In time, he made it to the Great White Way, appearing in such productions as The Little Show with the fabulous, infamous Libby Holman, with whom he was photographed for Vanity Fair.
He became an Important Star on Broadway, with tailor-made parts written by the likes of Noel Coward. It was inevitable that Hollywood would beckon, but in one of the strange twists of fate, despite his acclaim as a singer, dancer, and light romantic lead, Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck would become typecast in films as a supercilious fussbudget. And that, kiddies, is the ballad of...
November 19, 1889 - October 13, 1966
Well... he's no Jack Wrangler.
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ReplyDeleteit's incredible. i saw him in "the razor's edge" with Miss Gene Tierney, he was great there as the cynical aristocrat.
ReplyDeleteyou'd never guess he had been a dancer earlier in his career. or at least it's hard to imagine him twirking in the air after seeing him in that movie.
He (and Gene Tierney's eyes) made Laura the classic that it is!
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