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Ross Alexander: The Life and Death of a Contract Player (hardback)

Ross Alexander: The Life and Death of a Contract Player (hardback)

Franceschina, John

Hardcover

Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies GeneralFilm Studies

ISBN10: 1629335851
ISBN13: 9781629335858
Publisher: Bearmanor Media
Published: Jun 17 2020
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Of all the screen juveniles groomed for stardom by Warner Brothers in the 1930s, few were touted as highly by Hal Wallis and Jack Warner as Ross Alexander. Strikingly handsome, with a sensuality that appealed to women (and men) of all ages, and possessed of a Puck-like good humor that endeared him to columnists, co-stars, and virtually everyone else in the Hollywood film community, Ross quickly became the golden boy of scene-stealers at Warners, after appearing in Flirtation Walk, with Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Pat O'Brien, and Gentlemen Are Born, with Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, and Ann Dvorak. Like many of the actors in Hollywood at that time, Ross was recruited from Broadway where he played high-spirited juveniles in Let Us Be Gay, starring Charlotte Granville, Francine Larrimore and Warren William; That's Gratitude, with Frank Craven, Thelma Marsh, and George Barbier; and After Tomorrow, with Donald Meek and Barbara Robbins--all produced by song-writer, producer-director, John Golden, who discovered Ross performing with Antoinette Perry (the Tony of Broadway theatre awards), in the long-run flop, The Ladder.

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