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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress.
1932 1h 16m. 6.7 (191) Rate. A 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lothar Mendes and written by Grover Jones, William J. Locke, and William Slavens McNutt; it stars Fredric March, Kay Francis, Stuart Erwin, Juliette Compton, George Barbier, Sidney Toler, and Earle Foxe and was released on March 4, 1932 by Paramount Pictures.
Kay Francis was the ultimate purveyor of easy-virtue glamour, projecting the lure of soiled, sated goods, lighting up the screen far more effectively than more technical actresses of the time like Ruth Chatterton or Ann Harding, who handled similar material without her droll enervation and special chic.
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 the most popular actresses, tagged the 'Queen of Warner Brothers', by 1935 earning a yearly salary of $115,000 (compared to Bette Davis with $18,000). The daughter of actress Katherine Clinton and businessman Joseph Gibbs, Kay did not start her working ...
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.
Cinematography by Sidney Hickox. Film Editing by Owen Marks. Art Direction by Anton Grot. Costume Design by Orry-Kelly. A First National Picture. Released October 8, 1938. Box Office Information: Cost of Production: $345,000. Domestic Gross: $273,000.
Queer Places: 8401 Fountain Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069 381 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022 William S. Hart House, 8341 De Longpre Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Katherine Edwina "Kay" Francis (née Gibbs, January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. [1] Alexis Mdivani 's reputation as a princely playboy spread ...
