
Plenty Of “Oomph”: The Underrated Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan Has Plenty of “Oomph,” Does Her Own Singing, Is Voted Best Dressed, Fights Warner Bros. for Better Roles, and Moves to Mexico.
Ann Sheridan Has Plenty of “Oomph,” Does Her Own Singing, Is Voted Best Dressed, Fights Warner Bros. for Better Roles, and Moves to Mexico.
Ann Sheridan Curses Like a Sailor, Proves She’s More Than “The Oomph Girl,” And Discovers Billy Travilla. It’s 1947’s Nora Prentiss.
Ann Sheridan Drives a Motorcycle, Cary Grant’s a War Bride, Howard Hawks Likes Comedy, & Everybody Gets Sick. It’s I Was a Male War Bride.
[…] attention. “I am a designer, not a celebrity,” was the Travilla motto. Billy Travilla deserves his due. And with the instrumental role our Star Spotlight this month, Ann Sheridan, played in helping Travilla break into film costume design, I’m taking the opportunity to highlight the amazing talent, life, and career of this underappreciated designer. Here […]
[…] in the film tries to keep her husband from leaving her after he cheats on her with another woman…ironic. From L-R: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Grey, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, and our girl Joan. Sadly for sweet Joan, June and Dick Powell were getting it on while Joan and Dick were still married. If […]
[…] screen rights. MGM wanted to make The Philadelphia Story a starring vehicle for Norma Shearer or Joan Crawford, while Warner Bros. was interested in the property for Ann Sheridan. David O. Selznick envisioned it as a Bette Davis picture. Every studio wanted The Philadelphia Story. They just didn’t want Katharine Hepburn. But as the studios […]
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