Site Updates
November 13-
Message From Liza- I will be relocating to Kansas City, Missouri and am going to have to pack up my computer and all that goes with it. I will update when I can! In the meantime, you can go to http://www.tv-now.com/stars/lana.html to get the schedule for Upcoming Lana Films- LW
October 29-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for November
October 27-
Correction- I accidentally recorded Jeff Chandler's death as "1951" instead of "1961" in the encyclopedia. It has been corrected and thank you to Scott Powell for alerting me of this-LW
September 29-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for October
September 4-
A correction on my part- In the 1940's photo gallery in the photograph of Lana, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford and Carmen Miranda, the person that I referred to as "an unknown gentleman" was actually world famous bandleader Xavier Cougat. A big Lana Turner Online Thank You goes out to Lynn Recck for letting me know this- LW
August 28-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for September and added some new trivia to the Postman page.
August 23-
Cleaned up and edited the biography page and changed the photographs. Hope you all enjoy it! A big Lana Turner Online Thank You going out to Taylor Pero for his help with this one.
July 31-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Postman page.
July 30-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Madame X page. I am currently in the process of changing the formats to the film pages so that is why one page doesn't always match another.
July 29-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Imitation of Life page. A big Lana Turner Online Thank You (!) to Taylor Pero for your help with these New and Improved Reviews.
July 28-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for August.
June 27-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for July
June 10-
A while back when I was transcribing one of Lana's interviews with journalist Shirley Eder to the transcripts page I asked aloud if anyone could tell me what a "Proscenium" type of theatre was. A big thanks to Phil Sandbach for providing me with the info about what that is. The correction is in red in the very last interview on the page.
May 29-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for June.
May 28-
Correction- Last night I inadvertently posted a picture (of Lana in black lace) to the Keep Your Powder Dry gallery when it should have been placed in the gallery for Marriage is a Private Affair. Sorry 'bout that guys and thanks Melly for correcting me on that.
May 27-
Added 11 photos to the New Photo Gallery.
May 24-
Added 23 photos to the New Photo Gallery.
April 28-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for May and finished adding production dates to most of the Film pages. Yahoo!
April 23-
Phew! Finally finished taking apart the photo galleries and arranging the photos by decade. Take a look.
April 13-
London based artist Stephen B. Whatley has VERY GRACIOUSLY donated his cartoon tributes of Lana to LT Online. Click here to see em'. You won't believe how gorgeous these are!
April 4-
Please excuse the look of the photo galleries. Right now I am working on trying to organize the photos by decade. Also, a correction for Upcoming Lana Films in April, The Adventures of Marco Polo will be played on Turner Classic Movies on April 9 at 2 a.m. EST (remember that that's the early morning of April 10). Sorry for the omission and thanks Arnold for reminding me-LW
March 28-
Added some new background music to the Home Page, the page for Taylor Pero's Photos and the Films Page. Fire Fox for some reason doesn't seem to want to play the music-sorry bout that kids! If you don't wish to listen to the music simply hit the stop button on your web browser.
March 27-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for April. The pickings sure are slim this month!
March 19-
Added some new info about an upcoming Jeff Chandler bio to the Lady Takes a Flyer page and added four new photos to the New Photo Gallery.
March 17-
Added 16 new photos to the New Photo Gallery.
March 14-
Added 39 new photos to the New Photo Gallery and started adding photos to a third photo gallery, photo gallery 3.
March 13-
Added 18 new photos to the New Photo Gallery.
March 10-
Added 38 new photos to the New Photo Gallery.
March 8-
Added 24 photos to the New Photo Gallery.
March 6-
Added 37 photos to the New Photo Gallery.
March 5-
Wrote another few words from Ronald Dante's daughter to the FAQ section.
March 2-
Added 13 new photos of Lana to the new gallery and also added some info about Lana's seventh husband Ronald Dante to the FAQ section (after the article I placed there about him).
February 28-
Added 31 new photos of Lana to the new gallery.
