“MARJORIE REYNOLDS: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (056)
EPISODE 56 - “MARJORIE REYNOLDS: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” - 10/07/2024
Most film fanatics agree that after the Paramount Picture’s holiday classic “Holiday Inn” (1942), actress MARJORIE REYNOLDS, who gave a star-turn as struggling actress Linda Mason who gets a break singing and dancing in the seasonal nightclub run by BING CROSBY, should have been a big star. However, for reasons not quite clear, she didn’t rise into the stratosphere. While she had a very respectable and long career, she just didn’t soar to the top, as expected. As our Star of the Month, we will take a look into Marjorie Reynolds’ life and career and explore our theories on why “Holiday Inn” did not make her a major star.
SHOW NOTES:
Sources:
Christmas In the Movies (2023), by Jeremy Arnold;
Whatever Became of…10th Series (1986), by Richard Lamparski;
My Heart Belongs (1976), by Mary Martin;
Scarlet Fever (1977), by William Pratt (including the collection of Herb Bridges);
The Film Lovers Companion (1997), by David Quinlan;
Biography of Marjorie Reynolds, July 25, 1942, Paramount Pictures;
“Super Cinderella,” November 1942, by William Lynch value, Silver Screen magazine;
“Marjorie’s Horse Comes In,” November 7, 1942, by Kyle Crichton, Collier’s Magazine;
Versatility Pays Off for Marjorie Reynolds,” March 10, 1944, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles, Times;
“Divorce Plans Discussed by Miss Reynolds,” July 23, 1951, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles, Times;
“Marjorie Reynolds to Be Wed to Film Editor,” May 16, 1952, Los Angeles, Times;
“Marjorie Reynolds Weds Film Editor,” May 18, 1953, The Sedalia Democrat (Missouri);
“Marjorie Reynolds: Sixty Years in the Film Business,” April 1984, by Colin Briggs, Hollywood Studio Magazine;
“Marjorie Reynolds, 79, Actress, In Classic Films and on Television,” February 16, 1997, The New York Times;
TCM.com;
IMDBPro.com;
IBDB.com;
Wikipedia.com;
Movies Mentioned:
Holiday Inn (1942), starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, & Virginia Dale;
Wine, Women, and Song (1933), starring Lilyan Tashman;
Murder In Greenwich Village (1937), starring Richard Arlen & Fay Wray;
Tex Rides With The Boy Scouts (1937), starring Tex Ritter;
The Overland Express (1938), starring Buck Jones;
Western Trails (1938), starring Bob Baker;
Six Shootin’ Sheriff (1938), starring Ken Maynard;
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Veronica Lake, & Alan Ladd;
Dixie (1943), starring Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour;
Up In Mabel's Room (1944), starring Dennis O’Keefe & Gail Patrick;
Ministry of Fear (1944), starring Ray Milland;
Three Is A Family (1944), starring Charles Ruggles & Fay Bainter;
Bring On The Girls (1945), starring Veronica Lake & Eddie Bracken;
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), starring Bob Hope & Joan Caulfield;
The Time Of Their Lives (1946), starring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello;
Meet Me On Broadway (1946), starring Fred Brady & Spring Byington;
Heaven Only Knows (1947), Bob Cummings & Brian Donlevy;
Badmen of Tombstone (1949), starring Barry Sullivan & Broderick Crawford;
That Midnight Kiss (1949), starring Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson;
The Great Jewel Robber (1950), starring David Brian;
Home Town Story (1951), starring Jeffry Lynn, Alan Hale Jr, & Marilyn Monroe;
Models, Inc (1952), starring Howard Duff & Coleen Gray;
His Kind of Woman (1951), starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, & Vincent Price;
The Silent Witness (1962), starring Tristram Coffin & George Kennedy;
Pearl (1978), starring Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver, & Robert Wagner;
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