Not many people like black and white pictures or the Eastman colour pictures with popular stars like Audrey Hepburn, Wagon Johnson etc in them. But they have been an enduring puzzle for me. The flicks were made to match normal sensibilities of the time and they're fast peek into the ethics, culture, and manners which were abundant at the time. Men were so easy, good-looking, respectful and straight while women were always elegantly dressed, attractive and with short pretty hair. For me, every black and white Hollywood silent or talking star is a private favorite but of the lot, Adolphe Menjou remains the apex of the lot.
Adolphe Menjou: Private Life
Adolphe Jean Menjou was born on February 18th, 1890. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a French father. His dad, Jean Adolphe Menjou, married a local Irish girl from Galway called Nora Joyce. Nora was related to writer/poet James Joyce who wrote Ulysses. Jean was an enthusiastic man and worked are a restaurateur in his birth town of Kibbutz D'Arbus, France before he immigrated to the US. In the USA also , he was capable of being get employed reasonably quickly as a hotel chief. It was in the US that he happened to see the Joyce sistes who worked at the Hotel Duquene, Pittsburgh.
He fell head over heels in love with Nora who've one of the sisters and after a whirlwind wooing, he married her and settled down. After wedding, his mother was a housewife. The wedding was a very contented one and Adolphe Menjou was born quite quickly. After Adolphe was born, this dad moved to Cleveland for better opportunities. Jean was more interested in having his child study and work at a renowned job. He pushed his boy into Culver Army Academy in Indiana followed by the Stiles Varsity prep college and then Cornell School. Even though, Adolphe got the best of education, he was still essentially interested in show business which his father grimly opposed. Opposing his father's demands, he changed his major and went in to liberal arts. He was able to get several small jobs but in the early 1910s, he had to return back to the help his father in the restaurant, Maison Menjou due to monetary crisis.
Film History
Even though, Adolphe Menjou stayed in NY Town for some odd reason, he never advanced into Broadway. He was in a position to get several bit parts in pictures right up to the year 1915. As he was striving to get in to movies, he worked as a worker, waiter and even a clothing maker. When World War I rolled around, he enrolled and worked as a captain in the French Ambulance Corps. After the War, He was able to work in the flick industry as a production manager and a unit manager. But his real break came in 1921. In the year 1921, he was able to break into the top tier of Hollywood with The Religion Healer, which was followed quickly by Through The Back Door.
He became so popular that he was able to earn strong connections in Hollywood and he earned a Paramount contract for the next a decade. He quickly earned himself the standing of being a women man and at last went on to make 1 or 2 hit flicks in the subsequent a decade. However , the stock market crash put a cap on all that. His fluency in different languages meant that he was in a position to pull in 2nd leads only for the next few years. He managed to get a Best Actor Award for The Front Page. After WWII however , he started to sag in popularity. Switching over to a speaking role also became a little bit complicated.
Personal Life
The twice divorced actor finally discovered contentment with actress Verree Teasdale. After a long struggle with hepatitis, he finally expired on October 29, 1963, at the age of 73.
Adolphe Menjou: Private Life
Adolphe Jean Menjou was born on February 18th, 1890. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a French father. His dad, Jean Adolphe Menjou, married a local Irish girl from Galway called Nora Joyce. Nora was related to writer/poet James Joyce who wrote Ulysses. Jean was an enthusiastic man and worked are a restaurateur in his birth town of Kibbutz D'Arbus, France before he immigrated to the US. In the USA also , he was capable of being get employed reasonably quickly as a hotel chief. It was in the US that he happened to see the Joyce sistes who worked at the Hotel Duquene, Pittsburgh.
He fell head over heels in love with Nora who've one of the sisters and after a whirlwind wooing, he married her and settled down. After wedding, his mother was a housewife. The wedding was a very contented one and Adolphe Menjou was born quite quickly. After Adolphe was born, this dad moved to Cleveland for better opportunities. Jean was more interested in having his child study and work at a renowned job. He pushed his boy into Culver Army Academy in Indiana followed by the Stiles Varsity prep college and then Cornell School. Even though, Adolphe got the best of education, he was still essentially interested in show business which his father grimly opposed. Opposing his father's demands, he changed his major and went in to liberal arts. He was able to get several small jobs but in the early 1910s, he had to return back to the help his father in the restaurant, Maison Menjou due to monetary crisis.
Film History
Even though, Adolphe Menjou stayed in NY Town for some odd reason, he never advanced into Broadway. He was in a position to get several bit parts in pictures right up to the year 1915. As he was striving to get in to movies, he worked as a worker, waiter and even a clothing maker. When World War I rolled around, he enrolled and worked as a captain in the French Ambulance Corps. After the War, He was able to work in the flick industry as a production manager and a unit manager. But his real break came in 1921. In the year 1921, he was able to break into the top tier of Hollywood with The Religion Healer, which was followed quickly by Through The Back Door.
He became so popular that he was able to earn strong connections in Hollywood and he earned a Paramount contract for the next a decade. He quickly earned himself the standing of being a women man and at last went on to make 1 or 2 hit flicks in the subsequent a decade. However , the stock market crash put a cap on all that. His fluency in different languages meant that he was in a position to pull in 2nd leads only for the next few years. He managed to get a Best Actor Award for The Front Page. After WWII however , he started to sag in popularity. Switching over to a speaking role also became a little bit complicated.
Personal Life
The twice divorced actor finally discovered contentment with actress Verree Teasdale. After a long struggle with hepatitis, he finally expired on October 29, 1963, at the age of 73.
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