February 27-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for March.
February 26-
Sending out a big Lana Turner Online THANK YOU to Arnold Meister for sending me literally hundreds of LT photos from his collection. The collection is so massive that it is going to take me a few days to get the photos all cleaned up and formatted after which I am going to make a new gallery just for new photos. There are just too many this time for me to describe all of them. Be patient with me kids. I'm working on it.
February 24-
Added some new info about Lana's seventh husband Ronald Dante to the FAQ section and added a few new photos. Added a publicity photo of a youthful Lana to The Great Garrick gallery, added a photo of Lana holding gloves to the Love Finds Andy Hardy gallery, added a publicity photo that Lana had done for Rich Man, Poor Girl to the Rich Man, Poor Girl gallery, added a photo of Lana in a backless dress to the These Glamour Girls gallery, added a photo of Lana in large hat to the Two Girls on Broadway gallery, added a photo of Lana laying on a fur coat to the Ziegfeld Girl gallery, added a photo of a casual Lana with long hair to the Honky Tonk gallery and added two new photos (of ingénue Lana in a revealing black dress and of Lana and Bob Hope entertaining troops in Korea) to photo gallery 2.
February 19-
Added a new entry to the 1976 section of the timeline.
February 14-
Added new entries to the 1972, 1974 and 1975 sections of the timeline.
February 13-
Added one new entry to the 1969 section and two new entries to the 1971 section of the timeline.
February 11-
Added a new photo of Lana and John Garfield to photo gallery 2 and added a new entry for Benny Thau to the encyclopedia.
February 6-
Added a new entry for Marion Davies to the encyclopedia.
February 4-
Added four new photos from Lana's 1977 play, Bell, Book and Candle (of Lana and her manager Taylor Pero leaving their hotel, Lana acting out a comedic scene, a publicity photo and Lana with her arms out) to photo gallery 2.
February 2-
Added Lana's thoughts to The Three Musketeers and The Bad and the Beautiful to their respective pages and added some new trivia to the A Life of Her Own and Flame and the Flesh pages.
January 30-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Dancing Co-Ed page.
January 28-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for February.
January 22-
Added one new photo (of Lana and director Harold S. Bucquet) to the We Who Are Young gallery, added one new photo (of Lana in bed) to the Cass Timberlaine gallery, added fifteen new photos (of Lana and Cheryl as a toddler, ingénue Lana with red hair, Lana and Cheryl at the 1958 Oscars, Lana in a Lux Toilet Soap ad, two photos of Lana entertaining navy men on leave in Mississippi, ingénue Lana in a bathing suit, Lana sipping champagne, Lana and her publicist Betty Asher having tea, Lana and her first husband Artie Shaw sharing a laugh, ingénue Lana leaning on a lounge chair, Lana and her first serious beau Greg Bautzer, a young Lana relaxing in white gloves and Lana and Bob Hope at the 1966 Oscars) to photo gallery 2.
January 19-
Added Lana's thoughts on the end of her marriage to Artie Shaw to the 1940 section, her thoughts on her first marriage to Stephan Crane to the 1942 section, her thoughts about her wedding to Lex Barker to the 1957 section and her thoughts on the end of her marriage to Fred May to the 1962 section of the timeline.
January 17-
Added a photo of Lana and Fernando Lamas and a photo of Lana and other movie stars at FDR's birthday party in 1941 to their respective entries in the encyclopedia, added a photo of Lana, her makeup man Del Armstrong and director Vincente Minnelli to the Bad and Beautiful gallery, added a photo of Lana kissing Mickey Rooney to the Love Finds Andy Hardy gallery, and added seven new photos (of Lana and her sixth husband Bob Eaton, Lana and Bob Hope entertaining troops in the Far East, Lana and her daughter Cheryl Crane, with Cheryl on her changing table, Lana in a white lace dress, ingénue Lana in a bathing suit, Lana kissing her mother Mildred, Lana and Mildred at the premiere of The Great Garrick and of ingénue Lana with her hair over one eye) to photo gallery 2.
