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EPISODE 57 - “Old Hollywood’s Unlikely Casanova: Gene Markey” - 10/14/2024
GENE MARKEY was an interesting character. He was a Hollywood writer and producer who had a decent, but not spectacular career. But what makes him so fascinating is the company he keeps. This man was once married to three of the most beautiful and fascinating women in the world: JOAN BENNETT, HEDY LAMARR, and MYRNA LOY. He later left Hollywood behind and married a wealthy Kentucky horsewoman and lived happily ever after. This week we explore the life, career, and loves of this most unlikely Casanova.
SHOW NOTES:
Sources:
Ecstasy and Me (1966), by Hedy Lamarr
Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming (1987), by James Kotsilibas & Myrna Loy
The Bennetts: An Acting Family (2004), by Brian Kellow;
Hollywood at the Races: Film's Love Affair With The Turf (2019), by Alan Shuck;
Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (2021), by Ruth Barton;
“Gene Markey, Author, Screenwriter, Producer, and Breeder of Horses Dies,” May 2, 1980, New York Times;
TCM.com;
IMDBPro.com;
IBDB.com;
Wikipedia.com;
Movies Mentioned:
The Floradora Girl (1930), starring Marion Davies;
The Great Lover (1931), starring Adolphe Menjou & Irene Dunne;
She Wanted A Millionaire (1932), starring Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy;
As You Desire Me (1932), starring Greta Garbo;
Baby Face (1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck;
Little Women (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, & Jean Parker;
Midnight Mary (1934), starring Loretta Young;
Fashions of 1934 (1934), starring Bette Davis;
Champagne Charlie (1936), starring Paul Cavanaugh;
Private Number (1936), starring Loretta Young & Robert Taylor;
Girl's Dormitory (1936), starring Ruth Chatterton;
Wee Willie Winkie (1937), starring Shirley Temple;
On The Avenue (1937), starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll & Alice Faye;
Suez (1938), starring Tyrone Power & Loretta Young;
Kentucky (1938), starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene, & Walter Brennan;
The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple;
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), starring Basil Rathbone;
Lillian Russell (1940), staring Alice Faye;
Algiers (1938), starring Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr;
Lady of The Tropics (1939)
Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Cable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr & Claudette Colbert;
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews & Teresa Wright;
Moss Rose (1947), starring Victor Mature & Peggy Cummins;
The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer (1947), withCary Grant, Myrna Loy, & Shirley Temple;
The Song Of The Thin Man (1947), starring William Powell & Myrna Loy;
Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House (1948), starring Cary Grant & Myrna Loy;
Cheaper By The Dozen (1950), starring Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, & Jeanne Crain;
Glory (1955) starring Margaret O’Brien;
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EPISODE 57 - “Old Hollywood’s Unlikely Casanova: Gene Markey” - 10/14/2024
GENE MARKEY was an interesting character. He was a Hollywood writer and producer who had a decent, but not spectacular career. But what makes him so fascinating is the company he keeps. This man was once married to three of the most beautiful and fascinating women in the world: JOAN BENNETT, HEDY LAMARR, and MYRNA LOY. He later left Hollywood behind and married a wealthy Kentucky horsewoman and lived happily ever after. This week we explore the life, career, and loves of this most unlikely Casanova.
SHOW NOTES:
Sources:
Ecstasy and Me (1966), by Hedy Lamarr
Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming (1987), by James Kotsilibas & Myrna Loy
The Bennetts: An Acting Family (2004), by Brian Kellow;
Hollywood at the Races: Film's Love Affair With The Turf (2019), by Alan Shuck;
Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (2021), by Ruth Barton;
“Gene Markey, Author, Screenwriter, Producer, and Breeder of Horses Dies,” May 2, 1980, New York Times;
TCM.com;
IMDBPro.com;
IBDB.com;
Wikipedia.com;
Movies Mentioned:
The Floradora Girl (1930), starring Marion Davies;
The Great Lover (1931), starring Adolphe Menjou & Irene Dunne;
She Wanted A Millionaire (1932), starring Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy;
As You Desire Me (1932), starring Greta Garbo;
Baby Face (1933), starring Barbara Stanwyck;
Little Women (1933), starring Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, & Jean Parker;
Midnight Mary (1934), starring Loretta Young;
Fashions of 1934 (1934), starring Bette Davis;
Champagne Charlie (1936), starring Paul Cavanaugh;
Private Number (1936), starring Loretta Young & Robert Taylor;
Girl's Dormitory (1936), starring Ruth Chatterton;
Wee Willie Winkie (1937), starring Shirley Temple;
On The Avenue (1937), starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll & Alice Faye;
Suez (1938), starring Tyrone Power & Loretta Young;
Kentucky (1938), starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene, & Walter Brennan;
The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple;
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), starring Basil Rathbone;
Lillian Russell (1940), staring Alice Faye;
Algiers (1938), starring Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr;
Lady of The Tropics (1939)
Boom Town (1940), starring Clark Cable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr & Claudette Colbert;
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews & Teresa Wright;
Moss Rose (1947), starring Victor Mature & Peggy Cummins;
The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer (1947), withCary Grant, Myrna Loy, & Shirley Temple;
The Song Of The Thin Man (1947), starring William Powell & Myrna Loy;
Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House (1948), starring Cary Grant & Myrna Loy;
Cheaper By The Dozen (1950), starring Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, & Jeanne Crain;
Glory (1955) starring Margaret O’Brien;
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