing for a large crowd at Las Vegas. He was basically a shy man who never took himself too seriously, who lived a good life in private and an impeccable life in public. We are going to miss the talking time capsule that he created for us, and we are going to miss him, too. Courtesy of Los Angeles Times Editor pg. Oct. 3, 1978 Dan Dailey Despite fears that a last-minute autopsy might disturb arrangements, Dan Dailey’s funeral was held as scheduled. Coroner Thomas T. Noguchi demanded a postmortem examination after learning that Dailey had suffered a hip injury about a year ago. Dan had been in show business all his life and had starred in numerous motion pictures appearing with all the top stars. Dailey died Oct. 16. Requiem Mass was in St. Paul the Apostle’s Church in Westwood. Kathryn McGuire Services were held for Katheryn McGuire, leading lady for Buster Keaton and other top silent-era film comics, who died recently after a long struggle with cancer of the pancreas. She was the widow of Hollywood p.r. and literary agent George Landy. Before becoming an authors’ agent he had been chief of publicity for First National Pictures. Florence Marly, 59, died Nov. 9 at Glendale Memorial Hospital. She was a Star of major French films from the mid-’30s onward, who also earned U.S. credits in the ’50s and later. Born in Moravia, Marly went to France as a student and, while still at the Sorbonne, met (and later married) director Pierre Chenal. In a fastrising career, she played opposite most of the important French male stars until, in 1939, she was forced to leave the country, eventually finding refuge in Argentina and Chile, in both of which countries she made films. Marly resumed her career in postwar Europe and was brought to the U.S. under a Paramount contract in the early ’SOs. Her credits here included “Tokyo Rose,’ with Humphrey Bogart, and “Sealed Verdict,’ with Ray Milland. Her U.S. career suffered when, in a grotesque confusion of identity, her name was mistakenly placed on the McCarthy era blacklist. However, she worked with AIP in 1966 (“Queen of Blood’’), Universal 1967 (““Games’’), and Cinerama 1973 (‘‘Doctor Death’’), as well as in TV. After divorce from Chenal, she had married Count von Wurmbrand, who predeceased her. Marly is survived by a brother and sister in Czechoslovakia. Gig Young The body of a man, tentatively identified at press time as that of Gig Young, and a woman were found shot to death in a New York apartment leased recently by the actor. The man was found with a gun in his hand, leading police to believe that the deaths were murder and suicide. The young woman was believed to be Young’s wife of approximately a month, an Australian actress named Kim Schmidt. Young had been a leading man in films since the forties and had many movies to his credit. Ruth Etting Singer and movie star Ruth Etting, once dubbed “Chicago’s Sweetheart” when she first sang on radio, died Oct. 6 after along illness. She was 80 years old. Miss Etting was noted for her simple, sentimental songs. Her radio career included “The Oldsmobile Show” in 1934, “Kellogg College Prom” in 1935-36 and “The Chesterfield Show.” Her movie break came in 1927 when she appeared in “Ziegfeld Follies.” Besides many other “Follies” pictures, she appeared with Eddie Cantor in “Whoopee” in 1928 and “Roman Scandals” in 1933 BARTER COMMUNIQUE THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE BARTER INDUSTRY Some straight talk about a unique national forty-eight page tabloid newspaper published in Sarasota, Florida. 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