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Jane Greer in Run for the Sun

In 1956, Jane Greer co-starred with Richard Widmark and Trevor Howard in the exciting adventure Run for the Sun. It was Jane Greer's second-to-last film of the 1950s (before concentrating on television work until her return to the big screen in 1964) and certainly one of her best efforts from that decade. Jane Greer and Richard Widmark make a highly watchable screen duo as they attempt to escape from the evil Trevor Howard and his Nazi henchmen deep in the Mexican wilderness.

A pair of original newspaper ads for Run for the Sun:

Here's a trio of contemporary reviews for Run for the Sun. The consensus seems to be positive!

Here are some semi-bizarre press blurbs printed during the filming of Run for the Sun. The first one (presumably concocted by a press agent) talks about Richard Widmark saving Jane Greer from a stunt snake. The second two newspaper tidbits, inexplicably, concern the food served on the Run for the Sun Mexican location production.

Here are some images of Jane Greer in Run for the Sun (click to view full size):

Janet Leigh in The Red Danube

In 1949, Janet Leigh was one of the stars of The Red Danube. The film's stars included Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Angela Lansbury and also Peter Lawford, the actor that Janet Leigh shared many of her scenes in the movie with (the pair had already both appeared in Little Women earlier in 1949 and would be re-teamed again in 1952 for the wonderful romantic comedy Just This Once).

Here are some original advertisements and promotional materials for The Red Danube:

Here's a pair of articles focusing on Janet Leigh's involvement with The Red Danube. Apparently, since Janet Leigh played a ballerina in the movie, a real ballet company offered her a job. Sounds like something a press agent came up with but who knows?

Finally, here are some images of the beautiful Janet Leigh in the Red Danube:

Janet Leigh and Ethel Barrymore

Meg Foster and the Sunshine show

In 1975, Meg Foster alongside three other cast members from the made-for-TV tearjerker Sunshine, starred in the Sunshine television series.

When the show premiered on NBC in March 1975, reviews were generally positive. As the show continued to air, it looked for a while like Sunshine would be a sleeper hit.

However, it just was not meant to be. The following newspaper piece details some of the issues that led to the cancellation of Sunshine.

The story doesn't quite end there. Two years later a TV movie called Sunshine Christmas was made, reuniting the everyone from the show (and adding Barbara Hershey). According to one press report, studio executives at Universal (the production company) were so impressed by Sunshine Christmas that there was talk of releasing it theatrically!

Sally Gray and The Saint

British actress Sally Gray was perhaps best known in America for her roles in two films in the long running Saint series. It seems quite likely that Sally Gray could have become a big Hollywood star but apparently she did not want to leave the UK. While she did do several great British films during her nearly two decade career, one wonders what the actress could have accomplished at one of the big Hollywood studios. Sally Gray was certainly a great deal more physically attractive than a lot of popular American actresses (and many British actresses who had made the transition to Hollywood), but she also had an innate charm to her...an affable quality that made her so pleasing to watch on screen.

In 1939, Sally Gray starred as the beautiful ladyfriend of The Saint in The Saint in London. The Saint was played effortlessly by the legendary George Sanders and both he and Sally Gray have wonderful chemistry. Both performers have a sense of humor about them that makes watching them quite enjoyable.

In 1941, presumably due to the success of her her first appearance, Sally Gray costarred in another Saint movie. This time it was The Saint's Vacation with the Saint being played by Hugh Sinclair. While this Saint outing was somewhat lesser overall that Sally Gray's first Saint film, the actress nonetheless stood out and made the most of her role.