Dorothy Janis Articles

Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, McCabe and Mrs. Miller (top); Ted Donaldson, Joan Blondell, Peggy Ann Garner, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (middle); Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, All the President's Men (bottom) William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973, right, with Linda Blair), John Badham's Saturday Night Fever (1977), Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows in [...]

Dorothy Janis Dorothy Janis, aka Dorothy King, was one of the last living adult performers to have had at least one major role in silent feature films. Janis died on March 10 at the age of 98. I posted an obit on that date, explaining that Janis, the widow of bandleader Wayne King, was featured in a handful of movies right at the time when [...]

Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Janis, The Pagan Dorothy Janis, who made a few film appearances at the dawn of the sound era and was the widow of bandleader Wayne King, died Wednesday morning in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley, according to musician Lew Williams, who received the news from Janis' granddaughter. Janis, one of the last surviving performers to have played at least one major [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1p2iVS9GLg[/youtube] Ramon Novarro is one of the actors featured in the "Movie Legends" photo montage (created by basilnelson) found on youtube. Among other celebrities of yore — some long forgotten — included in this particular series are Clara Bow, Tallulah Bankhead, Clara Kimball Young, and Dolores del Rio.