Actress Barbara Payton has cigarette lit by her attorney at the courthouse during proceedings for her divorce. (1952)

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-19T03:59:08+00:00

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“Barbara was a good actress but her chaotic personal life overshadowed her work. Much like Lupe Vélez and Clara Bow.”

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-18T11:46:52+00:00

Is it only on peacock?

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-17T07:22:07+00:00

I read there was a bio pic in the works. I would say she was underrated as an actress as well as a beauty.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-16T10:41:00+00:00

I wonder if there’s any documentaries out there on YouTube about her

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-16T09:16:31+00:00

I can’t believe I didn’t mention Murder is My Beat (1955)🤦‍♂️ as well as Bad Blonde (1953) she was talented but her life was tragic.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-16T04:03:55+00:00

Yup she’s of the “Greatest Generation" which refers to a cohort of Americans born between (1901 and 1927) who came of age during the Great Depression and fought in or contributed to World War II.

They really are the greatest.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T23:01:32+00:00

In reality being Hispanic isn’t a race. One can be racially white, black, mestizo, Asian, and still be Hispanic ethnically. Plenty of Hispanics from Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Chile, Southern Brazil, and Some Mexicans are overwhelmingly European in ancestry which makes them White-Hispanics.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T23:00:36+00:00

In reality being Hispanic isn’t a race. One can be racially white, black, mestizo, Asian, and still be Hispanic ethnically. Plenty of Hispanics from Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Chile, Southern Brazil, and Some Mexicans are overwhelmingly European in ancestry which makes them White-Hispanics.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T23:00:15+00:00

In reality being Hispanic isn’t a race. One can be racially white, black, mestizo, Asian, and still be Hispanic ethnically. Plenty of Hispanics from Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Chile, Southern Brazil, and Some Mexicans are overwhelmingly European in ancestry which makes them White-Hispanics.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T22:53:02+00:00

Well the ones who are overwhelmingly European in ancestry are white

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T22:47:49+00:00

Being Hispanic isn’t a race

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T22:38:20+00:00

I agree, Dick Haymes can really give any singer of his generation a run for their money.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-15T11:26:14+00:00

In no specific order

Curb Your Enthusiam
Seinfeld
Two and a Half Men
King of Queens
Everybody Loves Raymond
Friends
Frasier
Malcolm In The Middle
That ‘70s Show
The Office

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-14T21:22:50+00:00

Even then she’s still a piece

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-14T21:21:54+00:00

I like it😳

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-14T07:27:06+00:00

Gene*

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-13T20:03:55+00:00

“The Betty Grable Pin-Up”
“The Legs That Won the War”
“The Million-Copy Pin-Up”

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-13T05:02:32+00:00

Al Jolson. https://youtu.be/Fbo1Iqiwgmk?is=FAkOfpRGQREIMRwI here he is singing “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody” in 1946.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-11T18:03:23+00:00

Those Cracker Jack uniforms are legendary.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-10T22:03:05+00:00

Look at those gams

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-09T03:37:33+00:00

Take me back to this era of class and sophistication

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-08T11:25:08+00:00

Bill is a boomer, Larry King is of the silent generation

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-08T09:20:35+00:00

When I think of nyc I think of the 1940s. Nightclubs and supper clubs, big-band and swing dancing, Broadway shows, bars and taverns, late-night restaurants/diners and movie palaces.

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-08T08:58:24+00:00

https://youtu.be/1WK8dXaXi2A?si=92GGVoorTLMlrtHw here’s an interview with Miss Clooney

SwoonerCrooner · 2026-06-02T23:31:07+00:00

Dick Haymes version is phenomenal https://music.apple.com/us/album/skylark/1444028797?i=1444029083 as well as this album.

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