Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Vintage Inspiration July 22nd

TCM had a bunch of Saint movies on this afternoon, so of coarse I was glued to my set. George Sanders has such a different way of portraying the Saint from Vincent Price (The Saint on the radio). I have to admit, I still prefer Price. That voice . . .



Anyway, one of the films was Saint in London from 1939. It naturally contained espionage and counterfeiters. The "Girl Friday" to George Sanders' Saint was Penelope Parker, played by Sally Gray.

I had never heard of her. With B pictures, that is only natural I suppose. It turns out she was not in films that long.

For a Bio, check out:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=75611&apid=137622



She ended up marrying a Lord and retiring



As a side note, her stepson inspired a part of The Beatles song "A Day in the Life". He was the lad who crashed his car.


3 comments:

Witchcrafted Life said...

How gorgeous is that gal in her ballerina outfit?

Lovely roundup of movie images and behind the scenes facts, sweetie! Hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday!

♥ Jessica

Miss Matilda said...

I would urge anyone who is interested in British films to see her performance in Dangerous Moonlight.

Great post xx

debra@dustjacket said...

Gorgeous pictures!

Thank you so much for your comments at "the Attic".

xx DJ

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