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June Allyson: American Gis
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From All Movie Guide: Though she despised the appellation "the girl next door," this was how June Allyson was promoted throughout most of her MGM career. The blonde, raspy-voiced actress was born in a tenement section of the Bronx. Her career nearly ended before it began when 8-year-old June seriously injured her back in a fall. For four years she wore a steel brace, then spent several more months in physical therapy. Thanks to the financial support of her grown half-brother, June was able to take dancing lessons. At 19, she made her film debut in the Vitaphone short Swing for Sale (1937).
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During World War II, American GIs pinned up photos of Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable, but June Allyson was the girl they wanted to come home to. Petite, blond and alive with fresh-faced optimism, she seemed the ideal sweetheart and wife, supporting and unthreatening.
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This is a 1948 ad for Lipton tea, featuring June Allyson! The size of the ad is approximately 5.5x11 inches. The caption for this ad is "June Allyson says: I love Lipton's brisk flavor - it gives me a lift!" The ad is in great condition! This vintage ad would look great framed and displayed! Add it to your collection today!
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MGM bought the film rights to Best Foot Forward, and several of the show's performers were signed to recreate their parts, including Allyson. (The studio promptly knocked seven years off her age in their "official" biography.) While waiting for filming to start, Allyson was given a small role in Girl Crazy (1943), singing the Gershwin number "Treat Me Rough" to Mickey Rooney, and showing a lot of the Hutton influence in her raucous delivery and vigorous movement. In Best Foot Forward (1943), a highlight is Allyson's energetic jive dance with the future director Stanley Donen.
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