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Gossip Friday: Party at Sonja’s
From 1945: It took her a long time to go social, but Sonja Henie finally cracked out with Hollywood’s first post-war party. She gave it the works! There was a buffet supper served inside a huge tent. A dance floor, music, and not coin a phrase, more stars than there are in heaven. Clark Gable was with Anita Colby–not serious (they say) but having such fun together. Joan Fontaine and Mrs. Ronald Colman wore the same “exclusive” gown, which didn’t make Joan too happy. Joan Crawford and Phil Terry arrived early, left early and danced only with each other. They missed the best impromptu floor show pit on by Danny…
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Joan Fontaine 1917-2013
Legendary Joan Fontaine died December 15, 2013, in her sleep at her peaceful home in Carmel, California. Unlike the other two classic film deaths that preceded her by mere days, Joan Fontaine wasn’t a co-star of Clark Gable’s at all. But he was one of the few big names that didn’t have the honor to star alongside her. An extremely talented actress, Joan had a career that spanned fifty years. Her list of co-stars is beyond impressive: Laurence Olivier, Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Charles Boyer, Orson Welles…wow, talks about a who’s who of Hollywood. Much has already been written…