LOL! I'm switching servers and it's taking a bit longer than I thought it would (due to I've been traveling) but FranchotTone.com should be back online by the...
G.D. Hamann, a researcher extraordinaire who has spend countless hours, days, weeks, months, years scouring the newspaper archives at Los Angeles area...
Atsuko, I was sorry to hear about the earthquake in Japan. I hope that you and your family are safe and sound!! Please let us know how everything is in your...
Hi Lisa, I appreciate your gentle consideration for me. That earthquake was a big one, but it was not my neighborhood. So I am OK :-) I was anxious to know...
Atsuko I'm so happy to hear that you are okay. I was worried about you and your family. I can't wait to see those photos. I'm still working on getting you the...
Speaking of traveling have you gone to New Orleans? If so how was it? In June I went to my family reunion like I said I had to. You'll never believe what I...
I am forwarding this on behalf of Barbara Payton's son, John Lee Payton, whose review of author John Gilmore's latest book, "L.A. Despair", has been rejected...
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Hi John, Thank you so much for posting John Lee's rebuttal. It's amazing to me what material Amazon will consider inappropriate as a review but won't bat an...
Hello everybody, I'm new to this group. My name is Chiara and I'm from Italy. I came across the name Franchot Tone in a fiction book: it was said that one...
Hi Chiara I'm Jo. It's nice to have you here. I know that you were probably putting this question out to Lisa. But I thought I would answer too. I like love on...
Hi Chiara, and welcome. :) Sorry, I don't recall receiving your email; have had problems with my various POP-accounts so have recently consolidated to one...
Hi, The book is "O dingos,o chateaux!" by Jean-Patrick Manchette, a French noir writer. I don't think it's available in English, but that was the only mention...
Thanks for posting about/from the book, that's great! There's never been a rule about posting photos here, but overall my feeling is that I'm against snagging...
Hello, I've added some screencaps I made to the "Photos" section. I hope you enjoy them. Also, here are the links to some of the sites where I found Franchot...
These are great, thank you so much! :) Lisa ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please help support my friend John Doheny, a New Orleans Jazz Musician and Scholar...
So I've just watched Quality Street on TV. It was in original language, so I could listen to Tone's beautiful deep voice for the first time :-) The film itself...
Franchot's performance in the 1963 Actors Studio production "Strange Interlude" (previously only available on LP record) has been digitized and archived online...
... Hello Jo, Thank you for your concerning about me. I am OK from that earthquake.My area has no damage with it. By the way, I listed 22 stills from THE KING...
I'm glad to hear that! I saw the new stills. Some of them didn't download for me. They only when half way and then stopped. I don't know if it is just me or...
I liked this one, but I thought the silent with Marion Davies was better. She made a much better transition from the beautiful young girl to the old maid....
Hi Samantha, and welcome to the group! :) I've never seen the Marion Davies version and have it on my list of To Watch. I imagine Marion would do a good job...
Franchot's 1949 drama "Without Honor" was released on DVD in late November. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles such as commentary track, etc. but the...