January 16-
Added Lana thoughts about Paulette Goddard and Artie Shaw to the encyclopedia, added her thoughts about arriving in Los Angeles for the first time to the 1935 section of the timeline and added her thoughts about They Won't Forget to the They Won't Forget page.
January 13-
Lots of new photos today. Added a new photo of Lana lost in thought to the Town Hall section of the transcripts page, added a photo of Lana in the tub to the Lady Takes a Flyer gallery, added two new photos (of Lana selling Easter Seals and of Lana looking in a mirror) to the Sea Chase gallery, added a candid photo of Lana behind the scenes of The Three Musketeers to The Three Musketeers gallery, added two new photos (of Lana and Stefanie Powers and of Lana and Cliff Robertson) to the Love Has Many Faces gallery, added a photo of Lana in the tub to the Who's Got the Action? gallery, added a photo of Lana, Sandra Dee and Anthony Quinn to the Portrait in Black gallery, added a photo of Lana and Glynis Johns to the Another Time, Another Place gallery, added a lacy glamour photo to the Latin Lovers gallery and added a photo of Lana in black lace talking on the telephone to the Bad and the Beautiful gallery.
January 12-
Added four new photos (Lana and Clark Gable on the set of Adventure, Lana signing autographs during a tour for Madame X in 1966, ingénue Lana in the MGM marching band and a glamour photo of Lana around the time she made Postman in 1946) to photo gallery 2, added a photo of ingénue Lana looking up at her teacher to the They Won't Forget gallery, added a photo of Lana and Lew Ayres to the Rich Man, Poor Girl gallery, added a photo of Lana, Laraine Day and Lew Ayres to the Calling Dr. Kildare gallery, added a photo of Lana covered in red paint to the Slightly Dangerous gallery and added a photo of Lana giving birth (though not literally!!) to the Green Dolphin Street gallery.
January 10-
Added a Lana's obituary from People Magazine to the Magazine Articles Page and added two new photos (of Lana and her seventh husband Ronald Dante) to photo gallery 2.
January 7-
Added a lengthy and informative article about Lana's life and career, titled Dangerous Curves from Films of the Golden Age Magazine, spring 2002 to the Magazine Articles page and added another photo gallery with fourteen new photos.
December 31-
Added a new article featuring Lana's longtime stand-in Alyce May to the brand new Magazine Articles page.
December 28-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for January.
December 25-
Added five new photos to The Big Cube gallery.
December 23-
Added Lana's thoughts on her breakup with Tyrone Power and her thoughts on her engagement to Bob Topping to the 1947 section of the timeline and added a photo of Lana and producer Joe Pasternak on the set of The Merry Widow to the Merry Widow page.
December 21-
Added Lana's thoughts on Howard Hughes and costume designer Irene to the encyclopedia and Lana's thoughts about New Years Eve with Tyrone Power to the 1946 section of the timeline.
December 19-
Added a new photo of Lana in 1965 to photo gallery 1 and added a Synopsis and My Review to the Flame and the Flesh page.
December 17-
Hooray! A Big Lana Turner Online Thank You to Arnold Meister for sending me a DVD copy of the illusive Flame and the Flesh. I am gonna try and watch it tonight and will review it either tomorrow night or the night after.
December 15-
Added some new info about Lana's third husband Bob Topping to the "husbands" section of the FAQ section and added a New and Improved Review to the Marriage is a Private Affair page.
December 12-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Madame X page.
December 9-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Peyton Place page.
December 7-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Ziegfeld Girl page.
December 3-
Added a new entry and photo of Lana putting her hand and footprints in the cement outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre to the 1950 section of the timeline, added a photo of Lana screaming to the Green Dolphin Street gallery, added four new photos (of a young Lana walking by the swimming pool, a casual glamour photo, ingénue Lana in a Valentine's Day MGM publicity photo and of Lana in her office in 1966) to photo gallery 1, added a photo of Lana testing some never used wardrobe to the They Won't Forget gallery, added a photo of Lana in a white dress to the Marriage is a Private Affair gallery, added a photo of Lana and Connie Bennett to the Madame X gallery and added a photo of Lana and Hermes Pan dancing to the Life of Her Own gallery.
