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Jan 1, 2015 · The Films of Kay Francis. November 25, 2014 M.O. Kay Francis completed 68 films beginning her debut in 1929’s Gentlemen of the Press, and ending with 1946’s Wife Wanted, which turned out to be her final film. Click on the title of a film in the table below to go to that film’s page where you can find my reviews, vintage reviews, photos ...
Mar 5, 2010 · Keeping Kay Francis’ legacy alive since January 1, 2010. This site features an online encyclopedia, biography, chronology, detailed information about her career on film, stage, radio, and television, and much more. All site content is composed and monitored for non-profit purposes only.
This is the story of Kay Francis. Katharine Edwina Gibbs was born in Oklahoma City on Friday, January 13, 1905. Faced with bitterly cold temperatures, that week’s edition of the Daily Oakie had reported that one citizen had frozen to death that Wednesday (PL). On the day Katharine was born, the local forecast was zero with a high of 14 (PL).
Kay Francis was the ultimate purveyor of easy-virtue glamour, projecting the lure of soiled, sated goods, lighting up the screen far more effectively than more technical actresses of the time like Ruth Chatterton or Ann Harding, who handled similar material without her droll enervation and special chic.
A native of Oklahoma City, OK, Kay Francis was born Katherine Edwina Gibbs on Jan. 13, 1905. Her father departed when she was still young, leaving Francis to be raised by her actress-singer mother. That early exposure may have intrigued her about the possibilities of such a life, but it would be some time before she decided to pursue show business.
Harry N. Abrams, 1997. —Michael Ohanlon, December 2009. Introduction by Lynn Kear…. One of the most fascinating women who ever worked in Hollywood was Kay Francis. Researching her life and career produced many surprises. Perhaps most intriguing, she was an intensely private person who also kept an unbelievably scandalous diary.
Dieterle. In William Dieterle: Warner Brothers. … was a romantic comedy with Kay Francis as an unhappily married woman who falls in love with her male assistant; Jewel Robbery paired Francis to good effect with the suave William Powell; and The Crash saw an accountant (played by George Brent) ruined by his high-living wife (Ruth Chatterton).
