Edmund Purdom
Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom in The Student Prince
Edmund Purdom, best known for his roles in two 1954 productions, the musical The Student Prince and the period epic The Egyptian, died in Rome on Jan. 1. He was 84.
Despite his two big mid-1950s hits, the super-handsome, English-born Purdom never quite made it to the top. Perhaps the reason for his lack of success in Hollywood had to do with the fact that Purdom left his wife for minor actress Linda Christian, with whom he moved to Italy not too long after they appeared together in another 1954 film, the MGM musical Athena. (Christian was at the time married to Tyrone Power; they divorced in [...]
by Andre Soares | January 4, 2009
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Tags: Ann Blyth, Classic Movies, Edmund Purdom, Linda Christian, Mario Lanza, Marlon Brando, The Egyptian, The Student Prince
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Blithe Spirit
d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward
Boule de suif / Angel and Sinner
d: Christian-Jaque; scr: Henri Jeanson
Brief Encounter
d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame
Dead of Night
d: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer; scr: John Baines, Angus MacPhail
Les Enfants du paradis / Children of Paradise
d: Marcel Carné; scr: Jacques Prévert
Leave Her to Heaven
d: John M. Stahl; scr: Jo Swerling
Love Letters
d: William Dieterle; scr: Ayn Rand
Mildred Pierce
d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Ranald McDougall, Catherine Turney
A Royal Scandal
d: Otto Preminger; scr: Edwin Justus Mayer
State Fair
d: Walter Lang; scr: Paul Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sonya Levien
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
d: Elia Kazan; scr: Tess Slesinger, Frank [...]
by Andre Soares | August 31, 2004
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