December 1-
Where did 2005 go? Added a New and Improved Review to the Imitation of Life page.
November 28-
Added a new entry for attorney Greg Bautzer to the encyclopedia.
November 27-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for December.
November 26-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Postman page and added a new photo of Lana in profile with a large hat to photo gallery 1.
November 23-
Added a New and Improved Review to the Bad and the Beautiful page.
November 22-
Happy Anniversary to Lana Turner Online! Added a few more tidbits to the FAQ section.
November 21-
Added a few odds and ends to the FAQ section. More coming soon!
November 19-
Added a press clipping (and the accompanying photo) for Forty Carats to the 1971 section of the timeline, added two new photos of Lana and Baby Cheryl to the Green Dolphin Street gallery, added a photo of Lana and attorney/beau Greg Bautzer, Lana and Victor Mature and Lana and actor John Shelton to their respective entries of the encyclopedia, added a photo of Lana by the swimming pool to the Love Finds Andy Hardy gallery, added a photo of a long-legged Lana, a photo of Lana and Lex Barker and a photo of ingénue Lana with a veil to photo gallery 1, added a photo of Lana checking out her wardrobe to the Prodigal gallery, added a photo of Lana flirting with Clark Gable on the set and Lana with large sleeves to the Honky Tonk gallery, added a photo of Lana, Gable and Dane Clark to the Somewhere I'll Find You gallery, added a photo of Lana and Clark Gable dancing to the Homecoming gallery and added a photo of Lana posing for Artie Shaw to the Dancing Co-Ed gallery.
November 17-
Added a correction to the "Nivea Cream" entry of the encyclopedia.
November 15-
Added some automobile trivia to the Imitation of Life page and added a correction to the Madame X page.
November 14-
Added a new behind the scenes photo to the Madame X gallery, added a candid photo of Lana checking out photographs and a glamour photo of Lana with a beret to the Latin Lovers gallery, added a photo of Lana doing a dance number on the Dinah Shore Show to the television appearances page, added a photo of Lana and Louella Parsons to Parsons' entry and a photo of Lana's screen test for Gone With the Wind to the Gone With the Wind entry of the encyclopedia, added a photo of Lana kissing a World War II soldier and an Easter publicity photo to photo gallery 1, added a picture of Lana and Lloyd Nolan to the Portrait in Black gallery, added a photo of Lana and Edmund Purdom and a photo of Lana, her makeup man Del Armstrong and her hairdresser Helen Young to The Prodigal gallery, added a photo of Lana and Clark Gable behind the scenes of Homecoming to the Homecoming gallery, added a photo of a disheveled Lana to the Keep Your Powder Dry gallery, added a photo of Lana and John Shelton having a toast to the We Who Are Young gallery, added a photo of Lana, Ross Hunter and Douglas Sirk to the Imitation of Life gallery and added a photo of ingénue Lana squinting at the sun to the Love Finds Andy Hardy gallery.
November 12-
Added a Synopsis and My Review to the Betrayed page.
November 11-
Added a New and Improved Review to The Big Cube page.
November 7-
Added a new entry for gossip columnist Louella Parsons and Lana's thoughts on her to the encyclopedia and added an entry for Baby Cheryl's sixth birthday to the 1949 section of the timeline.
