Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Joan Blondell" in English language version.
Rowland & Clifford, a western producing firm, have also a production in preparation under the title of 'The Katzenjammer Kids', securing the rights from Blondell & Fennessy. Both shows are scheduled to play over the International, with the Hill production to be ready by Jan. 1.
Norman Scott Powell is 6. Has been Dick's legally adopted son since January, 1938, when George Barnes (Joan's first husband and a good pal of Dick's) relinquished all claim to him.
The Katzenjammer Kids will be presented in Franklin this evening, the company having passed through here this morning on the way to that place. "Eddie Blondell's true name is Levi Bluestein, and he was a resident of Columbus many years ago, living with his father at the foot of Washington street
No allowance was made for alimony, but Mrs. Blondell seemed to be satisfied. The Blondells, who in private life were Mr. and Mrs. Levi Bluestein, have been annoyed by a case of incompatibility of temper for a long time. They were formerly a member of Katzenjammer Kids' company....
I love flowers, particularly roses, which I grow in our own garden at Beverly Hills, and one of my chief interests is in the business of my brother, Ed Blondell, Jr., who is a florist in Los Angeles. Ed is the only one of our family who is a non-professional. Gloria, my sister, is in pictures, too, although thus far it has never been our good fortune to work together. Maybe that will happen some day. Ed did a little trouping in vaudeville before he settled down to a commercial life. [...] As they say in vaudeville, 'everybody knows everybody else at least for a week,' and it was my good fortune to know most of the headliners of the period [...] To all of these good folks I was 'Rosebud' Blondell. That name was acquired when at the Elmwood school in Chicago the students put on a show called 'In a Garden of Girls,' and I impersonated a rose and danced. A few old friends still call me Rosebud, but in the family the nickname has been shortened to 'Buddie' or 'Bud.' and that's pretty much in general use by all the Blondells.
Following is a list of the thirteen starlets of 1931: Joan Blondell, First National. Constance Cummings, Columbia studio. Frances Dade, United Artists. Sidney Fox, Universal. Frances Dee, Paramount. Rochelle Hudson, R. K. O. Anita Louise, Universal. Joan Marsh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Marian Marsh, Warner Brothers. Karen Morley, M. G. M. Marion Shilling, Pathe. Barbara Weeks, United Artists. Judith Wood, Paramount.
TWILIGHT ZONE—9:30 p. m., Ch. 3, 12 'What's In the Box?' The 'box' is a TV set, the villain of the piece. Bill Demarest is very good as a harassed man, bedeviled by a nagging wife (Joan Blondell). He sees himself on this strange TV set, but his wife, watching simultaneously, can't see him and believes he's nuts.
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (9 p. m., Channel 34) — 'You're All Right, Ivy.' The big news in tonight's episode is that the combination of excellent performances from such old pros as Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown and Joan Blondell, plus the directorial debut of series star Jack Palance, doesn't alter the essential character of the series. The problems still outweigh the fun.
In 'Joan Blondell: The Bombshell From 91st Street,' the Museum of Modern Art pays tribute to her long career with a series of 13 films. On Friday 'Footlight Parade,' a rapid-fire musical, and the very rarely shown 'Blue Veil' will be introduced by Matthew Kennedy, the author of a new biography, 'Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes.'
Night Nurse (William Wellman, 1931) & Hold Your Man (Sam Wood, 1933). Hard-boiled and delicious, working gal pals Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell handle the low life, while Jean Harlow's equally tough floozy sticks by her criminal boyfriend Clark Gable. February 17. [...] Me and My Gal (Raoul Walsh, 1932) & Central Park (John G. Adolfi, 1932). Spencer Tracy's insouciant flatfoot romances Joan Bennett's saucy hash-slinger in a delightfully lumpen comedy; homeless cutie Joan Blondell teams with jobless hunk Wallace Ford for a series of madcap adventures on the wild side of New York's most famous park. March 2.
James Cagney and Jean Harlow in 'The Public Enemy' (1931). Above, Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak in 'Three On a Match' (1932).
Always a super-trouper, rarely a stand-alone star, Joan Blondell is an unexpected choice to be the focus of a full-dress Barbara Stanwyck/Greta Garbo-style UCLA Film & Television Archive career retrospective. But here she is front and center in "Blonde Crazy: Joan Blondell," a five-week, 14-film tribute beginning Friday at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood, big as life, twice as sassy and something of a revelation.
The historic Hippodrome cinema will be screening a season of rule-breaking Hollywood movies starting with the Jimmy Cagney and Joan Blondell 1931 comedy Blonde Crazy this weekend.
D'abord Blonde Crazy en 1931. Les ingrédients du style pré-code s'y trouvent réunis: tempo vif de la mise en scene, inventivité du récit et des dialogues, crudité des situations. Ces films sont courts et denses, lucides et gorgés de vie. Filmé avec aisance et simplicité, Blonde Crazy est porté par un duo d'acteurs dont on ressent le plaisir qu'ils ont a jouer ensemble, jusque dans les intonations de leurs répliques spirituelles: Joan Blondell et James Cagney.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 4 (AP) [...] Miss Blondell and Barnes were married here today by the Rev. Dr. Charles S. Polling, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in his study. [...] Miss Blondell and Barnes, who met in 1931, when he was a cameraman for a picture in which she starred, were reported married in the state of Washington several months ago. They denied the report on their return from a vacation trip but recently Miss Blondell, questioned by a friend, tacitly admitted a ceremony had been performed. Barnes's divorce from his former wife became final before Christmas.
Joan Blondell of the movies, who has obtained final divorce decree from George Barnes, cameraman, interlocutory decree having been granted a year ago. Hollywood is speculating on whether she will marry Dick Powell, actor.
Hollywood, Sept. 19—Thousands of curious jammed the docks at nearby San Pedro tonight as Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, popular motion-picture couple, were married aboard their honeymoon ship.
Veteran Hollywood Producer/Director/Network Executive Notrman S. Powell passed away on Jun 16th at the age of 86...The son of Hollywood Golden Age stars Jon Blondell and Dick Powell, Norman graduated from the Lawrenceville School and Cornell University.
LOS ANGELES, July 14 (AP)—Joan Blondell, actress, got a divorce in four minutes today from Dick Powell, singer, on her testimony that he had been guilty of numerous acts of cruelty, including a demand that she 'get the hell out of the house.' [...] She said he insisted on using their home for his office, that two telephones were ringing almost constantly, and that she was unable to get any rest or privacy. Mr. Powell did not appear to oppose the divorce.
The Katzenjammer Kids will be presented in Franklin this evening, the company having passed through here this morning on the way to that place. "Eddie Blondell's true name is Levi Bluestein, and he was a resident of Columbus many years ago, living with his father at the foot of Washington street
No allowance was made for alimony, but Mrs. Blondell seemed to be satisfied. The Blondells, who in private life were Mr. and Mrs. Levi Bluestein, have been annoyed by a case of incompatibility of temper for a long time. They were formerly a member of Katzenjammer Kids' company....