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Torch Song

 

Just a placeholder until I find a better version of this great candid!    On the set of 'Torch Song.' Photo by Sanford Roth / AMPAS - (c) 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    At director Charles Walters' home. Photo by Sanford Roth / AMPAS - (c) 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    1953. At the home of director Charles Walters. Shot by Sanford Roth. Appeared in Collier's, July 4, 1953.    At director Charles Walters' home. Photo by Sanford Roth / AMPAS - (c) 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS. (Thanks to Shane.)

 

1953. Choosing jewels with director Walters and Cliquot.    1953. Choosing 'Torch Song' jewels with Cliquot.

 

On the set of 'Torch Song.'    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song.'    Reading the funnies on the 'Torch Song' set.    1953. On the 'Torch Song' set reading 'Films in Review.'

1953. On the set of 'Torch Song.'    On the MGM lot during 'Torch Song' filming.    Greeted at the MGM gate by guard Henry Keating. (Includes press caption.)    On the MGM 'Torch' set with gardenia and guard.    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with MGM makeup man Eddie Allen.

1953. Making up in blackface with Christina looking on. Shot by Sanford Roth.    1953. Making up in blackface with Christina looking on. Shot by Sanford Roth.    1953. Making up in blackface with Christina looking on. Shot by Sanford Roth.    1953. Joan getting made up for 'Torch Song.' Shot by Sanford Roth.    1953. Makeup for 'Torch Song.' Shot by Sanford Roth.

First day on the 'Torch Song' set.    A welcome arch of flowers on the set of 'Torch Song.'    1953. A nice welcome on the set of 'Torch Song.'    On the 'Torch Song' set. First day of shooting. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    On the 'Torch Song' set. First day of shooting.    1953. First day of shooting on 'Torch Song.'

 

1953. B/w and color on the set of 'Torch Song' with the kids. (Thanks to Shane for the color photo.)    Joan and Christina on the set of 'Torch Song.'    On the set.    With Ricardo Montalban.    On the set of 'Torch Song' with MGM head Dore Schary.    On the set of 'Torch Song.' With producer Henry Berman. Includes press caption.

 

On the 'Torch Song' set with Esther Williams.    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with Esther Williams.    With Esther Williams.

 

1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with India Adams. Includes press blurb.    With 'Torch Song' director Charles Walters.    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with director Walters and Michael Wilding. (Includes press caption.)    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with a Japanese reporter.

 

On the set of 'Torch' with Gig Young and Cliquot. (Includes press caption.)    Joan and Liz Taylor on the 'Torch Song' set. (Liz was married to Joan's co-star Michael Wilding at the time.)    1953. With Michael Wilding and their poodles Cliquot and Titi. Includes press caption.    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with Michael Wilding.

 

With Gig Young and Pier Angeli.    With Gig Young and Pier Angeli on the set of 'Torch Song.' (Includes press caption.)    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with Pier Angeli and Cliquot. Includes press caption.    On the 'Torch Song' set with Pier Angeli and Cliquot.    With Pier Angeli and Sydney Guilaroff.

 

1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with Pier Angeli.    With Michael Wilding and Pier Angeli.    On the set of 'Torch Song.'    1953. On the set of 'Torch Song.' Includes press caption.

 

With Cliquot on the 'Torch Song' set.    On the set of 'Torch Song.'

 

On the set of 'Torch' with Cliquot.    On the set of 'Torch' with Cliquot.    On the set of 'Torch' with Cliquot. (Includes press caption.)    On the 'Torch Song' set with Cliquot. Includes press blurb.    1953. Workout on the 'Torch' set with Cliquot.

 

Makeup test for 'Torch Song.'    A wardrobe test for 'Torch.'    1953. 'Torch Song' wardrobe shot, with Cliquot.    'Torch Song' costume shot. Includes press caption.    June 5, 1953, wardrobe test.

 

1953. Wardrobe test for 'Torch Song.'    1953. Wardrobe test for 'Torch Song.'    1953. Hair and/or makeup test shot for 'Torch Song.'

 

1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with Mark Wilder and Judy Landon. (Includes press caption.)    Rehearsing with dancer Mark Wilder.    Practicing with dancer Mark Wilder.    With dancer Mark Wilder.

 

Rehearsing on the set of 'Torch Song.'    Joan rehearses with 'Torch Song' director Charles Walters.   1953. On the set of 'Torch Song' with director Charles Walters.    With director Charles Walters.

 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    Publicity shot for 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.

 

1953 'Torch Song' publicity.    1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song' with Helen Rose costume. Includes press slug.    1953 'Torch Song' publicity.    1953 publicity for 'Torch Song' with Helen Rose costume. Includes press slug.    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity with clothing design by Helen Rose.    1953 'Torch Song' publicity, with clothing design by Helen Rose. 

