Post by topbilled on Nov 14, 2023 17:09:52 GMT
Barbara Bel Geddes was 26 when she appeared as teenaged Katrin in RKO’s nostalgic favorite I REMEMBER MAMA. It would be one of her most fondly cherished screen roles. The actress had already been making a name for herself on the New York stage; her earliest Broadway role occurred in 1941. Signing with RKO, she only made three pictures for the studio… other titles included a suspense thriller with Henry Fonda and a western with Robert Mitchum. The reason for her short tenure at RKO had less to do with her talent and more to do with the fact that she didn’t impress Howard Hughes who had assumed control and wanted sexier ingenues on the payroll, not the wholesome type of gal that Bel Geddes symbolized. She soon moved over to Fox and freelanced at other studios in the 1950s and 1960s. But she found greater success back on Broadway, and later she became a household name on television.
Check out:
THE LONG NIGHT (1947)
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I REMEMBER MAMA (1948)
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BLOOD ON THE MOON (1948)
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