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Melvyn Douglas: Helen Gahagan
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Walter R. Pick, born in 1914, was a first cousin of Helen Gahagan Douglas and, for a short time, a secretary to her and her husband, Melvyn Douglas, during the late nineteen thirties. He describes his relationship to the Douglases as a family member and employee.
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In 1930, she appeared in TONIGHT OR NEVER and fell in love with her co-star, Melvyn Douglas. Soon the two were married. Gahagan kept her maiden name, even off stage. In 1933, the couple moved to Los Angeles and Peter Douglas was born. She co-starred with Randolph Scott in "SHE". After this, she turned her back on Hollywood and returned to singing, giving recitals all across Europe, where she witnessed first hand the terrifying ripples of the rise of Hitler.
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Saucer-eyed actress Illeana Douglas has been regularly appearing in major films since 1987, when she debuted in the Shelley Long comedy Hello Again. The granddaughter of actor Melvyn Douglas and actress-turned-Congresswoman Helen Gahagan, Douglas was born July 25, 1965, in Massachusetts. After her film debut, the actress worked for years in relative obscurity, at one point dubbing a chilling scream for The Last Temptation of Christ.
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Myrna Loy, famed Hollywood actress of the silver screen, recalls working with Melvyn Douglas on a few films in the Thirties. She discusses his acting techniques, style, and ability, as well as the political activities of he and his wife, Helen Gahagan Douglas. Many of these activities took place in the context of blacklisting and McCarthyism, both of which Loy recalls and describes.
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