Early Glenn Ford portrait, c. 1940
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Glenn and Eleanor at the Mocambo just after they met in 1942. They met at Pat O’Brien’s house after Pat suggested to Glenn they date.
Glenn Ford being restrained by a policeman while signing autographs for a hoard of fans, c. 1949.
Glenn Ford waves to photographers as he steps off a train in NYC. Glenn was traveling back from a trip to his hometown of Quebec, Canada, 1942.
At the time of the making of The Doctor and the Girl (1949), Janet Leigh was a recent discovery with little acting experience. Norma Shearer had seen her picture on the desk at her father’s ski lodge in the Sierra Nevada and decided right then and there that Janet was meant for the movies. Near the end of production, Janet gave Glenn a signed copy of that very same photograph with the inscription: “To one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in the career this picture started.” The two stars were encouraged to improvise based on their good chemistry and play with some of the scenes. It gave their footage a refreshing spontaneity. Now and then the fun the two stars were having before the camera threatened to spin out of control. “In this one scene,” Janet said in one interview, “Glenn had to carry me up two flights of stairs — it was supposed to be our wedding night. We were in high spirits, ad-libbing….Climbing up those stairs, Glenn kept whispering, ‘I don’t think I can make it.’ And the more he struggled, the harder we laughed. I laughed so hard I actually wet my pants. I should’ve been embarrassed, but that made me laugh even more.”
I’m through with you - but your friends aren’t. I’m going to spread the word that you talked. You’re out of business, thief. The Big Heat (1953) dir. Fritz Lang
![She was the most beautiful, glorious creature then. Film posters cried, “There was never a woman like Gilda” — and they were right. There has never been anyone in the history of movies that had such a magical presence on film. She was delightful and sexy, and she moved with such grace and glamour. We had worked together when we were both coming up in the business, and then she had zoomed to the top.
I can remember when we were at Camp Pendleton [the Marine Corps base near San Diego], and every young Marine there had her picture pinned up in every locker and on every wall. I would see her in those very sexy pinup poses in slinky lingerie and think how different her image seemed from the very shy brunette I knew when we were making The Lady in Question.
—Glenn Ford](http://24.media.tumblr.com/2901868efdb8760d5ab273273f8f15af/tumblr_mmanx5lkDo1qkbfyxo1_500.jpg)
She was the most beautiful, glorious creature then. Film posters cried, “There was never a woman like Gilda” — and they were right. There has never been anyone in the history of movies that had such a magical presence on film. She was delightful and sexy, and she moved with such grace and glamour. We had worked together when we were both coming up in the business, and then she had zoomed to the top.
I can remember when we were at Camp Pendleton [the Marine Corps base near San Diego], and every young Marine there had her picture pinned up in every locker and on every wall. I would see her in those very sexy pinup poses in slinky lingerie and think how different her image seemed from the very shy brunette I knew when we were making The Lady in Question.
—Glenn Ford