 

Publicity for 'Torch Song.' (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    'Torch Song' publicity with Cliquot.    Publicity photo for 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity shot.

 

'Torch Song' publicity with outfit by Helen Rose.    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song.'

 

1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.    1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song.'    Publicity shot for 'Torch Song.'    1953 publicity shot for 'Torch Song.'    1953 publicity for 'Torch Song.'

 

1953. 'Torch Song.' With Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.

 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity with Michael Wilding. (Includes press caption.)    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity with Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    Publicity for 'Torch Song' with Michael Wilding.    

 

Publicity still for 'Torch,' with Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.   'Torch Song' publicity with Michael Wilding.    'Torch Song' publicity with Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song' with Michael Wilding.

 

1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.

1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song.'    1953. Publicity for 'Torch Song.'    1953 publicity for 'Torch Song.'    1953. Publicity photo for 'Torch Song,' with Gig Young.    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity with Gig Young. (Includes press caption.)    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity with Gig Young.

1953. 'Torch Song.' With director Charles Walters and dance director Eugene Loring.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Henry Morgan, left, and dance director Eugene Loring.    1953. 'Torch Song.'

 

 With Harry Morgan.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Harry Morgan.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Harry Morgan.     1953. 'Torch Song.' With Harry Morgan.

 

With director Charles Walters.    With director Charles Walters.    A scene from 'Torch Song,' with director Charles Walters.    With Charles Walters.

 

With 'Torch Song' director Charles Walters.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With director Charles Walters.    1953. 'Torch Song' with director Charles Walters.    With director Charles Walters.

1953. 'Torch Song.' With Gig Young.    With Gig Young...and that leg!    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.' 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    Three small 'any dark bar' screen shots.    1953. 'Torch Song.' Black-and-white still and color screen shot.

 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    'Torch Song.'

 

1953. 'Torch Song.' With Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.

 

With Harry Morgan and Gig Young.    Screen shot with Michael Wilding.

 

1953. 'Torch Song.' With Gig Young.     With Gig Young.     With Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song,' with Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.

 

Screen shot with Gig Young.    Two 'Big Bird' screen shots.

 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    2 screen shots from 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    Screen shot from 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'

 

1953. 'Torch Song.' With Marjorie Rambeau. (Film still and color screen shot.)    1953. 'Torch Song.' Includes press caption.

 

Joan. Party. Men in Blue Suits.    Party at Jenny's! With Paul Guilfoyle.    With Gig Young.    1953. 'Torch Song' publicity.

 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' still.    1953. 'Torch Song.'

 

1953. 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song.'    Two screen shots from 'Torch Song.'    1953. 'Torch Song' screen shot.    Don't ask. Just click.

 

With Dorothy Patrick and Marjorie Rambeau.    With Dorothy Patrick and Marjorie Rambeau.    With Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song.'

 

'Torch Song.' A film still and a color screen shot.    A screen shot with Marjorie Rambeau.    With Marjorie Rambeau. And beer.    With Marjorie Rambeau.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Marjorie Rambeau.    With Marjorie Rambeau.

 

With Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.    1953. 'Torch Song.' With Michael Wilding.    With Michael Wilding.

November 1953. Receiving a press photographers' award at the 'Torch' premiere.    At the November 1953 premiere of 'Torch Song' with 'Johnny Guitar' director Nicholas Ray. (One large shot, and one smaller.)    November 1953 'Torch Song' premiere with Nicholas Ray. (Includes press caption.)    With former MGM head Louis B. Meyer at the 'Torch Song' premiere, November 1953.

November 1953 at the 'Torch Song' premiere.    November 1953 at premiere of 'Torch Song.' (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    November 1953. With fan-club members at the 'Torch Song' premiere.    November 1953 at premiere of 'Torch Song.'    November 1953 at premiere of 'Torch Song.' Shot by Bob Beerman.

1953 autograph session with fans.

 

 

Misc. 1953 Images

 

9/19/53. CBS's 'Because I Love Him.' Click to see two larger screen shots. 

 

1953. Hollywood Press Photogs Costume Ball. With Ann Blyth.    1953. Hollywood Press Photogs Costume Ball at Mocambo.

 

1953. Hollywood Press Photographers' annual costume ball, at Mocambo. With Mel Dinelli, Jane Powell, and Pat Nerney.    1953. Hollywood Press Photogs Costume Ball. With Ben Cooper and Scott Brady.    1953. Hollywood Press Photogs Costume Ball with Scott Brady.    1953. Hollywood Press Photographers Costume Ball at Mocambo. (Includes press caption.)    1953. Hollywood Press Photogs Costume Ball at Mocambo.

 

1953 publicity.    1953 publicity.    1953 publicity.    1953 publicity.   1953 publicity.

