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What Ever Happened To Old Stars Of Hollywood?
AP report recaps surviving Golden Era figures from the 1930s still active in film TV or other roles. It lists Katharine Hepburn Henry Fonda James Stewart John Wayne Bette Davis Rosalind Russell Joan Crawford Lana Turner Olivia de Havilland Barbara Stanwyck Loretta Young Judy Garland and many others noting retirements comebacks and ongoing appearances. The piece notes Greta Garbo Cagney Norma Shearer Jackie Cooper Shirley Temple and Freddie Bartholomew among those retired or pursuing other careers.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Robert Taylor
Holly Wood
Katharine Hepburn
Henry Fonda
James Stewart
Santa Fe
John Wayne
Anthony Quinn
William Holden
Glenn Ford
Fredric March
Edward G. Robinson
Bob Hope
Cary Grant
David Niven
Charles Boyer
Fred MacMurray
Mickey Rooney
Pat O'Brien
Walter Pidgeon
Robert Young
Lew Ayres
Robert Cummings
Melvyn Douglas
Bing Crosby
Groucho Marx
Don Ameche
Bette Davis
Rosalind Russell
Joan Crawford
Myrna Loy
Olivia de Havilland
Jane Wyman
Barbara Stanwyck
Lana Turner
Ann Sothern
Helen Hayes
Ida Lupino
Merle Oberon
Lucille Ball
Ginger Rogers
Betty Grable
Dorothy Lamour
Jean Arthur
Jack Oakie
Joan Blondell
Richard Arlen
Buddy Rogers
Rudy Vallee
Cesar Romero
George Raft
Ruby Keller
Chester Morris
Allan Jones
Marie Wilson
Joel McCrea
Ray Milland
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Marlene Dietrich
Alice Faye
Eleanor Powell
Jaye Withers
Loretta Young
Irene Dunne
Claudette Colbert
Greta Garbo
James Cagney
Norma Shearer
Jackie Cooper
Shirley Temple
Freddie Bartholomew
William Powell
Robert Montgomery
Randolph Scott
Sonja Henie
George Brent
Deanna Durbin
Madeleine Carroll
Johnny Weismuller
Fay Wray
Luise Rainer
Gene Autry
Janet Gayeor
Charles Farrell
Paulette Goddard
Joe E. Brown