With seven film appearances behind her, Gretchen Young was rechristened as Loretta Young in the presumably lost The Whip Woman (1928). That same year, at age 14, she co-starred with Lon Chaney in MGM's important film Laugh, Clown, Laugh. The next year, along with sister Sally, she was anointed one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars and was on her way to full-fledged stardom. Between 1930 and 1935 Loretta starred or was featured in 40 films. These include Taxi! (1932) opposite James Cagney, Employees Entrance (1933) with William Warren, Zoo in Budapest (1933), and Shanghai (1935), along side Charles Boyer.
Loretta remained in films throughout the 40's, and reached the pinnacle of her career when she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in The Farmer's Daughter (1947). In 1953, Loretta made It Happens Every Thursday, her final screen role. Later that year, she began her own TV series, "Letter to Loretta", and went on to win three Emmy Awards as Best Actress in a TV series.
Loretta died in Los Angeles on August 12, 2000.
Not sure if that's actually a swimming cap, but I like it.
Photoplay, November, 1930 - Artist: Earl Christy
Modern Screen, January 1932
Publicity still from Zoo in Budapest
Publicity still from Shanghai
Movie Stars Parade, Winter 1940Loretta Young - What do you think - Allure?
4 comments:
thnks
his was a beautiful girls
She is SO good in - Laugh, clown, Laugh. I love that film...
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She was a Dish with a capital D. I know I ran her down at my place recently but I would never say she wasn't a beauty. I probably need to catch up with her pre-codes as everybody told me they'd alter my view about Loretta.
Campaspe, Loretta wasn't my cup of tea either, until I did watch some of the pre-codes, where (of course I'm biased toward the whole genre)I think she did some good work. And the secret love child with CG adds a bit of spice to her story.
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