 

1953. With director Richard Thorpe, Ann Blyth, and Robert Taylor on the set of 'All the Brothers Were Valiant.'    1953. With Ann Blyth on the set of 'All the Brothers Were Valiant.'    With Robert Taylor on the set of 'All the Brothers Were Valiant.' Includes press caption.    1953. Joan visits Robert Taylor on the set of 'All the Brothers Were Valiant,' a remake of Joan's 1928 silent film, 'Across to Singapore.'    1953. Van Johnson and Joan on the 'All the Brothers Were Valiant' set. 

Circa 1953. With Olivia DeHavilland at the Academy Awards.    1953. With Olivia de Havilland, left, and unknown.

1953. With Fredric March.    1953. With Fredric March.    1953. With Fredric March.    1953. With Vera-Ellen in Hollywood. Shot by Nat Dallinger.

 

March 19, 1953, at the Pantages Theater on Oscar night with Earl Blackwell, left, and director David Miller.    March 19, 1953, at the Pantages theater on Oscar night. Director David Miller in background at left and Earl Blackwell at right. (Thanks to Shane.)    March 19, 1953, at the first televised Oscars, Pantages Theater. Top, solo. Bottom, with David Miller and Earl Blackwell.    1953, with dancer.

1953. At the Redbook Awards with writer Mel Dinelli.    1953. At the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Robe.'    1953. At the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Robe.'    1953.     1953.    1953. Two photos applying silver to ladies' hair at a nightclub. (Includes press caption.)

1953. At Romanoff's with director David Miller.    1953. At Romanoff's with Clifton Webb and David Miller.    1953. At NYC's Harwin Club with Mike O'Shea and his mother.    1953 at NYC's Harwin Club. Shot by Peter Perri.

1953. At NYC's Harwyn Club. Gertrude Niesen, Eddie Fisher, et al.    1953. At NYC's Harwyn Club. With Eddie Fisher.    1953. At NYC's Harwin Club. With Earl Blackwell, Mike O'Shea, and Franchot Tone.    1953. Two candids at NYC's Harwyn Club with ex-husband Franchot Tone.    1953. At NYC's Harwyn Club. With singer Gertrude Niesen, et al.

1953. With Andre Previn (center).    Circa 1953. With Rock Hudson.    Candid, circa 1953. 

March 1953 with Paul Gregory at a Hollywood awards dinner.    March 1953 with Paramount head Frank Freeman and wife at a H'wood awards dinner.    March 1953 at a Hollywood awards dinner with unknown.    Circa 1953 candid.    Circa 1953. With Doris Day and Jane Powell.

1953. With Joel McCrea.    April 1953. At Ciro's with Cesar Romero.    1953 with Pier Angeli and Kirk Douglas.    1953 at Mocambo with Jennings Lang, left.    1953. With Cesar Romero at Romanoff's after the 'Call Me Madam' premiere.

October 1953. At premiere party for 'Torch Song' with photographers.    10/23/53. Joan and Mercedes McCambridge at the premiere party for 'Torch Song.' (The two were currently filming 'Johnny Guitar' together.)    10/23/53. With Mercedes McCambride at the 'Torch Song' premiere party.    10/23/53. Joan and Mercedes McCambridge at the 'Torch Song' premiere party.


Circa 1953. At NYC's Hampshire House. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    Circa 1953. At NYC's Hampshire House. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)

 

1953. Goddaughter Joan Evans's 1-year wedding anniversary party. With Jeff Chandler.   1953. Celebrating the 1-year wedding anniversary of goddaughter Joan Evans and Kirby Weatherly.    1953. One-year anniversary of goddaughter Joan Evans' marriage to Kirby Weatherly. (Jane Wyman at left.)    July 1953 with agent Jennings Lang.    July 19, 1953, at unknown event.

 

October 15, 1953. Joan and Chris celebrate his 10th birthday.    1953 at home.    1953 candid.    1953 candid.    January 1953 with Cesar Romero at party for oilman Tevis Morrow. Shot by Dallinger. Includes press caption.

1953. With all 4 kids (see Oscar in background).    1953 candid at home. (Thanks to Bryan Johnson.)    1953 candid at home.    1953. At home with Cliquot. Shot by Muriello.

 

Shot by Len Weissman

 

1953. On a frog hunt with the kids.    1953. On a frog hunt. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953. A frog hunt with Christina and Christopher.    1953. At Alisal Ranch with The Twins and Bill Nichols. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953. Doing the limbo with help from Christopher. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953, giving thanks with the kids.

 

1953. Tennis at home, shot by Len Weissman.    1953. Tennis at home. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953. Cruisin' with Cliquot.    1953. With Christina and Christopher. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953. At cookout with Christopher. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953 with Christopher. Shot by Len Weissman.

1953. With the kids. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953 at home with the kids. Shot by Len Weissman.    1953 with Christina.    1953. With a Twin and a lurking Christina.    1953. Shot by Len Weissman.

 

  

 

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