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Ronald Colman. Actor: A Double Life. British leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he discovered amateur theatre. He intended to attend Cambridge and become an engineer, but his father's death cost him the financial support necessary. He joined the ...
Ronald Colman (1891-1958) Ronald Colman was an English actor who began his film career in silent movies but who achieved great fame and popularity after the advent of Sound, and became one of the foremost leading men of the 1930's and 1940's. He starred in a number of classic films such as 'A Tale of Two Cities' in 1935 and 'Lost Horizon' in ...
Feb 2, 2021 · In Colman’s memory, I administer the Ronald Colman Appreciation Society on Facebook, which was created in 2008 and inspired by George Schatz’s original Appreciation Society. His group, created in the days before social media, included such charter members as filmmaker Kendall Miller and authors R. Dixon Smith and Sam Frank.
Ronald Colman was the most famous male movie star in Hollywood in the 1930s. The possessor of one of the most beautiful speaking voices ever to have been heard on film, his career covered the theatre, silent films, talking pictures, radio and TV. He was truly a gentleman, both in his professional and private lives.
Feb 22, 2024 · Ronald Colman (born February 9, 1891, Richmond, Surrey, England—died May 19, 1958, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.) was a Hollywood film actor whose screen image embodied the archetypal English gentleman. His elegant accent and polished demeanour gave voice to characters who were sophisticated yet graciously heroic, which contrasted with the rugged, action-oriented screen images of American ...
Ronald Colman. Biography. British leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he first discovered amateur theatre. He intended to attend Cambridge and become an engineer, but his father's death cost him ...
May 8, 2018 · Wyatt, Jane, "Ronald Colman: Elegant Englishman," in Close-Ups: The Movie Star Book, edited by Danny Peary, New York, 1978. Films and Filming (London), April 1983. The Listener (London), 15 March 1984. * * * Suave, debonair, a gentleman hero with dashing good looks, Ronald Colman is the quintessential Hollywood-Englishman. One of the few stars ...
