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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.
Born January 13, 1905 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Kay Francis is possibly the biggest of the 'forgotten stars' from Hollywood's Golden Era. Yet, for a while in the 1930s she ranked as one of America's most popular actresses, tagged the 'Queen of Warner Brothers'. By 1935, she earned a yearly salary of $115,000 (compared to Bette Davis with ...
Jul 18, 2014 · 10: Follies of 1938, Chapter 2: Kay Francis, Pretty Poison. In May 1938, the Independent Theater Owners Association published a full-page paid editorial in The Hollywood Reporter, branding a number of big stars — including Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Katherine Hepburn and... 00:00:00. Forward 15 seconds.
American stage and film actress Kay Francis moved quickly from a brief run on Broadway during the late 1920s to her film debut in Gentlemen of the Press (1929) and the Marx Brothers film, The Cocoanuts (1929).. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features
Based on Ladislaus Fodor’s “Ekzerrabalas a Vaci-uccaban,” Jewel Robbery was directed by William Dieterle (The White Angel, 1936, was one of five movies Kay and Dieterle made together), and began filming March 2, 1932, concluding in early April. Released July 21, 1932, “William Powell is ideally cast,” thought Variety.
Jan 14, 2020 · The ideal Kay Francis marathon would include three of her films from 1932, starting with One Way Passage, a perfect melodrama of the period. Francis plays Joan Ames, a socialite who’s dying of an unnamed disease, while Powell is a murderer who’s been caught and is being returned to San Francisco for his execution.
Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era's hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television.
