Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Modern Screen
Date:
Dec 1954 - Dec 1955
Publisher:
Dunellen, N.J. : Syndicate Pub. Co
Volume:
Modern screen
Leaf #:
0001006
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 30, 2023
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We knew Bob Francis as a strong young man, filled Bob Francis' i rview by ALICE FINLETTER ■ Because I was the last person to interview Bob Francis, Modern Screen has asked me to tell what happened during our interview, what we talked about, how I remember him. It may well be the toughest assignment I shall ever have. During the last week of July I lunched with Bob, and on the last day of July he was dead. The following morning I was still unaware of the tragedy, and working on the story that had evolved from our interview. Then the telephone rang. It was MODERN Screen's office, calling to tell me of the plane crash that had taken Bob's life. It was stunning news. It is difficult to grasp the fact of sudden death, and when a boy like Robert Francis is the victim it is a searing, sickening shock. From the phone conversation, I learned that Bob had been flying all that fateful Sunday, in a borrowed plane with two friends. Having refueled at the Lockheed airport in Burbank, they took off once more but this time, at about 150 feet, motor trouble developed. Such low altitude gives little chance or choice to a pilot, and it was typical of Bob that {Continued on page 59) April's Modern Screen ran a story on Bob with a tragically prophetic title. 56