Janet Gaynor

Frank Borzage: a selection, DVD of the week Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor star in Frank Borzage's overwhelmingly tender silent films. Rating: * * * * Romantic pairing: Farrell and Gaynor in 'Street Angel' Frank Borzage: Vol 1: 7th...

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Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 - September 14, 1984) was an American actress. One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in...

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Small Town Girl (1936 ) is a film starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor , and James Stewart . The romantic comedy was directed by William A. Wellman. Based on a novel by Ben Ames Williams, the film went through many changes before it...

In this article: Small Town Girl, William A. Wellman, MGM, Surgery, Robert Taylor, and James Stewart

...for all involved. Editor - In truth, Mary Martin never fully recovered from that 1982 taxi wreck in San Francisco ("Actress Janet Gaynor dies at 77," Wayback Machine, Sept. 13). Martin lived until November 1990, but she almost never...

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...in 1820; inventor and manufacturer George Westinghouse in 1846; tennis champion Helen Wills Moody in 1905; actresses Janet Gaynor in 1906 and Carole Lombard in 1908; Norwegian ethnologist, archaeologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl...

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It was actually a remake of the 1954 version with Judy Garland and James Mason. Which was a remake of the 1937 version with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. Which may have been inspired by Theodore Dreiser’s novel “Sister...

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...peasant hero (George O'Brien) by a glamorous, chain-smoking vamp from the city (Margaret Livingston) to drown his wife (Janet Gaynor), sell his farm and move to the city. The acting is full-hearted and rich in affecting nuance. But it's...

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Here's a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago. Sept. 15: Janet Gaynor, the first actress to win an Academy Award, died yesterday. She was 77. Gaynor was one of the world's...

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...electorate at the Oscars, including Anne Baxter ("The Razor's Edge"), Kim Basinger ("L.A. Confidential"), Jane Fonda ("Klute"), Janet Gaynor ("Seventh Heaven"), Susan Hayward ("I Want to Live"), Helen Hayes ("The Sin of Madelon Claudet"),...

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...Girl" (1929). Lillian Gish and William Powell in "Romola" (1924). Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in "Seventh Heaven" (1927). Gaynor won an Academy Award for her role. "Flesh and the Devil," June 8; "Romola," June 15; "The Godless...

In this article: Greta Garbo, Seventh Heaven, Lillian Gish, Flesh and the Devil, Lina Basquette, Romola, The Godless Girl, and Cecil B. DeMille