November 6-
Added a new poster to the Slightly Dangerous gallery, added a close up photo of Lana to the Ziegfeld Girl gallery, added a photo of Lana in her "Lana Turner" chair to the Dancing Co-Ed gallery, added a photo of Lana, Una Merkel and Curtis Bernhardt to the Merry Widow gallery, added a close up photo of Lana and Gable to the Honky Tonk gallery, added a photo of the cast of Forty Carats to the 1971 section of the timeline and added a photo of Lana and Louise Kirtland to the Forty Carats section of the encyclopedia, added three new glamour close ups (including a photo of Lana with a hood) to photo gallery 1, added a photo of Lana and Anthony Quinn embracing to the Portrait in Black gallery, added a photo of Lana and Una Merkel to Merkel's section of the encyclopedia and added a photo of Lana lost in thought to the Life of Her Own gallery.
November 5-
Added new trivia to the Diane, Dancing Co-Ed and Two Girls on Broadway pages and added a new entry on Hedda Hopper and Lana's thoughts on her to the encyclopedia.
November 3-
Added a picture of Lana and Richard Hart to the Green Dolphin Street gallery, added a new photo of Lana to the Week-End at the Waldorf gallery, added a photo of Lana and Agnes Moorehead to the Keep Your Powder Dry gallery, added a photo of Lana and Robert Young to Young's entry in the encyclopedia, added a new photo of Lana pouting to the Johnny Eager gallery, added a new photo of Lana, Anne Rutherford and the gang to the Dancing Co-Ed gallery, added a photo of Lana and Lew Ayres to the Glamour Girls gallery, added a photo of Lana, Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore to the Calling Dr. Kildare gallery, added a photo of a dark haired ingénue Lana and a photo of sixties era Lana to photo gallery 1 and added a curious photo of Lana relaxing on the set of The Three Musketeers to The Three Musketeers gallery.
October 30-
Added Chad Edwards' review for Persecution.
October 28-
Finished adding the magazine covers to the Magazine Gallery. (A big Thank You going out to Arnold Meister for sending those cover photos in to me)
October 27-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for November.
October 26-
Added a new page for Lana's many magazine covers. I started adding a few tonight and have more coming during the next few weeks.
October 25-
Added a photo of Lana and Baby Cheryl in their matching director's chairs and Lana and Baby Cheryl at Laguna Beach to photo gallery 1 and added a photo of Lana and Baby Cheryl on Lana's wedding day to Bob Topping to the 1948 section of the timeline.
October 24-
Added a new photo of Lana laughing and a photo of Lana and attorney Greg Bautzer to photo gallery 1, added a photo of Lana shaking hands at New York's Town Hall in 1975 to the Town Hall section of the transcripts page, added a photo of Lana and Tyrone Power to the 1958 section and added a photo of Lana, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy to the 1947 section of the timeline, changed the photo of Sinatra in his entry and added a photo of Lana and Louis B. Mayer to Mayer's section of the encyclopedia and added a photo of Lana behind the scenes of Honky Tonk to the Honky Tonk page.
October 22-
Had lots of fun with my new scanner today! Added new photo of Lana walking down that famous staircase to the Ziegfeld Girl gallery, added photo of Lana and Spencer Tracy to the Jekyll and Hyde gallery, added a photo of Lana riding on Gable's back (!) to the Somewhere I'll Find You gallery, added a new cover photo to the Youngest Profession page, added a photo of Lana fixing her hair to the Keep Your Powder Dry gallery, added a photo of Lana and John Garfield embracing to Garfield's entry in the encyclopedia, added a photo of Lana during a native uprising to the Green Dolphin Street gallery, added a photo of a very ill Lana being visited by Gable to the Homecoming gallery, added a photo of Lana and Barry Sullivan to Sullivan's entry in the encyclopedia, added a photo of Lana with a large hat to the Merry Widow gallery, added a new cover photo to the Flame and the Flesh page, added a photo of Lana holding a pillow to the Sea Chase gallery, added a new cover photo to the Diane page, added a new cover photo to the Lady Takes a Flyer page, added two new photos (one of Lana standing at the top of staircase and one of her posing in a publicity still) to the Portrait in Black page, added a photo of Lana and Dean Martin to the Who's Got the Action page, and added a photo of Lana having a tender moment with Keir Dullea to the Madame X gallery.
