The Picture Show Annual (1948)

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1948
Author:
Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
Picture Show Annual (1948)
Leaf #:
000141
Language:
English
Collection:
United Kingdom, Global Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
January 01, 1000
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VAN JOHNSON is a great film fan. He averages a film a night, and more at the week-end—and was, in fact, on his way to see Keeper of the Flame for the sixth time when a motorcar crash almost put an end to his life and left him with a scarred forehead. The studio held up work on A Guy Named Joe until he had recovered—something which he deeply appreciated, since Spencer Tracy is one of his favourites. He has seen the old Tracy film, Fury , sixteen times, and keeps the studio projectionists busy showing such screen classics as The Blue Angel, Grand Hotel and so on. He started his acting career by dancing in the chorus of a Broadway musical show and he and June Allyson, then a chorus girl, used to dream of Hollywood together. He went to Hollywood in 1941 with a six months contract, but was on the verge of going back to New York when Lucille Ball drew the M.-.G.-M. casting director’s attention to him—and Van’s screen career really started. His red-gold hak, vivid blue eyes, friendly manner and freckles have been with him since childhood. Van Johnson always manages to enjoy life — whether he's at work or on holiday. On location at Coronado, California, for “ High Barbaree ” he played tennis each morning (above and top of page). Centre picture shows him aqua- planing at Lake Arrow- head. Left : a candid camera snapshot of Bess, the horse star.