EPISODE 25 - “Paul Douglas: Star of the Month” - 03/04/2024

In a new feature, we are highlighting a “Star of the Month” where we will dive into the life, career, and legacy of a single performer. To kick things off in this episode, we’ll be discussing the great PAUL DOUGLAS. You may not know his name, but you certainly know his face. With his somewhat craggy mug that usually sported a hang-dog look, he made a career at playing gruff, tough guys who were usually softies underneath, as he does so perfectly as LINDA DARNELL’s rough-around-the-edges businessman husband in “A Letter To Three Wives” (1949). So listen in and learn about this most excellent actor. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

The Encyclopedia of Film Actors (2003), by Barry Monush;

The Illustrated Who’s Who of the Cinema (1983), by Ann Lloyd and Graham Fuller;

Quinlan’s Illustrated Registry of Film Stars (1986), by David Quinlan;

“Paul Douglas, 52, Film Star, Dead,” September 12, 1959, The New York Times;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

A Letter to Three Wives (1949), starring Jeanne Crain, Ann Southern, Linda Darnell, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Thelma Ritter, Connie Gilchrist;

Born Yesterday (1950), starring Judy Holiday, Broderick Crawford, and William Holden;

Adam’s Rib (1949), starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holiday, Jape Emerson, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Tom Ewell;

It Happens Every Spring (1949), starring Paul Douglas, Jean Peters, and Ray Milland;

Everybody Does It (1949), starring Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Charles Coburn, Celeste Holm;

The Big Lift (1950), starring Paul Douglas, Montgomery Clift, Cornell Borchers;

Panic In The Streets (1950), starring Paul Douglas, Richard Widmark, Barbara Bel Geddes;

Fourteen Hours (1951), starring Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Agnes Moorhead, Robert Keith, Grace Kelly, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter;

Angels In The Outfield (1951), starring Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, and Keenan Wynn; 

We're Not Married (1952), starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Victor Moore, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor, David Wayne, Louis Calhern, Zsa Zsa Gabor, James Gleason, Paul Stewart, Jane Darwell;

Green Ice (1954), staring Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, John Ericsson;

Clash By Night (1952), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes, J. Carroll, Naish;

Executive Suite (1954), starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Fredric March, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Louis Calhern, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger;

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956), starring Judy Holiday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Neva Patterson, Arthur O’Connell;

The Mating Game (1959), Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel, Philip Ober, Charles Lane;

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