As we continue our exploration of famous siblings who thrived during the Golden Era of Hollywood, we’ll discover that you are definitely not your brother’s keeper, especially when we discuss the lives, careers, and relationship of a famous film noir actor and his movie star beefcake brother. We’ll also discuss a couple of brassy blonde comediennes who ruled the silver screen in the 1930s and 40s and a pair of beautiful and talented Italian sisters who took Hollywood by storm in the 1950s, but who had very different outcomes.

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Sources:

Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy (2022), by Burt Kearns

Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (2007), by Matthew Kennedy

Pier Angeli: A Fragile Life (2015), by Jane Allen

“The Bridge Is Love,” August 1955, by Ida Zeitlin, Photoplay magazine

“Pier Angeli: Nobody’s Baby Now,” June 1954, by Jack Wade, Modern Screen magazine

“La Bella Rosa: Marisa Pavan,” March 1956, by Don Allen, Photoplay magazine

“Will They Revive An Old Hollywood Feud (Pier Angeli and Marisa Pavan),” 

May 1956, Movie Life magazine

“Honeybee Gillis (Gloria Blondell),” January 8, 1955, TV Viewer magazine

Wikipedia.com

IMDBPro.com

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