October 20-
Happy Birthday to Me! Added Lana's thoughts about her ordeal with Joan Crawford to Crawford's entry in the encyclopedia, Lana's recollection of her wedding to Bob Topping to the 1948 section and Lana's thoughts on her fifth husband, Bob Eaton to the 1969 section of the timeline and added Lana's thoughts on her Andy Hardy wardrobe to the Love Finds Andy Hardy page.
October 17-
Due to popular demand I have added a new page for Lana's little known 1976 film, Bittersweet Love to the film section. I've still not seen the film so don't have a review as of yet but do have cast and crew info and a synopsis. Oh and by the way folks, don't forget that if you have a Lana Turner film review that you would like to share don't hesitate to send it to me at liza@lanaturneronline.com so that I may post it on the site-
October 15-
Added three new photos (of Lana and her son on the show, Jan Michael-Vincent, Lana and actor Ralph Bellamy and Lana and actor Kevin McCarthy) to The Survivors photo gallery on the television appearances page, added three new photos (of Lana John Forsythe and child actor Teddy Quinn, Lana and Burgess Meredith and Lana and child actor Teddy Quinn by themselves) to the Madame X gallery and added a photo of Lana rehearsing a song a dance number to the A Life of Her Own photo gallery.
October 14-
Added a new photo gallery for Lana's 1969 television series The Survivors, to the Survivors section of the television appearances page and added a photo of Lana on the set of Cass Timberlaine to the Cass Timberlaine gallery.
October 12-
Added Lana's thoughts about actor Edmund Purdom and The Prodigal to The Prodigal page and added Lana's thoughts on her ravaged face and some new trivia to the Madame X page. (Thank You to Morgan for the trivia).
October 10-
Changed the cover photo on the Postman page, added a photo of Lana and John Hodiak to Hodiak's entry in the encyclopedia, moved the photo of Lana and Glynis Johns from the library to the Another Time, Another Place gallery, and added a new photo of Lana and Clark Gable to the Honky Tonk gallery.
October 6-
Added a new photo of Lana, Baby Cheryl and Lana's third husband Bob Topping to the 1948 section of the timeline, added a photo of Lana on the set of Marriage is a Private Affair to the Marriage is a Private Affair gallery, added an ad for Cheryl Crane's documentary Lana Turner: A Daughter's Memoir to the documentary section, added a new photo to the By Love Possessed gallery and added a photo of ingénue Lana writing something in French on the blackboard to Mickey Rooney's section of the encyclopedia (it ties in with the "Little Red School House" idea).
October 5-
Added a new photo of a casual and captivating Lana to the homepage, added a photo of Lana and Johnny Stompanato to Stompanato's entry in the encyclopedia, added a photo of Lana flirting and Lana in 1959 to photo gallery 1, added a publicity photo of Lana Clark in Betrayed to the Betrayed photo gallery and added a photo of Lana and her daughter, Cheryl Crane at the 1958 Oscars to the 1958 section of the timeline.
October 4-
Added Lana's thoughts on her seventh husband Ronald Dante to the 1969 section of the timeline and added Lana's thoughts on sex to the Sex and Lana Turner entry of the encyclopedia.
October 2-
Added Lana's thoughts about the funeral scene of Imitation of Life and her reaction to it to the Imitation of Life entry in the encyclopedia, added her thoughts about her fifth husband Fred May to the 1960 section and added her thoughts about her sixth husband Bob Eaton to the 1965 section of the timeline.
September 27-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for October and moved the picture of Lana's possible childhood home from the timeline to the 'Homes of Lana Turner' section of the encyclopedia.
September 25-
Added a photo of Lana having her cigarette lit in the Another Time, Another Place gallery, added two new photos (one of Lana with her head to the side and one with ingénue Lana relaxing) to photo gallery 1, added a new photo of Lana and John Gavin to the Imitation of Life gallery, added photos of Lana and Jimmy Stewart and Lana and Kirk Douglas to their entries in the encyclopedia, added a new photo of Lady De Winter looking concerned to the Three Musketeers gallery, added a photo of Lana touching up her makeup to the Slightly Dangerous gallery and added a photo of Lana behind John Wayne to the Sea Chase gallery.
