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Here are a sample of some letters received and published in Issue 49 (Winter 2003) **************************************** Many thanks for MVM 48, as usual, I read it from cover to cover in a couple of hours or so – the best read of the year! It was interesting to read of Chris’s meeting with Bob Isoz in Las Vegas, as I have a photo of Bob with Betty Grable – and I hardly recognised him, until I realised it was taken over thirty years ago – how time flies. He was such a good friend to Betty. The printing in MVM 48 is spot on, with terrific photos of Gregory Peck and Gene Kelly – and I especially loved Ian Lukes’ fine piece on Gale Sondergaard – and the lovely photo of Ginny Simms on page 47. Lastly, it was especially nice to read all about Chris’s holiday in California – it brought back many happy memories from thirty years ago with the Judy Garland Club, which included the one and only Ken Sephton! Stan Smith, London Thankyou for the latest MVM – each issue brings back so many memories of cinema-going – rushing out of school to meet my mother, then going to one of the three circuits of cinemas at the time – Odeon, Gaumont and ABC. Sometimes there was a good film on at all three – which would mean three visits to the pictures in one week! This was also during the war and it was not unusual to suddenly have shown on the screen ‘An air raid warning has just been sounded – you may leave if you wish, but the programme will continue’. Of course we always stayed on – and on one occasion I was deeply engrossed in the film ‘The Bridge Of San Luis Rey’ when a bomb dropped fairly near, just as Lynn Bari was about to cross the rope bridge which was destined to break. The blast of the bomb shook the cinema as the break occurred – which added tremendously to the effect!! Many people say they cannot see a film more than once, but I get endless pleasure running through my favourites over and over again without getting bored at all! Keep up the good work with MVM! Brian Collier, Rustington Thankyou for another great issue of MVM – and I’m glad Chris had such a good time in California. Incidentally, the part of ‘Pinkie Brown’ in 1947’s ‘Brighton Rock’ was apparently offered to film historian Peter Noble (1917-1997) – but he knew Richard Attenborough would be much better in this role – so he recommended him! In what capacity, I wonder, did MVM member Brian Glanvill work on the stage show ‘Gypsy’? Nice to see the article on Griffith Jones by Ken Sephton – I personally recall his performance in ‘Miranda’(1947). His actress daughter Gemma Jones is still working in films and television, I’m pleased to say. I did enjoy too, Astor Sklair’s fine interview with Martin Benson – all so very interesting. Sunil Hiranandani, London I was very pleased with MVM 48 – the cover, the printing and the reproduction of the pictures are all outstanding. For reader Gwyneth Peters of Pembrokeshire regarding children of movie stars, I know of one book entitled ‘What Happened To Their Kids?’ by Malcolm Forbes (Simon & Schuster, 1990). Though the contents are not exclusively movie stars, there are interesting chapters on the children of The Barrymores, Pat Boone, Charles Boyer, Marlon Brando, Joan Crawford, Doris Day, Errol Flynn, W.C Fields, Clark Gable, Jayne Mansfield, Tyrone Power, Spencer Tracy, Gregory Peck, etc. There is also an extremely interesting book by Ned Wynn, older son of talented Keenan Wynn and Evie Wynn Johnson, detailing his life growing up in Beverly Hills & having both Wynn and Van Johnson as fathers! I liked Gwen Rudman’s nice tribute to Frederick Harding – a truly fine and gentle man, whom I actually met, along with Gwen – and Albert Leonard, in London a few years back. Keep up the wonderful work Chris – and all contributors! Until next time…Charles Crowell, Pennsylvania, USA.
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