September 24-
A big THANK YOU goes out to Leonarda Sabey of The Wallace Idaho Preservation Society who very generously sent me photos of The Turners' home in Wallace in the mid 1920's among other historical Wallace odds and ends. Isabella I did send you an email thanking you but it kept getting sent back to me. I will keep trying though! Added new photos of the Turner home in 1924-1925, another home that the Turners may or may not have lived in and a photo of The Wallace Idaho Corner building (where Lana's father, Virgil Turner, was employed) to the 1924 section of the timeline, added a postcard of Wallace to the first part of the biography section and added two new photos (of the Wallace Idaho fire department circa 1923 and the historic Kelly Building circa 1925) to the Wallace Idaho section of the encyclopedia.
Your Web Mistress is a genius!
I have mentioned in a couple of different sections of the site that Lana Turner was born at Providence Hospital in Wallace and had mentioned that the hospital was located at the mouth of Burke Canyon which I presumed was a small section of the town. Well when I was thumbing through some Wallace literature today there was a whole section on the TOWN of Burke, Idaho which was eight miles away. That would mean that everything that had been written about Lana being born in Wallace has been incorrect up until now. She was FROM Wallace, sure, but Mildred actually gave birth to her in Burke, which I have uncovered. Wallace Idaho historians claim that they lived in a "long gone house by the railroad tracks" before moving to 217 Bank Street in Wallace in 1924. I suspect (and this is only my suspicion) that they may have lived in Burke for a while before settling in Wallace.
So remember to add the word "Burke" to your Lana Turner vocabulary...
September 23-
Added two new entries (for Julia Hislop and Eva Peron) to the encyclopedia.
September 21-
Added three new entries (for Greta Garbo, Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage and Sex and Lana Turner) to the encyclopedia.
September 19-
Hi All! Sorry I've been away so long. Lots of stuff going on. I am working on a new page for Lana's short lived 1969 television series The Survivors and some new encyclopedia entries. Watch for em'. Added a new photo of Lana and Tony Martin to Martin's section of the encyclopedia.
September 12-
Added some new trivia to the Peyton Place page and added new entries to the 1927, 1935, 1946, 1957 and 1958 sections of the timeline.
September 9-
Added some new trivia about Lana's jewels and Johnny Stompanato to to Peyton Place page and added Lana's thoughts about arriving at the 1958 Academy Awards to the 1958 section of the timeline.
September 8-
Just got an email from a really nice lady from The Wallace Idaho Historical Society. She is going to arrange to have a catalogue of pictures of Providence Hospital (where Lana was born) sent to me and I can have the pictures printed up for a fee. Keep your fingers crossed about that one (!). Added a new entry about the Turner's move to Bank Street to the 1924 section of the timeline.
September 6-
Added Lana's thoughts about Clark Gable and 'Betrayed' to the Betrayed page and added contract info to the 1937 and 1945 and well as Lana's thoughts on her mother and father getting together (to 1920), her thoughts on returning to her birthplace of Wallace Idaho (to 1942) and her thoughts on her last days at 'Metro' (to 1956) to the timeline.
September 4-
Added Lana's thoughts about her ordeal with her second husband, Stephan Crane and his first wife, Carol Curtz Crane, her recollections about her daughter Cheryl's birth, her thoughts about Hedy Lamarr and her thoughts about the situation between herself, Fernando Lamas and Lex Barker to the encyclopedia and added her thoughts about the end of her marriage to Stephan Crane to the 1944 section of the timeline.
September 3-
Added Lana's thoughts about Richard Burton, Laraine Day, Tyrone Power, her nicotine fit at "The Little Red Schoolhouse", Round Hill and her thoughts about Ziegfeld Girl and the character of Sheila Regan to the encyclopedia and added her thoughts about her birth date (in 1921), her suicide attempt (in 1952), and the death of Tyrone Power (in 1958) to the timeline.
September 2-
Trying something new. I have started taking apart Lana's autobiography and using her thoughts on different subjects throughout the site. Added her thoughts on the death of her father (in 1930), her elopement with Artie Shaw (in 1940) and the death of Carole Lombard (in 1942) to the timeline and added her thoughts on Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis, Gone With the Wind, Luise Rainer and President Roosevelt to the encyclopedia.
August 29-
Added lots of new photos today! I am going to have to start a second photo gallery soon! Added a new photo to the They Won't Forget gallery, added a new photo to the Jekyll and Hyde gallery, added two new photos to the Imitation of Life gallery, added a new photo to the Postman gallery, added a new photo to the Bad and the Beautiful gallery, added a new photo to The Rains of Ranchipur gallery, added a new photo to the Ziegfeld Girl gallery, added a new photo to the Bachelor in Paradise gallery, added a new photo to the These Glamour Girls gallery, added thirteen new photos (Lana and Jimmy Stewart, two 1930's era glamour photos, four magazine covers, Lana's mother holding her hand as they walk into court on behalf of Lana's daughter, Cheryl Crane in April 1958, Lana in an early publicity photo celebrating her Idaho roots, Lana grabbing a cup of coffee, ingénue Lana sitting at a soda fountain, young Lana sitting up on a pedestal and an older, flamboyant Lana) to photo gallery 1 and added a photo of Lana and her attorney Jerry Geisler to his entry in the encyclopedia.
August 28-
Updated Upcoming Lana Films for September, added a new photo of a young Lana by the swimming pool to photo gallery 1, added some new trivia to the Portrait in Black, Latin Lovers and Madame X pages and finally finished adding cast and crew info to the film pages.
August 23-
Back from Florida, all suntanned and rested. Did you all miss me? Moved Barbara Bel Geddes' obituary to the news archive section and am still working on the crew info for the film pages- which I will (hopefully) have finished tomorrow night or the night after.
August 15-
Message from Liza: I am getting ready to take a much needed vacation to Orlando Florida tomorrow and will be gone until the 22nd. I have started expanding the film pages (by adding some crew info) and will finish that upon my return. All emails and guestbook entries (which have to be approved by me) will be taken care of when I get back- LW
August 14-
Added a Synopsis and My Review to the DuBarry Was a Lady page.
August 12-
Added a transcript of Lana's obituary from the Honolulu Advertiser on June 30, 1995 to the 1995 section of the timeline.
August 9-
Added a transcript of a November 28, 1960 article from the Detroit Times about Lana's marriage to her fifth husband Fred May to the 1960 section of the timeline.
August 7-
Added a transcript of an April 5, 1943 article from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette about Lana's remarriage to Steve Crane to the 1943 section of the timeline.
August 6-
Added a new transcript of Lana being interviewed by columnist Shirley Eder during a summer tour of the play Bell, Book and Candle in July of 1977 to the transcripts page.
August 4-
Added a press clipping of Lana's remarriage to Steve Crane to the 1943 section of the timeline and added a photo of a young Lana fishing to photo gallery 1.
August 3-
Added a new transcript of Lana being interviewed by columnist Shirley Eder during a stage production of her latest play The Pleasure of His Company in 1975 to the transcripts page.
August 2-
Replaced the cover photo and added a new lobby card to the Love Finds Andy Hardy page and replaced the cover photo for Ziegfeld Girl with an Italian lobby card.
August 1-
Added a new transcript of Lana lashing out at the press to columnist Shirley Eder to the transcripts page.
July 30-
Added a new transcript of Lana being interviewed by columnist Shirley Eder during a cross country promotional tour for Madame X to the transcripts page.
July 28-
Added a new transcript of Lana being interviewed by columnist Shirley Eder on the subject of money to the transcripts page and updated the page for Upcoming Lana Films for August.